[mythtv-users] LiveTV channel switching time

[Tom Lichti]

F Peeters (MythTV) wrote:
> On Sun, November 19, 2006 11:21, David Brodbeck wrote:
>   
>> Dag Nygren wrote:
>>     
>>> What I am looking for is a real discussion about where the problem might
>>> be. Not just the standard:
>>> It is not a problem for me and for most of the users so there is no
>>> problem.
>>>
>>>       
>> Well, people who aren't seeing the problem can't exactly troubleshoot
>> it, can they?
>>
>> What I'm hearing are a bunch of people who are unhappy with a small
>> detail of a rather sophisticated piece of software they got for FREE,
>> and they're whining loudly in the hopes that someone else will fix it
>> for them for FREE, all the while refusing to put any effort into it
>> themselves.
>>
>> Now, I recognize that not everyone has the time to learn how to code.
>> The Asterisk project dealt with this with the concept of bounties.
>> Someone (often a business, in the case of Asterisk) who badly needed a
>> feature would put up a monetary reward, so it was worthwhile for a coder
>> to work on it.  You have to be reasonable with your expectations,
>> though.  If the bugfix or feature is going to take a few hours to code
>> and test, you're probably looking at a couple hundred dollars at least
>> before it'll be worth someone's while to stop working on other paying
>> gigs.
>>
>>     
>
> Another system that often works is how it is done with Wine...
>
> People add their requests, and the bounty they'd be willing to pay, and
> others that want the same can add their own bounties to those requests.
> That way the bounties can really add up, even when single persons only
> have a small amount to spend on a feature bounty...
>   
Been there, tried that, didn't work, so I coded a patch myself that is a 
hacky workaround for my problem:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/222333

See also:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/222281
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/222256
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/196835

Tom