Frequent 'pauses' during playback.

[steveharman]

I think it's probably unlikely that GigaBlue will update drivers as the box is quite old. The drivers haven't changed since mid 2018 I think, and are included in the builds as they are released by the manufacturer. In any case I was getting the issue occasionally even on 5.2.045. I'm on 5.3.001 now. I'll keep you updated should I hear of a more permanent fix. The OpenATV forums (German) recommend using some form of cache flushing and setting a minimum memory. I would suggest installing the cacheflush plugin, setting the mininum memory to 8192kb and pressing the grren button to save the setting. I don't even activate the plugin to flush the caches, just set the minimum RAM as per the screenshot. It works for me. We are just back from holiday and my wife has been watching all the recordings of soaps made while we were away. No issues noted since installing the plugin. Was happening every couple of minutes before.
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Many thanks Tony I'll try that.

Cheers,

Steve

[Joe_90]

Try doing a couch flash/usb flash of Vix 5.3.002 followed by a settings restore. Some GigaBlue-specific data in /etc/sysctl.conf seems to have been dropped in previous releases and has now been reinstated (thanks @twol). It provides for some extra memory headroom, similar to what cacheflush was doing. I've been testing the amended settings for a couple of weeks now (without cacheflush) and have had no issues with playback.

[steveharman]

Sorry Tony, where can I find 5.3.002 for the Gigablue Quad HD please?

I'm looking at http://www.openvix.co.uk/index.php/d...gigablue-quad/ where I usually head for and it only seems to go up to 5.2.x ?

Thanks,

Steve

[twol]

Sorry Tony, where can I find 5.3.002 for the Gigablue Quad HD please?

I'm looking at http://www.openvix.co.uk/index.php/d...gigablue-quad/ where I usually head for and it only seems to go up to 5.2.x ?

Thanks,

Steve

I would just do a settings backup and then flash online with ImageManager

[steveharman]

I would just do a settings backup and then flash online with ImageManager

Do you mean use Menu > System > Software Update ? That tells me that I'm on the final 5.2.x release

Is there no 5.3.x for the Gigablue Quad HD ?

Steve

[leshay]

Try doing a couch flash/usb flash of Vix 5.3.002 followed by a settings restore. Some GigaBlue-specific data in /etc/sysctl.conf seems to have been dropped in previous releases and has now been reinstated (thanks @twol). It provides for some extra memory headroom, similar to what cacheflush was doing. I've been testing the amended settings for a couple of weeks now (without cacheflush) and have had no issues with playback.

Hi
Decided to give it another try in light of your post suggesting a fix may be included.
So far, I haven't seen the initial issue of 'stuttering/freezes etc' again. Early days yet,but seems to be OK now.

[twol]

Do you mean use Menu > System > Software Update ? That tells me that I'm on the final 5.2.x release

Is there no 5.3.x for the Gigablue Quad HD ?

Steve

Not talking about software update - menu/setup/Vix ------>>> settings backup and ImageManager

[Andy_Hazza]

5.2.045 is the last image for your receiver. ViX no longer supports the Gigablue Quad HD.


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[Joe_90]

@steveharman - It seems that the GB Quad image (not Quad Plus) is not being built for 5.3
I'm not sure what the memory specs are for the Quad, but you could try editing the /etc/sysctl.conf to set vm.min_free_kbytes=8192 (or maybe a lower figure like 6144 or 4096).