[mythtv-users] Something strange with watching (and editing) shows

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Wed Apr 25 22:23:38 UTC 2007


On 04/25/2007 06:02 PM, Ian Forde wrote:
> I upgraded to SVN on Monday ... Unfortunately, I can no longer seek past a
> point or edit cutlists in shows.
...
> If I try to edit the show from the beginning, (let's say it's a
> commercial-free movie) I can put a cut before the actual start, then
> when I try to move forward (in edit mode), the frontend freezes and the
> mythfrontend process ramps up its CPU usage...

Got a broken DB?  Sounds a /lot/ like the symptoms of having a bad 
seektable.

My recommendation is to run optimize_mythdb.pl and record a new 2-hours+ 
recording and test with that.

If the new recording works, you'll need to fix the seektable on any 
"broken" recording.  If you're capturing with an analog source, 
"mythcommflag --rebuild" (with the appropriate arguments to specify 
which recording to rebuild) should work nicely.  If you're using a 
digital source, you might have to try "mythtranscode --buildindex" (with 
appropriate arguments...).  And, even that might not work.

The easiest approach, though, is to delete the broken recordings and 
re-record, if possible.

Mike


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