[mythtv-users] Android mythfrontend log file?

[Peter Bennett]

On 4/13/20 7:35 AM, James Abernathy wrote:
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> On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 4:55 PM James Abernathy <jfabernathy at gmail.com 
> <mailto: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
>     <mailto: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 <mailto: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??
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>>             > 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.
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>>             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
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>>             Press ctrl-c to stop it.
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>>             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.
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>     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
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> Jim A
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Have you tried adjusting the audio read-ahead setting in frontend setup? 
(Setup->Video->Playback->Advanced->Audio read-ahead). You can increase 
this value to 500, 1000, even up to 5000 and see if it helps.

Peter
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