[mythtv-commits] Ticket #12566: Can't exit video playback

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#12566: Can't exit video playback
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 Reporter:  rafe101@…                |          Owner:  jyavenard
     Type:  Bug Report - General     |         Status:  new
 Priority:  minor                    |      Milestone:  0.28
Component:  MythTV - Video Playback  |        Version:  Master Head
 Severity:  medium                   |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  video,playback,exit      |  Ticket locked:  0
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Comment (by djglaze@…):

 Hello all,

 I may have found something to help those who are having this issue.  I
 have been having the same behavior described by others in this thread for
 several months now.

 I was having it very intermittently with the version I was running prior
 to 0.28 (0.27.x), maybe once or twice a month.  After the upgrade to 0.28,
 it had gotten significantly worse and was strangely getting gradually
 worse over time.  Right after upgrading, it was happening maybe once out
 of every 3 or 4 recordings.  Over the following week or two, strangely, it
 degraded to happening on every recording and the behavior changed from
 just not being able to exit playback to completely locking up the
 frontend.

 Well, after restarting the frontend yet again to clear the problem, we
 decided to respond to the dialog box that pops up at startup, notifying us
 that our theme (ArcLight) has a newer version available.  (An upgraded
 version has been available since at least the 0.27 version of MythTV, but
 we just haven't bothered upgrading the theme.)  After upgrading the theme,
 we've had zero problems with exiting playback or crashes of any kind.
 Maybe 8 recordings in a row so far with no problems.

 We're not sure if this will be a fix for everyone, but it somehow was a
 fix for us.  We didn't think that running an outdated theme would be
 harmful, but it appears to have been in this case.  Hope this helps...

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