GAh! complete madness, I can confirm that when I run mythfrontend as non-daemonised, it is a *lot* better!! .. I've yet to try running daemonised from the same console as when I run it non-daemonised... Any ideas people ? Please :) - Ciaran
On 10/10/05, Ciaran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bizarre! I'll have to test when I get home :) > Cheers > > On 10/10/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, service means daemonized. If I start mythbackend -v from a shell, it's > > running like a charm. > > I'm using remote frontends connected to the backend over 100Mbit wire, but > > even if I try frontend/backend on the same machine I get > > this problems. > > The problem also appears only while watching DVB Tv, I have a PVR350 in an > > extra backend, which works perfectly. > > The worst combination was 2 backends, one with the DVB (master) and the > > other with the PVR (slave) and an extra frontend only > > machine. > > As long as I start both backends daemonized, they are most likely breaking > > at the first attempt to switch a channel on the dvb > > source. If I start them both from the shell, the are working without any > > problem. > > > > Fritz > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Auftrag von Ciaran > > Gesendet: Montag, 10. Oktober 2005 14:28 > > An: Discussion about mythtv > > Betreff: Re: [mythtv-users] Current SVN DVB Choppiness > > > > > > Hmm, I guess by service, you mean as a daemonized process? , I'm also > > running it as that. But interestingly, my backend + frontend are on > > the same machine, are yours on diferent machines thene ? > > - ciaran > > > > > > On 10/10/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yep, I have exactly the same problem here. > > > Sound is perfect, but video looks like stop and go traffic. > > > Also have the prebuffering pause messages. > > > > > > Backend : XP2500, 512MB, DVB Nova-CI-S > > > Frontends : P4 2000, 256MB, ATI M7500 and XP3000+, 768MB, ATI 9600 > > > All machines running under gentoo with 2.6.12/13 kernel > > > > > > I have the feeling, that the effect is less if I do not run mythbackend > > > as a service. I also have the feeling that the backend is > > > more stable in terms of channel changing, if it is not running as > > > service... > > > > > > Fritz > > > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Auftrag von Ciaran > > > Gesendet: Montag, 10. Oktober 2005 13:20 > > > An: Discussion about mythtv > > > Betreff: [mythtv-users] Current SVN DVB Choppiness > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > Has anyone else/is anyone else currently experiencing periods of > > > extreme choppiness with the current SVN builds when either watching > > > live-tv or recorded shows ? [It should be noticed that audio is > > > unaffected and continues perfectly, but the video is jerky] > > > > > > Also in the fronted logs, I see 'prebuffering pause', and > > > 'prebuffering pause timed out 10 times' [or words to that effect] > > > > > > If I'm running 'top' in aremote terminal the CPU usage isn't going > > > much beyond 17% and the memory usage is acceptable, I really, really > > > cannot work out why its so choppy for me :( > > > [This isn't a continuous problem, it'll last for maybe 2-3 minutes > > > then go away, then come back in an hours time]. > > > > > > I *think* it must be something the back-end is doing as it also occurs > > > when watching DVDs on the box. I assumed it was running out of CPU > > > time but it doesn't appear that way, *however* the load averages are > > > going remarkably high (~11) when I see this problem, so I assume > > > something somewhere is waiting/sleeping poorly? > > > > > > I'm starting to get frustrated with my inability to track this down > > > :(, combined with the fact that I can't get into 'watch recordings' > > > when running mythfrontend normally (Unknown symbol, blah bla), but it > > > works perfectly under GDB, gah!!! Any ideas, straws to clutch etc ? > > > > > > Cheers :) > > > -- > > > - Ciaran > > > (I now have far too many G-Mail invites available, anyone who wants > > > one, gets one) > > > _______________________________________________ > > > mythtv-users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > mythtv-users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > > > > > -- > > - Ciaran > > (I now have far too many G-Mail invites available, anyone who wants > > one, gets one) > > _______________________________________________ > > mythtv-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > > mythtv-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > -- > - Ciaran > (I now have far too many G-Mail invites available, anyone who wants > one, gets one) > -- - Ciaran (I now have far too many G-Mail invites available, anyone who wants one, gets one) _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
