[mythtv-users] WAF Emergency - FFwd not working smoothly, Commercial skip being a LITTLE flakey.

[matt lutz]

David,
 Actually - if I just copy the file there, I get the weird ffwd/rew problem 
that was mentioned at the start of this thread. If I convert it to a 
symbolic link, it fixes the issue (at least for me). It doesn't even matter 
that the checksums of the files were exactly the same...
 Matt

 On 9/7/05, David <myth at dgreaves.com> wrote: 
> 
> The localtime file is indeed essential to the correct functioning of Myth.
> 
> However I'm pretty sure it doesn't need to be a link/symlink - this is a
> myth (with a small m) :)
> 
> (try it - I did)
> 
> David
> 
> matt lutz wrote:
> 
> > Michael,
> >
> > I experienced the exact same ffwd/rwd problem for a while... I came
> > upon a fix in the archives that was pretty peculiar, but it does
> > work. Check to see if your /etc/localtime file is a link or an actual
> > file. If it's a file, then delete it, link it with the proper file in
> > /usr/share/zoneinfo directory. Use the following commands:
> >
> > rm /etc/localtime
> > ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/EST5EDT /etc/localtime
> >
> > obviously substitute the "EST5EDT" with whatever timezone you are
> > actually in. I haven't been able to find why this works, but it
> > definately does for me.
> >
> > As for the commercial skip... I have also noticed some incosistencies
> > in what is a commercial and what is actual programming as well, and do
> > not enable skipping anymore.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 8/30/05, *Michael Jones* <m_g_j at michaelandholly.com
> > <mailto:m_g_j at michaelandholly.com>> wrote:
> >
> > I'm trying to solve a couple problems to increase the WAF of my
> > system.
> >
> > So far the system is working VERY well. WAF is pretty high, but
> > she's
> > complaining about a couple items.
> >
> > 1) When fast forwarding through a recorded program you can hit
> > the button
> > once and sometimes twice and get relatively smooth playback... Any
> > more than
> > that and things pause or glitch in some way.. And then playback
> > pauses and
> > sometimes even goes back to where you started Ffwding.
> >
> > 2) When coming to the end of a program the system will often skip
> > the last
> > couple of minutes after the last commercial break.
> >
> > Any ideas on these?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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