[mythtv-users] Version 0.24 issues with sticky keys and firewire

[DaveD]

My Kubuntu frontends and Fedora backend got out of sync (fedora did a 
back port or something that Ubuntu didn't pick up) so I went with the 
trunk builds on both platforms to get them running compatible protocol 
versions.  Since the upgrade to 0.24, I have two issues that I have not 
been able to fix:

1.  Sticky keys in ff/rew.  I noticed a significant degradation in the 
ff/rew functionality when moving from 0.22 to 0.23.  0.22 worked 
flawlessly; like a mechanical VCR, predictable, responsive and 
accurate.  After upgrading to 0.23 the accuracy and responsiveness 
degraded and hitting the spot I was trying for became a challenge.  No 
amount of tweaking of settings seemed to improve it.  Now, with 0.24 
they have become all but useless.  When fast-forwarding or rewinding, 
pressing the play button to exit the ff/rew mode takes several seconds 
before it responds and hitting a specific location is impossible.  It 
has greatly degraded the usability of the player.  I'm guessing support 
is being phased out (or just plain dropped) for the sticky key ff/rew 
mode since the new version doesn't have a checkbox for sticky keys in 
the setup.  Without this setting I don't know how to turn it off.  My 
new frontend doesn't use the sticky keys and there does not seem to be 
any way to turn it on.

2.  The firewire connection to my cable box quit working.  It works as 
long as the box is on the desired channel before initiating a recording 
but if I then change channels (or start on a channel other than the one 
the box is already set to) the error shows up.  The backend can change 
the channel (I can watch it change on the front of the STB), but Myth 
doesn't seem to like what it gets and puts the channel back where it 
was.  About 6-8 seconds later I get a message box that says "Error 
opening jump program file buffer".  The the frontend output when I try 
to change the channel looks like this:

2010-10-24 19:33:50.384 RingBuf(/shome/mythtv/4685_20101024193348.mpg) 
Error: OpenFile(): File too small (0B).
2010-10-24 19:33:50.384 Player(0), Error: JumpToProgram's OpenFile 
failed (card type: FIREWIRE).
2010-10-24 19:33:50.384
LiveTVChain has 6 entries
    DUMMY: 1131 (19:32:51 to 19:32:52)
      DVB: 1131 (19:32:52 to 19:33:24) discontinuous
    DUMMY: 2157 (19:33:25 to 19:33:29) discontinuous
   FIREWIRE: 2157 (19:33:29 to 19:33:43) discontinuous
    DUMMY: 4685 (19:33:43 to 19:33:48) discontinuous
* FIREWIRE: 4685 (19:33:48 to 20:00:00) discontinuous

2010-10-24 19:33:50.384 Player(0), Error: Unknown recorder error, 
exiting decoder
2010-10-24 19:33:50.428 TV: Attempting to change from WatchingLiveTV to None
2010-10-24 19:33:50.435 VDPAU Painter: Clearing VDPAU painter cache.
2010-10-24 19:33:50.465 Launching: ps -ae | grep pulseaudio > /dev/null
2010-10-24 19:33:50.479 PID 2575: launched
2010-10-24 19:33:50.639 PID 2575: exited: status=0, result=0
2010-10-24 19:33:50.700 Pulse: PulseAudio resume OK
2010-10-24 19:33:50.872 TV: Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
2010-10-24 19:33:50.898 TV: Attempting to change from None to None
2010-10-24 19:33:50.958 TV: Attempting to change from None to WatchingLiveTV
2010-10-24 19:33:50.959 MythCoreContext: Connecting to backend server: 
192.168.0.5:6543 (try 1 of 1)
2010-10-24 19:33:50.960 Using protocol version 63
2010-10-24 19:33:50.986 MythCoreContext: Connecting to backend server: 
192.168.0.5:6543 (try 1 of 1)
2010-10-24 19:33:50.987 Using protocol version 63
2010-10-24 19:33:50.989 Spawning LiveTV Recorder -- begin
2010-10-24 19:33:51.064 Spawning LiveTV Recorder -- end
2010-10-24 19:33:51.079 We have a 
playbackURL(/shome/mythtv/2157_20101024193351.mpg) & cardtype(DUMMY)
2010-10-24 19:33:51.081 We have a RingBuffer
2010-10-24 19:33:51.083 playCtx, Error: Attempting to setup a player, 
but it already exists.
2010-10-24 19:33:51.083 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started

The STB over firewire worked flawlessly before the upgrade.  I tried 
increasing the time myth waits for the channel/signal but no help.  And, 
as I said, it used to work with the settings I had.

System is a fedora 12 FE/BE with an internal PCIE Dvico Fusionhdtv7 Dual 
Express (still works well) and a Motorola DCH3200 STB connected via 
motherboard's firewire port.  I'm running ATRPM's bleeding 
(0.24-238_trunk_r26853).

Any ideas?

Dave D.