[mythtv-users] Live TV stops after a few hours.

[Ken Mink]

Hi Michael,
  This problem doesn't appear to be very common. A couple of us have
been trying to track down the cause. Could you post some info about
your rig; distro, versions, hardware, etc?

Thanks,
Ken


On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 06:08:42 -0800 (PST), Michael Carland
<mcarland at yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- Ken Mink <kmmyth at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Welcome to the group. This is a known, yet not wide spread, problem
> > where the backend crashes when the live buffer gets full. A bug was
> > filed in bugzilla on it and it has been posted to the dev list a
> > number of times. Currently the only work around that I've seen is to
> > set your live buffer to be very large and remember to change channels
> > every once in a while. My problem is that I forget to pop out to the
> > menu before going to bed or leaving for the day.
> >
> > http://www.mythtv.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=228
> >
> > Good luck,
> > Ken
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> I feel like I'm drinking from a fire hose, reading this list. And while
> I'm usually good at finding stuff in Google, for some reason my searches
> on Myth are not fruitful. It's good to know so much is going on though.
> 
> I think I have a 3 hour live buffer, so that should be an easy workaround.
> I had just left live tv running overnight to see if it was stable. I don't
> think this will normally bite my, I'll just have to be careful with the
> kids watching SpongeBob marathons.
> 
> -Michael
> 
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