[mythtv] [UPDATED] 0.28 Release Schedule

[Nick Morrott]

On 25 January 2016 at 20:34, James Meyer <james.meyer at operamail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Any idea if there is still sufficient test coverage of LiveTV using
>> Hauppauge PVR-xx0 cards (baseband video input, not tuner)? LiveTV on
>> 0.27.5 is unusable for me with a PVR-150 card - but I see no issues
>> whatsoever with DVB, or with recordings from the PVR-150.
>>
>> With the delay added to the release schedule I will try to put
>> together another test box (separate to MBE) with another PVR-x50 card
>> for more testing, but I'd love to hear from developers/users who use
>> and test this combination of card/Live TV and do not experience any
>> issues.
>
> Hi Nick,
>
> I have been testing live tv with the tuners on pvr-500.
> The behavior  is very much like .27.  Channel changes work but roughly 10% of
> the time a channel change will result in a black screen.  The only way to get
> out of this state is to kill the frontend  or changing video sources(if the
> menus still work).   Attempting to go back to the main menu will result in a
> complete lockup of mythfrontend.

James,

Thanks for the update. I'll still waiting on an afternoon to set up a
new test box with the PVR-250 and/or -350 I have available. Live TV
programme transitions fail ~100% on my production box (PVR-150) and
typically require a restart of the frontend.

Cheers,
Nick