[mythtv-users] problems seeking

[Lloyd Brown]

Alright, then.  Thanks for all the help.

Lloyd


Lloyd Brown wrote:

> Hey everybody,
>
> Admittedly, I'm new to this whole MythTV thing, but I already like 
> it.  There's just this one problem though.
>
> I'm recording shows using RTJPEG, and, before it is transcoded, all 
> the seeking, etc. works perfectly.  However, once it gets transcoded 
> to MPEG4, there seems to be this arbitrary limit on either end of the 
> recording in terms of seeking.  Specifically, if I am before a certain 
> point and try to seek ahead (set to 5 seconds), it jumps farther ahead 
> to this limit point, and I can't seek back before that point.  It 
> simply will stop seeking.  Similarly, if I am before the apparent 
> ending limit, and I try to seek ahead, the video and audio will freeze 
> for a few seconds, and it will return me to the recording menu, as if 
> the clip was done.  Where those limits are seems dependent on the clip 
> itself, and doesn't seem to be consistent at all.  Most of the time, 
> it's less than 2 minutes from the front, for example, but once or 
> twice it was more like 20 minutes.
>
> If you just watch the clip straight through without seeking of any 
> kind, it always works.  Occasionally, the total time recorded is 
> incorrect too.
>
> Sometimes re-transcoding the clip seems to fix the problem, or at 
> least make them better.  It's not consistent, though.
>
> I've tried re-building the seektable in the database using 
> mythcommflag --rebuild, but this didn't seem to make any difference.
>
> Any ideas/suggestions?  If you need more information, let me know, and 
> I'll post it.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lloyd Brown
>
>
> System Info:
>
> Shuttle ST62K-based system
> BT878 Capture Card
> Pentium 4, 2.4 GHz w/ HT
> 1 GB RAM
>
> Debian Sarge Linux
> 2.6.11 Kernel (Custom Compiled)
> MythTV v .17
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