[mythtv-commits] Ticket #5660: Playback intermittently unresponsive to remote control

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Tue Jan 13 17:14:56 UTC 2009


#5660: Playback intermittently unresponsive to remote control
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 Reporter:  anonymous  |        Owner:  ijr       
     Type:  defect     |       Status:  new       
 Priority:  minor      |    Milestone:  unknown   
Component:  mythtv     |      Version:  0.21-fixes
 Severity:  medium     |   Resolution:            
  Mlocked:  0          |  
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Comment(by q.steenhuis at yahoo.com):

 I have experienced the same problem, with MythTV seeming to ignore or
 delay keyboard or remote input, and then plays back all at once what
 appears to be a bunch of queued up clicks. I usually rely on the remote,
 but when this freezes I try my wireless keyboard, and those presses are
 also ignored. I haven't tried relying solely on the keyboard to see if
 using the remote for a while is a necessary predicate to this problem.

 So have several people on the user's list, to judge by these threads:

 http://www.gossamer-
 threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/363974?search_string=long%20delays%20responding%20to%20keystrokes%20and%20ir%20events;#363974

 http://www.gossamer-
 threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/364628?search_string=long%20delays%20responding%20to%20keystrokes%20and%20ir%20events;#364628

 http://www.gossamer-
 threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/348526?search_string=delay%20remote%20keyboard;#348526

 I can add some more details. I use the HD Homerun box with US cable, and
 have my frontend connected to the TV using an HDMI cable. I have a Vista
 MCE remote control (MCEUSB2 driver). I don't have channel icons
 downloaded. I turned off screensavers and DPMS in xorg.conf. This problem
 appears when watching live TV and when watching recordings, never when in
 the menus. It affects both keyboard and remote input. HD Homerun or some
 other HD content seems to recur in the threads discussing the problem.

 My frontend is well-powered. It is a AMD 64 X2, 3.1 GHZ. It has 2
 gigabytes of DDR dual channel ram. I am using the 177.82 NVIDIA video
 drivers, and the on-board 8200 video chipset, but the same problem
 occurred when using the earlier 177 drivers. I have logged in remotely and
 run uptime immediately after noticing the freeze. Load was never above
 about 1.7 (since this is a dual core machine, well below 100% usage).
 Often this problem occurs when playing back standard def or 480i content,
 and it happens at least once a day. Usually the first few fast forwards or
 commercial skips work, but they stop after 10 minutes or so of watching
 video, sometimes it stops working immediately.

 I'm running the newest -fixes build as of 1/13/09, 195 something, on
 Mythbuntu 8.10 with ubuntu-desktop installed in addition to the default
 packages. I recently upgraded to this version to see if it fixed the
 problem, from the stock Mythbuntu 8.10 version. It did not.

 I'd be happy to provide more debug information if someone can help me
 figure out what is needed.

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