[mythtv-users] How do I change Frontend timeout on slow MacOS X machine?

Steve steve.posting at mac.com
Wed Jan 31 21:58:47 UTC 2007


I have a G4/400 PowerBook that lives in the kitchen. When I was  
running Myth 0.18 it would happily playback video/liveTV (with the  
occasional stutter). However, with 0.20 it fails to display video:  
when I select a recording or 'Watch LiveTV' the screen goes black for  
20 seconds and then the menu screen returns

A frontend running on a G4/1.33Ghz PowerBook plays back video fine.  
The logs from the G4/400 suggest there it is a timeout problem (see  
below), assuming it is, how do I change the timeouts?

I have searched the web and mailing lists and found this reference to  
changing the timeouts,(Last email of 3 in http://www.gossamer- 
threads.com/lists/engine? 
do=post_view_printable;post=170259;list=mythtv) but the email does  
not say where I can find the timeout figures to change them, and I  
cannot find them in either the Frontend or Backend set up screens. Do  
I need to edit code and recompile - and if so which bit of code do I  
need to edit?

Thanks in advance for all/any help,

Steve

The console log records:
2007-01-14 16:54:59.480 TV: Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded
2007-01-14 16:54:59.482 TV: Attempting to change from  
WatchingPreRecorded to None
2007-01-14 16:55:09.587 Video timing method: USleep with busy wait
2007-01-14 16:55:09.982 TV: Changing from WatchingPreRecorded to None
2007-01-14 16:55:12.921 TV: Attempting to change from None to  
WatchingPreRecorded
[mpegts @ 0xc4069a20]Parser not found for Codec Id: 94212 !
[mpegts @ 0xc4069a20]Parser not found for Codec Id: 94212 !
0: start_time: 7981.175 duration: -9223372036854.775
1: start_time: 7981.133 duration: 372.116
2: start_time: 7981.141 duration: 372.114
3: start_time: 7981.133 duration: 372.122
4: start_time: 7981.133 duration: 372.122
5: start_time: 7981.133 duration: 372.122
6: start_time: 7981.133 duration: 372.122
7: start_time: 7981.133 duration: 372.122
stream: start_time: 88679.257 duration: 4134.691 bitrate=3996 kb/s
2007-01-14 16:55:13.716 AFD: Opened codec 0x19be000, id(MPEG2VIDEO)  
type(Video)
2007-01-14 16:55:13.717 AFD: Opened codec 0x19d4400, id(MP3) type(Audio)
2007-01-14 16:55:13.718 AFD: Opened codec 0x19d4800, id(MP3) type(Audio)
2007-01-14 16:55:13.718 AFD: Opened codec 0x19d4c00, id(DVB_SUBTITLE)  
type(Subtitle)
2007-01-14 16:55:33.025 TV Error: StartPlayer(): NVP is not playing  
after 20000 msec
2007-01-14 16:55:33.028 TV: Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded
2007-01-14 16:55:33.029 TV: Attempting to change from  
WatchingPreRecorded to None
2007-01-14 16:55:37.856 Video timing method: USleep with busy wait
2007-01-14 16:55:38.225 TV: Changing from WatchingPreRecorded to None

For LiveTV
2007-01-14 16:58:03.624 TV: Attempting to change from None to  
WatchingLiveTV
2007-01-14 16:58:03.628 Using protocol version 31
2007-01-14 16:58:04.134 NVP: Disabling Audio, params(-1,2,44100)
2007-01-14 16:58:24.133 TV Error: StartPlayer(): NVP is not playing  
after 20000 msec
2007-01-14 16:58:27.315 Video timing method: USleep with busy wait
2007-01-14 16:58:29.087 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started


Backend/Frontend:
2x Nova-T, Sempron 2600+, A7V600 Motherboard, 256Mb RAM, 250Gb ATA,  
nVidia FX 5200
ATI Remote Wonder II remote control
KnoppMyth R5D1 upgraded to Myth 0.20+fixes (11349)

Frontends:
Various Mac OS X machines







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