[mythtv] Testers Wanted for New, ON-Deman Input Feature

[David Engel]

On Tue, Jan 09, 2018 at 12:32:42PM +0000, Mark Perkins wrote:
> On 9 January 2018 3:21:40 am David Engel <david at istwok.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 08:37:38PM +0000, John P Poet wrote:
> >> On Tue, Dec 26, 2017 at 9:39 AM David Engel <david at istwok.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> > The "Schedule as Group" feature added last year greatly improved the
> >> > scheduling performance of multirec configurations.  Unfortunately, it
> >> > required the number of simultaneous recordings to be set high enough
> >> > to handle every recording load.  If it was set too low, recordings
> >> > would be missed.  I now have a change ready to address that
> >> > limitation.
> >> >
> >> > Instead of missing recordings, MythTV will now automatically add
> >> > multirec inputs to handle the load.  However, this change adds new
> >> > locking creates the possibility of new deadlocks, especially when the
> >> > added inputs are on slave backends.  Consequently, I'd like for this
> >> > change to get some wider testing before it goes into master.
> >> >
> >> > If you're interested and able to help out on the testing, please
> >> > checkout the devel/scheduler branch and give it a try.  Please post
> >> > any feedback you have here.  If all goes well, I'll commit to master
> >> > in a week or two.
> >> >
> >> > David
> >> >
> >> >
> >> Hi David.  Sorry I didn't get back with you sooner.  I will take a look at
> >> this, and give it a try.
> >
> > Do I have any other takers on this?
> >
> > David
> 
> I should be able to test. Are there limitations on the types of tuners this 
> will work with?

It works with anything that supports multirec.  That should be just
about everything except V4L and FIREWIRE.

David
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David Engel
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