[mythtv-users] Watching active recordings stops on remote frontends

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Josh White wrote:
> My backend is running on Ubuntu 7.10, and I have a frontend running on 
> Ubuntu 7.10, a frontend on Mythbuntu, and two frontends running on Mac 
> OS X 10.4.  I've never experienced the issue you describe with any of 
> them.
Do you use a RAID card and/or XFS for storage on the backend?

>
> On Feb 5, 2008 3:22 PM, lists_mythtv_users 
> <lists_mythtv_users at bigpizza.co.uk 
> <mailto:lists_mythtv_users at bigpizza.co.uk>> wrote:
>
>     Josh White wrote:
>     > I'm not experiencing the problem, and I'm also running the same
>     > version on the same OS.  You MUST be doing it wrong :-)
>     >
>     Well, there's only so many ways you can start watching a recording
>     that's currently in progress. :-)
>
>     I've got a separate frontend and backend.  Backend runs on an OpenSUSE
>     10.3 box and uses a 3ware RAID card for storage.  It uses XFS with
>     allocsize set to 512M on mount to prevent fragmentation.  The frontend
>     uses Ubuntu 7.10.  The recordings directory is shared out from the
>     backend box over the LAN using NFS.  How does your setup differ?
>
>     > On Feb 5, 2008 3:11 PM, lists_mythtv_users
>     > <lists_mythtv_users at bigpizza.co.uk
>     <mailto:lists_mythtv_users at bigpizza.co.uk>
>     > <mailto:lists_mythtv_users at bigpizza.co.uk
>     <mailto:lists_mythtv_users at bigpizza.co.uk>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     lists_mythtv_users wrote:
>     >     > Jarett Creason wrote:
>     >     >
>     >     >> Hey all,
>     >     >>
>     >     >> I'm having a problem with my Myth setup (0.20.2), I
>     searched the
>     >     >> archives but couldn't find this...  Yesterday, I set the
>     Super
>     >     Bowl to
>     >     >> record from my master backend/frontend machine, and it
>     uses the
>     >     >> HDHomeRun tuner.  On that machine, I was able to go to the
>     >     recordings
>     >     >> screen, select the recoding and tell it to play, then jump up
>     >     to "real
>     >     >> time" and watch it as it happens.  I have two other remote
>     >     frontends I
>     >     >> also wanted to watch the game from.  I did the same
>     thing, went the
>     >     >> recordings menu, played the recording, then jumped to a
>     few seconds
>     >     >> behind real time, but then the playback would exit back
>     to the
>     >     >> recordings screen, like the recording was over.  I tried
>     again, but
>     >     >> this time I'd jump to a minute behind, but then after a
>     minute
>     >     or so,
>     >     >> it would exit again, like the recording was done.  What I
>     >     figured out
>     >     >> was that when I press play on the recording, where ever the
>     >     stream is
>     >     >> currently at, that's where it exits once it reaches that
>     point,
>     >     like
>     >     >> it doesn't update how long the recording is while it plays.
>     >     >>
>     >     >> For example (since I may not be too clear), I press play
>     on the
>     >     Super
>     >     >> Bowl, and when I first get the picture, I press the info
>     >     button, and
>     >     >> it says that I'm 1 second into the recording, and the
>     recording's
>     >     >> current length is 4 minutes and 30 seconds.  The recording is
>     >     growing
>     >     >> though, since it's in progress.  If I just let it play, 4
>     >     minutes and
>     >     >> 30 seconds later, the recording is 9 minutes long, but
>     the playback
>     >     >> exits right there.
>     >     >>
>     >     >> I was able to just "Watch TV" on one of the two remote
>     >     frontends using
>     >     >> the 2nd tuner on the HDHomeRun, which worked fine, so I
>     had it
>     >     playing
>     >     >> in two places...  Thanks for any help, and if I'm
>     overlooking some
>     >     >> thread or already known fix for this, please just point
>     me in the
>     >     >> right direction.
>     >     >>
>     >     >>
>     >     > For info, I have been experiencing exactly the same problem.
>     >      The time
>     >     > offset from the beginning of a recording at which I start
>     >     viewing it is
>     >     > the time at which the recording will finish being played
>     by the
>     >     frontend.
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     From the lack of responses on the list can I assume that no-one
>     >     else is
>     >     experiencing the same problem?  I'm running 0.20.2 on Ubuntu
>     7.10.
>     >     Positive confirmation from some of you kind people that
>     you're not
>     >     experiencing the problem would be appreciated.  It would
>     show me that
>     >     the problem lies outside of my myth install and could be due
>     to my
>     >     combination of hardware for instance.
>     >
>     >     Regards,
>     >
>     >     Steve.
>     >
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