[mythtv-users] Mythfrontend v31 Android anomaly?

[Jim Abernathy]

On 4/9/20 8:11 AM, Jim Abernathy wrote:
> I've mentioned this is passing but I think I now have a repeatable 
> pattern that may help someone find the problem.
>
> Here's the setup:
>
> 1. v31 backend 2:31.0+fixes.202004072049.a465f1b~ubuntu18.04.1 on x86_64
>
> 2. Tuner - Hauppauge WinTV Quad PCIe- ATSC OTA HD recordings. 1080i or 
> 720p depending on channel.
>
> 3. Nvidia Shield TV running mythfrontend-20200323-arm64-v31.0.apk. The 
> Nvida software is update automatically.
>
> Every morning I start a recording on CBS Morning News at 7am. 
> Somewhere 10-20 minutes after 7, I start watching that recording in 
> progress.
>
> Some time around the first commercial 18-25 minutes I use the right 
> arrow to skip over the commercial, but it doesn't skip and the 
> timeline at the bottom shows I'm at the current time, i.e. caught up 
> to real time.
>
> However, I'm not based on what you see on a TV connected to just an 
> antenna.
>
> If I use the left arrow to skip backwards the playback skip forward to 
> real time and the time line reflects this. Then I can use the left 
> arrow to skip back to where I was watching.  This happens every morning.
>
> Anyone else seeing this?
>
> Jim A

I adjusted the (Setup->Video->Playback->Advanced->Audio read-ahead) to 
200ms instead of 100ms to fix another problem with the Android Frontend 
and this morning I did not have the problem listed above.  I'll continue 
to test to see if the Audio read-ahead magically fixed both problems.

Jim A