[mythtv-users] catching real time during FF hangs mythfrontend

[Daniel Born]

> On Apr 11, 2010 7:13 AM, "Greg Woods" <greg at gregandeva.net> wrote:
>> Just wondering if this has happened to anyone else; I'm nowhere near

>> being ready to file a ticket on this (more testing and info gathering
>> would be required for that).
>> 
>> What I see is, if I am watching a recording that is in progress, and I
>> hit the end of the recording while fast forwarding, mythfrontend will

>> hang. Once it hangs, it will not respond to the remote or to the
>> keyboard. Only logging in to another terminal and doing "killall
>> mythfrontend", then restarting mythfrontend, will get it back.

>> Mythbackend keeps right on chugging and I can go back to watching the
>> recording again. 
>> 
>> I don't think this is 100% repeatable, but it has happened several
>> times, including once last night after I just finished updating to the

>> latest rrunk.
>> 
>> Anyone else seen this?
>> 
>> --Greg
>> 
>> 
> In 0.21 we routinely experienced the frontend exiting playback when caught up to 
> realtime,  but I've not seen the frontend hang.

> Brian.


I get that on my FE/BE with most up-to-date Mythbuntu 9.10 using HD-PVR.
It'll hang the FE in a stange way: picture freezes but sound keeps on playing (buffered?). The only way to fix is to SSH into the box and kill the mythfrontend and restart.
Daniel




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