[mythtv-users] Remote Mythfrontend Problem

[Steve Milner]

On 22/07/09 12:45, Mark Garland wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> Your logs show the same as the issue I'm having, except mine doesn't just
> glitch, it completely locks.
>
> RingBuf(/video/1001_20090717183822.mpg): Waited 1.0 seconds for data to
> become available...
>
> /video would suggest that the front end is accessing the file directly and
> isn't streaming it from the backend.
>
> I've selected the "Always stream from Backend" option in the hope that there
> was contention between the frontend and backend trying to access the same
> file, and that this would resolve it as only the backend would be trying to
> get the file.  Too soon to say right now.
>
> I'm new to myth, so happy to be corrected by more experienced members...

I've had the "Always stream from Backend" selected as well. I'm not sure 
it improved things much.

However, I also decided to see if it was doing what it should be and 
unmounted /video and it then wouldn't play anything at all.

I'm not sure what that means, to be honest.

I'm fairly sure that it's the backend that creates the RingBuf file.

What distro are you running and what is your video hardware?

Regards,
Steve