[mythtv-users] Intermittent Channel Change Error

Tom Greer trgreer at gmail.com
Mon Apr 23 16:36:14 UTC 2007


Recently, I started experiencing problems when changing channels.

When the problem occurs, I get a message "Error was encountered while
displaying video".  The screen shows one button which reads "Return to
Menu".

Selecting Watch TV from the menu always displays the channel successfully.

I have three DCT-6xxx boxes connected via firewire and an HDHomeRun.
The problem seems to happen only on the firewire connections.  In my
testing today, it only occured on high definition channels.

A little more about my system configuration.  The master backend has a
single DCT box connected.  I have three other frontend/backend combos.
 Two have a DCT boxes
 attached.  The other is connected to the two HDHomeRun tuners.  I
have fifth system that is a simple fileserver that holds all the video
via NFS.

My backend log shows this:

2007-04-23 09:08:41.047 TVRec(1): RingBufferChanged()
2007-04-23 09:08:41.052 Finished recording Daisy Cooks! With Daisy
Martinez "Praise of El Pollo": channel 1710
0: start_time: 3826.393 duration: 6.724
1: start_time: 3826.393 duration: 6.724
stream: start_time: 42515.476 duration: 74.708 bitrate=12982 kb/s
2007-04-23 09:08:41.233 AFD: Opened codec 0x763e90, id(MPEG2VIDEO) type(Video)
2007-04-23 09:08:41.234 AFD: Opened codec 0x8189f0, id(AC3) type(Audio)
2007-04-23 09:08:41.949 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:42.105 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:42.262 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:42.418 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:42.503 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2007-04-23 09:08:42.503 adding: shuttle1 as a client (events: 0)
2007-04-23 09:08:42.504 MainServer::HandleAnnounce FileTransfer
2007-04-23 09:08:42.504 adding: shuttle1 as a remote file transfer
2007-04-23 09:08:42.575 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:42.731 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:42.886 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:43.044 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:43.231 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:43.386 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:43.544 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:43.699 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:43.855 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:44.012 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:44.168 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:44.325 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:44.512 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:44.668 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:44.825 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:44.981 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:45.136 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:45.294 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:45.449 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:45.605 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:45.794 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:45.949 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:46.105 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:46.262 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:46.418 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:46.575 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:46.731 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:46.886 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:47.044 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:47.231 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:47.386 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:47.544 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:47.700 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:47.855 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:48.012 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:48.168 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:48.325 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:48.481 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:48.668 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:48.825 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:48.981 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:49.006
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg): Invalid file
(fd -1) when opening '/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg'.
2007-04-23 09:08:49.014
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:49.137 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:49.214
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:49.294 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:49.413
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:49.449 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:49.605 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:49.613
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:49.762 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:49.813
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:49.949 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:50.014
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:50.105 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:50.213
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:50.262 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:50.413
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:50.418 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:50.575 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:50.613
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:50.731 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:50.813
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:50.887 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:51.013
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:51.044 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:51.213
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:51.231 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:51.386 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:51.413
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:51.544 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:51.613
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:51.699 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:51.813
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:51.855 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:52.012 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:52.013
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:52.168 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:52.213
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:52.325 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:52.413
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:52.512 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:52.613
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:52.668 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:52.813
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:52.825 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:52.981 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:53.015
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:53.137 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:53.217
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:53.294 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:53.417
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:53.449 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:53.605 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:53.617
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:53.762 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:53.817
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:53.949 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:54.017
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:54.105 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:54.217
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:54.262 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:54.417
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:54.418 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:54.575 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:54.617
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:54.731 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:54.817
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:54.887 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:55.017
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:55.044 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:55.217
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:55.231 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:55.387 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:55.417
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:55.544 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:55.617
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:55.699 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:55.817
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:55.855 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:56.013 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:56.017
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:56.168 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:56.217
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:56.325 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:56.417
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:56.512 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:56.617
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:56.668 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:56.817
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:56.825 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:56.981 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:57.017
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:57.137 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:57.217
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:57.294 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:57.417
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:57.450 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:57.605 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:57.617
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:57.762 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:57.817
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:57.949 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:58.017
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:58.105 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:58.217
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:58.262 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:58.417
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:58.418 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:58.575 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:58.617
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:58.731 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:58.817
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:58.887 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:59.017
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:59.044 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:59.217
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:59.231 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:59.387 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:59.417
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:59.544 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:59.617
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:59.700 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:08:59.817
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:08:59.855 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:09:00.012 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:09:00.017
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:09:00.168 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:09:00.219
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:09:00.325 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:09:00.423
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:09:00.481 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:09:00.644
RingBuf(/video_new/recordings/1704_20070423090840.mpg) Error: Invalid
file descriptor in 'safe_read()'
2007-04-23 09:09:00.668 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:09:00.825 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
2007-04-23 09:09:00.847 TVRec(1): Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
2007-04-23 09:09:00.874 Finished recording Today: channel 1704

Any ideas where to start?

Thanks.

Tom


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