[mythtv] Ticket #2814: mp3 file causes lockup while scanning for new music

Stuart Morgan stuart at tase.co.uk
Tue Jan 2 22:06:24 UTC 2007


On Tuesday 02 January 2007 20:45, Andrew Lyon wrote:
> On 1/2/07, MythTV <mythtv at cvs.mythtv.org> wrote:
> > #2814: mp3 file causes lockup while scanning for new music
> > -----------------------------------+-------------------------------------
> >--- Reporter:  andrew.lyon at gmail.com  |        Owner:  ijr
> >      Type:  defect                 |       Status:  new
> >  Priority:  minor                  |    Milestone:  unknown
> > Component:  mythmusic              |      Version:  head
> >  Severity:  medium                 |   Resolution:
> > -----------------------------------+-------------------------------------
> >--- Comment (by myth at eskil.org):
> >
> >  I can reproduce this, I'll take a stab at fixing it. But the file also
> >  seems to be corrupt, at least nothing I have can play it (guess that's
> >  also why locks up mythmusic). It's md5sum is
> >  ae6ee2b6c945516e4b7f34c9252446ec, is that correct ?
> >
> Yes that is correct, I realise that the file is corrupt, I decided to
> log a ticket as other users who might have the same problem may not
> know how to figure out which file is causing the lockup.

Opening a ticket was the right thing to do. Locking up or crashing is, in most 
cases something which needs to be addressed. Better to handle the errors 
gracefully than die without explanation.
-- 
Stuart Morgan


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