[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #986: mythbackend 8554 freeze/crash - AFD Error

[Daniel Kristjansson]

On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 22:38 +0000, MythTV wrote:
> #986: mythbackend 8554 freeze/crash - AFD Error
> Comment (by anonymous):
> 
>  Trouble is, how do I isolate the spot in the file in which the error
>  happens? I found a file which repeatedly crashes the master backend with
>  the above error when running mythcommflag on a remote(!) slave backend.
>  But it's a 2 hour recording, and I can't locate the section with the error
>  based on the warning message.

I would think this would be fairly obvious. Cut the file in half and
run the crashing process on both halves, whichever one crashes is
the broken one. Repeat until you have a small enough piece.

You might also try to just play the file with mplayer or mythtv to find
the broken piece since this appears to be a ffmpeg problem and would
crash those programs as well. The last picture you see or time you note
should give you a good idea of where the problem is.

-- Daniel