[mythtv] Ticket #7067: Initial DVD playback speed too fast.

[Manuel McLure]

On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 9:59 PM, Davin McCall <davmac at davmac.org> wrote:
> Hi Manuel,
>
> Regardless of any ill effect it may have on your own particular machine, I
> have done my best to make the patch "obviously correct" and I believe that
> it *is* correct - it fixes real logical errors with the code. There is
> explanation in the ticket (#7067) if anyone cares to read it.
>
> It also happens to fix DVD playback for me and several others without
> adversely affecting playback of recorded TV in the way you describe.
>
> What you see is most likely the result of (yet) another bug in Myth. I am
> aware of at least one - you might like to try the attached patch as a
> starting point - I'd really appreciate some testing of it. It fixes an issue
> with frame dropping (which Myth, as far as I can see, pretty much completely
> fails to do correctly) which might cause symptoms such as you've described.
>
> I do have to ask that the changes in r22947 NOT be reverted. It fixes real
> bugs (read the code!). If it exposes other bugs then they need to be fixed
> separately. I'm happy to work with you Manuel to figure out what is causing
> your particular issues and see if we can figure out a solution, but if
> r22947 is reverted then I'm going to have to give up on MythTV.

I'm building with the patch, but I probably won't get around to
testing until tomorrow. I'll also double-check that my applying the
original patch was correct (I can't seem to get to Trac right now, or
I'd already have done that.)

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