[Mythtv-users] Playing recording kills frontend

Thu Sep 8 02:39:20 UTC 2005

I've had that problem sporadically.  I haven't been able to figure out
what causes it, but it seems to fix itself after a while.  Let me know
if you come up with anything.

On 9/7/05, Chris Henderson <jchendo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>  
>  I have been fully enjoying the mythtv experience after 2 years for trying
> to get it working (part time with VERY wrong hardware). the Wife forked over
> some money for a new computer for me and mine (P3 1gig) became the BE along
> with a dvico  fusion dvbt card. 
>  
>  Once it was all going with a lot of help from people Off list (thanks again
> guys) the WAF is very high. high enough to get a second dvbt card so she
> doesnt miss any shows due to confection.
>  
>  I have installed the machine to Jarrod Wilsons FC3 guide (thanks Jarrod for
> the guide) and i am now using a HP e-vectra as a front end, again using JW
> FC3 guide.
>  
>  Now come the problem, which is more annoying than anything. Occasionally
> when watching a program on the frontend that had been recorded previously,
> it seems to fault somehow.
>  
>  I have searched the list and it was said that the commercial marking jobs
> can do this. So i turned off the jobs for all recordings. (we don't keep the
> recordings anyway). this didn't seem to fix it.
>  
>  Again i went back to the forum and another suggestion was when the free
> space in recording drive was low this would happen. But it has happened
> again the other night while recording Startgate Atlantis (of all things).
> the recording wok great up till a point then it ands and sits there for ages
> and then myth craps its self and goes back to the FC desktop.
>  
>  SO i didn't get shitty with it and delete it i ave keep the recording and
> now on a day off i have killed the automatic start of the backend and
> frontend and started them up in  terminal sessions. (again a suggestion off
> the list)
>  
>  here is what i got:
>  --------------- start -------------------------
>  [mythtv at mythtv-frontend ~]$ mythfrontend
>  2005-09-08 10:21:26.408 New DB connection, total: 1
>  Total desktop width=800, height=600, numscreens=1
>  2005-09-08 10:21:26.509 Using screen 0, 800x600 at 0,0
>  2005-09-08 10:21:26.517 mythfrontend version: 0.18.1.20050523-1
> www.mythtv.org
>  2005-09-08 10:21:26.518 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
>  2005-09-08 10:21:29.228 Switching to square mode (Titivillus)
>  2005-09-08 10:21:31.692 Joystick disabled.
>  2005-09-08 10:21:31.728 New DB connection, total: 2
>  2005-09-08 10:21:31.832 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
>  2005-09-08 10:21:32.039 Registering MythDVD DVD Media Handler as a media
> handler
>  2005-09-08 10:21:32.046 Registering MythDVD VCD Media Handler as a media
> handler
>  2005-09-08 10:21:33.748 Registering MythMusic Media Handler as a media
> handler
>  SIP listening on IP Address 192.168.1.6:5060 NAT address 192.168.1.6
>  SIP: Cannot register; proxy, username or password not set
>  2005-09-08 10:44:50.712 All Programs
>  2005-09-08 10:44:53.629 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.1.5:6543 (try
> 1 of 5)
>  2005-09-08 10:44:53.741 Using protocol version 15
>  2005-09-08 10:45:07.780 Opening audio device '/dev/dsp'.
>  2005-09-08 10:45:07.781 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
>  2005-09-08 10:45:08.400 Using XV port 61
>  2005-09-08 10:45:09.942 Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded
>  2005-09-08 10:45:10.164 New DB connection, total: 3
>  2005-09-08 10:45:10.341 Video timing method: USleep with busy wait
>  2005-09-08 10:45:11.791 prebuffering pause
