[mythtv-users] Could realtime commercial flagging cause hard lockup/freeze/hang?

[Dan Wilga]

At 10:12 AM -0600 6/18/08, Greg Grotsky wrote:
>I might think that, but I have been using the exact same hardware 
>without changes for 4-5 months, the only change I did then was 
>upgrading the processor to the 4200+ dual core

I vote for heat. A faster processor will usually generate more heat, 
especially when doing something like commercial detection. If you 
have something that is slowing the CPU fan down, try speeding it back 
up.

After I bought a new 5000+ and motherboard for my frontend box, I 
shifted a P4 motherboard to the backend. Until I found the right fan 
speed to keep it cool, the P4 would lock up at random times while 
commflagging or transcoding.

-- 
Dan Wilga                                                        "Ook."