[mythtv] [patch] Recording HDTV when no signal causes segfault

John Patrick Poet john at BlueSkyTours.com
Wed May 26 12:10:24 EDT 2004


On Tue, 25 May 2004, Isaac Richards wrote:

> On Tuesday 25 May 2004 12:03 am, John Patrick Poet wrote:
> > With HDTV, the signal strength is checked when tunning to a channel.
> > When recording, if the signal strength is too low, the encoder thread is
> > never created, but the pthread_join call was still being made.  This
> > caused a segfault.
> >
> > The attached patch prevents the pthread_join call from being made, if
> > the encoder thread was not created.
>
> I've applied this, but I had to change the signal check stuff on recordings
> (double channel changes are bad sometimes) -- could you please test to make
> sure it's still working on hdtv?
>
> Isaac


Thanks Isaac.  I will try real hard to get this tested tonight, but it may
not be until Thursday.


John


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