[mythtv-users] Have to start shows twice -- database problem???
Michael Watson
michael at thewatsonfamily.id.au
Tue Feb 26 05:19:29 UTC 2013
On 25/02/2013 8:36 PM, John Veness 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.
>
I'm not sure even a severely fragmented drive would cause this sort of
delay.
How much memory does the system have? How much swap space is the system
using?
What sort of load is the system under when you start to watch a program?
I would start by opening a terminal window (or ssh into it from another
machine), start 'top' and watch what happens to the system load (and
what process's are creating that load) when you start a program.
Is there anything getting logged by syslog that might shed any light.
"cat /var/log/messages | grep sda" might shed some light on the
problem. (If its a drive starting to turn up its toes)
Have you looked if the myth logs show any hints? (backend and frontend
logs)
Maybe your CPU fan is just clogged with dust, so CPU is not getting
cooled properly, causing the system to run slow.
Many things to look at before you upgrade, and find yourself with the
same problem (or worse)
Regards
Michael
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