[mythtv] firewire commit 11226 and channel changing timing

BP lists at qucae.com
Sun Oct 8 05:58:20 UTC 2006


Jim Westfall wrote:
> BP <lists at qucae.com> wrote [09.23.06]:
>> While this change properly powers on my Mot 6200 (a very nice 
>> enhancement), channel changes after powering on are failing.  The first 
>> digit is not taking.  Watching the display, I see the unit power on, 
>> then the first digit passed, then a quick flash, then the remaining 
>> digits.  For instance, if it is tuning to 712, I always get 12.
>>
>> Testing with live tv, this is 100% reproduceable for me.  I have not 
>> tested with scheduled recordings.
>>
>> Is it possible to introduce a small delay between the power command and 
>> the channel command to give STBs a chance to fully initialize?  It does 
>> look like the code already has "sleep(1)".  Perhaps just bump that a bit?
>>
> 
> can you try bumping it up and see if it helps?
> 
> jim

Sorry for taking so long.  Increasing the sleep to 3 seconds makes it 
work with my STB.




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