[mythtv-users] OSX client editing problems...

[David Abrahams]

"Tom E. Craddock Jr." <sigtom at sigtom.com> writes:

> John Sutherland wrote:
>> Hi there..
>> 
>> I have a linux backend, 0.18.1, and an OSX frontend..
>> 
>> I've tried 3 verisons of the 0.18.1 OSX client binaries, and all 3  
>> have the same behavour.. (the versions I tried at the one from  
>> goof.com, and the ones from thesniperpad.com..)
>> 
>> Watching TV works..
>> Watching recording works, including fast forward, rewind, time  
>> stretch, zoom, etc..
>> 
>> But the moment I hit 'E' to enter edit mode, it freezes.. All I see  
>> in the client is the frozen frame.. No keys work.. I have to forcibly  
>> kill the client..
>> 
>> Backend seems fine, no restarting necessary..
>> 
>> I do have a linux frontend that seems able to edit without issue..
>> 
>> Any ideas?
>> 
>> --John
>
>
> In about a week-ish or so, once .19 is released, use the .19 binaries. 
> Its been fixed in SVN at some point, cant tell ya the revision # tho.  I 
> had the same problems (on .18.1) and once I started running/compiling 
> SVN regularly along with the nightly OSX binary builds that are posted 
> on thesniderpad.com's dloads section (which I really do appreciate) I 
> found that hitting 'E' works fine.

Yes, it's fixed in SVN.  Unfortunately fast forward, skip forward,
rewind, skip back and E all have the same new problem: sometimes the
transport unaccountably ends up at zero.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com