[mythtv-users] suggestions for improving my external channel changing script

[j. berger]

Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> On Oct 25, 2007, at 8:43 AM, Joe Auty wrote:
>
>   
>> Brad DerManouelian wrote:
>>     
>>> On Oct 24, 2007, at 10:49 PM, Joe Auty wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> Often times my IR blaster external channel changing script does not
>>>> change to the correct channels. When the script is invoked, video
>>>> becomes very jerky as if the CPU is temporarily pegged, and  
>>>> therefore
>>>> timing is often messed up. Sleep times seem inconsistent, and
>>>> therefore
>>>> the results of this script are inconsistent.
>>>>         
I have a script that uses mplayer and gocr to look at the first few 
seconds of my myth recording file to determine if the channel changed.  
This will only work if your cable system inserts the channel number into 
the stream.  You will have to adjust the crop line to for your cable 
systems on screen info area.
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