[mythtv-users] Multi-gigabyte log files from mythcommflag

[Paul Gardiner]

On 12/11/2013 14:38, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 11/12/2013 09:31 AM, Paul Gardiner wrote:
>> On 12/11/2013 13:39, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>> On 11/11/2013 05:41 PM, Paul Gardiner wrote:
>>>> Intermittently, I'm seeing huge log files from mythcommflag. Here's
>>>> an example log. It is repeats of the last line that cause the problem.
>>>
>>> Yes, bad video will cause lots of messages from libav, and since we then
>>> output those messages, there will be large log files.
>>
>> Thanks for the reply Michael.
>>
>> I think there may be more to it than that. I'm not sure that these are
>> bad videos: I haven't noticed any glitches in playback. Also, each time
>> I get one of these huge log files produced, it is the same warning line
>> I see repeated. And this never occurred before I updated to 0.27.
>>
>> For now I've changed the particular warning in the code from VB_GENERAL
>> to VB_MHEG so that'll see it only if I ask for it, but I guess that
>> might not be accepted as a committable fix.
>
> Ah, then it's a specific line we're outputting (and not a libav
> warning).  You'd have to talk with someone who knows the MHEG stuff
> (like Stuart M or maybe Karl Dietz) to see whether that would be an
> appropriate change, or if there may be something causing the issue that
> can be fixed (in our code, by your broadcaster, or possibly by changing
> settings on your system).

Oh okay. Sounds like it's at least worth my opening a ticket and
submitting the above as a possible fix then.

Cheers,
	Paul.