[mythtv-users] frontend duing whist watching live tv leaves tuner on backend locked
Nick Morrott
knowledgejunkie at gmail.com
Tue Aug 26 21:29:33 UTC 2008
On 26/08/2008, Brad DerManouelian <myth at dermanouelian.com> wrote:
>
> On Aug 26, 2008, at 2:09 PM, Nick Morrott wrote:
>
> > On 26/08/2008, Brad DerManouelian <myth at dermanouelian.com> wrote:
> >> On Aug 26, 2008, at 11:51 AM, John Taylor wrote:
> >>
> >>> As it says in the subject line, if my diskless frontend crashes
> >>> whilst
> >>
>
> >> The real answer is to figure out why your frontend is crashing. It
> >> shouldn't.
> >
> > IMO the solution is to have mythbackend poll connected mythfrontends
> > to make sure i) they are still connected, and ii) still watching
> > LiveTV. The issue of inputs being tied up by 'ghost' LiveTV sessions
> > has come up several times over the years. I am not sure whether both
> > of these checks are currently implemented, but I would guess the
> > second check may not be.
>
>
> No, it's not implemented which is why people are still having issues.
> Yes, it probably should be. I was explaining the current implemented
> solution. I wasn't going to suggest that he code some new
> functionality to solve his problem.
I wasn't suggesting the OP code the solution, but trying to define a
solution that would work whether or not mythfrontend crashes - hence
the power cycling question.
> > I haven't tested this, but if the remote frontend was power cycled
> > whilst watching LiveTV, (rather than crashing) would the tuner still
> > be tied up and require a mythbackend restart?
>
>
> You mean to unexpectedly cut the power to your machine? How would that
> be different from a crash?
If mythfrontend is behaving itself, then it is very different, as the
user does not have control over it. mythbackend should really be
self-healing and be able to recover gracefully from such events
without requiring a restart.
Nick
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