[mythtv-users] Could realtime commercial flagging cause hard lockup/freeze/hang?

[John Drescher]

> Well, it has been running for more than two weeks straight without issue
> since I have changed the comm-flagging to run after the recording completes
> (instead of simultaneously during recording).  I guess it could be some sort
> of problem with reading and writing the file at the same time.  At least my
> backend is stable again.
>
Probably interrupt contention between the capture card and the
ide/sata controller caused by the extra workload on the drive
controller.

John