The EPG takes a long time to load

[FrenchNux]

Binary package hint: me-tv

I am on jaunty.
I am not sure but Me TV 0.8.0 seem takes a long time to load the EPG.

issue appear when i start Me TV

[Michael Lamothe (lamothe-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

Sorry, this question is not clear. Are you saying that it takes a long time to load the EPG?

[Michael Lamothe (lamothe-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

Closing the Ubuntu bug because this version is not in Jaunty.

[Michael Lamothe (lamothe-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

So what does a "long time" mean? (5 seconds, 2 minutes?) How many channels do you have? What video drivers are you using?

[FrenchNux (christophe-pauc)]

I'm using xine driver

i have 19 channels

1minute to load the EPG

[Michael Lamothe (lamothe-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

Sorry, I meant what video driver (nVidia/ATI, proprietary or open source) are you using? Can you try setting the "Engine type:" to "none".

Can you attach the output from `me-tv -v`?

[FrenchNux (christophe-pauc)]

video-driver : nvidia-180-kernel (proprietary)

[FrenchNux (christophe-pauc)]

With "Engine type" to none
i have no video only sound

[Michael Lamothe (lamothe-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

When the Engine type is set to none, does the UI still hang?

[FrenchNux (christophe-pauc)]

UI still hang with Engine type is set to none

[Michael Lamothe (lamothe-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

Are you using compiz? If so, can you disable it for a test?

[FrenchNux (christophe-pauc)]

 same issue with compiz disabled

[Scott Evans (vk7hse)]

Have you tried using the current release (me-tv-0.8.3) ???

This can be located at...

https://launchpad.net/~scott-vk7hse/+archive/scott-vk7hse-jaunty

[FrenchNux (christophe-pauc)]

it's better with 0.8.3

just a question.

Is-it long to load EPG if my tv reception is poor?

[Michael Lamothe (lamothe-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

Hang on, does the video take a long time also? i.e. Does the whole application take a long time to start?

[FrenchNux (christophe-pauc)]

i have video quickly

I am not sure but i think Me Tv start normally

[Michael Lamothe (lamothe-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

I'd like to refer back to a comment that you made earlier.

"With "Engine type" to none
i have no video only sound"

Engine type "none" means "don't start a player", where is the sound coming from? Something's not right here.

[FrenchNux (christophe-pauc)]

i try again Engine type to none : i have no video and no sound

[Scott Evans (vk7hse)]

The current version is now 0.8.5 can you please update to this and report back?

[Michael Lamothe (lamothe-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

Try moving the ~/.me-tv/me-tv.db and let it recreate it.

[marijus (marijus73)]

hello michael,
i have got the same issue in jaunty since a long time already. currently using 0.8.6.
i think probably its an issue with sqlite...

me-tv is producing a lot of hdd activity while starting and upating EPG data. takes about 3 - 4 min. until i can actually use me-tv. i have 7 channels in the list.

regards, marijus

[Michael Lamothe (lamothe-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

I cannot reproduce this. Is there anyone with this issue that can debug it?

[Michael Lamothe (lamothe-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

I've added 2 options to 0.8.7:

--disable-epg
Stops the rendering of the EPG event buttons on the UI.

--disable-epg-thread
Disable the EPG thread. Me TV will stop collecting EPG events.

Please try these options and let me know if they help at all.

[Michael Lamothe (lamothe-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

We've worked out what's going on, it's the sqlite version in Jaunty, it's very slow.