btv 3.7.4 released

[Edgarmoon]

as of yesterday afternoon it seems. THis build has fixed almost all my problems but I don't see any announcements anywhere here.

[nanook105]

They updated several posts where people had described symptoms that were fixed with the release.

[blitzkrg]

this is a good build and everyone should upgrade

[Edgarmoon]

seriously, if you look back at my complaints since 3.5, this has fixed the strobing issue, I have better image depth, CC works better than ever (although I still have a few navigation bugs with snapstream video/sp and ati decoders, reported those) and I have not seen any major issues since I loaded her up.

OVerall very nice job, now beyond the one or two remaining bugs, can we start fixing up beyond media so we can get these two integrated! (and by fixing up I mean the bugs, not the integration. We've got a few before I suggest they merge)

[Cartech]

I have noticed a problem. Setting up a manual recording works from web interface and from UI, but doesn't record anything!

EDIT:
I later tried a couple of manual recordings on my main pvr, it worked fine on that machine, AND now it works fine on this system!!!... I think it did this on purpose. Yesterday I had an important job to do with it. Today, I don't need it for anything important and it works!!!

[rdb4133]

I was holding off on 3.7.2 due to some of the issues I read about. But so far so good on 3.7.4, The buffer files (.dat) don't seem to be used anymore. It seems to create a temp MPG file with the name of what you are currently watching. I'm testing out a manual recording from the web now.

[Edgarmoon]

Ok, I've set up several Daily show manual recordings (mon thru thursday) let's see i fhtey work or not.

[Mobious]

Is it me or does 3.7.4 load alot faster?

[Bilar Crais]

It loads a lot faster, like maybe two-thirds faster.

[mrgrocery]

Originally Posted by Edgarmoon

seriously, if you look back at my complaints since 3.5, this has fixed the strobing issue, I have better image depth, CC works better than ever (although I still have a few navigation bugs with snapstream video/sp and ati decoders, reported those) and I have not seen any major issues since I loaded her up.

OVerall very nice job, now beyond the one or two remaining bugs, can we start fixing up beyond media so we can get these two integrated! (and by fixing up I mean the bugs, not the integration. We've got a few before I suggest they merge)

By CC do you mean closed captioning? This is the one issue that was stopping me from upgrading as my wife would kill me if I couldn't get it to work.

[Mobious]

Originally Posted by Bilar Crais

It loads a lot faster, like maybe two-thirds faster.

Cool!..Yeah I thought I was seeing things.. It also seems to start live tv quicker..

I havent recorded anything yet with it.. Ill try today..

[beerandchips]

I am still using 3.5.3. I also have 2 BTV link computers. When I upgrade to 3.7.4, do I upgrade to and is there a BTV link that will be 3.7.4?

[beerandchips]

Originally Posted by beerandchips

I am still using 3.5.3. I also have 2 BTV link computers. When I upgrade to 3.7.4, do I upgrade to and is there a BTV link that will be 3.7.4?

Just found the answer by actually going to the BTV link download page. I guess I should have done that first.

[Edgarmoon]

Originally Posted by mrgrocery

By CC do you mean closed captioning? This is the one issue that was stopping me from upgrading as my wife would kill me if I couldn't get it to work.

yes, 3.7.4 supports closed captioning (I assume officially but you still have to set the tryCC to 1 in settings.xml and you need an Hauppauge card). I have noticed it is a little flaky in some decoders, but that is an improvement from 3.5.3 which only had working cc's with the cyberlink decoder.

My ati decoder and the snapstream video/sp decoder both have hesitations and freezes when navigating in video (skip forward, etc) which I've put in a bug report for. The cyberlink decoder works the same except I used to have system crashes occasionally in 3.5.2 when pressing the skipo buttons too ofter, that doesn't happen in 3.7.4. I think it is a good build to upgrade to, but then again I always run new builds on a test system for a couple of weeks before upgrading my main build.