[mythtv-users] mythbackend stops responding with HDPVR

[P S]

On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 8:29 PM, P S <guierrmo at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 7:10 PM, John P Poet <jppoet at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> When you notice the problem, check to see if any other myth related
>> processes are running:   ps aux | grep myth
>>
>> Even with current Myth trunk, the version of ffmpeg in use does not
>> handle interlaced H.264 from the HD-PVR perfectly.  This can result in
>> the preview generator and commercial flagger occasionally "freaking
>> out" and causing a drain on system resources.
>>
>> For me, the preview generator (in particular) can suck the life out of
>> my backend.  I ended up tweaking the preview generator to run "niced",
>> as well as setting up a cron job to kill "runaway" preview generator
>> jobs.
>>
>> Janne is planning on a ffmpeg re-sync before the next version of Myth
>> is rolled out.  I am hoping that will solve this problem.
>>
>>
>> John
>
> I'll give it a look see next time I see it.
>
> The directv box is forced to 720P.
>
> One thing I did notice last time after posting, the backend is holding
> onto video0 device, even when a recording is not running.  When
> everything is running ok, the backend process releases the device when
> a recording is not scheduled.
>

Nothing is running but the backend.

mythtv   14681  0.5  3.3 224928 34832 ?        Ssl  18:29   1:04
/usr/bin/mythbackend --daemon --logfile
/var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log --pidfile
/var/run/mythtv/mythbackend.pid