[mythtv-users] UI feedback in 0.22

[Michael T. Dean]

On 10/15/2009 01:31 PM, Jim Stichnoth wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>   
>> On 10/15/2009 06:22 AM, Jim Stichnoth wrote:
>>     
>>> Preview generation is a separate issue (btw, thanks mdean for the
>>> r22456 commit!).
>>>       
>> Are you using trunk or 0.22-fixes branch?  Have you actually noticed a
>> difference in behavior with/without the patch (when the frontend
>> re-creates a preview image--i.e. after exiting playback and setting a
>> bookmark with the "Generate preview image from a bookmark if possible")?
>>
>> If I can get testimonial that it changes behavior/fixes the delay, I'd
>> be willing to backport the change to 0.22-fixes.  I'm currently waiting,
>> though, because I have no way to test the effects on my current setup,
>> so my testing will have to wait for some system changes I have planned.
> I'm running trunk.  Before updating to r22456, with a version at most
> 2 days out of date, I removed all png files and observed a
> several-second UI freeze when the lowly ION first generated a preview
> image.  Then I updated and tried the same test.  Now, I can still move
> between recordings with the remote even if the preview generation has
> not completed.

Great.  Thanks for testing and feedback.  I'll go ahead and put the 
change in 0.22-fixes, too.

Mike