[mythtv] 0.28 Release Schedule

[Another Sillyname]

I now have a freed up box that I can commit to using as a test server
if more QC is needed, it's available till around mid Feb.

It's a fairly high spec box, using VAAPI (no discrete GPU) off an
Intel Gen 5 processor and a 500GB M.2 SSD as the only drive (it's the
only spare drive I have sitting around) and 8GB Memory.

I'm currently running FC23 x64 on it but am happy to blow it away if
another Distro would make life easier.

Let me know and from where I can pull a RC.





On 31 January 2016 at 17:45, David A. De Graaf <dad at datix.us> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 02:34:56PM -0600, James Meyer 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.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Nick
>> > _______________________________________________
>>
>> 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
>> _______________________________________________
>
> I believe that the Hauppauge PVR 150 is incapable of playing back
> while recording without a slight delay interposed.
>
> My Fedora 23 mythtv machine has three PCI TV receivers:
>   - pcHDTV HD3000        for broadcast digital TV
>   - Hauppauge HVR-1250   for cable digital TV
>   - Hauppauge PVR 150    for cable analog TV
>
> LiveTV works perfectly with the first two digital TV receivers
> but the PVR 150 displays gross pixelation after seconds of watching.
> I found that choosing one channel (unwatchable) and then switching
> to an adjacent channel would yield a watchable picture for maybe
> a minute, but then devolve into the unwatchable pixelated picture.
> As James reported, this can even lead to system lockup.
>
> Recordings with the PVR 150 are perfectly fine, so I chalked this up
> to just another unsolved mystery.
>
> Eventually, I was watching a recorded PVR 150 program while it was
> being recorded, and skipped forward over some commercials and caught
> up with the real-time recording.  Whoops!  The pixelation began
> *on a recorded* show.  That upset my theory.
>
> I went over to LiveTV, started watching a PVR 150 channel with the
> usual poor picture.  I pressed <P> to pause, and again to resume.
> The picture was PERFECT.  Eureka.  (almost)LiveTV is possible again.
> Only a few seconds of delay is all that's needed.
>
> I hope this long-winded explanation of my observations might give
> insight to those more knowledgeable who might fix it.  An obvious
> fix would be to surreptitiously insert a delay when starting a
> PVR 150 LiveTV session, but that could be undone by unwise forward
> skips.  I'm sure there's a better solution...
>
> --
>         David A. De Graaf    DATIX, Inc.    Hendersonville, NC
>         dad at datix.us         www.datix.us
>
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