Release Notes - 0.25

Note: Please note that the following reflects changes for a future release of MythTV. The current release is 34.0. Note: This page is actively updated, edited, and modified during the current trunk development cycle (expected to become the "0.25" release). Expect it to change drastically, on a frequent basis, up until the next official release. Items may be added, changed, and removed to accurately reflect anticipated functionality and features leading up to the release date. Important 0.25 Dates Event Date Changeset Development Started 10/19/2010 [26888] RC 1 Released TBD TBD RC 2 Released TBD TBD Final Release TBD TBD Below is an overview of the changes currently in trunk, which will become a future release of MythTV. Some of these changes, most notably the fixes, may have been backported to the 0.24-fixes branch. This is a fairly comprehensive list of significant or noticeable changes that impact the user experience in some way. For every change listed on this changelog, there are many times more changes not listed related to the core framework and inner workings of the software which allow MythTV to do what it does - in other words, what is listed is just the tip of the iceberg.   New Features Major Changes Prerequisite Changes Minimum version changes Require Python v2.6 (remove support for v2.5) Added support libraries/prerequisites Removed support libraries/prerequisites Special Notices & Instructions

Items in italics have been backported to 0.24-fixes

MythTV

mythfrontend

Bug Fixes

• Fix segfault caused when exiting the Recording Profile settings screen [27191] - fixes #9104

Changes/Improvements/Other

• When exiting the cut list editor, don't ask to save if no changes were made [27197]
• Added Settings:
  • Video Settings: Blu-Ray Mountpoint - for setting where blu-ray discs get mounted [27287]
  • Music Settings: Allow Tag Writing - enable playcount and ratings to be written to and read from ID3 tags [27319]
• Removed Settings:
  • Video Settings: VCD Player - Removed ability to set external play for VCDs [27287]
  • Video Settings: VCD Drive - No longer needed [27287]

Audio

New Features

• Enable audio sync offsets to be stored and persisted across all videos per frontend [r27148] - Ref. #4262

Bug Fixes

• Only pass-through if we support the number of channels, otherwise downmix - logic was reversed [27225]

Changes/Improvements/Other

• Change the behaviour of overriding the digital passthrough device - allows a different audio device between plain stereo/lpcm and digital passthrough [27216]
• Change the way we determine and set the passthrough device and differentiate between 'auto' and the 'default' device - 'auto' is the default audio device but with extra settings for digital passthrough, 'default' is the same device as the main one. [27306]
• Improve IEC mode - helps fix issues with HDMI passthrough [27307]
• Change how multi-channel LPCM is configured and referenced in settings [27318]

Video Playback

New Features

• Add overall studio levels filter (however, the new one currently only works with VDPAU playback) ([27322], [27314], [27316])
  • Removes and replaces the vdpaustudio filter
  • Add keybinding to toggle on/off during playback (not bound by default)
  • Can be enabled, when available, via OSD as well

Bug Fixes

• Fix (and improve) current position and duration detection and display [27326] - Fix #9109

Disc Playback (DVD, Blu-Ray, etc)

Changes/Improvements/Other

• Unify DVD and Blu-Ray playback into a single menu item - "Play Optical Disc" [27287]

OSD, EPG, CC, and Subtitles

Bug Fixes

• Teletext decoding and locking fixes (Fixes crash in cutlist editor under certain circumstances) ([27213], [27256]) - fixes (#9218, #9234)

Changes/Improvements/Other

• If paused, unpause playback when clearing the Delete Recording OSD dialog [27254] - fixes #9228

MythUI

New Features

• Add initial support for multiple levels of OpenGL support ([27223], [27236])
• Allow mapped text and images in the button tree widget [27266]

Bug Fixes

• Fix non-animated GIF reloading causing the frontend to abort [27302]
• Fix the mouse cursor not re-appearing on movement in old UI screens such as MythMusic [27335]

Changes/Improvements/Other

• Auto-hide the mouse cursor after 3 seconds of inactivity and default the "hide mouse cursor" setting to "false" ([27324], [27325])
• Removed tags/attributes as of .25:
  • Remove last remaining support of deprecated "gradient" imagetype - superceeded in favor of shape+gradient [27176]

mythbackend

New Features

• Add new storage group weighting mechanism - Disk % Free [27190]
• Add a video scanning thread and a new myth protocol command, SCAN_VIDEOS, which will trigger a scan of all video folders. Available via protocol command or mythbacend --scanvideos [27308]

Misc

Bug Fixes

• Fix black recording previews by fixing in-recording seektables for MPEG2-TS/PS [27338] - ref. #9256

Changes/Improvements/Other

• Optimize file writing and reading to better interact with modern VM and disk I/O schedulers ([27257], [27285]) - ref. #9150

Translations & Localization/Internationalization

Changes/Improvements/Other

• Reduce number of strings generated for plugin-specific strings within core themes [27172]
• Updated existing translations:
  • Finnish - MythWeb [27170]

Themes

Metallurgy

• Fix OSD showing in browse mode in Live TV [27247] - Fixes #9204

Misc. Theme Development

Changes/Improvements/Other

• Add required player setting widget for Blu-Ray mountpoint and remove VCD related items to core and myththemes [27288]

Ports

Mac OS X

Bug Fixes

* Fix JPEG viewing [27274]

Plugins

MythMusic

New Features

• Allow playcount and rating to be written to and read from ID3 tags, if setting is enabled [27319] - adds #8595
  • Honor "write" setting instead of offering a choice to save when editing metadata [27336]

MythNetvision

Changes/Improvements/Other

• Update BBC and Trailer scripts to account for feed changes [27231]
• Update MTV grabber script to accommodate API changes [27260]

MythWeather

Bug Fixes

• Fix Weather Underground Maps script when log directory does not exist [27234]
• Handle strings in the BBC grabber that may or may not contain an "s" at the end (i.e., shower(s)) [27337]

Changes/Improvements/Other

• Use custom makefiles for install in place of qmake [27194]

MythWeb

Bug Fixes

• Fix FLV playback when detected resolution is not calculated correctly [27173] - Fixes #9036

Support libraries

Python bindings

• Require Python 2.6 as the minimum supported version [27166]
• Add support for "oursql" db module [27184]
• Add support for Python 2.7 [27184]
• Allow dashes ('-') in hostnames used for FileTransfer [27200]
• Fix handling of responses to queries from metadata grabbers when provided with no output, rather than the expected of output with no results [27203]

Utility Applications

mythcommflag

• Add logging (at -v general,extra) at every 10% progress during commflagging [27193]
• Reduce I/O priority [27257]

mythfilldatabase

• XML Parser optimizations [27218]

Contrib

• Fix mirobridge to pass storagegroup directory name through unchanged if it is already unicode [27327] - Fix #9279