[mythtv-users] Stability of the win32 port

[Robert Johnston]

On 27/11/2008 8:23 PM, Owen Hollands wrote:
> How stable is the Win32 port (using version 0.21?)
>
> I am looking for a better solution for my wife to access myth
> recordings from her Windows laptop.  She it currently using a
> combination of mythweb/mplayer, which while it works is not ideal.
>
> I have successfully built a version, but it crashes within seconds on
> recordings from some channels.
>
> What I would like to know is if there at other people who are
> successfully using this port.  If it is an issue with my configuration
> then I will push ahead.  But given that this has a direct baring on
> the WAF I would be reluctant to getting the missus to be a beater
> tester.

I'm using the windows port of 0.21 (Self-built using the perl script) 
quite successfully on my windows (vista) desktop box.

There are some minor issues (Playback filters for deinterlacing don't 
work, and the menus all appear in a window rather than fullscreen - 
video plays back fullscreen just fine however), but on the whole it 
works great for me.

My wife's XP machine, on the other hand, won't run it (Crashes before it 
gets to opening the main window), but I think that could be a mingw 
problem (When I try to compile a copy on her machine, gcc segfaults!)
-- 
Robert "Anaerin" Johnston