Here is the ethernet traffic i observed during one such error. The
duplicate ACKs looks like it may be the issue ... but a grep through the
larger file show that this happens quite often ... at least in the 20
seconds or so that I captured...

Maybe you have to run the automatic transcoder? to get this to work?


Greg


On Thu, 2005-02-03 at 22:03, Greg Thoreson wrote:
> Yes ... that looks like the problem I am having. I have watched live TV
> now for 5+ hours without a problem. But If I try and view a recording
> ... 10 minutes max before it stops....
> 
> I will post the ethereal output from the backend tomorrow. Time to sleep
> now....
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2005-02-03 at 21:30, Michael Wester wrote:
> > Mike Wester wrote:
> > > > the router to which my backend is directly wired (thereby making a
> > > > 100mbs connection), it did not crash even when watching recordings- It
> > > > worked fine for over 30 minutes so I called it stable and moved
> > > > everything back.   As of tuesday morning when I did this test I was
> > > > thinking that my network is a little flaky (even though there are no
> > > > other issues with streaming media to windows boxes connected through
> > > > the wireless bridge), but there may be more to it. 
> > 
> > And Replied to his own e-mail:
> > Ok- I got home 1/2 hour ago and I've had live tv streaming to the
> > remote frontend for 21 minutes- no problems, even with some traffic to
> > the wireless bridge.  I get a few errors, but it keeps working- even
> > through the ringbuffer issue.
> > 
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> mythfrontend
> > 2005-02-03 18:39:10 mythfrontend version: 0.16.20040906-1 www.mythtv.org
> > 2005-02-03 18:39:10 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
> > mythtv: could not connect to socket
> > mythtv: Permission denied
> > lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages
> > 2005-02-03 18:39:12 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
> > 2005-02-03 18:39:13 Registering MythMusic Media Handler as a media handler
> > 2005-02-03 18:39:20 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.0.19:6543
> > (try 1 of 5)2005-02-03 18:39:20 Using protocol version 13
> > 2005-02-03 18:39:20 Using protocol version 13
> > 2005-02-03 18:39:20 Using protocol version 13
> > 2005-02-03 18:39:23 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
> > 2005-02-03 18:39:23 Audio fragment size: 4096
> > 2005-02-03 18:39:23 Using XV port 93
> > 2005-02-03 18:39:23 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
> > pthread_setschedparam: Operation not permitted
> > 2005-02-03 18:39:24 Running as SUID root would allow some threads to
> > run with realtime priority, improving video smoothness.
> > 2005-02-03 18:49:35 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read().
> > 2005-02-03 18:59:18 prebuffering pause
> > 2005-02-03 18:59:18 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read().
> > 2005-02-03 18:59:29 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read().
> > 2005-02-03 18:59:32 prebuffering pause
> > 2005-02-03 18:59:38 prebuffering pause
> > 2005-02-03 19:03:55 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read().
> > 2005-02-03 19:06:15 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read().
> > 
> > 
> > then I stop watching live tv
> > 
> > 2005-02-03 19:10:45 Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
> > 2005-02-03 19:10:45 Changing from None to None
> > 2005-02-03 19:10:48 All Programs
> > 
> > 
> > and switch to watching pre-recorded BBC news:
> > 
> > 2005-02-03 19:10:55 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
> > 2005-02-03 19:10:55 Audio fragment size: 4096
> > 2005-02-03 19:10:55 Using XV port 93
> > 2005-02-03 19:10:56 Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded
> > pthread_setschedparam: Operation not permitted
> > 2005-02-03 19:10:56 Running as SUID root would allow some threads to
> > run with realtime priority, improving video smoothness.
> > 2005-02-03 19:11:42 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read().
> > 2005-02-03 19:11:45 Changing from WatchingPreRecorded to None
> > 2005-02-03 19:11:45 Changing from None to None
> > 
> > and it dies.  I guess I am seeing the same thing you are seeing...  
> > fortunately for me, I don't use the remote frontend much at all. 
> > Still, I'd like to figure out how to get it working...
> 
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No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info
   3575 4.085222    backend          frontend          TCP      6543 > 32898 
[ACK] Seq=2408256 Ack=0 Win=1448 Len=1448 TSV=86935213 TSER=12270070
No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info
   3576 4.288304    backend          frontend          TCP      [TCP 
Retransmission] 6543 > 32898 [ACK] Seq=2405360 Ack=0 Win=1448 Len=1448 
TSV=86935417 TSER=12270070
No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info
   3577 4.414330    backend          frontend          TCP      6543 > 32897 
[PSH, ACK] Seq=126 Ack=522 Win=1448 Len=10 TSV=86935543 TSER=12270036
No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info
   3578 4.414434    frontend          backend          TCP      32897 > 6543 
[ACK] Seq=522 Ack=136 Win=1460 Len=0 TSV=12270399 TSER=86935543
No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info
   3579 4.486386    frontend          backend          TCP      32897 > 6543 
[PSH, ACK] Seq=522 Ack=136 Win=1460 Len=76 TSV=12270471 TSER=86935543
No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info
   3580 4.486415    backend          frontend          TCP      6543 > 32897 
[ACK] Seq=136 Ack=598 Win=1448 Len=0 TSV=86935615 TSER=12270471
No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info
   3581 4.493009    backend          frontend          TCP      6543 > 32897 
[PSH, ACK] Seq=136 Ack=598 Win=1448 Len=23 TSV=86935621 TSER=12270471
No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info
   3582 4.493104    frontend          backend          TCP      32897 > 6543 
[ACK] Seq=598 Ack=159 Win=1460 Len=0 TSV=12270478 TSER=86935621
No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info
   3583 4.696240    backend          frontend          TCP      [TCP 
Retransmission] 6543 > 32898 [ACK] Seq=2405360 Ack=0 Win=1448 Len=1448 
TSV=86935825 TSER=12270070
No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info
   3584 4.696473    frontend          backend          TCP      32898 > 6543 
[ACK] Seq=0 Ack=2406808 Win=16022 Len=0 TSV=12270681 TSER=86935825 
SLE=3837960671 SRE=3837962119
No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info
   3585 4.696496    backend          frontend          TCP      [TCP 
Retransmission] 6543 > 32898 [ACK] Seq=2406808 Ack=0 Win=1448 Len=1448 
TSV=86935825 TSER=12270681
No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info
   3586 4.696500    backend          frontend          TCP      [TCP 
Retransmission] 6543 > 32898 [ACK] Seq=2408256 Ack=0 Win=1448 Len=1448 
TSV=86935825 TSER=12270681
No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info
   3587 4.696785    frontend          backend          TCP      32898 > 6543 
[ACK] Seq=0 Ack=2408256 Win=16022 Len=0 TSV=12270681 TSER=86935825
No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info
   3588 4.696797    backend          frontend          TCP      6543 > 32898 
[ACK] Seq=2409704 Ack=0 Win=1448 Len=1448 TSV=86935825 TSER=12270681

