Mikkel
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Subject: LiveTv goes live.
The basic features of LiveTv is now ready go live. A lot of work have been put into this, including a lot of code "under the hood".
Mike and kuroneko have so far been the brave testers who has helped dig out many bugs. thanks! It seems to work on backends with several recorders and HDTV recorders.
You have to enable livetv before it is active, so you can also use this version if you are not ready to go livetv.
Current features:
- Building list of channels and current programs on all recorders.
- Supports "chains" of programs on same channel. When a program ends, the next program is automatically opened.
- You can choose a preferred recorder
- Handling of events from backend involving recorders. This should ensure that recorders are released when they are needed for a scheduled recording. (It does not ask you, but simply releases the recorder)
- GUI that shows what is currently on all channels. This is automatically updated when a new program starts.
- Ability to retrieve entire program guide, even though it is not used (yet?)
What is missing:
Of the basic features the following is missing
- You can not seek forward in a recording. My next job is to make this work better. I wanted to release this now, as I do not know when I get the time to fix it.
- When all channels are not on all recorders, the player must spawn the correct recorder and change recorder if this is necessary.
Feedback
Please make posts with your experiences, as the purpose of this release is to get some feedback.
The more, the better. Is it working or not on your backend. What is good, what is missing, what have to be changed. What features are missing. What have to be changed in the GUI? Do you like that the recordings and livetv is now integrated into the player, instead of being in a separate window. I listen to the feedback, so please post
Also, please note
- your backend version
- the number of recorders you have.
- If you report bugs, please post you log.txt as well
Big fat warning:
Please be aware that I can (and never will) guarantee that the used recorder is released when a scheduled recording is due to start. I have put a lot of effort into that it will not happen, and I have not seen this happen for a long long time - but there is no guarantees.
When you are done using the player, it is also a good idea to check in mythweb if the recorder has been released by the player. If it has not been released you have to restart your backend. Again, I have not seen this happen for a long long time.
When that is said, it seems to work quite nicely - at least for the 3 testers that have been using it so far. I am looking forward to more feedback.
Mike and kuroneko have so far been the brave testers who has helped dig out many bugs. thanks! It seems to work on backends with several recorders and HDTV recorders.
You have to enable livetv before it is active, so you can also use this version if you are not ready to go livetv.
Current features:
- Building list of channels and current programs on all recorders.
- Supports "chains" of programs on same channel. When a program ends, the next program is automatically opened.
- You can choose a preferred recorder
- Handling of events from backend involving recorders. This should ensure that recorders are released when they are needed for a scheduled recording. (It does not ask you, but simply releases the recorder)
- GUI that shows what is currently on all channels. This is automatically updated when a new program starts.
- Ability to retrieve entire program guide, even though it is not used (yet?)
What is missing:
Of the basic features the following is missing
- You can not seek forward in a recording. My next job is to make this work better. I wanted to release this now, as I do not know when I get the time to fix it.
- When all channels are not on all recorders, the player must spawn the correct recorder and change recorder if this is necessary.
Feedback
Please make posts with your experiences, as the purpose of this release is to get some feedback.
The more, the better. Is it working or not on your backend. What is good, what is missing, what have to be changed. What features are missing. What have to be changed in the GUI? Do you like that the recordings and livetv is now integrated into the player, instead of being in a separate window. I listen to the feedback, so please post
Also, please note
- your backend version
- the number of recorders you have.
- If you report bugs, please post you log.txt as well
Big fat warning:
Please be aware that I can (and never will) guarantee that the used recorder is released when a scheduled recording is due to start. I have put a lot of effort into that it will not happen, and I have not seen this happen for a long long time - but there is no guarantees.
When you are done using the player, it is also a good idea to check in mythweb if the recorder has been released by the player. If it has not been released you have to restart your backend. Again, I have not seen this happen for a long long time.
When that is said, it seems to work quite nicely - at least for the 3 testers that have been using it so far. I am looking forward to more feedback.