[mythtv] Remote frontend fails playback after 5 minute pause

[John P Poet]

On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 4:00 PM David Engel <david at istwok.net> wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 02:22:41PM -0700, John P Poet wrote:
> > David,
> >
> > I spent several hours last night trying to track down this issue.  It
> seems
> > that RemoteFile::Read() is getting zero bytes from the backend even
> though
> > the backend seems to be indicating that it is sending data.  This only
> > happens if the playback is paused for at least 5 minutes, so I am
> guessing
> > there is a timeout somewhere that closes the socket, but I have not dug
> > that far.
> >
> > In *very limited* testing, the attached patch successfully re-opens the
> > socket, and allows playback to continue.  If you have a chance, please
> test
> > it to make sure it works in your scenario.
> >
> > If it does work for you, then we need to decide if it is an acceptable
> > "solution", or if we need to figure out where and why the socket is
> getting
> > closed.
>
> I will try to test it this weekend.  Only the frontend needs it,
> right?  Note that I haven't seen the long pause problem in quite some
> time, though.
>

Yes, this is only needed on the frontend.
One of the reasons it took me so long to debug, is that it takes a pause of
at least 5 minutes on a remote frontend.

John
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