[mythtvnz] Pixellation Every ~ 20 minutes

[Tony Sauri]

On 15/10/12 14:16, Curtis Walker wrote:
>  The recording starts glitching at 22:26 into
> the recording, and normalises at 24:27. The start time of the
> recording is 13:00, concludes 14:00. I cannot figure this damn thing
> out. Is there anyway to disable, or decrease the frequency of the
> housekeeping thread? Perhaps it's something to do with this.
>
> 2012-10-15 13:19:18.663322 I [31787/31820] HouseKeeping
> housekeeper.cpp:221 (RunHouseKeeping) - Running housekeeping thread
> 2012-10-15 13:21:09.020827 N [31787/31821] Expire autoexpire.cpp:264
> (CalcParams) - AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free Space:
> 102.0 GB w/freq: 14 min
> 2012-10-15 13:24:18.666879 I [31787/31820] HouseKeeping
> housekeeper.cpp:221 (RunHouseKeeping) - Running housekeeping thread
> 2012-10-15 13:29:24.671139 I [31787/31820] HouseKeeping
> housekeeper.cpp:221 (RunHouseKeeping) - Running housekeeping thread

Are you still running your recordings disk as xfs?   The Expiry routine 
runs every 14 mins so will tend to run at the same time each hour just 
drifting backwards slowly.

I have  some queries about the figure of 102.O GB as Max required Free 
Space ... on my system the same message has a figure of 1.0 GB :

2012-10-14 07:20:23.444 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free 
Space: 1.0 GB w/freq: 15 min

I don't really know what the message means but I wonder if your 102 GB 
means that the routine spends too long checking for 102 GB of expired 
recordings?

With my setting of 1 GB I have never had a problesm   ....  Another 
"perhaps dead end ? " for you to chase down.

Addenda
It seems that this setting "Extra Disk Space" is set in
Front End > Setup > TV Setup > General > Screen 2

The help text says this is the Amount of Disk space you want kept free 
on the Recording Drive(s) in excess of what myth requires.

Regards

Tony Sauri