[mythtv-users] Fast Forward Works Then Stops

[Michael T. Dean]

On 10/06/2007 09:18 PM, Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade wrote:
> On Oct 6, 2007, at 5:46 PM, Dale wrote:
>> When I use fast forward such as 2X, 3X, etc... it works for a short
>> time and then freezes. If I hit the button again the same thing
>> happens. High Def recordings are especially bad. Since I haven't
>> seen anyone complaining about this It's got to be something in my
>> setup. I've tried several installs of MythTV with same effect. I'm
>> currently running the mythbuntu 20.2 weekly builds on ubuntu.
>
> Amusing timing, I just sent a message to the list about the same
> problem
> (http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2007-October/198149.html).
> Same OS, same versions.
>
> I'm finding that it's only on some recordings where fast forward or
> rewind is working properly at all.
>
> I've seen references to fixing the problem by doing a lossless
> transcode on the recordings, but I haven't yet figured out how to
> accomplish this (I've been using MythTV for only a month, and
> transcoding is something I haven't tackled yet.)
>
> I've also seen references in my searching with Google that it could
> be a disk throughput issue.  I'm in the process of figuring out of
> this is the case on my system.


I'd recommend starting with an optimize_mythdb.pl, then following up
with mythtranscode --buildindex on an affected recording (see the
archives for example command lines).  Much easier than transcoding and
may actually fix the issues.

Mike