[mythtv] EIT scanner crashes mythbackend

[Tino Keitel]

On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 11:12:53 -0000, Matt Jarvis wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I upgraded to 20-fixes about a month ago, and everything has been working
> perfectly, my server had 40 days uptime and no problems whatsoever. In the
> last few days, as anyone in the UK knows, we have had extremely bad
> weather, and since then the EIT scanner has now started crashing my
> backend about 4 times a day, always after getting a 'pes packet but

I'l look for crashes in my log files. My backend is restarted
automatically so I don't notice it without further inspection.

> !payload start' in the logs. I was also experiencing some problems with

I also saw this in my backend log a few times. The exact message was
this:

2007-01-21 23:52:28.575 Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()

> the QMYSQL driver reporting errors due to duplicate entries. I've solved
> this today by completely emptying the program table and letting the EIT
> scanner re-fill it, but I'm still seeing the crashes after PES packets.

I saw that, too with DVB-T in Berlin/Germany. I also flushed the
program table to solve this.

> I've looked back through both lists and not seeing anyone reporting
> similar problems in the UK in the last few days. Does anyone have any
> ideas why this might have started happening ?

Regards,
Tino