[mythtv-users] mythweb/remote

[Steve Hodge]

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 10:59 AM, jansenj <jansenj+myth at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Why is VNC not an option during a recording? That's what I use. You
>> can't see the video when you're playing something but the keys still
>> work. And you can't see the video with MythWeb's remote control
>> either.
>
> If I VNC in while I'm WATCHING a recording, I get a lot of
> prebuffering pauses and the like.  And on my system, the video is sent
> to the vnc screen, granted about 1 frame every 3 seconds.  It just
> causes playback hickups on the frontend while you're connected.

Ah, I guess you're using xshm or xlib for playback rendering? Try
xvblit. That should use a video overlay and then the vnc screen won't
get the video - it'll just be blue. But playback on the frontend will
be unaffected.

Regards,
Steve