[vdr] Re: MP3 plugin crahes at directory scan

[Juri Haberland <juri@koschikode.com>]

Stefan Huelswitt wrote:
> On 19 Jan 2004 "Markus Reschka" <Markus@Reschka.com> wrote:
> 
>> Sometimes when I select the MP3 plugin from the main menu, the plugin
>> seems to scan the directory (I think so, because the traffic light of my
>> network-card blinks quite fast for some seconds) and then hangs (with the
>> main menu shown). There is no reaction of vdr after that at all. I have to
>> restart the dvb driver and vdr to get it back working.
> 
> When you enters the MP3 menu, the first thing done is to scan the
> mp3 directory for playlists (not recursively, only the base dir).
> While this happens VDR's control is blocked, but in such a case
> VDR watchdog should hit after the specified timeout.
> 
> Questions:
> Is there a message on the OSD saying "scanning playlists"?
> How many files are in the base mp3 directory?
> Does VDR watchdog kicks in?
> Any console output from the mp3 plugin ongoing while VDR is
> blocked?
> What is the last output from the mp3 plugin?
> Can you identify a process which uses up all cpu time (with top)?

Another question that come to my mind:
If you log in on that machine, can you still list the contents of your
mp3 directory (maybe something goes wrong with your NFS setup)?

Cheers,
Juri



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