[mythtv-users] Time Stretch and S/PDIF

[Peter Carlsson]

On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 12:30:27 +1300, Nick Rout wrote:
> >> What about Mythbuntu? I usually use Debian for most of my computers but for
> >> my HTPC I have planned to install Mythbuntu since I am under the impression
> >> that it is easy to use/maintain, updates more frequently (following Ubuntus
> >> release cycle) and keeps much more up-to-date with MythTV. Is that true?
> >
> > mythbuntu, debian, fedora, you name it, is irrelevant at all...
> >
> > Those are linux distribution, not mythtv !
> >>
> >> Will I benefit from this ticket if I switch to Mythbuntu 9.10 when it is
> >> released or at least get the patch sooner than if I stick with Debian (stable)?
> >
> > this ticket has nothing to do with a particular distribution.
> > It's for mythtv.
> >
> > So if you get a distribution, whichever it is, that package mythtv
> > 0.22, this is what you get: mythtv 0.22
> >
> > The changes in this ticket won't be in MythTV 0.22
> >
> > What is so hard to understand?
> 
> I guess once 0.22 is released we will get an 0.22-fixes. One question
> is: "Will this ticket make it into 0.22-fixes?"
> 
> If there is a possibility that the ticket will get into fixes, the
> distro does matter, because some distros are more adept at keeping
> their packages up to date with -fixes, some are slower.

This is exactly what I ment! Mythbuntu is released every 6 month and
seems to include the most recent MythTV (trunk) at that time, while
Debian does not? At least not if you want to stay with stable (or
testing).

> But if the ticket is never going to make it into -fixes, but only 0.23
> (or 0.never) then you are right, it won't matter what distro you get.
> You simply then have to patch and compile your own, find someone who
> compiles his own, or run trunk. Many people don't want to go down that
> path.

I prefer to use a stable distro as long as possible. That's one of the
reasons why I chose Debian stable inthe first place. But I also don't
want to wait as long as a release cycle for Debian to get the latest
version of MythTV. That's why I think Mythbuntu seems like a good
compromise. I realize I probably can't both have the cake and eat it.

/Peter