[mythtv] Feedback on Myth frontend on Nvidia Shield

[Michael]

On 06/20/2018 01:33 AM, Paul Harrison wrote:
>
>
> On 20/06/18 03:50, Michael wrote:
>> On 06/19/2018 07:27 PM, Mark Spieth wrote:
>>>
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>>> On 20/06/18 10:46, Michael wrote:
>>>> On 06/19/2018 02:11 PM, David Engel wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Is it slow everytime for you?  I've only seen it be really slow the
>>>>> first time it is run or when there is a real connectivity issue.  
>>>>> Does
>>>>> setting a "custom indentifier for frontend preferences" in the
>>>>> database settings help?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It is slow for me (also) at every startup.   It spend 3-5 seconds 
>>>> at the 'Waiting for Database to start' screen.
>>>>
>>> wired or wireless?
>>>
>>> wireless is always slow startup for me even on 5G and not that far 
>>> from the AP (~12m, no walls).
>>> wired is always great.
>>
>>
>> It is wired.
>>
>> I will try to do some wire captures on Thursday evening.
>>
>> None of the other frontends ( minimyth ) in the house seem to have 
>> any issues with slow startup.   I have never even seen that waiting 
>> for database screen before except on the shield.
>>
>> My production mythfrontend sits on the same switch and doesn't 
>> exhibit any issues.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>
> The waiting for database screen is fairly new and VERY irritating. I 
> see it on every boot on my parents box with a combined FE/BE using an 
> old Mythbuntu setup. It happens when the FE starts marginally faster 
> than the BE. I did mention it to Peter and he said it was working how 
> it was designed to work :(


I upgraded to the new Nvidia Shield Experience 7.0 last night and now I 
am not seeing the database screen any longer.   Not sure why that is, 
but I restarted it multiple times and startup is quite reasonable.

Michael