[mythtv-users] ir blaster / external channel change script

[jds]

see STAGE 5, "IMPORTANT NOTE #2" of my writeup at
http://losdos.dyndns.org:8080/public/mythtv-info/MythTV_DISH_IR_LED_TX_via_Modified_LIRC.html
or mirror
http://mirror.mmdsi.com/losdos.dyndns.org/public/mythtv-info/MythTV_DISH_IR_LED_TX_via_Modified_LIRC.html

jds


> From: James Armstrong <james-dontspameme at dontspame-thearmstrongs.org>
>
> I have been having trouble with the backend changing channels reliably
using the myblaster script. I can change the channels from a prompt
reliably about 99% of the time, but when myth goes to change the
channel, I get dropped digits and the dish receiver times out and goes
to channel 100. I am thinking that the recording process startup is
causing the external script to pause or run slowly causing the digit
drops. I noticed that I get a 2 to 3 seconds of recording before the
channel starts to change. Is the external channel change script called
before the recording process starts or after the recording starts? I
have added a nice -10 to the database external script command but I'm
not sure if that helps. The script is the myblaster.pl perl script.