[mythtv-users] Up and running! Some comments/questions...

[Steve Davies]

Hi all!

I've been lurking here for some time, and have at-last got past the initial 
few hurdles, and can view/record live TV etc. with MythTV-0.11 !

Kudos to all developers for their efforts. Here are my comments on the product 
as I find it so far... I hope this is useful:

1) I have a problem with a bit of picture wobble (up and down by a few pixels) 
- This might be the ivtv driver (on my PVR-250 using a PAL tuner input) but 
any suggestions are welcome. I have tried all of the deinterlacing options 
available.

2) There is probably a very good reason, but I am curious as to why when 
changing channels (on the same source) we disconnect and reconnect the backend 
decoder. Would it not be possible to get a cleaner change by just requesting 
the channel change, and display the changeover as part of the same stream?

3) I managed to start an instant record while watching TV using the 'R' 
button. And this led me to 2 thoughts... I don't know how I did this, so 
perhaps a new OSD alert to say "Instant record started" would be good. To go 
with this, perhaps the ability to cancel a recording while watching it would 
be good. The new on-screen menus I've seen mention of on this list might be 
useful to achieve this?

Kind regards,
Steve
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Steve Davies                   steve at one47.co.uk

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