[mythtv-users] livetv randomly stops playback

[Saul A. Peebsen]

On Sun, 21 Sep 2014 12:15:08 +0100
Tim Draper <veehexx at zoho.com> wrote:

> 
> I've been having this issue ever since moving to 0.27.3 (BE and 1 FE
> currently running v0.27.3-159-g2d4a7c9, I was on 0.27.1 before .3
> upgrade a month ago), and dont know what to check to figure out whats
> going on.
> 
> i have a split FE/BE system 1BE and 3FE's and the issue appears on at
> least 2FE's so doesn't appear to be a client side issue.
> 
> What basically happens is that after a while, the liveTV feed will
> simply freeze on screen and i have to exit and restart a livetv
> session (for lack of a better word) to get it working again.
> Recordings and Films seems unaffected with playback issues. TV Source
> also does not appear to be the cause (happens on both DVB-T and
> DVB-S2 inputs, i've been able to record programs that are 7 hours).
> When the screen freezes, seeking through the liveTV playback results
> in EXTREMELY slow seeking. 20-30seconds todo 1 back step and seeking
> back to when the livetv signal was good, results in the screen being
> frozen, or at best, a few frames every few seconds.
> 
> I updated my BE today, upto v0.27.3-159-g2d4a7c9, and also the latest
> TBS6981 drivers but with no improvement. It does not appear to be
> related to ringbuffer either, as the most recent freeze was outside
> of the EPG program start/stop times (8 minutes past the hour, after
> being in livetv for over an hour with 2 program changes)

You are not alone, my frontends crash the same way. In addition, when
watching liveTV every time a transmission ends and a new one starts
frontend exits liveTV.

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Cheers, Saul