[mythtv-users] Updated ceton patch for 0.24

Cecil Watson knoppmyth at gmail.com
Mon Jan 9 18:04:21 UTC 2012


On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 6:12 PM, Ronald Frazier <ron at ronfrazier.net> wrote:

> A while ago I rewrote my ceton patch to work in trunk. In doing so, I
> was able to make a number of design changes to address bugs, increase
> performance/reliability, and add new features. I have now backported
> all of those changes to 0.24. I've been running this patch on my
> production system all week, and it's been working great. Here are some
> of the key changes that were made
>
> 1) Fixed some bugs that could cause the backend to hang if you tuned
> an invalid channel (or if a channel was not broadcasting any data). If
> you ever had to restart the backend because it said the tuner was
> busy, even though it wasn't, this should fix that
> 2) You no longer need to run the channel mapper to configure the
> channels if you have a cablecard installed. Simply letting
> mythtv-setup or mythfilldatabase create the channels should be all
> that is necessary.
> 3) In addition to the old method of reading from the /dev/ceton/*
> device entries, you can also now use RTP/RTSP to stream the data. This
> method can also be useful when the Ceton card is installed in another
> system (as long as that system has the networks bridged so that the
> Ceton is accessible externally).
> 4) Multiple Ceton cards can now be used, either using the direct
> device entry method, or using RTP/RTSP.
> 5) Channel changing performance has been improved. Under normal
> circumstances, this may not be noticable, or only slightly noticable.
> However, under heavy loads some users previously experienced slow
> channel changing. This should fix that.
>
>
> The new patch is available here:
> http://www.ronfrazier.net/mythtv/0.24/index.html#CetonSupport
>
>
> --
> Ron Frazier
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Thanks Ron!

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Enjoy the day,

Cecil
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