[mythtv-users] Running mythfilldatabase while recording

[Michael T. Dean]

On 04/08/2007 01:45 AM, Bruce Markey wrote:
> Yeechang Lee wrote:
>   
>> Bruce Markey <bjm at lvcm.com> says:
>>     
>>> Also, don't run mfdb while something is recording if you can help
>>> it. More joy.
>>>       
>> I didn't realize this was a potential problem. Is it that the database
>> can get damaged somehow?
>>     
>
> No but there is the potential that frames could be dropped
> in a recording if there is latency due to resource contention.
...
> Writing recordings should only take a small fraction of the
> I/O throughput. However, data is arriving at a steady pace
> and it can not afford to fall too far behind due to latency.

Again, this will be fixed by the housekeeper changes Chris Pinkham and I 
have discussed.  The housekeeper will be modified to run mfdb only when 
there's "enough" time before the next recording, unless it would mean 
missing the window during which mfdb is allowed to run.

/me needs to get some mythtv-hacking time in...

Mike