[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #7690: internal dvd player: DVD Menu button not displayed properly on some DVDs in 0.22

John Pilkington J.Pilk at tesco.net
Fri Jan 28 22:06:50 UTC 2011


On 28/01/11 20:41, MythTV wrote:
> #7690: internal dvd player: DVD Menu button not displayed properly on some DVDs in
> 0.22
> -----------------------------------+-------------------------
>   Reporter:  skamithi               |          Owner:  robertm
>       Type:  defect                 |         Status:  closed
>   Priority:  minor                  |      Milestone:  0.25
> Component:  MythTV - DVD Playback  |        Version:  head
>   Severity:  medium                 |     Resolution:  Fixed
>   Keywords:                         |  Ticket locked:  0
> -----------------------------------+-------------------------
> Changes (by robertm):
>
>   * status:  accepted =>  closed
>   * resolution:   =>  Fixed
>
>
> Comment:
>
>   Almost certainly fixed in .24+, don't know how this was missed until now.
>

Ticket guidance suggests that commenting on closed tickets is not 
encouraged or useful, so I'm posting to the dev list.

This ticket has just been closed, but DVD menu buttons are still far 
from perfect for DVDs created by MythArchive.  They used to be better 
several years ago, perhaps around 0.21, as Stanley said, and I suspect 
they probably got broken as a result of attempts to outwit uncooperative 
commercial DVDs.  Usually, but not always, vlc gets it right, so it's 
more likely to be a player problem.

I've tended to choose my MythArchive theme to get a menu that would 
work, albeit with badly positioned or incomplete buttons, but as far as 
I remember non-animated themes often don't show buttons at all.

Attempts have been made in the past by me and others to draw attention 
to these problems and a I remember one other cut-down .iso being posted, 
but in the end it seems simpler to accept that this isn't a matter of 
great importance or interest in the dev world and just use the 
unpolished product as is - or use another player.

For me the actual playback of these DVDs has been greatly improved in 
0.24-fixes, and I rarely have problems now in going from dvb-t 
recordings to a finished DVD;  but I do restrict myself to a 
deliberately simple path through a lightly patched version of 
mythburn.py - and that's another reason why I haven't submitted more 
reports.

John P


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