[mythtv-users] MythTV Android Frontend is now available in the Google Play Market

[Larry K]

On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 9:26 PM, Larry K <lunchtimelarry at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 1:48 AM, Yianni Vidalis <yiannividalis at hotmail.com>wrote:
>
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>> ________________________________
>> > Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 22:26:02 -0400
>> > From: vendion at gmail.com
>> > To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
>> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV Android Frontend is now available in
>> > the Google Play Market
>> >
>> > On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 9:44 PM, Larry K
>> > <lunchtimelarry at gmail.com<mailto:lunchtimelarry at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> > I am having trouble streaming video with this app.  I'm on myth 0.25.2
>> > and Android 2.3.4.
>> >
>> > I can navigate to my recordings and see the list.  Once I select the
>> > recording, it takes maybe 20 seconds to prompt me for the app to use,
>> > at which point I select MX Player.  Then it takes another couple of
>> > seconds and I see the first 1/2 second of the recording.  Then it stops
>> > and the screen goes white.   When I check the backend I see a transcode
>> > job still running, using 245% of a quad core cpu.  If I wait awhile,
>> > then I am again prompted for the app to launch for the recording.
>> >   Eventually, it fails, and the transcode job is removed from the
>> > backend.
>> >
>> >
>> > I am having the same issue with Myth 0.26 and Android 4.1.1 and
>> > CyanogenMod 10 (Android JB based).  I get ~1 second playback before it
>> > stops and Mythfronted for Android just sits there at a white screen.
>> >
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>> I had the same problem with MX Player on a HTC Sensation icecream...
>>
>> I solved it by unselecting the "Use H/W decoder" (only the first box)
>> under Settings/Decoder. Now recordings stream ok. AND, there is a "HW" on
>> the app top, which I think means it uses h/w decoding(!).
>>
>>
>> Hmmm.  I found that I needed to ENABLE all the h/w decoding settings in
> the MX Player to get mine to work.
>
> I spoke too soon.  Enabling all 3 h/w decoding settings worked for SD
recordings, but not for HD.  And, later, I found it didn't work for all SD
recordings.  So, I'm still searching for a solution.
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