[mythtv-users] Video Frame Buffering Failed Too Many Times

Richard Brook byronf16 at gmail.com
Fri Sep 5 21:34:15 UTC 2014


Sorry. I did not realise you had posted suggestions. I will try later.

Thanks.
On Sep 5, 2014 11:25 AM, "Mark Perkins" <perkins1724 at hotmail.com> wrote:

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>
> On 6 Sep 2014, at 12:28 am, "Richard Brook" <byronf16 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Was anyone able to get a handle on what is causing my MythTV crashes,
> based upon the log files I posted?
>
> Rich Brook
> Secretary - RCCR
> byronf16 at gmail.com
>
>
> Did you try my suggestions?
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 9:26 AM, Mark Perkins <perkins1724 at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
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>>
>>
>> On 4 Sep 2014, at 11:14 am, "Richard Brook" <byronf16 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I have used Ubuntu since Windows Vista was out since I disliked Vista. I
>> have installed various versions of Ubuntu and Ubuntu Ultimate since then.
>> Each new version, I would do a clean install. The last version I had on my
>> PC was 12. I have been using Windows 7 since then. A few months ago I
>> installed 14.04. I have used MythTV in the past on this same PC. Each time
>> I did a clean install. This is the first time I have had crashes like this.
>> I use the Ubuntu OS for the same purposes as I did with Windows 7. There, I
>> used WinTV 7 with no issues. I use MythTV as my PVR and to watch cable TV.
>> I record some shows each week. Nothing fancy about the install.
>>
>>
>> Sorry, the question was badly worded. I meant to ask whether this was a
>> new mythtv system. It can be helpful to know whether mythtv worked, then
>> ‘something’ happened and now it doesn’t - versus a clean install and
>> configure and never worked properly. Based on what you have said I assume
>> this is a clean install with a restored database but has not worked
>> properly since the clean install and database restore.
>>
>>
>>
>> I’ve pulled a couple of notes out of your log file as follows:
>>
>>
>>
>> Aug 29 00:02:02 Byronf16 mythbackend: mythbackend[20590]: W CoreContext
>> scheduler.cpp:213 (VerifyCards) Scheduler: Listings source '' is defined,
>> but is not attached to a card input.
>>
>>
>>
>> There appears to be something unusual with your video sources? Might be
>> worth doing a delete all capture cards / video sources on all hosts and
>> re-adding / reconfiguring those parts from scratch.
>>
>>
>>
>> Aug 29 00:03:32 Byronf16 mythbackend: mythbackend[20590]: E TVRecEvent
>> recordinginfo.cpp:928 (InsertProgram)
>> RecordingInfo::InsertProgram(ProgramInfo(2065_20140829040331.mpg):
>> channame(ION Television Satellite Feed) startts(Fri Aug 29 04:00:00 2014)
>> endts(Fri Aug 29 05:00:00 2014)#012             recstartts(Fri Aug 29
>> 04:03:31 2014) recendts(Fri Aug 29 05:00:00 2014)#012
>> title(Cold Case)): recording already exists...
>>
>> Aug 2 Aug 29 00:20:27 Byronf16 mythbackend: mythbackend[20590]: E
>> TVRecEvent recordinginfo.cpp:928 (InsertProgram)
>> RecordingInfo::InsertProgram(ProgramInfo(2033_20140829042027.mpg):
>> channame(Turner Network TV) startts(Fri Aug 29 04:03:00 2014) endts(Fri Aug
>> 29 05:03:00 2014)#012             recstartts(Fri Aug 29 04:20:27 2014)
>> recendts(Fri Aug 29 05:03:00 2014)#012             title(Hawaii Five-0)):
>> recording already exists...
>>
>> Aug 29 00:22:08 Byronf16 mythbackend: mythbackend[20590]: W TFWWrite
>> threadedfilewriter.cpp:571 (DiskLoop)
>> TFW(/var/lib/mythtv/livetv/2033_20140829042028.mpg:41): write(61480) cnt
>> 119 total6531064 -- took a long time, 10028 ms9 00:09:51 Byronf16
>> mythbackend: mythbackend[20590]: W TFWWrite threadedfilewriter.cpp:571
>> (DiskLoop) TFW(/var/lib/mythtv/livetv/2065_20140829040332.mpg:44):
>> write(43016) cnt 154 total8433664 -- took a long time, 13087 ms
>>
>> Sep  1 22:55:17 Byronf16 mythbackend: mythbackend[20590]: E RecThread
>> mythdb.cpp:183 (DBError) DB Error (Resolution insert):#012Query
>> was:#012INSERT INTO recordedmarkup    (chanid, starttime, mark, type,
>> data)    VALUES ( ?, ?, ?, ?, ?);#012Bindings were:#012:CHANID=2032,
