[mythtv-users] random livetv stalls

[Daryl McDonald]

On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 9:48 PM, Kevin Johnson <iitywygms at gmail.com> wrote:
> Follow up on my original email.
>
> It happened again right after I sent the last email.  It stayed frozen until
> the time changed to the very top of the hour.  Then everything started
> working again just like I had restarted it.  This must be related to the few
> seconds pauses I get at the top and bottom of every hour?  I had been
> getting those paused for months and just lived with it.
>
> One other request.  If someone could point me to a how-to correctly reply to
> this list using gmail I will be eternally grateful.
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 5:55 PM, Kevin Johnson <iitywygms at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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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