Hi all,
Running vdr-sxfe as a local frontend using a pipe _should_ be as fast (if not faster) than using XBMC over an http://localhost streamdev connection. However, I seem to find the opposite to be the case. vdr-sxfe still struggles with HD content, has pops and clicks in the audio, crashes out every now again and generally has inferior playback.
On my main frontend I have VDR running full time in the background with no local frontend running. Then I have a bare-bones X11 configured with a simple .xinitrc that flips between running vdr-sxfe and xbmc (as I prefer it for watching DVDs etc.). For both frontends I am using VDPAU.
I have to use vdr-sxfe to interact with the menus, auto skip adverts in recordings, do cutting, etc. But I'm increasingly finding myself using XBMC and just a directory full of .strm files that point at streamdev TS links, when I want to watch a live HD broadcast.
Does anyone have vdr-sxfe running flawlessly as a local frontend for HD content?
I just wish I could have the full VDR OSD, but within XBMC :)
Cheers, Dom