[mythtv-users] OSX client editing problems...

[David Abrahams]

David Abrahams <dave at boost-consulting.com> writes:

> "Tom E. Craddock Jr." <sigtom at sigtom.com> writes:
>
>> John Sutherland wrote:
>>> Hi there..
>>> 
>>> I have a linux backend, 0.18.1, and an OSX frontend..
>>> 
>>> I've tried 3 verisons of the 0.18.1 OSX client binaries, and all 3  
>>> have the same behavour.. (the versions I tried at the one from  
>>> goof.com, and the ones from thesniperpad.com..)
>>> 
>>> Watching TV works..
>>> Watching recording works, including fast forward, rewind, time  
>>> stretch, zoom, etc..
>>> 
>>> But the moment I hit 'E' to enter edit mode, it freezes.. All I see  
>>> in the client is the frozen frame.. No keys work.. I have to forcibly  
>>> kill the client..
>>> 
>>> Backend seems fine, no restarting necessary..
>>> 
>>> I do have a linux frontend that seems able to edit without issue..
>>> 
>>> Any ideas?
>>> 
>>> --John
>>
>>
>> In about a week-ish or so, once .19 is released, use the .19 binaries. 
>> Its been fixed in SVN at some point, cant tell ya the revision # tho.  I 
>> had the same problems (on .18.1) and once I started running/compiling 
>> SVN regularly along with the nightly OSX binary builds that are posted 
>> on thesniderpad.com's dloads section (which I really do appreciate) I 
>> found that hitting 'E' works fine.
>
> Yes, it's fixed in SVN.  Unfortunately fast forward, skip forward,
> rewind, skip back and E all have the same new problem: sometimes the
> transport unaccountably ends up at zero.

I believe I've found the problem.  Please see
http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-dev/2006-January/044360.html

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com