No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info
   3589 4.696800    backend          frontend          TCP      6543 > 32898 
[PSH, ACK] Seq=2411152 Ack=0 Win=1448 Len=1448 TSV=86935825 TSER=12270681

No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info
   3590 4.696828    frontend          backend          TCP      32898 > 6543 
[ACK] Seq=0 Ack=2409704 Win=16022 Len=0 TSV=12270681 TSER=86935825

No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info
   3591 4.696841    backend          frontend          TCP      6543 > 32898 
[ACK] Seq=2412600 Ack=0 Win=1448 Len=1448 TSV=86935825 TSER=12270681


No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info
   3592 4.697092    frontend          backend          TCP      32898 > 6543 
[ACK] Seq=0 Ack=2411152 Win=16022 Len=0 TSV=12270682 TSER=86935825


No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info
   3593 4.697103    backend          frontend          TCP      6543 > 32898 
[ACK] Seq=2414048 Ack=0 Win=1448 Len=1448 TSV=86935825 TSER=12270682

No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info
   3594 4.697132    frontend          backend          TCP      32898 > 6543 
[ACK] Seq=0 Ack=2412600 Win=16022 Len=0 TSV=12270682 TSER=86935825


No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info
   3595 4.697141    backend          frontend          TCP      6543 > 32898 
[ACK] Seq=2415496 Ack=0 Win=1448 Len=1448 TSV=86935825 TSER=12270682


No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info
   3596 4.697394    frontend          backend          TCP      [TCP Dup ACK 
3594#1] 32898 > 6543 [ACK] Seq=0 Ack=2412600 Win=16022 Len=0 TSV=12270682 
TSER=86935825 SLE=3837969359 SRE=3837970807


No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info
   3597 4.697412    backend          frontend          TCP      6543 > 32898 
[PSH, ACK] Seq=2416944 Ack=0 Win=1448 Len=1448 TSV=86935826 TSER=12270682


No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info
   3598 4.697419    frontend          backend          TCP      [TCP Dup ACK 
3594#2] 32898 > 6543 [ACK] Seq=0 Ack=2412600 Win=16022 Len=0 TSV=12270682 
TSER=86935825 SLE=3837969359 SRE=3837972255

No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info
   3599 4.697613    frontend          backend          TCP      [TCP Dup ACK 
3594#3] 32898 > 6543 [ACK] Seq=0 Ack=2412600 Win=16022 Len=0 TSV=12270682 
TSER=86935825 SLE=3837969359 SRE=3837973703
No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info
   3600 4.697630    backend          frontend          TCP      [TCP Fast 
Retransmission] 6543 > 32898 [ACK] Seq=2412600 Ack=0 Win=1448 Len=1448 
TSV=86935826 TSER=12270682
No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info
   3601 4.697823    frontend          backend          TCP      32898 > 6543 
[ACK] Seq=0 Ack=2418392 Win=16022 Len=0 TSV=12270682 TSER=86935826


<----  Here is the ~3 second pause ------>

No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info
   3602 7.999818    frontend          backend          TCP      32897 > 6543 
[PSH, ACK] Seq=598 Ack=159 Win=1460 Len=38 TSV=12273985 TSER=86935621
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