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knightr at istop

Aug 30, 2007, 9:27 AM

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Frontend stops responding when trying to import a CD...

Hi!

I recently started compiling MythTV from source and wanted to try the "Import CD"
feature.

Each time I try to import a CD (and I tried more than one) the frontend locks up
sometimes before extracting anything, sometimes in the middle of the extracting job
and sometimes almost at the end. I've tried it with different quality settings and it
doesn't make any difference. Depending on where it locks up I sometimes end up with
entries in the mythconverg database sometimes not...

I've tried running cdparanoia (which I believe is used to import a cd) manually (I
did a "cdparanoia -B") and it was able to extract the entire CD without problem.

Where should I look to try to track down this problem?

The version of MythTV I'm using is a checkout of SVN I made yesterday (could I safely
downgrade to 0.20.2 to test if I have the problem with that version too?)...

Thank you for your help!

Nick
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mtdean at thirdcontact

Aug 30, 2007, 9:51 AM

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Re: Frontend stops responding when trying to import a CD... [In reply to]

On 08/30/2007 12:27 PM, Nicolas Riendeau wrote:
> I recently started compiling MythTV from source and wanted to try the "Import CD"
> feature.
>
> Each time I try to import a CD (and I tried more than one) the frontend locks up
> sometimes before extracting anything, sometimes in the middle of the extracting job
> and sometimes almost at the end. I've tried it with different quality settings and it
> doesn't make any difference. Depending on where it locks up I sometimes end up with
> entries in the mythconverg database sometimes not...
>
> I've tried running cdparanoia (which I believe is used to import a cd) manually (I
> did a "cdparanoia -B") and it was able to extract the entire CD without problem.
>

Disc with some copy protection mechanism? Myth can't import those.

> Where should I look to try to track down this problem?
>
> The version of MythTV I'm using is a checkout of SVN I made yesterday (could I safely
> downgrade to 0.20.2 to test if I have the problem with that version too?)...
>

If it's a checkout of SVN's 0.20-fixes branch, probably. If it's a
checkout of SVN trunk, then no.

Mike
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knightr at istop

Aug 30, 2007, 10:50 AM

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Re: Frontend stops responding when trying to import a CD... [In reply to]

Hi!

Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 08/30/2007 12:27 PM, Nicolas Riendeau wrote:
>>Each time I try to import a CD (and I tried more than one) the frontend locks up
>>sometimes before extracting anything, sometimes in the middle of the extracting job
>>and sometimes almost at the end. I've tried it with different quality settings and it
>>doesn't make any difference. Depending on where it locks up I sometimes end up with
>>entries in the mythconverg database sometimes not...
>>
>>I've tried running cdparanoia (which I believe is used to import a cd) manually (I
>>did a "cdparanoia -B") and it was able to extract the entire CD without problem.
>>
>
> Disc with some copy protection mechanism? Myth can't import those.

I doubt they have any type of special copy protection and if cdparanoia can extract
them shouldn't Myth be able too (isn't cdparanoia used to do the actual extraction?).
They probably have the flag that says they shouldn't be copied (or something like
that) but that has been there for years and no program take it into accound AFAIK...

>
>>Where should I look to try to track down this problem?
>>
>>The version of MythTV I'm using is a checkout of SVN I made yesterday (could I safely
>>downgrade to 0.20.2 to test if I have the problem with that version too?)...
>>
>
> If it's a checkout of SVN's 0.20-fixes branch, probably. If it's a
> checkout of SVN trunk, then no.

I didn't put any sort of version tag or anything so its trunk I believe (I'm not yet
fully familiar with SVN though I did play with CVS and clearcase in the past). I did
want to get trunk and trunk it appears to be.

So I guess if I wanted to test by doing a downgrade I would have to backup the
database, delete it, re-compile and re-build 0.20.2 and re-build the database?

Is there anything else I could try before resorting to that?

Thank you!

Nick
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knightr at istop

Aug 31, 2007, 4:00 PM

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Re: Frontend stops responding when trying to import a CD... - FIXED [In reply to]

Hi!

The database I had was upgraded from a previous version and I wasn't sure if it was
ok so I delete it, re-created it and re-configured everything and it no longer stops
responding now...

I seem to have a small sound quality problem which I'm trying to track down (I'm
using my pc's onboard sound). I didn't notice it with tv or movies but with music
there a little something that shouldn't be there when I play it back (even if
extracted with "perfect" quality).

Thanks!

Nick

PS: I did notice something else but I'll start another thread about it...
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