[mythtv] Testers Wanted for New, ON-Deman Input Feature

[David Engel]

On Mon, Jan 08, 2018 at 06:57:57PM +0000, Mike Bibbings wrote:
> On 08/01/18 16:51, David Engel wrote:
> > On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 08:37:38PM +0000, John P Poet wrote:
> > > On Tue, Dec 26, 2017 at 9:39 AM David Engel <david at istwok.net> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > The "Schedule as Group" feature added last year greatly improved the
> > > > scheduling performance of multirec configurations.  Unfortunately, it
> > > > required the number of simultaneous recordings to be set high enough
> > > > to handle every recording load.  If it was set too low, recordings
> > > > would be missed.  I now have a change ready to address that
> > > > limitation.
> > > > 
> > > > Instead of missing recordings, MythTV will now automatically add
> > > > multirec inputs to handle the load.  However, this change adds new
> > > > locking creates the possibility of new deadlocks, especially when the
> > > > added inputs are on slave backends.  Consequently, I'd like for this
> > > > change to get some wider testing before it goes into master.
> > > > 
> > > > If you're interested and able to help out on the testing, please
> > > > checkout the devel/scheduler branch and give it a try.  Please post
> > > > any feedback you have here.  If all goes well, I'll commit to master
> > > > in a week or two.
> > > > 
> > > > David
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > Hi David.  Sorry I didn't get back with you sooner.  I will take a look at
> > > this, and give it a try.
> > Do I have any other takers on this?
> > 
> > David
> 
> Yes, I will be testing this over the next week or so.  I have UK Freesat and
> Freeview with both PCIe and network tuners.

Alright.  Thanks.

Wow, I just noticed noticed my stupid typos in the title. :(

David
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David Engel
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