VNSI: Connection/Fetching channels takes ages

[mgrunwald]

Hello,

this is an issue that I posted first in OSMC, but they are not able to help and directed me here. I'll post a synopsis of the thread that originated here

this is no new problem, in fact I have been ignoring it for many months:

When the VNSI-Connection to my VDR server is lost, it takes several minutes (eight minutes in this case) until it is running again (meaning: I can start a TV channel). In the meantime, I see “Channel symbols are searched” and “PVR-Manager is starting” flashing in the upper right corner.

Now I activated debug logging and restartet OSMC:

http://paste.osmc.io/aboxepafol.dos

I have the same problem with my Raspberry Pi (2b, I think…) and my vero 2. The logfile is from the vero 2

The VDR runs on a haswell server with Debian Jessie, connected with 1GBit Ethernet. The connection itself is without a flaw, I can copy movies in seconds.

I hope you can help me spot this really annoying problem

I tried it with vnsi versions 1.3.1 (old, but in vdr distribution) and the newest that I could get on github (1.5.2), no difference.

I went to Kodi->Settings->PVR&TV-> Menu/OSD and “clicked” on “Search for missing Channel symbols” (my translation from German UI). That itself takes several minutes.

Please tell me how I can help you to solve that problem...

cu Markus

[FernetMenta]

PVR chanel icons is a generic PVR feature and no VNSI feature. I would just disable it and use picons, that is much better anyway.

[mgrunwald]

I will try this. But please note that the eight minutes are not only because of the channel icons.

[mgrunwald]

I can hardly believe it, but removing the channel icons lowered the time to connect to something more reasonable… (still not really fast, but bearable).