[mythtv-users] Long delays with remote occasionally

[Tom Dexter]

On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Allen
Edwards<allen.p.edwards at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 2:08 PM, leifontheroad<leifontheroad at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Is there any definitive conclusion as to how to solve this problem? I'm
>> running Mythbuntu 9.04, 0.21-fixes, and I've still got the issue where, when
>> watching recordings, I'll press a key on the remote but the response will be
>> delayed for a while. It wasn't clear from this long thread whether a patched
>> ffmpeg solves this issue, or whether there's something else going on (Xorg,
>> for example). Do I need Josh's patch? If so, how do I apply that?
>>
>> Here are my current versions. I'd appreciate any thoughts on how to
>> definitively resolve. Thanks!
>>
>> $ mythbackend --version
>> Please include all output in bug reports.
>> MythTV Version   : 19961
>> MythTV Branch    : branches/release-0-21-fixes
>> Library API      : 0.21.20080304-1
>> Network Protocol : 40
>> Options compiled in:
>>  linux profile using_oss using_alsa using_jack using_backend using_dbox2
>> using_dvb using_firewire using_frontend using_hdhomerun using_iptv
>> using_ivtv using_joystick_menu using_libfftw3 using_lirc using_opengl_vsync
>> using_opengl_video using_v4l using_x11 using_xrandr using_xv using_xvmc
>> using_xvmcw using_xvmc_vld using_glx_proc_addr_arb using_bindings_perl
>> using_bindings_python using_opengl using_ffmpeg_threads using_libavc_5_3
>> using_live
>>
>> $ mythfrontend --version
>> xprop:  unable to open display ''
>> Please include all output in bug reports.
>> MythTV Version   : 19961
>> MythTV Branch    : branches/release-0-21-fixes
>> Library API      : 0.21.20080304-1
>> Network Protocol : 40
>> Options compiled in:
>>  linux profile using_oss using_alsa using_jack using_backend using_dbox2
>> using_dvb using_firewire using_frontend using_hdhomerun using_iptv
>> using_ivtv using_joystick_menu using_libfftw3 using_lirc using_opengl_vsync
>> using_opengl_video using_v4l using_x11 using_xrandr using_xv using_xvmc
>> using_xvmcw using_xvmc_vld using_glx_proc_addr_arb using_bindings_perl
>> using_bindings_python using_opengl using_ffmpeg_threads using_libavc_5_3
>> using_live
>>
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> You need Josh's patch.  It completely solved my problem until the
> batteries started
> going dead on the remote but that was a different issue bordering on stupidity.
>
> Allen
>

As I mentioned here:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/386493#386493

...I'm not convinced that's the case for everyone.  I had this issue
big time, and as I mention several times in the original thread, it
started like flicking a switch when I upgraded to xorg-server-1.5.3-r5
under gentoo (from 1.3.x I believe), and for others it seems to have
started after upgrading Fedora to a version with that as well.  for
me, it seems as though either subsequent kernel upgrades or maybe the
upgrade from Gentoo xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 to xorg-server-1.5.3-r6 has
fixed the issue, and I've been running perfectly without Josh's patch
for over a month now.

It's a real tough one to nail down, but the bug addressed in Josh's
patch was there before I had the problem, and without the patch is
there now and simply isn't causing the issue is my case.

Tom