Re: [mythtv-users] After "long" livetv pause, then rewind, mythfrontend becomes unstable
John Biundo wrote: >Simon Lundell wrote: > > >>>Anybody else seen this, or got any clues? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>I have experienced the same thing. After a long pause the screen went >>black. The program was still in the ringbuffer, and was watchable from >>mplayer. If only I have had backed it up before entering live-tv again... >> >> >> >>>I'm fairly new to MythTV, but have decent linux skills and am willing >>>to try to track this problem down if I can get a little guidance on >>>how to best collect data, generate some hypotheses, and test them. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>I am not that familiar with the inner workings of mythtv, so I might not >>be the best person to ask. >>Have you experimented with different ringbuffer sizes? >> >> >> >>>Thanks in advance for any help. This problem has certainly raised >>>some "uncomfortableness" in the household, and has people feeling the >>>need to reach for video tape when something crucial needs to be recorded! >>> >>> >>> >>> >>I also felt a quite negative atmosphere right after the apperence of >>this bug... >> >>//Simon >> >> >> >Hi Simon, > >Thanks for the reply and suggestion. I've also decided to focus some >attention on the ringbuffer. Moving it off LVM, maybe even to a >different filesystem (it's on JFS right now). Maybe resizing it is a >good experiment too. > >It sounds like maybe your problem is in the past -- do you still see it? > If so, do you notice any particular patterns? If not, any ideas what >finally resolved it? > > I guess the problem is still there. I try to avoid long pauses now. I haven't had any time to experiment with it yet. //Simon ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] After "long" livetv pause, then rewind, mythfrontend becomes unstable
On 18/01/06, John Biundo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks in advance for any help. This problem has certainly raised some > "uncomfortableness" in the household, and has people feeling the need to > reach for video tape when something crucial needs to be recorded! Why not schedule regular recordings for important programs and remove LiveTV from the loop. Nick ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] After "long" livetv pause, then rewind, mythfrontend becomes unstable
Simon Lundell wrote: > >> >> Anybody else seen this, or got any clues? >> >> > I have experienced the same thing. After a long pause the screen went > black. The program was still in the ringbuffer, and was watchable from > mplayer. If only I have had backed it up before entering live-tv again... > >> I'm fairly new to MythTV, but have decent linux skills and am willing >> to try to track this problem down if I can get a little guidance on >> how to best collect data, generate some hypotheses, and test them. >> >> >> > I am not that familiar with the inner workings of mythtv, so I might not > be the best person to ask. > Have you experimented with different ringbuffer sizes? > >> Thanks in advance for any help. This problem has certainly raised >> some "uncomfortableness" in the household, and has people feeling the >> need to reach for video tape when something crucial needs to be recorded! >> >> > I also felt a quite negative atmosphere right after the apperence of > this bug... > > //Simon > Hi Simon, Thanks for the reply and suggestion. I've also decided to focus some attention on the ringbuffer. Moving it off LVM, maybe even to a different filesystem (it's on JFS right now). Maybe resizing it is a good experiment too. It sounds like maybe your problem is in the past -- do you still see it? If so, do you notice any particular patterns? If not, any ideas what finally resolved it? Thanks, john ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] After "long" livetv pause, then rewind, mythfrontend becomes unstable
> >Anybody else seen this, or got any clues? > > I have experienced the same thing. After a long pause the screen went black. The program was still in the ringbuffer, and was watchable from mplayer. If only I have had backed it up before entering live-tv again... >I'm fairly new to MythTV, but have decent linux skills and am willing to >try to track this problem down if I can get a little guidance on how to >best collect data, generate some hypotheses, and test them. > > > I am not that familiar with the inner workings of mythtv, so I might not be the best person to ask. Have you experimented with different ringbuffer sizes? >Thanks in advance for any help. This problem has certainly raised some >"uncomfortableness" in the household, and has people feeling the need to >reach for video tape when something crucial needs to be recorded! > > I also felt a quite negative atmosphere right after the apperence of this bug... //Simon ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