>> :DATA=480, :MARK=314617, :STARTTIME=2014-09-02T00:00:00Z,
>> :TYPE=30#012Driver error was [2/1062]:#012QMYSQL3: Unable to execute
>> statement#012Database error was:#012Duplicate entry '2032-2014-09-02
>>  00:00:00-30-314617' for key 'PRIMARY'
>>
>> Sep  1 22:55:17 Byronf16 mythbackend: mythbackend[20590]: E RecThread
>> mythdb.cpp:183 (DBError) DB Error (Resolution insert):#012Query
>> was:#012INSERT INTO recordedmarkup    (chanid, starttime, mark, type,
>> data)    VALUES ( ?, ?, ?, ?, ?);#012Bindings were:#012:CHANID=2032,
>> :DATA=480, :MARK=314617, :STARTTIME=2014-09-02T00:00:00Z,
>> :TYPE=31#012Driver error was [2/1062]:#012QMYSQL3: Unable to execute
>> statement#012Database error was:#012Duplicate entry '2032-2014-09-02
>>  00:00:00-31-314617' for key 'PRIMARY'
>>
>>
>>
>> There are a number of these sorts of messages in your log (ie that
>> recording already exists or duplicate of primary key). Hopefully someone
>> with a better understanding will comment but may indicate a corrupt
>> database? Maybe try with a clean blank (freshly configured) database and
>> see if problem persists or at least run optimize_mythdb.pl (
>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/User_Manual:Periodic_Maintenance) and see if
>> it reports any issues.
>>
>> rich at Byronf16:~$ mythfrontend --version
>> Please attach all output as a file in bug reports.
>> MythTV Version : v0.27.3-153-g231972c
>> MythTV Branch : fixes/0.27
>> Network Protocol : 77
>> Library API : 0.27.20140719-1
>> QT Version : 4.8.6
>> Options compiled in:
>>  linux profile use_hidesyms using_alsa using_oss using_pulse
>> using_pulseoutput using_backend using_bindings_perl using_bindings_python
>> using_bindings_php using_crystalhd using_dvb using_firewire using_frontend
>> using_hdhomerun using_ceton using_hdpvr using_ivtv using_joystick_menu
>> using_libcrypto using_libdns_sd using_libfftw3 using_libxml2 using_lirc
>> using_mheg using_opengl using_opengl_video using_qtwebkit using_qtscript
>> using_qtdbus using_sdl using_taglib using_v4l2 using_x11 using_xrandr
>> using_xv using_profiletype using_bindings_perl using_bindings_python
>> using_bindings_php using_mythtranscode using_opengl using_vaapi using_vdpau
>> using_ffmpeg_threads using_mheg using_libass using_libxml2
>>
>> rich at Byronf16:~$ df -h
>> Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
>> /dev/sdc1       143G   14G  122G  11% /
>> none            4.0K     0  4.0K   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
>> udev            2.0G  4.0K  2.0G   1% /dev
>> tmpfs           396M  1.4M  394M   1% /run
>> none            5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
>> none            2.0G   80K  2.0G   1% /run/shm
>> none            100M   76K  100M   1% /run/user
>>
>>
>> I assume your storage groups are set to go to /dev/sdc1/ somewhere so
>> free space doesn't appear to be an issue.
>>
>>
>> Rich Brook
>> Secretary - RCCR
>> byronf16 at gmail.com
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 6:46 PM, Mark Perkins <perkins1724 at hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4 Sep 2014, at 7:42 am, "Richard Brook" <byronf16 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Frontend version 2.0.27.3 plus fixes
>>>
>>> Generally just use the command:
>>>
>>> mythfrontend --version
>>>
>>> And post the full output, it has additional info that can sometimes aid
>>> in diagnosis.
>>>
>>> On Sep 3, 2014 5:31 PM, "Jean-Yves Avenard" <jyavenard at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wednesday, September 3, 2014, Richard Brook <byronf16 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have been running MythTV 027 and Ubuntu 14.04 for several months
>>>>> now. I
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> And what version of mythtv would that be?
>>>>
>>>> mythfrontend --version
>>>>
>>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>>
>>>
>>> Is this a new system that has never worked completely properly or a
>>> system that once worked properly but now doesn't?
>>>
>>> What is the output of:
>>>
>>> df -h
>>>
>>> Also have you checked permissions on the folders in your storage groups?
>>>
>>
>>
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