VDR User wrote: ...
Logic still says that if mplayer can play vdr recordings just fine without losing sync, but vdr can't, the problem is with vdr, not the firmware.
That's only correct if you ignore specifications. Maybe VDR is behaving according to the specified interface and the firmware fails. Maybe mplayer is working around firmware bugs by behaving differently - which may or may not be according to the specified interface.
What we can agree upon is the fact that the problem *can* be solved within the application program. IMHO, the fact that mplayer works where VDR does not proves just that, but not more.
However, if VDR behaves 100% according to specification, the problem *should* be solved in the driver and/or firmware, because that would fix all programs that also behave 100% according to specification and fail.
If fixing it where it should be fixed turns out to be too difficult, it might still be a good idea to fix it in VDR.
Carsten.