[mythtv-users] LiveTv playback freezes

[Don Brett]

On 12/20/2010 3:05 PM, Taylor Ralph wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Don Brett<dlbrett at zoominternet.net>  wrote:
>> On 12/19/2010 1:45 PM, Taylor Ralph wrote:
>>> On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Don Brett<dlbrett at zoominternet.net>
>>>   wrote:
>>>> Has anyone seen LiveTv freeze when using skip ahead?  It only seems to
>>>> happen on LiveTv, when it has it  has a certain amount of time on the
>>>> clip
>>>> (several minutes).  The log usually has something like this:
>>>>
>>>> ...several of these messages:
>>>> 2010-12-19 13:09:04.521 ProgramInfo(): Updated pathname '':'' ->
>>>> '1104_20101219130858.mpg'
>>>> 2010-12-19 13:09:04.578 ProgramInfo(): Updated pathname '':'' ->
>>>> '1104_20101219130858.mpg'
>>>> 2010-12-19 13:09:04.635 ProgramInfo(): Updated pathname '':'' ->
>>>> '1104_20101219130858.mpg'
>>>> 2010-12-19 13:09:04.646 TV: State is LiveTV&    mctx == ctx
>>>> 2010-12-19 13:09:04.649 TV: UpdateOSDInput done
>>>> 2010-12-19 13:09:04.649 TV: UpdateLCD done
>>>> 2010-12-19 13:09:04.649 TV: ITVRestart done
>>>> 2010-12-19 13:22:07.798 Dec: DoFastForward(): desiredFrame(23429)>
>>>> last_frame(23421)
>>>> ...then several pages of these messages
>>>>
>>>> 2010-12-19 13:22:21.467 NVP(2), Warning: Waited too long for decoder to
>>>> pause
>>>> 2010-12-19 13:22:21.568 NVP(2), Warning: Waited too long for decoder to
>>>> pause
>>>> 2010-12-19 13:22:21.668 NVP(2), Warning: Waited too long for decoder to
>>>> pause
>>>> 2010-12-19 13:22:21.768 NVP(2), Warning: Waited too long for decoder to
>>>> pause
>>>> 2010-12-19 13:22:21.869 NVP(2), Warning: Waited too long for decoder to
>>>> pause
>>>> 2010-12-19 13:22:21.969 NVP(2), Warning: Waited too long for decoder to
>>>> pause
>>>> 2010-12-19 13:22:22.069 NVP(2), Warning: Waited too long for decoder to
>>>> pause
>>>>
>>>> I usually have to restart X (ctrl-alt-backsp) to get it back.  Any
>>>> suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> Don
>>>>
>>> Are you running the very latest -fixes release? Many bugs have been
>>> fixed recently for playback issues. Please provide mythfrontend
>>> --version.
>>>
>>> Regards.
>>> --
>>> Taylor
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>> No, I doubt it's the latest, it's whatever MythDora 12 used for release
>> several months ago; I haven't done any updates since then.  The versions
>> are:
>>
>> Mythfronend version: branches/release-0-23-fixes (0.23-8.fc12 (r25413))
>> mythbackend version: branches/release-0-23-fixes [0.23-8.fc12 (r25413)]
>>
>> Shall I do an update?
>>
> It seems some people have better luck with 0.23-fixes and some better
> luck with 0.24-fixes. There are problems with LiveTV in both releases
> and there appears to be some timing involved with the problem. The
> only way to know if it works better is to try 0.24-fixes and see. You
> need to exercise caution when upgrading in case you decide to revert
> back to a prior release since it will require a database backup and
> restore.
>
> With that said these problems are on the radar and hopefully will get
> more attention in the near term.
>
> Regards.
> --
> Taylor
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OK, so updating my system may or may not be a good idea.  I have a 
usable working system, so maybe I'll experiment with a test box instead 
of the production box (several people would be mad if I break it).  I 
guess I have to break down and buy that video board now.  Thanks for the 
advice,

Don