[mythtv-users] mythbackend crashing - solved

[Alexander Varakin]

>>The culprit was ntpd : it was adjusting time about 10 minutes after the
>>PC was up, causing backend to crash.
>>It seems like this problem is specific to MPEG4 encoder.
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>Does running ntpd with the `-x' option (always slew, never skip) fix
>the problem?  If you haven't tried, do the crashes consistently line
>up with ntp messages in the logs about "time reset" ?
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I just disabled ntpd and run ntpdate during startup.
This will work for me because I shutdown my Myth PC for night.
BTW, another solution is to run ntpd and never shutdown the PC.