[mythtv-users] Last few problems - playback consistency, auto-shutdown questions, live firewire

Wed Mar 7 14:21:59 UTC 2007

Hi Chris,

Well - we have the same error:

 > 2007-03-06 19:56:33.024 MythSocket(2aaab0202850:20): readStringList:
 > Error, timeout (quick).

Compared to a successful live TV:

   2007-03-07 10:06:03.040 write -> 14 72      QUERY_RECORDER 
1[]:[]SPAWN_LIVETV[]:[]live-msi-2007-03-07T10:06:03[]:[]0
   2007-03-07 10:06:05.805 MythSocket(88c9758:10): socket is readable
   2007-03-07 10:06:05.806 MythSocket(88c9758:10): cb->readyRead()
   2007-03-07 10:06:05.806 read  <- 10 53 
BACKEND_MESSAGE[]:[]QUERY_NEXT_LIVETV_DIR 1[]:[]empty

Does anybody know why the "Error, timeout (quick)" happens?

Cheers, Martin

Chris Weiland wrote:
> Glenn: Thanks, I'll have to try the shutdown script.  Now if I could 
> only figure out a way for the frontend to shut itself down after being 
> idle for a while...
> 
> 
> Yan-Fa: Actually, turning ON opengl vsync seems to have mostly fixed the 
> random speedup/slowdowns - it happens a lot less often, and when it does 
> happen, it's not nearly as bad.  Maybe it was something else I had 
> changed, so I'll have to play around with it.
> 
> 
> Marin: I'm not getting those errors.  However, this IS what I'm getting:
> 
> 2007-03-06 19:56:26.011 MythSocket(2aaab0202850:20): new socket
> 2007-03-06 19:56:26.012 MythSocket(2aaab0202850:20): attempting 
> connect() to ( 127.0.0.1:6543 <http://127.0.0.1:6543>)
> 2007-03-06 19:56:26.012 MythSocket(2aaab0202850:20): state change Idle 
> -> Connected
> 2007-03-06 19:56:26.012 write -> 20 21      MYTH_PROTO_VERSION 31
> 2007-03-06 19:56: 26.012 read  <- 20 13      ACCEPT[]:[]31
> 2007-03-06 19:56:26.012 Using protocol version 31
> 2007-03-06 19:56:26.012 write -> 20 21      ANN Playback mythtv 0
> 2007-03-06 19:56:26.020 read  <- 20 2       OK
> 2007-03-06 19:56:26.020 write -> 20 75      QUERY_RECORDER 
> 3[]:[]SPAWN_LIVETV[]:[]live-mythtv-2007-03-06T19:56:08[]:[]0
> 2007-03-06 19:56:33.024 MythSocket(2aaab0202850:20): readStringList: 
> Error, timeout (quick).
> 2007-03-06 19:56:33.024 MythSocket(2aaab0202850:20): state change 
> Connected -> Idle
> 2007-03-06 19:56:33.025 RemoteEncoder::SendReceiveStringList(): No response.
> 2007-03-06 19:56:33.025 MSqlQuery: SELECT chanid, starttime, endtime, 
> discontinuity, chainpos, hostprefix, cardtype, channame, input FROM 
> tvchain WHERE chainid = 'live-mythtv-2007-03-06T19:56:08' ORDER BY 
> chainpos;
> 2007-03-06 19:56:33.027 MSqlQuery: SELECT 
> recorded.chanid,starttime,endtime,title, 
> subtitle,description,channel.channum, channel.callsign,channel.name 
> <http://channel.name>,channel.commfree, channel.outputfilters 
> ,seriesid,programid,filesize, 
> lastmodified,stars,previouslyshown,originalairdate, 
> hostname,recordid,transcoder,playgroup, 
> recorded.recpriority,progstart,progend,basename,recgroup FROM recorded 
> LEFT JOIN channel ON recorded.chanid = channel.chanid WHERE 
> recorded.chanid = '1020' AND starttime = '2007-03-06T19:56:10' ;
> 2007-03-06 19:56:33.030 MSqlQuery: SELECT commflagged, cutlist, 
> autoexpire, editing, bookmark, stereo, closecaptioned, hdtv FROM 
> recorded LEFT JOIN recordedprogram ON ( recorded.chanid = 
> recordedprogram.chanid AND recorded.starttime = 
> recordedprogram.starttime) WHERE recorded.chanid = '1020' AND 
> recorded.starttime = '2007-03-06T19:56:10' ;
> 2007-03-06 19:56:33.031 MSqlQuery: SELECT data FROM settings WHERE value 
> = 'RecordFilePrefix' AND hostname = 'mythtv' ;
> 2007-03-06 19:56:33.031 
> RingBuf(/myth/recordings/1020_20070306195610.mpg): 
> OpenFile(/myth/recordings/1020_20070306195610.mpg, 12)
> 2007-03-06 19:56:33.032 
> RingBuf(/myth/recordings/1020_20070306195610.mpg): 
> CalcReadAheadThresh(4000 KB)
>                          -> threshhold(146 KB) min read(32 KB) blk 
> size(64 KB)
> 2007-03-06 19:56:33.032 MythSocket(2aaab0202850:-1): writeStringList: 
> Error, called with unconnected socket.
> 2007-03-06 19:56:33.032 MythSocket(2aaab0202850:-1): readStringList: 
> Error, called with unconnected socket.
> 2007-03-06 19:56:33.032 RemoteEncoder::SendReceiveStringList(): No response.
> 
> The last 3 lines then repeat for a long time every coupld of 
> milliseconds. Then:
> 
> 2007-03-06 19:57:13.035 TV Error: StartRecorder() -- timed out waiting 
> for recorder to start
> 2007-03-06 19:57:13.035 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started
> 2007-03-06 19:57:13.035 MythSocket(2aaab0202850:-1): DownRef: -1
> 2007-03-06 19:57:13.035 MythSocket(2aaab0202850:-1): delete socket
> 2007-03-06 19:57:13.035 TV: Attempting to change from WatchingLiveTV to None
> 
> 
> Don't know what that's all about.
> 
> On 3/6/07, *martin* <martin at knespel.at <mailto:martin at knespel.at>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi Chris,
> 
>     This sounds a little bit like the problem that I have (see posting
>     "Can't watch live TV (lengthy)" on 5th March). I have nothing observed
>     in the backend-log, but when I start the frontend with "-v all" from
>     the
>     command line, there are indeed some error messages.
> 
>     I only have one tuner card, recording works, but no LiveTV after editing
>     the channels. The screen too goes black, and returns to the main menu.
> 
>     I have no solution for that, but could you check whether you have these
>     messages too? (check for "Error, timeout" or "failed to get pginfo").
> 
>     Best regards,
>     Martin
> 
> 
>     Chris Weiland wrote:
> 
>     ... snip
> 
>      > 3) For some reason, I'm able to record programs off of my firewire
>      > connection, but I am not able to watch live TV.  If I hit Live
>     TV, myth
>      > will bring up my tv tuner card, then when I try to change inputs
>     (to the
>      > firewire), the screen goes black for about 10 seconds then
>     returns to
>      > the main menu.  I don't see anything strange in my backend log
>     either.
>      > Why won't it let me watch live?
> 
>     ... snip
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