[mythtv-users] Edit mpeg2 locks up

[Michael T. Dean]

On 07/29/06 14:12, Joel McGregor wrote:

>I'm a Linux and Myth newb so I don't know much.  I've got an XP2600, 512MB
>DDR400, GF4 video w/xvmc, 3 PVR150s, JFS LVM for storage, ASUS A7V600 MB
>using Knoppmyth R57C which uses Myth .19
>I play a recording and hit M, edit, Z to load commflags and then it will
>randomly freeze while I'm moving cutpoints or skipping around.  I can't get
>it to do anything without killing the Myth-frontend process.  When I go back
>in it sometimes tells me it is being edited already.  It seems to be more
>likely to freeze in the last few minutes of an hour video or in the last
>hour of a two hour video.  It also seems to do better if I am careful to
>pause between keystrokes.    ?????
>

Sounds like a corrupt seektable.  Try running optimize_mythdb.pl (from 
the contrib directory) and set it up to run in a daily cron job.  Then, 
for any affected recording, run "mythcommflag --rebuild -f 
somerecording.mpg".

Mike