Hi, Michael Beal wrote: > Hey guys! Just checking in with some comparison notes between the > branch I've been working on and Freevo 1.7.0. Sit back, relax and get > ready; this isn't good.
I'm relaxed. > Freevo 1.7.0 is NOT stable in the least. The functioning 1.6.2 install > that I have been working from was absolutely RUINED because of 1.7.0 > instabilities. So you merged your 1.6 changes with 1.7. Well, 1.7 is not 1.6.x for a reason, there are massive changes in it. Merging isn't that simple. And what do you mean my ruined? If you do something like this, you should make a backup. > Furthermore, it appears I'm going to have to reload my entire OS > because I can't locate whatever it was that has caused such harm to > my system. Maybe you did something else? I don't know the code, but I'm sure freevo only installs to site-packages/freevo and bin/freevo. Since 1.7 uses some parts of the 2.0 kaa modules, it is also site-packages/kaa and bin/mminfo. If you remove that (and your config) your system should be clean again. If not, YOU messed stuff. > Second, I've found that not only was the video affected, sound was > adversely affected as well. There is now, in spite of reloading my > working branch from backup and recompiling my audio drivers, a > persistent stutter in the sound playback using anything OTHER than > 2-channel audio. Recompiling Xine from source and reconfiguring ALSA a > thousand different ways hasn't made the slightest progress toward > fixing this. Again, I'm sure freevo 1.7 does not change your soundcard in a way you can't reverse. > Do yourselves a favor and (I've said this before) stay away from > accessing hardware directly. You're inviting trouble by doing so. I'm sure freevo does not do this. OK, some hardware mussed by accessed or there is no TV when you don't access /dev/videoX. What do you want us to do? Pop up a message and tell the user to magicly change the tuner? Someone has to do it. > Does anyone remember xvidtune? Remember how badly it could screw up > your video card if you set things the wrong way?? Interact with > hardware through the drivers or the tools made for this kind of > interaction. Don't risk damaging someone's machine through direct > hardware interaction! OK, I'm out. PLEASE TELL ME WHERE FREEVO DOES SUCH THINGS? This whole mail is about you telling us we could have damaged your hardware. We always use drivers or tools. In fact, if not running as root, you can't even access the hardware. And freevo does not require to be run as root except on framebuffer because the user can't access it (at least on my machine). > Freevo 2.0 may become the greatest thing going but if it ruins or > doesn't work on a NEW running system with X compositing and the latest > ALSA, what good is it? Freevo 2.0 has NOTHING to do with 1.7 Dischi -- Remaining time multiplied by distress is constant.
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