[mythtv-users] 0.25 LiveTV unstable

[Michael T. Dean]

On 06/26/2012 11:51 PM, Steven Adeff wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 9:32 PM, Michael Watson wrote:
>> I dont use LiveTv a great deal, but recently have had no issue. Just the
>> other night I watched a couple of shows via LiveTV.  Slight delay during
>> program transition, but no big deal.  Currently running *mythbackend
>> version: fixes/0.25 [v0.25.1-43-g73bc45e]* on Ubuntu 10.04 and Ubuntu 12.04
>> *
>> *I have a LiveTV Storage Group, but all frontends/backends mount all the
>> storage group directories via NFS.
>> All storage group Directories are located on the MBE.  SBE and FE all
>> netboot using iscsi.
>> I run a Gigabit network on all but 1 frontend, (have not used LiveTV on this
>> Frontend)
>> All systems are FE are P4 - 3.x Ghz, Nvidia GeForce 8400GS using VDPAU,
>> backends are P4 3.x Ghz Machines
>> TV Signal is PAL via DVB-T Tuners
>>
>> I still continue to mount storage directories via NFS, as I have had issues
>> with lagging / stuttering when letting the system stream via MythProtocol.
>>
>> Hope this gives you guys some ideas.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Michael Watson
> With my Ceton and two ClearQAM tuners livetv is rock solid for me on
> my three frontends. my parents system with two HDPVR though has been
> horrid, I'm hoping a kernel upgrade and running a newer firmware will
> fix it.
>


But the key is you /must/ be running current -fixes.  Both 0.24 and 0.25 
release versions had serious problems with Live TV that were since fixed 
in -fixes.

Mike