[mythtv-users] Backend constantly dies

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Aug 21, 2008, at 1:52 PM, James Crow wrote:

> On Thu, 2008-08-21 at 11:35 -0700, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
>> On Aug 21, 2008, at 11:12 AM, r2d2 wrote:
>>
>>> I have the same problem and I use monit :
>>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Status_Monitoring_How_To.
>>>
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion. I'd rather not band-aid the problem. I'm
>> getting the feeling like switching to Mythbuntu was a big mistake. My
>> remote mythbuntu frontend has been solid for months so I thought I
>> would move my master backend over to it, too. The reason I switched  
>> is
>> because for the life of me I couldn't get h.264 recordings to play
>> with audio on F8. Now I get choppy h.264 recordings with audio and a
>> backend that dies several times a day, but other times remains solid
>> for several hours of normal use and a log file that simply tells me
>> the backend went away without any indication as to why.
>>
>>
>> I guess there is some solace in knowing I'm not alone.
>>
>>
>> -Brad
>
> Are you running the latest -fixes branch for Mythbuntu?
> http://www.mythbuntu.org/auto-builds

I thought I was, but I might not be. I'm confused by debian's ways...

> I have not followed the entire thread, but my Mythbuntu 8.04 system  
> has been rock solid for ages.
> For h.264 stuff there are some packages built by Paul Kendall that  
> have more up to date ffmpeg and such.
> http://pkendall.homeip.net/
> You could try them to see if they improve things. I believe he is  
> working on fixes for New Zealand
> DVB-T stuff that is broadcast as h.264.

I'm going to give his packages a try. Thanks!

-Brad