[mythtv] MythFrontend crash watching live TV

Christian Hack christianh at edmi.com.au
Mon Oct 25 09:39:25 UTC 2004


> >>>      
> >>>
> >>If this using current CVS?  If so can you try adjusting the 
> usleep on 
> >>line 402 of RingBuffer.cpp up a bit to see if that allows it to 
> >>recover?  The problem you're seeing is due to the fact that 
> >>when we open 
> >>a new RingBuffer we're not able to read any data from the file, and 
> >>never will be allowed to read from that file handle.  So we 
> >>attempt to 
> >>read from the file before returning the handle back up the chain.
> >>
> >>The recent changes to CVS that start the recorder up ahead of 
> >>the player 
> >>might also help, though I've not looked to deeply into it.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Reasonably recent CVS. About a week ago (Oct 19, Australia 
> time). Increasing
> >that sleep time won't help it from crashing if the file 
> never appears for
> >some reason though. Can we guarantee that the file will 
> appear (eventually)?
> >
> If  the recording is actually happening yes.  However, the failure to 
> open should set an error state in current CVS then we'll need 
> to look at 
> that.

So is anything new in CVS that might help me? I quickly scanned but I didn't
see anything. I'm not real sure what I can do now.






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