[mythtv-users] Video metadata lookups are stalling

[Jan Ceuleers]

On 30/05/2019 23:25, Bill Meek wrote:
>>> If I kill all tmdb3.py instances things start working again. It seems
>>> that the code serialises requests (i.e. it avoids issuing multiple
>>> parallel requests), apparently without there being timeouts. So if a
>>> request stalls that's the end of metadata queries until the box is
>>> rebooted (or at least until the stalled tmdb3.py instance is killed).
>>>
>>
>> I have fixed this using the attached patch.
>>
>> Raymond, I would file a bug but trac won't let me register as a new
>> user. I'm cc-ing you because the comments in tmdb3.py indicate that you
>> are its author.
>>
>> What the patch does is error out after a 30-second timeout, so that
>> tmdb3.py processes don't stall indefinitely.
> 
> Pushed to master just now: https://github.com/MythTV/mythtv/commit/98f4fc8

Thanks Bill