[mythtv-users] SVN-HD-PVR. Just before I destroy my system with an update....

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Nov 13, 2008, at 9:40 AM, Mark Hutchinson wrote:

> A few questions please.
> I am running SVN for the HD-PVR support.

So you must also be subscribed to (and following along with) the -dev  
list since doing so is a pre-requisite for using unstable code.

> I have a version of the HD-PVR driver and SVN from about 2+ months  
> ago.
> Works mostly fine, with some errors, and problems.
> Time up upgrade I suppose.

What errors are you specifically seeing? It wouldn't be worth it to  
upgrade unless you find out that what is broken for you is now fixed.

> A few questions please:
> -I see many patches that people are installing on SVN for the HD-PVR  
> to
> work properly.  Does the latest SVN include all of these seemingly
> necessary patches?  If not, if there a simple way to get them all?

Yes, trunk has enough to use the HD-PVR. That's what I'm using without  
issue.

> -On my last configure, the only option I used was "--enable-libfaad"
> and the lib64 stuff.  Does that still stand?  Or are there more
> configure options that I should be using?  ( Fedora 9 and
> Core2duo/Nvidia 8600 + firewire channel change on STB )

No idea. I don't run 64 bit.

> -Have there been sunbstantial improvements over the last 2 months?  I
> follow the lists to some extent, but would love to know some  
> opinions on
> that.

Since you are following along with the -dev lists, you should know. :)
The biggest change I saw go through was with ticket 5866 which deals  
with resolution changes.
http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/5866

I have no idea if it actually fixes anything because I set my STB's to  
force 720p output all the time to avoid crashing due to different  
resolutions and never changed it (I don't see the need to record at  
1080i or anything lower than 720p).

> -How about a small status on what is/is not working with SVN and the
> HD-PVR?  Playback issues or anything?

Playback has been improved a bit here and there with resyncs to ffmpeg- 
svn.

> I simply want to get some information before I upgrade today.

One thing to note is that I haven't been able to get anything recent  
to compile because it now requires a new h264 library that I haven't  
installed yet. At least, I think that's my problem. I don't really  
know what's wrong until I fix it. :)

-Brad