[mythtv-users] initial delay and need to select a recorded program twice

[Jim Stichnoth]

On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Clay <ctmythtv at pacbell.net> wrote:
> Kevin Robbins wrote:
>>
>> Hey all - I have a strange problem that I cant seem to get any insight
>> on...
>> I'm running a Myth BE and 4 FE system using .21. I put it together roughly
>> a
>> year ago.
>>
>> Recently for no apparent reason all FE units have this really long delay
>> when I select PLAY on a recorded item or select LIVE TV.
>> About 80% of the time after roughly 10 seconds of black screen it goes
>> back
>> to the recorded program list where if I select play again its instant and
>> works perfect as usual. The other 20% of the time it manages to play the
>> program after an excessively (10 seconds) long black screen delay.
>>
>> Logs seem to show nothing...Anyone ever seen this or have some hints?
>
> I noticed similar on my 0.22 mbe/fe. It never kicked backed to the menu but
> did take several seconds to play the selection.
> I could fix it "the windows way", restarting the box. Fix was only temporary
> and after a week or two response time dwindled.
> I chalked it up to the phantom BE 'memory leak' that has been posted about
> over the years.

Search frontend log for strings like "Error in my_thread_global_end".
If you're seeing a lot of those, it's probably #7836 which was fixed
in 0.23.

Jim