[mythtv-users] Live TV playback frustration

Pieter De Wit pieter at insync.za.net
Wed Aug 8 19:29:00 UTC 2012


> On 8/8/2012 2:02 PM, Pieter De Wit wrote:
>> <snip>
>>> These kinds of errors often indicate a deadlock in mythbackend.  A
>>> number of deadlocks have recently been found and fixed, with the fixes
>>> in the 0.26 beta.  These issues have been around for a long time, and
>>> they tend to be triggered by less predictable real-time events like
>>> watching Live TV or EIT updates.
>>> 
>>> You could try out 0.26-beta (being sure to have a DB backup first),
>>> but that has its own set of risks.
>>> 
>>> Jim
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>> Hi Guys,
>> 
>> I have often wondered how many of the dev's (and users) out there are using 
>> LiveTV, for LiveTV. Since 0.25 I have seen an increase in the number of 
>> issues on LiveTV. One (or more - the one I am thinking about is the program 
>> switch over freezing bug - it's still in 0.26) got reported and I added 
>> comments, but it does appear that the number of people (and dev's ?) 
>> watching TV is declining ?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Pieter
>> _______________________________________________
>> 
>
> Very few if any Devs use live tv.
>
> Mostly people that use DVRs for any length of time get away from watching 
> live tv. The advantages of recording everything you might possibly want to 
> watch and then then picking from what has been recorded are many. I don't 
> know of any advantages to watching live tv.
>
> -- 
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>
> Jim Morton
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Hi Jim,

In a country that lags behind the US in shows aired, it's often best to 
watch livetv :)

You have also "agreed" to my point. Most people have switched to DVR's and 
simple watch the recordings.

Cheers,

Pieter


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