[mythtv] Additional run-time dependencies

[faginbagin]

On 8/20/2017 4:20 PM, Peter Bennett wrote:
> On 08/20/2017 12:10 AM, faginbagin wrote:
>> I, for one, would certainly appreciate it if you could try to backport 
>> those packages. I'm still on mythtv 0.27 and trusty and don't plan on 
>> upgrading until trusty LTS ends. I experimented with mythtv 0.28 and 
>> xenial and found it degraded playback of h264 SD content on one of my 
>> older laptops I use as a frontend. As long as that laptop works and as 
>> long as Canonical supports trusty, I don't want to upgrade. FMI, see 
>> this thread I started in June:
>> https://lists.gt.net/mythtv/users/608926
> 
> There is an enhancement in v29 that is designed to help with cases like 
> yours. From that mail thread I see that your laptop works OK on an 
> OpenGL profile for H264 but needs the Slim profile for MPEG2. With the 
> enhancement to the playback profile this is now possible. you can select 
> different playback methods based on the type of video, size of video and 
> framerate, so it gives a lot of options for tuning your playback 
> profile. For example you could set one method for SD H264, another for 
> HD H264, another for all MPEG2, and a default to be used for everything 
> else.
> 
> Let me know if you need more details or help with this.
> 
> Peter
Many thanks for taking the time to read that thread. I'll keep your 
offer in mind if I find I don't have the python chops to backport Mark's 
work to 0.27.

Thanks,
Helen