[mythtv-users] Long delays with remote occasionally

[Larry on the Dell Laptop]

Joe wrote:
> I've been following this thread since I've also been experiencing the
> periodic remote delays.
>
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 2:30 PM, lj <larry at foxgulch.com> wrote:
>   
>> stopper.  So I'm back with what I had before but using playback profile
>> "High Quality".  So far no delayed IR remote keypresses  and  the
>> volume / mute controls work normally from the remote.  After three days
>> of searching and configuring, I think "It's working, don't fix it" is
>>     
>
> Regarding the setting of playback profile:  I had tried all the
> various profiles as well, and in fact I also noticed a _reduction_ in
> the frequency of these delays after changing the profiles as well.  I
> think in my case it was worst when set on the "Normal" profile and got
> better on both the "High Quality" and "Slim" settings (not sure why
> that would be).
>
> At any rate, I would say that the profile definitely does seem to
> affect the likelihood of seeing the problem (for whatever reason) but
> does not actually address the root cause of the problem, because I
> have seen it appear on all profiles.  From reading this thread the
> patch that Josh made may actually be what we've been waiting for.
>
> I would also be happy to help test this, but I haven't been building
> from source unfortunately (I'm currently using mythbuntu weekly -fixes
> builds, but I'd try getting the latest svn and compiling since this
> bug has been bothersome for quite a while now).
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Joe,

 True to Josh's prediction,  last night I noticed an occasional  "IR 
Remote button press" delay even though I was running with the playback 
profile set to "High Quality" on version 18722, which I thought I had 
surely fixed!   I can live with it but its still an irritation.  
Tomorrow I think I'll slip another HD in the mythbox then  get the 
latest builds from the mythbuntu repository.    

Its not all bad.  A year ago, I didn't know how to image a drive and 
then restore it,  I was terrified  inside gparted. The mysql database 
used to be a complete mystery.  So credit Mythtv for prompting my 
increased knowledge and Linux for the freedom to explore and learn!

Larry