[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #8962: playbackbox.cpp:extract_job_state() inefficient

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Fri, May 08, 2015 at 07:42:56AM -0700, Yeechang Lee wrote:
> I overstated the improvement in entering Watch Recordings; the new
> patch seems to slightly speed up the appearance of fan art in the
> first-selected recording entry, but the vast bulk of the improvement
> of course occurs afterward.
> 
> It's strange how, for so long having accepted scrolling in Watch
> Records as inherently "sticky", I can now zip around at high speed. In
> the almost one decade I've used MythTV there have been one
> video-related and two UI-related improvements that stand out in my
> mind:
> 
> * VDPAU
> * Your #10161
> * Angela Schmid's #12157
> 
> This patch belongs on the above list.

Yeah I am using a theme that throws up tons of images and such for each
show, and this patch sure appears to make an enormous difference in
navigating the recordings menu.

I never noticed entering the menu was that slow, but navigating it tended
to grind to molasses in no time before.

-- 
Len Sorensen