>  2005-09-08 10:45:13.380 Realtime priority would require SUID as root.
>  2005-09-08 10:49:42.462 prebuffering pause
>  2005-09-08 10:50:07.742 Waited 4 seconds for data to become available,
> waiting again...
>  Killed
>  [mythtv at mythtv-frontend ~]$
>  ----------------- end -------------------
>  ANd now for the backend
>  ---------------- start ------------------
>  [root at mythboxen ~]# /sbin/service mythbackend stop
>  Stopping mythbackend:                                     
> [  OK  ]
>  [root at mythboxen ~]# mythbackend
>  2005-09-08 10:44:08.075 New DB connection, total: 1
>  Starting up as the master server.
>  2005-09-08 10:44:08.185 New DB connection, total: 2
>  2005-09-08 10:44:08.240 DVB#0 DVB SI Table Parser Started
>  2005-09-08 10:44:08.259 DVB#0 Using DVB card 0, with frontend Zarlink MT352
> DVB-T.
>  2005-09-08 10:44:08.263 New DB connection, total: 3
>  2005-09-08 10:44:09.280 DVB#0 DVB signal 963f | snr e4e4 | ber    0 | unc  
>  0
>  2005-09-08 10:44:09.280 DVB#0 Status: LOCK.
>  2005-09-08 10:44:09.280 DVB#0 Multiplex Locked
>  2005-09-08 10:44:10.536 DVB#0 Successfully tuned to channel 7.
>  2005-09-08 10:44:10.546 DVB#1 DVB SI Table Parser Started
>  2005-09-08 10:44:10.564 DVB#1 Using DVB card 1, with frontend Zarlink MT352
> DVB-T.
>  2005-09-08 10:44:10.589 DVB#1 DVB signal be3f | snr  0 | ber    0 | unc   
> 0
>  2005-09-08 10:44:10.896 DVB#1 Status: LOCK.
>  2005-09-08 10:44:10.897 DVB#1 Multiplex Locked
>  2005-09-08 10:44:11.771 DVB#1 Successfully tuned to channel 7.
>  2005-09-08 10:44:11.777 New DB scheduler connection
>  2005-09-08 10:44:11.813 mythbackend version: 0.18.1.20050523-1
> www.mythtv.org
>  2005-09-08 10:44:11.813 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
>  2005-09-08 10:44:13.818 Reschedule requested for id -1.
>  2005-09-08 10:44:13.994 Scheduled 13 items in 0.2 = 0.05 match + 0.12 place
>  2005-09-08 10:44:13.999 Seem to be woken up by USER
>  2005-09-08 10:44:53.732 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
>  2005-09-08 10:44:53.732 adding: mythtv-frontend as a client (events: 0)
>  2005-09-08 10:44:54.040 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
>  2005-09-08 10:44:54.040 adding: mythtv-frontend as a client (events: 1)
>  2005-09-08 10:44:56.153 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
>  2005-09-08 10:44:56.153 adding: mythtv-frontend as a client (events: 0)
>  2005-09-08 10:44:56.161 MainServer::HandleAnnounce FileTransfer
>  2005-09-08 10:44:56.161 adding: mythtv-frontend as a remote file transfer
>  2005-09-08 10:45:04.261 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
>  2005-09-08 10:45:04.261 adding: mythtv-frontend as a client (events: 0)
>  2005-09-08 10:45:04.268 MainServer::HandleAnnounce FileTransfer
>  2005-09-08 10:45:04.268 adding: mythtv-frontend as a remote file transfer
>  2005-09-08 10:45:06.752 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
>  2005-09-08 10:45:06.752 adding: mythtv-frontend as a client (events: 0)
>  2005-09-08 10:45:06.760 MainServer::HandleAnnounce FileTransfer
>  2005-09-08 10:45:06.760 adding: mythtv-frontend as a remote file transfer
>  2005-09-08 10:49:21.896 New DB connection, total: 4
>  2005-09-08 11:11:05.789 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
>  2005-09-08 11:11:05.789 adding: mythboxen as a client (events: 0)
>  
>  ------------- end -----------------
>  
>  Now i thought that i would get a bit more information than this.
>  the two are connected via a 100meg switched network.
>  
>  has anyone got any ideas?
>  
>  If there i any log files to look at, I must be looking at the wrong ones.
>  
>  
>  thanks for your time.
>  
>  CH
>  
>  
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