[mythtv-users] MythTV Raspberry Pi2 frontend testers

[Peter Bennett (cats22)]

On 11/30/2015 02:09 PM, Lawrence Rust wrote:
> On Sat, 2015-11-28 at 12:50 -0500, Peter Bennett (cats22) wrote:
>>
>> Subtitles
>> I am not seeing subtitles with either xcb or eglfs.
>> With normal front end on a particular show I get a choice of ATSC CC1
>> Subtitles or VBI CC1 subtitles. Either of these shows the same
>> subtitles, I don't know why two are shown.
>> With Raspberry Pi frontend I only see ATSC CC1 as a choice. Selecting it
>> says "Subtitles enabled" but they never appear on the screen.
>> I believe that the problem is a missing libass-dev package.  It's an
>> optional lib that's used for certain types of subtitle - I've never seen
>> a difference in the UK so it must be an ATSC issue.  The new
>> mythbuild.sh adds this lib and is included in the updated build.  You
>> will need to install libass4 on the Rpi to use this.
>> I already had libass4 installed. With the new build I am still not
>> seeing subtitles.
> OK, I think a need another favour - could you post a small recording
> which demonstrates the subtitle problem.  Thanks.
>
> -- Lawrence Rust
>
>
I have put a 30 second recording, with subtitles that work in regular
mythtv but do not show in raspberry pi mythtv

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/45325311/Today_30sec.mpg

Regarding xcb and eglfs: I see no jerkiness or audio problems with xcb,
only with eglfs. I have not tried the overclock settings, since with xcb
I am perfectly happy with my setup. The only issue is jerkiness with the
OSD, which is not a problem since the ODS does not show up very often.

With regular mythtv it has been stated that running it without an X
window manager is not supported. Maybe for consistency the raspberry pi
should aim for the same environment.

Peter