[Mythtv-users] Playing recording kills frontend

Thu Sep 8 02:29:25 UTC 2005

Hi all,

I have been fully enjoying the mythtv experience after 2 years for trying to 
get it working (part time with VERY wrong hardware). the Wife forked over 
some money for a new computer for me and mine (P3 1gig) became the BE along 
with a dvico fusion dvbt card. 

Once it was all going with a lot of help from people Off list (thanks again 
guys) the WAF is very high. high enough to get a second dvbt card so she 
doesnt miss any shows due to confection.

I have installed the machine to Jarrod Wilsons FC3 guide (thanks Jarrod for 
the guide) and i am now using a HP e-vectra as a front end, again using JW 
FC3 guide.

Now come the problem, which is more annoying than anything. Occasionally 
when watching a program on the frontend that had been recorded previously, 
it seems to fault somehow.

I have searched the list and it was said that the commercial marking jobs 
can do this. So i turned off the jobs for all recordings. (we don't keep the 
recordings anyway). this didn't seem to fix it.

Again i went back to the forum and another suggestion was when the free 
space in recording drive was low this would happen. But it has happened 
again the other night while recording Startgate Atlantis (of all things). 
the recording wok great up till a point then it ands and sits there for ages 
and then myth craps its self and goes back to the FC desktop.

SO i didn't get shitty with it and delete it i ave keep the recording and 
now on a day off i have killed the automatic start of the backend and 
frontend and started them up in terminal sessions. (again a suggestion off 
the list)

here is what i got:
--------------- start -------------------------
[mythtv at mythtv-frontend ~]$ mythfrontend
2005-09-08 10:21:26.408 New DB connection, total: 1
Total desktop width=800, height=600, numscreens=1
2005-09-08 10:21:26.509 Using screen 0, 800x600 at 0,0
2005-09-08 10:21:26.517 mythfrontend version: 0.18.1.20050523-1 
www.mythtv.org <http://www.mythtv.org>
2005-09-08 10:21:26.518 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
2005-09-08 10:21:29.228 Switching to square mode (Titivillus)
2005-09-08 10:21:31.692 Joystick disabled.
2005-09-08 10:21:31.728 New DB connection, total: 2
2005-09-08 10:21:31.832 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
2005-09-08 10:21:32.039 Registering MythDVD DVD Media Handler as a media 
handler
2005-09-08 10:21:32.046 Registering MythDVD VCD Media Handler as a media 
handler
2005-09-08 10:21:33.748 Registering MythMusic Media Handler as a media 
handler
SIP listening on IP Address 192.168.1.6:5060 <http://192.168.1.6:5060> NAT 
address 192.168.1.6 <http://192.168.1.6>
SIP: Cannot register; proxy, username or password not set
2005-09-08 10:44:50.712 All Programs
2005-09-08 10:44:53.629 Connecting to backend server:
192.168.1.5:6543<http://192.168.1.5:6543>(try 1 of 5)
2005-09-08 10:44:53.741 Using protocol version 15
2005-09-08 10:45:07.780 Opening audio device '/dev/dsp'.
2005-09-08 10:45:07.781 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
2005-09-08 10:45:08.400 Using XV port 61
2005-09-08 10:45:09.942 Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded
2005-09-08 10:45:10.164 New DB connection, total: 3
2005-09-08 10:45:10.341 Video timing method: USleep with busy wait
2005-09-08 10:45:11.791 prebuffering pause
2005-09-08 10:45:13.380 Realtime priority would require SUID as root.
2005-09-08 10:49:42.462 prebuffering pause
2005-09-08 10:50:07.742 Waited 4 seconds for data to become available, 
waiting again...
Killed
[mythtv at mythtv-frontend ~]$
----------------- end -------------------
ANd now for the backend
---------------- start ------------------
[root at mythboxen ~]# /sbin/service mythbackend stop
Stopping mythbackend: [ OK ]
[root at mythboxen ~]# mythbackend
2005-09-08 10:44:08.075 New DB connection, total: 1
Starting up as the master server.
2005-09-08 10:44:08.185 New DB connection, total: 2
2005-09-08 10:44:08.240 DVB#0 DVB SI Table Parser Started
2005-09-08 10:44:08.259 DVB#0 Using DVB card 0, with frontend Zarlink MT352 
DVB-T.
2005-09-08 10:44:08.263 New DB connection, total: 3
2005-09-08 10:44:09.280 DVB#0 DVB signal 963f | snr e4e4 | ber 0 | unc 0
2005-09-08 10:44:09.280 DVB#0 Status: LOCK.
2005-09-08 10:44:09.280 DVB#0 Multiplex Locked
2005-09-08 10:44:10.536 DVB#0 Successfully tuned to channel 7.
2005-09-08 10:44:10.546 DVB#1 DVB SI Table Parser Started
2005-09-08 10:44:10.564 DVB#1 Using DVB card 1, with frontend Zarlink MT352 
DVB-T.
2005-09-08 10:44:10.589 DVB#1 DVB signal be3f | snr 0 | ber 0 | unc 0
2005-09-08 10:44:10.896 DVB#1 Status: LOCK.
2005-09-08 10:44:10.897 DVB#1 Multiplex Locked
2005-09-08 10:44:11.771 DVB#1 Successfully tuned to channel 7.
2005-09-08 10:44:11.777 New DB scheduler connection
2005-09-08 10:44:11.813 mythbackend version: 0.18.1.20050523-1 
www.mythtv.org <http://www.mythtv.org>
2005-09-08 10:44:11.813 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
2005-09-08 10:44:13.818 Reschedule requested for id -1.
2005-09-08 10:44:13.994 Scheduled 13 items in 0.2 = 0.05 match + 0.12 place
2005-09-08 10:44:13.999 Seem to be woken up by USER
2005-09-08 10:44:53.732 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2005-09-08 10:44:53.732 adding: mythtv-frontend as a client (events: 0)
2005-09-08 10:44:54.040 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2005-09-08 10:44:54.040 adding: mythtv-frontend as a client (events: 1)
2005-09-08 10:44:56.153 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2005-09-08 10:44:56.153 adding: mythtv-frontend as a client (events: 0)
2005-09-08 10:44:56.161 MainServer::HandleAnnounce FileTransfer
2005-09-08 10:44:56.161 adding: mythtv-frontend as a remote file transfer
2005-09-08 10:45:04.261 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2005-09-08 10:45:04.261 adding: mythtv-frontend as a client (events: 0)
2005-09-08 10:45:04.268 MainServer::HandleAnnounce FileTransfer
2005-09-08 10:45:04.268 adding: mythtv-frontend as a remote file transfer
2005-09-08 10:45:06.752 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2005-09-08 10:45:06.752 adding: mythtv-frontend as a client (events: 0)
2005-09-08 10:45:06.760 MainServer::HandleAnnounce FileTransfer
2005-09-08 10:45:06.760 adding: mythtv-frontend as a remote file transfer
2005-09-08 10:49:21.896 New DB connection, total: 4
2005-09-08 11:11:05.789 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2005-09-08 11:11:05.789 adding: mythboxen as a client (events: 0)

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Now i thought that i would get a bit more information than this.
the two are connected via a 100meg switched network.

has anyone got any ideas?

If there i any log files to look at, I must be looking at the wrong ones.

thanks for your time.

CH
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