[mythtv-users] mythbackend channel change issues

[Mike Perkins]

On 11/06/2022 20:55, John Hoyt wrote:
>>    My 2 cents, do a lockout in the external channel changer script. IE when
>> it starts, check for a flag if the flag is there, just exit.
>> CONECPT  code
>> # start of script
>> If exists /tmp/channel_changer_running then exit
>> touch /tmp/channel_changer_running
>> do your channel changing
>> # cleanup
>> if exists  /tmp/channel_changer_running then rm -f
>> /tmp/channel_changer_running
>> ....
>> Just a thought..
>>
> 
> Jim, thanks for the suggestion!  I actually implemented this this morning
> with the following code:
> 
> # Check is Lock File exists, if not create it and set trap on exit
>   if { set -C; 2>/dev/null >~/channelchange.lock; }; then
>     trap "rm -f ~/channelchange.lock" EXIT
>   else
>     logger "ir_channel_change lirc channel change lock file exists… exiting"
>     sleep 10
>     exit
>   fi
> 
> I've noticed that the double channel change occurs every time I restart the
> backend.  I think it also semi-randomly occurs when the backend goes days
> without recording - but this is wild speculation (and could have had some
> updates via apt-get in between causing a backend restart).
> 
> I've actually been seeing the issue for months via wrong channel changes -
> just hadn't seen it occur nearly as regularly.
> 
In that log snippet you posted, there are actually /three/ channel change requests logged, the first 
for ch 510 and the other two for ch 550.

This bug strikes me as either a flag left set or perhaps not initialized correctly at boot/reboot - 
maybe at other times. I do not know the code.

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Mike Perkins