[mythtv-users] ffwd & skipping jumps all the way to the end of recordings

[Jonno]

Well I get unknown job when I try: "stop mysql"
Guess I'm missing something basic here.

On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 7:21 AM, Jonno <jonnojohnson at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the info Ian. I'll try to see if I can recreate that.
> Is that the actual code I need to type. I'm pretty new to Linux so I'm
> still figuring out commands.
> Cheers,
>
> Jonno.
>
> Ian @ Codex wrote:
> Hi Jonno,
> I've had this in the past. It tends to be seek table corruption.
>
> to fix it, (it may take some time)
>
> Stop mysql
> run myisamchk *|--silent --force --fast --update-sta|*te
> *|/|/path/to/mythconverg/*|/.MYI|*
> restart mysql
>
> run mythcommflag --rebuild --all
>
> Thats how I fixed it last time. I'm not sure about the mythcommflag
> command line though.
>
> Regards
> Ian
>
> On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 8:30 PM, Jonno <jonnojohnson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I've had a Mythbuntu 8.04 system running well since it was released (aside
>> from the volume control not working).
>> I usually install whatever upgrades the system prompts me to without
>> checking them out very carefully so I'm not sure exactly what caused this
>> but...
>> About 1-2 weeks ago my system started jumping right to the end of
>> recordings whenever I try to fast-forward or skip ahead. Of course this
>> means I can't commercial skip!
>> When jumping forward (or backwards for that matter) the program jumps all
>> the way to the end. Actually I'm not sure if it jumps to the beginning or
>> the end of the show. The timeline bar seems to indicate that has jumped to
>> the end - the bar is full and the time shown is the total time of the
>> recording - but then the program starts over from the beginning again.
>> When fast-forwarding at 3x it appears to fast-forward just fine but when I
>> try to go back into play mode it does it's thing and jumps to the end.
>> When fast-forwarding at 5x or greater it simply jumps straight to the end.
>> Everything works fine in LiveTV mode. This is only a problem with recorded
>> shows.
>>
>> Weird. And frustrating.
>>
>> --
>> "If a theory can't produce hypotheses, can't be tested, can't be
>> disproven, and can't make predictions, then it's not a theory and certainly
>> not science." by spisska on Slashdot, Monday April 21, 2008
>
>
>
>
> --
> "If a theory can't produce hypotheses, can't be tested, can't be disproven,
> and can't make predictions, then it's not a theory and certainly not
> science." by spisska on Slashdot, Monday April 21, 2008
>



-- 
"If a theory can't produce hypotheses, can't be tested, can't be disproven,
and can't make predictions, then it's not a theory and certainly not
science." by spisska on Slashdot, Monday April 21, 2008
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