2014-01-23, 06:21
I briefly tested today's Milhouse build, and I think I can clarify a couple of issues I identified the other day.
First of all, with limited testing, today's build works much better with mythTV than the previous build. On the previous Milhouse build, I observed that mythtv video was choppy and unwatchable, whether I had specified DVDplayer or omxplayer as the default player in advancedsettings.XML
Second, I am pretty sure that, with this build, mythTV usesDVD player whether or not you specify it as the default player in advancedsettings.XML. This appears to be the case because:
- with today's Milhouse build, EDL/commercial skipping has reappeared using the myth plugin (having disappeared two months ago)
- with today's pi chimney build, however, no EDL or commercial skipping
- popcornmix pointed out that he did not believe there was any reason why omxplayer would have deteriorated for mythtv playback.
There were still couple of issues.
- At one point, immediately after a commercial Skip, playback bogged down badly. Normal playback was restored by stopping and restarting playback, without rebooting. This problem not arise again, with at least 6 more ad skips, and was not reproducible in the same program at the same juncture.
- add another point, playback froze up. Top showed xbmc.bin still running, but using <1% CPU. Killall was required to regain control.
First of all, with limited testing, today's build works much better with mythTV than the previous build. On the previous Milhouse build, I observed that mythtv video was choppy and unwatchable, whether I had specified DVDplayer or omxplayer as the default player in advancedsettings.XML
Second, I am pretty sure that, with this build, mythTV usesDVD player whether or not you specify it as the default player in advancedsettings.XML. This appears to be the case because:
- with today's Milhouse build, EDL/commercial skipping has reappeared using the myth plugin (having disappeared two months ago)
- with today's pi chimney build, however, no EDL or commercial skipping
- popcornmix pointed out that he did not believe there was any reason why omxplayer would have deteriorated for mythtv playback.
There were still couple of issues.
- At one point, immediately after a commercial Skip, playback bogged down badly. Normal playback was restored by stopping and restarting playback, without rebooting. This problem not arise again, with at least 6 more ad skips, and was not reproducible in the same program at the same juncture.
- add another point, playback froze up. Top showed xbmc.bin still running, but using <1% CPU. Killall was required to regain control.