Very slow changing channels, almost unusable.

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Typing in the channel you want
2. Hitting > or < to change the channel
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
The channels should not have to take 10 seconds to change.  If its possible, 
could this be fixed to where it doesn't freeze up or take a long time to change 
channels or make it to where you can have a guide at the bottom sort of like 
what is done in mythtv frontend.  I will include a screen shot of what I am 
talking about.  Basically, you can scroll through the channels, then hit enter 
and it will change to that channel.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Mythbox 1.0.0

Please provide any additional information below.

Not sure what else to put, please let me know what you need if anything.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by exit26...@gmail.com on 13 Jan 2011 at 5:31

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XBMC's built-in myth:// URL support is responsible for changing channels so it 
is out of my hands. I'm curious as to what sort of time difference are you 
seeing in changing channels in MythBox vs MythTV frontend?

Original comment by semir.pa...@gmail.com on 20 Jan 2011 at 5:13

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Hmm ok, well it was worth a try anyway.  Thanks for responding. When I
change channels on the myth frontend, its about 3 seconds to change, on the
mythbox plugin, its almost 10 to 15 seconds.  This could be partly due to my
capture card, but I'm not entirely sure.  Do you need any kind of hardware
specs or software specs on the computer I'm using as a frontend?

Original comment by exit26...@gmail.com on 20 Jan 2011 at 5:21

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I found this a problem too and found adding mythtv in /etc/hosts made a big 
difference.

Original comment by EvanJame...@gmail.com on 6 Mar 2011 at 5:05

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Any confirmation from other users that the /etc/hosts fix is valid?

Original comment by semir.pa...@gmail.com on 27 Mar 2011 at 1:48

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I can confirm that channel changes takes 10, 15 and sometimes even 30 secs (on 
HD channels).
I've tested running XBMC+Mythbox in the same PC as MythTV Backend. MythTV 
frontend takes 2-3 seconds to change baetween channels.
I swapped from Mythbox to TVHeadend until this solution become more usable, but 
I'm at your disposal to do any tests or help in any way I can to improve this.

Original comment by willian%...@gtempaccount.com on 29 Mar 2011 at 7:58

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Open defect with XBMC under myth:// url support if this is stil an issue. XBMC 
Eden Beta1 seems to be very stable wrt watching live tv and changing channels 
using latest mythbox trunk.

Original comment by semir.pa...@gmail.com on 30 Dec 2011 at 9:18

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