[mythtv-users] Build of Android Mythfrontend

[James Abernathy]

On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 9:54 AM Peter Bennett <pb.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On 1/10/22 6:45 AM, John wrote:
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> "*I set up my FireTV 4K Max with the mythtv-frontend Pre32.  It really *
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> >* is having issues. I have it set up the same as the previous version.
> *>* Leanfront is still showing the videos perfectly, so it's not the
> *>* recording. It took a while to get it working because the backend is on
> *>* Archlinux and I had to dig to get it to allow the FireTV to connect
> *>* because mariadb is configured differently on Arch.  If I'm the only
> *>* one reporting issues with this version, it must be Arch configuration.
> *>* The backend is a 11th gen Intel NUC so it should not be a performance
> *>* issue and the mythfrontend on the NUC plays the same video perfectly
> *>* just like Leanfront.
> *>>* Also I've reset the FIreTV and that didn't help.
> *>>* Any ideas?
> *>>* Jim A
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> *I  reported earlier in this thread that the Android Frontend is fine with UK recordings. **Did some more testing this weekend and can confirm Jim's reported issues. **On my Shield Tv playback may last for several hours without problems (device is on the same switch as the Backend).**On FireTV Max the MTBF is in the order of 10s of minutes (device is one switch away over Powerline).**The failures are none repeatable and dependent on the source material ie some channels are more reliable than others.
> The dynamics of the network may also be relevant ie less problems when the backend and frontend are connected
> to the same switch.
> **On failure I get a lock up of the video hardware ie nothing else will play either until the stick is rebooted.**I don't think this is a recent regression in version 32, its been like this for along time and was my reason for**using Leanfront which plays perfectly.
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> If I understand correctly, you have a fire stick 4k with ethernet adapter
> going over powerline.
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> My experience with powerline was not good, IIRC it would randomly
> disconnect for a minute or two at a time and then reconnect. I don't know
> if this is what you are having. You may do better with WiFi.
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> Instead of powerline I now use Ethernet over coax, since my house has coax
> cables built in for cable tv that are not being used. This give 1GB speed
> and consistent reliability using motorola MOCA adapters.
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> Peter
>

John's setup is different. I have the GbE adapter for my FIreTV 4K Max and
the whole house is GbE with no more than 2 levels of GbE switches. I wonder
if FireTV updated that firmware recently.  What bothers me is that I reset
my MAX back to my Production backend with the V31 version of the Android
mythfrontend and am seeing the same problems I saw first on the Pre32
version.  I'm going to capture a verbose log of that.  I may move that
discussion to the Mythtv Forum since they allow more data to be included
than this mailing list.

Jim
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