[mythtv-users] Avenard 0.22 trunk and LiveTV failing

[Phil Wild]

Hi all,

Over the last few weeks, LiveTV has continually frozen. I don't watch
liveTV, but my wife and children do all the time.
I was running with the Avenard repo of testing but last night switched
to trunc to see if it would resolve the issue.

After a short time, the screen would freeze/pause and the following
can be seen in the frontend log. I have a split backend/frontend
running mythbuntu karmic.

Searching through trac, I have found #6583 #6612 and #6605 that might
be related. These are marked as closed so I was assuming that they are
in trunk. Is that an assumption that I can make? The log seems to
indicate that it is trying to do what these tickets talk about (i.e.
restarting livetv after a problem).

My backend has a HDhomerun and an Artec USB tuner attached (all DVB-T)

Below is the log from my frontend. When the error occurs, I have to
kill mythfrontend and restart it.

Cheers

Phil


2010-01-05 01:41:00.962 NVP(5), Error: Timed out waiting for
prebuffering too long. Exiting..
2010-01-05 01:41:01.007 TV: Attempting to change from Watching
WatchingLiveTV to None
2010-01-05 01:41:01.270 TV: Changing from Watching WatchingLiveTV to None
2010-01-05 01:41:01.294 ScreenSaverX11Private: DPMS Reactivated 1
2010-01-05 01:41:01.295 TV: Attempting to change from None to None
2010-01-05 01:41:01.300 SendReceiveStringList(GET_FREE_RECORDER_COUNT)
called from UI thread
2010-01-05 01:41:01.313
SendReceiveStringList(GET_NEXT_FREE_RECORDER,-1) called from UI thread
2010-01-05 01:41:01.331 Using Idle Timer. 240 minutes
2010-01-05 01:41:01.352 TV: Attempting to change from None to Watching
WatchingLiveTV
2010-01-05 01:41:01.353 MythContext: Connecting to backend server:
10.3.0.3:6543 (try 1 of 1)
2010-01-05 01:41:01.354 Using protocol version 56
2010-01-05 01:41:01.378 Spawning LiveTV Recorder -- begin
2010-01-05 01:41:01.458 Spawning LiveTV Recorder -- end
2010-01-05 01:41:01.463 ProgramInfo: Updated pathname '':'' ->
'1090_20100105014100.mpg'
2010-01-05 01:41:01.469 SendReceiveStringList(QUERY_CHECKFILE,1...)
called from UI thread
2010-01-05 01:41:01.490 We have a
playbackURL(/data/mythtv/livetv/1090_20100105014100.mpg) &
cardtype(DUMMY)
2010-01-05 01:41:01.496 We have a RingBuffer
2010-01-05 01:41:01.549 playCtx, Error: Attempting to setup a player,
but it already exists.
2010-01-05 01:41:01.549 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started
2010-01-05 01:41:01.571 ScreenSaverX11Private: DPMS Deactivated 1
2010-01-05 01:41:01.572 ScreenSaverX11Private: DPMS Reactivated 1
2010-01-05 01:41:02.762 NVP(5): Prebuffer wait timed out 110 times.
2010-01-05 01:41:02.762 NVP(5), Error: Timed out waiting for
prebuffering too long. Exiting..
2010-01-05 01:41:02.762 NVP(5), Error: Video frame buffering failed
too many times.
2010-01-05 01:41:04.562 NVP(5): Prebuffer wait timed out 120 times.
2010-01-05 01:41:04.562 NVP(5), Error: Timed out waiting for
prebuffering too long. Exiting..
2010-01-05 01:41:04.562 NVP(5), Error: Video frame buffering failed
too many times.
2010-01-05 01:41:06.362 NVP(5): Prebuffer wait timed out 130 times.
2010-01-05 01:41:06.362 NVP(5), Error: Timed out waiting for
prebuffering too long. Exiting..
2010-01-05 01:41:06.363 NVP(5), Error: Video frame buffering failed
too many times.
2010-01-05 01:41:08.162 NVP(5): Prebuffer wait timed out 140 times.
2010-01-05 01:41:08.162 NVP(5), Error: Timed out waiting for
prebuffering too long. Exiting..
2010-01-05 01:41:08.163 NVP(5), Error: Video frame buffering failed
too many times.
2010-01-05 01:41:09.962 NVP(5): Prebuffer wait timed out 150 times.
2010-01-05 01:41:09.962 NVP(5), Error: Timed out waiting for
prebuffering too long. Exiting..
2010-01-05 01:41:09.963 NVP(5), Error: Video frame buffering failed
too many times.
2010-01-05 01:41:11.762 NVP(5): Prebuffer wait timed out 160 times.
2010-01-05 01:41:11.763 NVP(5), Error: Timed out waiting for
prebuffering too long. Exiting..
2010-01-05 01:41:11.763 NVP(5), Error: Video frame buffering failed
too many times.
2010-01-05 01:41:13.562 NVP(5): Prebuffer wait timed out 170 times.
2010-01-05 01:41:13.563 NVP(5), Error: Timed out waiting for
prebuffering too long. Exiting..
2010-01-05 01:41:13.563 NVP(5), Error: Video frame buffering failed
too many times.
2010-01-05 01:41:15.362 NVP(5): Prebuffer wait timed out 180 times.
[continues like this until killed...]


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