[mythtv-commits] Ticket #8847: Intermittent failure to play a video file in mythtv.

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#8847: Intermittent failure to play a video file in mythtv.
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     Reporter:  James.Dutton@…           |       Owner:  janne     
         Type:  defect                   |      Status:  new       
     Priority:  minor                    |   Milestone:  unknown   
    Component:  MythTV - Video Playback  |     Version:  Trunk Head
     Severity:  medium                   |    Keywords:            
Ticket locked:  0                        |  
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 In NuppleVideoPlayer.cpp, there is a line that contains
 "player_ctx->buffer->Peek(testbuf, testreadsize);"
 at about line 1196.
 That function returns how many bytes were read.
 In most cases the amount of bytes read will = testreadsize.
 But, I have seen cases where the amount of bytes read is > 0 but less that
 testreadsize.
 myth then decides that it cannot read the file. I.e. Assumes is could not
 read anything and exists.
 This is wrong behaviour. The file is there, it is just not being sent fast
 enough to mythfrontend.
 I think a better approach would be to repeat the Peek call until the
 returned value is a negative error value implying end of file or similar
 and otherwise waiting for more bytes to arrive.

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Ticket URL: <http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/8847>
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