[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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