6.4.2 DirecTVSerialControl Extremely Slow

[toricred]

I installed 6.4.2 last week and since then, changing channels via serial on my D11s and D10s has been incredibly slow. It takes 10-15 seconds for the STB to even acknowledge that it has been sent a command. I assume it has to do with the change to asynchronously send the channel change. For now I've put an old version of the dll in place and it is working fine. Anyone else seeing this or should I just submit a bug?

[Narflex]

This should help you out:

http://forums.freytechnologies.com/f...86&postcount=9

(a value of '3' may also work better...I can't recall which does what at this moment...)

[toricred]

I already had it set to 3 and I tried to re-import my .reg file containing it. Would it be a good idea to try with the new .dll and the setting at 1?

[Wakecrash]

For my 3-D10s and one RCA, I have never found a better dll than the one dated 5/1/2006. I just copy to the Sagetv directory after an update and all is good, although I have not tried 6.4.2.

[toricred]

That's the exact version I used. Works perfectly. The version in 6.3.10 also worked for me, but not the new one in 6.4.2.

[toricred]

I just upgraded to 6.4.3 and the problem did not re-appear. This version of the dll seems to work like all the versions I've used except for the one with 6.4.2.

[toricred]

When I installed 6.4.3 it didn't install a new version of the dll. When I installed 6.4.4, a new version was installed and the problem came back. I found the solution this time though. I had the registry setting for fast channel changes set to 3. It seems it wasn't recognizing that and when I set it to 1 channel changes became incredibly fast and no more annoying DirecTV banner.