[mythtv-users] Have to start shows twice -- database problem???

[Allen Edwards]

On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 8:44 AM, Joseph Fry <joe at thefrys.com> wrote:

>
> I have been off list for a long time. I wrote the "Digital Audio Howto"
>> which is probably obsolete by now so I was once very active.
>>
>> I am running 0.21 and following the advice of if it ain't broke, don't
>> fix it.  But I have a very small "broke" I would like to fix.  This problem
>> started probably about a year ago.  I had many years with no issues at all.
>>  Not always, but often when I start a program I get a long delay and then
>> back to the menu and I have to start the show again, which then
>> starts instantly.  Also, and more annoying, if I stop a show half
>> way through and restart it, it often does the same thing and I lose my
>> break point so have to manually skip to where I left off.
>>
>> I do a optimize_mythdb.pl every day but perhaps there is still something
>> in the data base that is messed up.  This system has been up for many years
>> and may have something clogged.  I would be happy to flush all recording
>> rules or any other data base entries for that matter and restart
>> everything.  I would prefer to not lose my recorded shows but that would be
>> OK as well if it permanently solved this problem.
>>
>> As usual, the online help I see is undated, and besides that I don't know
>> what applies to my older system.  I have found that following outdated or
>> too new advice can cause more harm than good so I am turning to this old
>> reliable group of fellow users for help.
>>
>> I considered re-installing using 12.04 but there is just too much special
>> stuff on my system, the digital audio took a week to get running and
>> everything else is working great so I decided against that and just decided
>> to focus on getting it working like it did for many years.
>>
>
> 0.21 was great, but honestly things have come so far that I don't think
> that upgrading would be quite the pain that you imagine it to be.  For
> example, setting up digital pass-through was quite a chore then... now it's
> as simple as selecting an option on a menu for most users. (Thanks JYA)
>
> You are willing to go as far as lose all of your recording rules and saved
> recordings, but not to take the time to upgrade?  I understand where your
> coming from with the whole "if it aint broke..." but really you need to
> draw a line somewhere.  Not sure where you are on the OS side... but since
> you said 12.04, which is an Ubuntu version, I suspect your on an old Ubuntu
> build as well... so likely an old kernel, old mysql, etc.
>
> If you do upgrade, there is no doubt that you will have to deal with a
> whole new set of issues/annoyances, but overall I feel that things have
> improved since 0.21.
>
> If possible, you could add another HDD, leave your old drive intact, and
> build out the system on the new one.  That way if you don't like the end
> result, it's a simple cable swap to revert back.  To be safe, I would
> recommend disconnecting your current drive during the install, just to
> ensure it remains untouched.
>

I was going to do the new drive update method.  I even have the new 2T
drive sitting right here next to me.  Then I got thinking about all the
upgrading I would need to do.

1) The Squeezebox server.
2) The VM Windows server running Windows XP under Linux
3) Fan speed control
4) CPU Power control
5) Custom myth menus to run Chrome and the fire off VM
6) Setting it up so the projector and the TV and the computer monitor all
work
7) Getting sound to both the TV (stereo) and the Surround system (4.1)
8) Setting up the IR remote, which controls the TV, Projector, HiFi, room
lights, and Myth
9) The things I forgot that I did

Even getting Linux to boot on my MB was a huge pain.  I think that took me
about week.  At one point I called ASUS and the advice I got was to buy an
Intel MB (I have AMD).  The solution was to mess with the order that things
are done in the boot process.  I wish I could remember what I did.

To that I could add the things that are now easy, setting up Myth...

The bottom line is that the system worked perfectly for several years so
something changed and if I can just fix that, we will be happy.

Allen
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