[mythtv-users] Debugging frontend freeze -- baby steps

[John Biundo]

Hi,

I haven't had much luck (OK, zero responses, but I'm not complaining ;-) 
to my earlier queries about my frontend freeze problem.  Googling 
around, trawling through Trac, etc., have been largely fruitless.

Rather than search for an answer or a direct match to my problem, I'm 
hoping I can get some clues so I can try to root around and work out a 
solution.

If someone could please enlighten me, just a little bit, on the 
following question, I'd be very grateful!

Is there a general description of what these mythfrontend messages mean, 
and what might be some possible underlying causes?

2005-11-27 22:18:08.732 Waited too long for decoder to pause
2005-11-27 22:18:09.184 Waited too long for video out to pause

For what it's worth, there are usually a bunch of the "...video out to 
pause" messages for each "decoder to pause" message.  It usually 
happens, for me, after livetv has been paused for a while.  And perhaps, 
after the pause, attempting to rewind.

Sometimes the frontend comes back to life after a very long freeze. 
Sometimes the whole thing degenerates into a bunch of mpeg decode errors.

Anyway, hoping to get some clues that might help guide my 
experimentation (e.g., trying a different filesystem, a different 
kernel, a different version of mythtv, a particular debugging flag and 
experiment, etc.)

Thanks in advance for any help.

Cheers,
john