[mythtv-users] Problems with seeking in recorded tv

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/16/2010 01:48 AM, Mikko Rönkkö wrote:
> I have a strange problem. Some recorded TV-shows seem to be too long and skipping back and forward is very slow. I recently recorded a TV show that lasts for an hour, but when I start playback the OSD shows that the show is 3:43:26 long. When I first jump ahead, mythtv seeks to 2:43:26. The playback is normal, but the time is offset by this hour and 43 minutes and seeking is very slow. There is nothing relevant in the logs as far as I can tell.
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> I tried to run the maintenance script optimize_mythdb.pl, but it did not help.
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> The problem started after this issue with IO staturation http://www.mailinglistarchive.com/mythtv-users@mythtv.org/msg68400.html
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optmize_mythdb.pl will do absolutely nothing for the corrupt /data/ in 
the database.  It simply fixes the tables so new data inserted will not 
be corrupted.  Therefore, it would make new recordings work.

You need to rebuild the seektable for broken recordings /after/ fixing 
the corrupt tables.

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Repairing_the_Seektable

Mike