[mythtv] Help on changing mythsetup

[Curtis Wood]

   I haven't tried the dct-channel app - it doesnt apply to me. On the
setenv, that was just a quick hack to test things out - I wasnt going to
submit it, but Baker wanted the patch.
   From what I could tell, there really isnt any where else to put the
wait logic unless we/you just call another routine in between the
nvr->rest() and nvr->unpause(). Since the reset takes a second to
complete, I dont see why the external channel changing couldnt be
performed at the same time - but the catch is to wait untill the channel
has been changed before starting to record anything more (unpausing).
   On just keeping it an external app, thats of course your call - I was
just trying to smooth things out, the external channel changing is
sloppy (visually) and it's a drain on performance having video after
unpausing, then nothing for a second, then video again. It may be on the
type of setup also, I dont know (pvr250,p4 2.4,backend==frontend) - its
just that the current way to change channels with an external app in the
background, just isnt doing a good enough job.

Curtis

On Sun, 2003-12-21 at 20:14, Isaac Richards wrote:
> On Sunday 21 December 2003 04:44 pm, Curtis Wood wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >   I've come up with a patch to MythTV that changes channels, with an
> > external changer (lirc), much faster than the default setup. It talks
> > directly to lirc it self; while at the same time reseting and unpausing
> > the ring buffer - and doesnt go through an external script. The problem
> > arrises about configuring it though - you need to set the remote control
> > out of the /etc/lircd.conf, the device file (for more than one lircd
> > daemon), and a couple of other user definablable settings. I have no
> > idea where to start with the configuration, but I know from my setup -
> > this patch is well worth it, goes from 3+ seconds to change channels to
> > <1 second.
> 
> I'd really rather this were kept in a separate program, not in the mythtv 
> source.  Any reason you're not using something like the dct-channel stuff in 
> the contrib directory?
> 
> I also don't really like putting the wait logic into tv_rec -- a separate 
> function in the Channel object should handle that.  Don't need the 
> environment variable to store the pid, either.
> 
> Isaac
> 
> Isaac
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