[mythtv] Feedback on Myth frontend on Nvidia Shield

[Peter Bennett]

On 06/22/2018 03:04 PM, Michael wrote:
> On 06/20/2018 03:56 PM, Peter Bennett wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 06/20/2018 06:05 PM, Michael wrote:
>>> On 06/18/2018 09:50 AM, Peter Bennett wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 06/18/2018 12:21 PM, Michael wrote:
>>>>> Hello MythTV developers,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I am posting here versus the users list as I know the Android 
>>>>> versions are still considered in development.
>>>>>
>>>>> A while back I saw some discussion of running mythfrontend on the 
>>>>> Nvidia Shield and it piqued my curiosity as an option to replacing 
>>>>> a full sized HTPC as a frontend.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Peter Bennett was kind of enough to send me a version of the 
>>>>> package: mythfrontend-20180501 and I have been playing with it 
>>>>> heavily for the last few days once I finally got my Harmony hub 
>>>>> paired to it to provide remote access emulating keyboard controls.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Overall, the experience has been pretty good.    I don't think the 
>>>>> interlacing is quite as good as my existing Nvidia based HTPC, but 
>>>>> overall, I am really pleased and looking to make the Shield my 
>>>>> primary frontend.
>>>>>
>>>> I have now added hardware assisted decode, and the deinterlacing is 
>>>> much better, although there are some other issues with it that I am 
>>>> dealing with.
>>>>>
>>>>> I did find two issues so far and wanted to see if anyone else is 
>>>>> seeing this:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) Mythtv parental controls - If you are using parental controls, 
>>>>> when it prompts you to enter the pin, the input box never receives 
>>>>> the key presses.     I verified this even just using a local USB 
>>>>> keyboard.  This is a key feature for me to keep the kids only 
>>>>> seeing kid movies.
>>>>>
>>>> I have not tried that. I can take a look at it. If you like you can 
>>>> create a ticket with component as Ports-Android. That will serve as 
>>>> a reminder to me and give feedback to you when it is fixed. 
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for creating the ticket.   It was still on my TODO list.
>>>
>>> If you want any help playing with the hardware assist or testing any 
>>> of the issues reported, just send me a link to a newer build and I 
>>> will grab it.
>>>
>>> Hopefully the master branch doesn't update the API as I still run a 
>>> 0.29 backend.
>>>
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
>>
>> Here is a new link if you want to try it. Select playback profile 
>> "mediacodec normal" for the hardware acceleration preliminary code. 
>> With mediacodec normal profile, there are currently problems with FF 
>> and  REW. Jump forward and jump back are usable but a bit slow 
>> sometimes. That is something I will work on. You can also continue 
>> using an OpenGL profile with software decoding and avoid those issues.
>>
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/2bvase15inqfcmf/mythfrontend-20180620-arm64-v30-Pre-663-g7758f60ba6e-dirty.apk?dl=0 
>>
>>
>> There are no api changes, it will work on 29 or 30.
>>
>> Peter
>
>
> THanks,
>
>
> I am running the new version with the mediacodec normal.   Seems to be 
> working pretty well.   I do see the slowness when going forward and 
> backwards as expected, but the video does look good.
>
>
> On the topic of the parental controls, things are working even worse 
> in this version.   I am not sure if this is an android issue or if 
> something else in changing in the development branch that could be 
> impacting all versions.   Do you know of any development packages 
> updated for Fedora or Debian that I could use to test to help narrow?
>
I can send you an ubuntu package, I am not sure if it will work for 
debian. Some libraries change names with different versions.
>
> Myth has 4 levels of parental controls.   I have a password set for 
> the top 2.   In the previous android version, I would get prompted for 
> the password, but then I couldn't type it in from the keyboard.   
> However, in this version, now it just ignore the password altogether 
> and just takes you to that level.
>
> In general, it seems like all/any of the popup dialogue boxes that 
> take input are not directly receiving keyboard input.   I can use the 
> onscreen keyboard though to provide input.   What is weird is the I 
> can use the tab key to get over to ok/cancel from the keyboard, but it 
> just doesn't receive input.
>
>
> I didn't want to add to the ticket until I have more details.
>
>
> Michael
I tried hooking up a keyboard. In general it seems the numeric pad 
numbers are not working, but the numbers across the top of the 
alphabetic keys were working. Generally you should use the arrow keys 
for navigation rather than the tab keys. Pressing enter should invoke 
the OK button. This works for me.

Please can you walk me through the process of using the parental 
controls so that I can try what you are doing. I have never used 
parental controls. Are these for recordings, videos or both?

Peter