[mythtv] Ticket #6412: mythbackend segfaults

[Michael Drons]

----- Original Message ----
From: Paul Harrison <mythtv at sky.com>
To: Michael Drons <mdrons at yahoo.com>; Development of mythtv <mythtv-dev at mythtv.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2009 1:19:22 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv] Ticket #6412: mythbackend segfaults

Michael Drons wrote:
> Team,
>
> Thank you for the fix to MythTV.   As I try to update the mvpmc to
> support the new protocol (version 44).  I am trying to understand the
> changes to the ANN FileTransfer command.  I can not find documentation
> on what the change was.  I see how the command was changed but I am
> not 100% sure what they are.
>
> ANN FileTransfer client 0 0[]:[]/1024_20090401093000.mpg.png[]:[]
>
> So I see the "0 0 " are the part that are new, correct?  What are they values or what do they relate to?  
>
> When the change to ANN FileTransfer command happened or what changeset?
>
> I believe the variable is "wantgroup" but also I cant seem to follow what this variable is.
>
> Thanks for help on this,  Mike
>
>  

Daniel K. is the best person to ask but looking at the source the first
0 is a bool flag to set usereadahead the second is an integer to
represent the number of retries. That's followed by the file name and
finally  not shown in the example  you gave is the storage group where
to find the file.

Paul H.



Paul,
    Where does the usereadahead and retries come from?  Is it a global setting in setup that can be set?  

In my sample I watched a normal frontend start a recording.  For a different recording I saw this command:

ANN FileTransfer client 1 -1[]:[]/1013_20090323210000.mpg[]:[]

So it used 1 and -1, what sets those numbers in the FileTransfer command?  

Thanks, Mike