[mythtv-users] Heavy load troubles

[Brian Foddy]

On Wednesday 24 December 2003 09:44 am, Brian Foddy wrote:
>
> > > Over the past month, I have seen almost all the following symptoms
> > > starting with Myth .12+ cvs, .13 release, back to .12 release,
> > > and now .13+ cvs from Dec 17.  I've upgraded several ivtv versions
> > > and am now using the 1125a release recommended for .13.  The machine
> > > is running Mandrake 9.2 (2.4.22mdk_smp) with current patches, and is
> > > dedicated to myth so there are no other jobs running.
> >
> > I've had issues with the 1125a release hanging very similarly to what
> > you've described.  I've only got one PVR-250 in my machine.  Try the
> > CVS-LATEST tarball on the ivtv website that has been working very well
> > for me the last few days.
>
> I've noticed they have remerged their cvs tree again, so I'll try that
> tonight.


Early indications are the new ivtv cvs tarball had little if
any affect.  In two different tests, the pvr recording stopped
well short of its intended length.

There was one thing interesting ...  The second test, one
of the WinTV records also stopped early, but not really...
During playback, it showed only 15 minutes, and actually hung
the front-end when that 15 minute mark was reached.  However I noticed
the backend was still adding data to the file-system's file over
45 minutes after it was scheduled to stop, and over 60 minutes past
when the recording was unplayable.  I could tell the HDs were busy
and the file was growing in size; but not playable.  And again the
backend completely missed the next scheduled recording.

Brian