[Kwintv] Contributing more to qtvision

[George Staikos]

On December 17, 2002 20:10, Rizsanyi Zsolt wrote:

> Also I think that
> - Finalise the direct channel number changing scheme as discussed on the
> list is already done. Or what exatly is needed, that is not already done?

   I'm not sure yet.  I don't change channels so I don't notice when these 
things go wrong.  Does anyone not like things the way they are?

> > some commonly reported bugs:
> >
> > - changing channel with keyboard numbers (hitting the number itself)
> > often leaves numbers stuck on the screen.
>
> There was a discussion about this, and I though that it is already fixed.
> And it seems that some work was done in this regard.
> I will finish the fix, and commet tomorrow.

   Ok great!

> > - volume toolbar is not removeable
> > - some of the mainwindow client modes may not work correctly (especially
> > video desktop, which once worked)
> > - keyboard problems
>
> You mean the problem that the keyboard shortcuts are not working in the
> Fullscreen and TV mode (it only works in normal mode).
> Or something other?

   Yes, and even sometimes in normal mode too.

> > - configuration file saving is really broken in some ways.  when
> > switching video plugins, it often "forgets" the list of channels that
> > should have been saved for that plugin, and reprompts for a default
> > channel list.  it also seems to forget the previous "source" for a given
> > plugin.
>
> I have fixed these issues about a month ago (I have also committed it
> then). It was a pretty trivial fix, so maybe it was not noticed.
>
> Do you have any more problems?

  Yes I still get reprompted.  I'll double check but it was a problem as of 20 
minutes ago still.  Perhaps my code was old.

> > - channel importing from kwintv channels does not work correctly
> > apparently
> >
> >   Hmm that's what I can think of off-hand.  There are lots of bugs in the
> > v4l driver but it's still under heavy development and I'm probably the
> > only one who understands some of the voodoo in there right now. :-)  The
> > Xv driver is in good shape and I don't think it really needs much more
> > work at all.
>
> The v4l driver worked pretty nice when I used it not that much ago. It
> looked as much good as xawtv without overlay :) So I think that is mostly
> fixed.

  It has a lot of bugs.  It's still slow, prone to crashes, and I suspect some 
things still aren't being done right.  I definitely need to work on it still. 
:-)

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George Staikos