[mythtv-users] external channel changing script lag problems

[Michael T. Dean]

On 10/06/2007 03:37 PM, Joe Auty wrote:
> My external channel change script (pasted below) takes so long to
> execute with a sleep set to 1.25 that when I select "Watch TV" there
> seems to be a timeout. I see in my logs:
>   
...
> When I decrease the sleep time, I can watch TV. However, with a
> decreased sleep time my channel changing script doesn't change channels
> properly - it needs that long sleep time.
>
> Is it possible to not set any starting channel at startup and to just
> leave the channel set at whatever it was set at last? Is it possible to
> increase the timeout values upon invoking a Watch TV? Is it possible to
> use a separate channel changing script for presetting the initial channel?

You can, instead, just background the channel change script with the
larger sleep time--i.e. add an "&" at the end of the command line. 
Then, Myth will think the channel change was instantaneous and the
channel change script will continue to execute as Myth starts up TV.

Mike