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

[Jim Stichnoth]

On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Allen Edwards
<allen.p.edwards at gmail.com> wrote:
> I really don't have performance complaints, just that the system no longer
> works correctly.  Often when I start a show, myth will sit there for a
> minute or two with a blank screen, then come back to the menu where I can
> then select the show again and it plays instantly.  Plus, a show I stopped
> in the middle will not resume. It will do the same thing, waiting a long
> time and come back with no longer showing the play from... option.  It
> worked fine for many years but quit working correctly about a year ago.

It might be helpful to run mythfrontend with "-v all --loglevel debug"
(or whatever the options were called back then), and try to read
through the logs to get an idea of what's happening during that long
blank screen period.

Jim