[mythtv-users] Can't solve a problem with Skipping/Fast Forwarding

[Michael T. Dean]

On 08/14/2006 05:06 AM, Stephen Robertson wrote:
> I've got a problem when watching recordings that Fast Forward and 
> Rewind as well as skipping doesn't work. Ocassionally it will fast 
> forward correctly at 3x but most of the time it "gets stuck" cycling 
> through the same few frames.  When I go back to play it doesn't seem 
> to be consistent what happens, sometimes it has actually worked, 
> sometimes it jumps back to where I started from, and sometimes it goes 
> straight to the end of the recording.  My setup is a backend running 
> SVN 10734 and a frontend running MiniMyth (Myth SVN 10355).  It 
> doesn't appear to be a performance issue with either setup or the 
> networking.  Also I've checked using another frontend on a laptop and 
> skipping etc works fine.  So I'm pretty confident that the issue lies 
> with the Frontend.  I've seen sugestions that this behaviour can be 
> caused by NTP issues.  I think that I have got this configured correctly.
>
> I have to say I am at a loss what to look at next.  Any suggestions?

Corrupted database?  I recommend running optimize_mythdb.pl (and setting 
it to run in a daily cron job) and then running "mythcommflag --rebuild" 
on one of the affected recordings. If that clears up the skipping 
issues, repeat the mythcommflag on any other recordings as required.  
(Don't know how it will affect FFWD/REW, but if it fixes skipping, it 
needs to be done.)

Mike