[mythtv-users] Watch TV hangs on Please Wait...

[diespambox at gmx.net]

Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>   On 01/26/2011 08:32 PM, Kenni Lund wrote:
> > 2011/1/27 Clifford Snow:
> >> In the last few days, I keep getting "Please Wait ..." when going to Watch
> >> TV.  MythTV successfully records all the schedule programs and allows
> >> playback of the recorded items.  It seems to be just the Watch TV selection
> >> that is not working.
> > Just a "me too"...I had the *exact* same issue on one of my frontends
> > after upgrading to latest 0.24-fixes yesterday (I think it was ~10
> > days since the last upgrade), but i thought it was some local problem
> > (I've had other unrelated problems recently). I did try out a lot of
> > different things, but in the end I deleted all frontend settings, and
> > all of my channels on the backend. After rescanning the channels and
> > configuring audio and video on the frontend, the problem was solved -
> > or at least it didn't occur any more.
> >
> > Someone who still has the issue should probably hook gdb into the
> > process, to see what's going on.
> 
> Note, also, that it seems that 2 of our experts may be hot on the trail 
> of fixing this issue.
> 
> Which capture devices are you all using?  They seem to have found an 
> issue that may affect Live TV for all HD-PVR users (and possibly other 
> slow-tuning devices).
i use some "Sundtek MediaTV Digital Home (DVB-CT)" sticks but im not
entirely sure if i have the same problem or just something similar
(see my other reply).

tobi