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

[Clay]

Jim Stichnoth wrote:
> 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

That reply was all past tense. I'm running 0.23 now.
No more evidence of diminishing response time, although it does appear 
to be generally slower to respond than earlier releases.
0.23 seems to have solved the 'memory leak'...

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