[mythtv-users] Questions about Upcoming 0.19

[Kevin Kuphal]

Gavin Haslett wrote:
> I was reading the change list published for the upcoming 0.19 upgrade and a few things occurred to me;
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> 1. For the new LiveTV improvements, will it be possible to set the expiration of LiveTV recordings to, say, 4 hours? I know expiration is currently done on a daily basis, but to be honest I can't think of a single time when I'd want to retain a LiveTV recording for mor than 4 hours or so.
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Search the archives for the discussion on this.  You'll find your answer.
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> 2. Any thoughts on adding a checkbox to use "classic mode" LiveTV instead of the new version? I did a quick test on the SVN version about two weeks ago, and found that my disk subsystem was thrashing a lot more frequently than with 0.18. I presumed this was due to the LiveTV changes that occurred. Of course, this might just be my second Linux install on the box :)
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Never.  It is a fundamental change in the system and there is no way of 
supporting the old way.
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> 3. Didn't get a chance to test this... but how well does XvMC work with the OSD and deinterlace? I know this is a bad combination in 0.18, but my video looks SOOO much better with kernel deint turned on, and it's a lot smoother with XvMC, so currently I just live with flickery OSD.
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I'm running it on one of my frontends.  XvMC, ChromaKey OSD, no flicker, 
color OSD.  I haven't had any problems yet.  We'll see what happens in a 
few weeks when the kids watch 3 hours of content while we watch the 
superbowl upstairs.

Kevin