[mythtv-users] sudden change in recording start-up time

[Ajay Sharma]

On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 4:47 PM, malcolm <malcolm.torrent at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 30/06/10 00:41, Ajay Sharma wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 3:13 PM, malcolm<malcolm.torrent at gmail.com>
>>  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> any ideas on how to check if there is a DNS timeout?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Is the frontend using an IP address for the backend or a hostname?  If
>> it's using a hostname, try doing a:
>>
>> dig hostname
>>
>> or
>>
>> host hostname
>>
>> dig comes from the "dnsutils" package and host comes from the
>> "bind9-host" package on ubuntu.  It should respond immediately.
>>
>> If it's using an IP address, then it's not a DNS issue unless mythtv
>> does a reverse dns lookup when an IP address connect, but I'm *pretty*
>> sure it doesn't.
>>
>
> my MBE is at 192.168.0.5 the results seem to imply a prompt response to the
> dig and that host 192.168.0.5 does a reverse lookup and fails, perhaps
> because my router (192.168.0.1) doesn't know the hostnames of the PCs.
> I don't think DNS is the problem.
>

You're using an IP address, so this isn't a DNS issue.  Sorry, I don't
know why you're getting the 60+ second delay on starting up videos.
Hopefully someone else can help.