2014-07-08, 08:23 AM
scJohn Wrote:Samsung TV UN55ES7100
version 0.19.1
Setup screen. Any changes made to this screen are lost once the TV is powered off. As long as the TV remains on, any changes made are kept.
Thanks for the feedback.
Try version 0.211 from the app loader, it should remember your settings.
scJohn Wrote:Playback. Resume always starts back at the beginning of the file. Seek Hinting Option: On. Using the the left or right arrow key will seek to double what the current elapsed time + X. So if elapsed time is 2 minutes then right arrow will jump 4 minutes + X. If elapsed time is 10 minutes then right arrow will jump 20 minutes + X. Have no idea what X is but it seems to be less than 1 minute. Sink Hinting Option: OFF. Right and left arrow appears to skip the correct amount of time - 0.15, 0.30, 1.00, 3.00, 5.00. I would like to have a 2:00 minute option between the 1 and 3. My recordings are via OTA so I do not get 'perfect' files all the time. Windy conditions, airplane(s) flying by, can cause degradation and/or temporary loss of signal (1 to 2 seconds). Most players expect a 'perfect' signal and tolerance thresholds are either not existent or quit low and will stop working. What ever player you are using is in the medium range. Your player handles minor problems okay. When a medium or severe spot is hit the video freezes and audio stop. It appears that your player attempts to get/seek past the bad spot. At a certain point your player finds a good signal again and resumes playback. However only the audio resumes. The video does not. The last 'good' video frame is still showing on the TV. Pause and stop buttons are no longer functional. Have to use Exit and or Return which exits your app. Not sure if you (or Sub) have any control over error handling in these situations or it's all automatic. It would be nice if Resume worked. Or stop, pause buttons would work. Looking for a little better handling of this type of 'error' but I have no idea if you have any software control.
Resume and skipping in general is not working well ATM on Samsung devices, but are high up on the bug list. I think your TV works best with seek hinting turned off while F-models need it to get accurate skipping.
My app is relying on the inbuilt player of the device.
The Samsung player, or players actually since they behave differently on different models, is not that easy to deal with. I doubt it is possible to control the player in such way it can recover from freezes etc.
But I will have a look at to why the stop or return buttons aren't working after a freeze.
/Fred