[vdr] Re: dxr3-0.2.3-pre1 test results

["Christian Gmeiner" <christian@visual-page.de>]

Hi,

first thanks for the test, but it was senselessly, because you forgot to
patch dxr3outputthread.c.
Uncomment the two // usleep(10000); and do your tests again.

Thanks,
Christian


> New version: testing dxr 0.2.3-pre1 with VDR 1.3.12.  Old version: VDR
> 1.3.6 and earlier version of dxr3 plugin.  Linux 2.6.6 on PowerPC
> 604e.
>
> New version displays OSD menus quite well.  Old version does usually
> display OSD fine for about five seconds, then make it flicker across
> the screen for second after which it disappears.  OSD palette is still
> broken in new version but this could be kernel module issue.
>
> New version does not play recorded video content well, it just plays
> 1/2 second of video and audio and then stops for few seconds.  Unlike
> old version, it does not make VDR too often quit unexpectedly while
> playing video content.  Audio-only content works on new version but it
> is too sensitive to other activities on workstation.  If I use X11
> primary selection to move URL from terminal to another, audio is
> silent while text string is being copied over.  That kind of silence I
> have not noticed with old version.
>
> And now that I look at "top" output, new version seems to take all
> available CPU time while playing audio-only content...  That would
> easily explain why playing video content did not work.  What happened?
> Only 15% of CPU is used by VDR processes while playing same 160
> kilobits per second audio stream on old version.
>
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