[mythtv-users] random livetv stalls

[Kevin Johnson]

Hi All.

I am trying to chase down a stall I am getting.  It happens at random
times.  Sometimes 1 time a day.  Sometimes 1 time a week.

I am on 12.04 lts with the latest mythbuntu installed.

Backend does not show anything in the logs.  Just lines and lines of this
when it happens.  Which from what I understand is normal.

Feb  4 17:32:20 mythbackend mythbackend: mythbackend[20022]: I
ProcessRequest ringbuffer.cpp:1098 (WaitForAvail)
RingBuf(/var/lib/mythtv/livet 702_2$

The frontend shows this.

Feb  4 17:32:20 g430 mythfrontend.real: mythfrontend[1915]: W Decoder
ringbuffer.cpp:1035 (WaitForReadsAllowed) RingBuf(myth://
192.168.2.4:6543/1702_2$
Feb  4 17:32:20  mythfrontend.real: last message repeated 5 times
Feb  4 17:32:20 g430 mythfrontend.real: mythfrontend[1915]: N CoreContext
mythplayer.cpp:2130 (PrebufferEnoughFrames) Player(j): Waited 6730ms for
vid$
Feb  4 17:32:20 g430 mythfrontend.real: mythfrontend[1915]: W Decoder
ringbuffer.cpp:1035 (WaitForReadsAllowed) RingBuf(myth://
192.168.2.4:6543/1702_2$
Feb  4 17:32:20  mythfrontend.real: last message repeated 6 times

While the frontend is locked, all I see is a frozen image of whatever was
on livetv at that time.  Hitting exit clears the screen and I can start
live tv again and it works fine again.

It seems like the frontend is waiting for info from the backend.  But I
really cant figure out what to look for.  And google search of  the above
errors shows very little.

Could this be a i/o error with one of the drives?  If so, how do I test?
If not, any ideas where I should start looking?
Thanks to all.
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