[mythtv-users] Lirc "pauses" ?

[Phil Bridges]

On 5/19/07, Jon Boehm <boehm100 at comcast.net> wrote:
> I had this issue.  I worked on it for two days.  My problem turned
> out to be not myth or lirc, but fading batteries.  When the batteries
> get week in my remote it starts behaving VERY irrationally.  The
> first few commands fire out faster than is controllable then is
> slowly stops working.  It finally dawned on my to try covering up the
> emitter on the remote to give my frontend a "break" while still
> holding down the buttons.  Turns out the frontend didn't need a
> break.  My remote needed new batteries.  :-)
>
> Hope this helps,
> Jon
>
> On May 19, 2007, at 9:45 AM, Phil Bridges wrote:
>
> > On 5/19/07, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> >> On 05/19/2007 08:48 AM, Phil Bridges wrote:
> >>> On 5/19/07, Phill Edwards <philledwards at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>> For some reason, lirc takes 30s to 1 minute pauses now and
> >>>>> then.  So,
> >>>>> the remote will work fine -- then it wont -- for a long
> >>>>> period.  Then,
> >>>>> it will suddenly work again.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Has anyone else seen this behavior?  I'm using lircd_serial.
> >>>>>
> >>>> I'm also getting this issue. It's really annoying because it
> >>>> stops you
> >>>> skipping through the ads etc. Did you fix it?
> >>>>
> >>> What lirc device are you using?  Mine is lirc_mceusb.  I wonder if
> >>> this is a lirc issue or a Myth issue.
> >>
> >> Not a Myth issue.  :)  The question is whether this is a LIRC
> >> issue or a
> >> LIRC configuration issue.
> >>
> >> Mike
> >
> > ...or LIRC and Myth fighting over resources...
> >
> > it's very odd that my FE/BE, which has the exact same remote, doesn't
> > seem to have the issue.

Interesting.  I'll check mine.  It seems, though, like sometimes some
commands are buffered at the end of the pause, and execute almost
batch-like.