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

[Robert McNamara]

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 2:06 PM, John Pilkington <J.Pilk at tesco.net> wrote:

> 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.
>

That's not relevant to this particular ticket, for which the sample is no
longer even available.  Add to that the fact that DVD Menu button handling
*has* been largely fixed and this ticket is unsolvable beyond the resolution
above.


>
> 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.
>
>
I'm sorry your issues aren't being addressed at a speed acceptable to you.
 We can only fix bugs as fast as free time allows.  If you have solutions or
concrete diagnostic info showing *why* the issues arise, that will tend to
push them higher in the queue.  Outside of that you'll unfortunately need to
live with work getting done as quickly as our mortgages will allow.

I should also note that every single ticket opened by you which is > 60 days
old has been closed as "fixed" where a valid issue existed.

http://code.mythtv.org/trac/search?q=j.pilk&noquickjump=1&ticket=on

It's hard to argue that you're not getting adequate service.  I'm not
interested in a flame war with you, just in maybe asking you to think about
whether exasperated and passive-aggressive commentary to a bunch of people
just trying to make something nice available, for free, are the best way to
get what you want.

Robert
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