[mythtv-users] After "long" livetv pause, then rewind, mythfrontend becomes unstable

[John Biundo]

Simon Lundell wrote:
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>> Anybody else seen this, or got any clues?
>>  
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> I have experienced the same thing. After a long pause the screen went 
> black. The program was still in the ringbuffer, and was watchable from 
> mplayer. If only I have had backed it up before entering live-tv again...
> 
>> I'm fairly new to MythTV, but have decent linux skills and am willing 
>> to try to track this problem down if I can get a little guidance on 
>> how to best collect data, generate some hypotheses, and test them.
>>
>>  
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> I am not that familiar with the inner workings of mythtv, so I might not 
> be the best person to ask.
> Have you experimented with different ringbuffer sizes?
> 
>> Thanks in advance for any help.  This problem has certainly raised 
>> some "uncomfortableness" in the household, and has people feeling the 
>> need to reach for video tape when something crucial needs to be recorded!
>>  
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> I also felt a quite negative atmosphere right after the apperence of 
> this bug...
> 
> //Simon
> 
Hi Simon,

Thanks for the reply and suggestion.  I've also decided to focus some 
attention on the ringbuffer.  Moving it off LVM, maybe even to a 
different filesystem (it's on JFS right now).  Maybe resizing it is a 
good experiment too.

It sounds like maybe your problem is in the past -- do you still see it? 
   If so, do you notice any particular patterns?  If not, any ideas what 
finally resolved it?

Thanks,
john