[mythtv-users] Android mythfrontend log file?

[James Abernathy]

On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 4:55 PM James Abernathy <jfabernathy at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 3:00 PM Peter Bennett <pb.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On 4/11/20 11:57 AM, James Abernathy wrote:
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>> On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 11:04 AM Peter Bennett <pb.mythtv at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>>> On 4/11/20 7:15 AM, Jim Abernathy wrote:
>>> > When I run mythtv-frontend on a Shield TV does it create a log file?
>>> > If so how do I get it off the Shield TV to a PC I can examine it with??
>>> >
>>> > Jim A
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>>> adb logcat outputs the log file in real time to stdio, with already past
>>> data included at the beginning.
>>>
>>> To get mythfrontend log -
>>> adb logcat mfe:D *:S |& tee android.log
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>>> To get full android log
>>> adb logcat |& tee android.log
>>>
>>> Press ctrl-c to stop it.
>>>
>>> Peter
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>> I have the logcat working but I notice that there is not much information
>> once view a recording start. No indication of anything I do with the
>> keyboard or remote.  I'm trying to catch a log when the timeline problem I
>> have shows up.
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>> Is there an equivalent in Android to --loglevel debug?
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>> Jim A
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>> In the front end on the android
>> Setup->General->Remote Control->Enable Network Remote Control Interface
>> You have to restart frontend for it to take effect
>> Then, on linux:
>> telnet <android ip address> 6546
>> set verbose playback
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>> I am not sure if you can set debug, perhaps with general:debug
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>> Peter
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> Thanks, using this info I ran a test where my Nvidia Shield TV was running
> Android Mythtv-frontend VERSION: v31.0/fixes/31 31.20200101-1 91 QT/5.14.1
> DBSchema/1361 which is the latest I see on the android wiki links (
> mythfrontend-20200323-arm64-v31.0.apk
> <https://dl.bintray.com/bennettpeter/generic/mythtv_31/android_64/:mythfrontend-20200323-arm64-v31.0.apk>)
> not sure why the version from telnet query version isn't the same.
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> I select Live TV and once it starts I backup a few seconds to make the
> video not so jumpy.  This is standard practice for me on Live TV on any
> frontend platform. I started this test at 16:17 and at 16:31, I noticed a
> lot of jitter in the picture.  I checked the adb logcat and the display was
> posting a lot of entries per second.  At the beginning you'd see 1 per
> sec.  Normally I'd backup a few seconds to fix it for a while.  However,
> sometimes it fixes itself on it's own.  This time it fixed before I could
> come back in and skip backwards.  The issue is my adb linux system is in
> another room.
>
> So I posted a log file on my google drive and the link is below. You see
> the number of entries increase around 16:31. Hopefully, this data will help
> point to a solution.
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> https://drive.google.com/open?id=1KS-w8pIi6P-xRo12ULYcass4V4628CoE
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> Jim A
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> This situation was the same except it shows the effect of fixing the
problem temporarily with a skip backwards -15 seconds.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/147ksKSUPpf44Ghzuo69WH8han2olHgoE/view?usp=sharing

Jim A
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