[mythtv-users] Leanfront observations

[Larry Kennedy]

On Tue, Mar 3, 2020 at 3:54 PM Peter Bennett <pb.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Thank you for the feedback. My comments are below.
>
> On 3/3/20 9:07 AM, Yeechang Lee wrote:
> > Observations after using several Leanfront client versions including
> > 108 on Nvidia Shield TV with 29 backend:
> >
> > * Some sort of progress/busy message would be welcome when refreshing
> >    lists. With 2600 recordings and however many more videos, refreshing
> >    takes about 30 seconds.
> Good idea. i will look into that.
> > * Supporting in-app voice search is excellent; it's amazing how few
> >    apps do so. I realize that you are using the existing Android
> >    functionality, which makes other software not doing so all the more
> >    inexplicable.
> > * Android keycode MEDIA_STOP does nothing. I suggest it unconditionally
> exits
> >    playback.
> What type of remote are you using? I have not done much to support other
> than the basic keys. I don't know the best way to test this. There are
> "android remote" apps for a phone but they also seem to only have the
> basic keys.
> > * Similarly, perhaps have MEDIA_PLAY and MEDIA_PLAY_PAUSE
> >    unconditionally start playback, as opposed to showing the "play from
> >    start/other actions" menu?
> Another good suggestion - I will take a look.
> > * Once you implement the equivalent of the mainline client's DEBUGOSD,
> >    can Android keycode INFO be used for this?
> I have no plans to implement that. I don't know if those stats are
> available from exoplayer. Also above comment about remote applies.
> > * The jellyfish 400mbps and both 140mbps tests
> >    (<http://www.jell.yfish.us/>) all pause playback at 9-12 seconds
> >    in. Skipping forward and back allows playback to continue. There is
> >    no audio in the 400mbps and 140mbps h264 clips.
> The android TV boxes seem to be optimized for hevc when using 4k. h264
> with 4k does not work that well, especially in extreme conditions. At
> any rate, I am only supporting what exoplayer supports.
> > * The rounded MythTV logo the mainline Android client shows on opening
> >    would be preferable for the upper right corner to the one current
> >    used. Also as Leanfront's Android TV launcher icon, without the
> >    diagonal skew.
> The skew in the launcher icon was so that if you have both mythfrontend
> and leanfront installed you can see which is which. Perhaps there is a
> better way to indicate it, but I am no expert at creating graphics.
> > * No ability to "Scan For Changes" for videos. (I realize that
> >    Leanfront is for now meant to supplement the mainline client and is
> >    leveraging existing Android functionality as much as possible, but
> >    not being able to do so when "refreshing lists" does exist is
> >    confusing.) Perhaps invoke with Android keycode MENU?
> >
> The mythbackend api is short on methods related to videos. There are no
> api calls for scanning videos, deleting videos or setting video
> bookmarks. At some point I will look inot adding those to the backend,
> but until then, leanfront cannot support those things.
>
> Peter
>

Peter,

I got around to installing Leanfront on my Shield.  I have to say this app
is very impressive!  Great job!

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