[mythtv-users] Slow network causes myth to hang?

[Brian Wood]

On Feb 10, 2007, at 3:56 PM, David Campbell wrote:

> I have an ongoing issue with my wireless network being rubbish, this
> isn't too much of an issue however it seems to have an adverse  
> effect on
> myth, to which it is connected.
>
> If someone is transferring large files across the wireless network  
> then
> myth becomes unresponsive when migrating menus.  Myth mounts all it's
> assets (media) across NFS.
>
> I understand why video playback is going to suck when there isn't  
> enough
> bandwidth but is there any reason why myth menus should become totally
> unresponsive at the same time?

For recordings it's trying to pull enough data for the thumbnails,  
and even in the videos menu it's wanting to get the graphics across  
the network.

Sounds like it's doing exactly what you should expect if your media  
is mounted across a bottlenecked path.

You know what your options are I expect :-)