[mythtv-users] Have to start shows twice -- database problem???

Allen Edwards allen.p.edwards at gmail.com
Mon Feb 25 15:18:58 UTC 2013


On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 1:36 AM, John Veness <
John.Veness.mythtv at pelago.org.uk> wrote:

> On 24/02/2013 19:47, Allen Edwards wrote:
>
>> I am running 0.21 and following the advice of if it ain't broke, don't
>> fix it.  But I have a very small "broke" I would like to fix.  This
>> problem started probably about a year ago.  I had many years with no
>> issues at all.  Not always, but often when I start a program I get a
>> long delay and then back to the menu and I have to start the show again,
>> which then starts instantly.  Also, and more annoying, if I stop a show
>> half way through and restart it, it often does the same thing and I lose
>> my break point so have to manually skip to where I left off.
>>
>
> I had a similar problem to that a few years ago, and if I remember
> correctly I found that degragmenting my drives helped. I'm not sure if it
> was defragmenting the video storage drive or the database drive that
> particularly helped.
>
> Cheers,
>
> John


Thanks for the suggestion.  I will try that right away.

Allen
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