Locked time-shift files cause failure to change channel (1 Viewer)

[Charlie TV]

Hi

I ran it and all has been well. Just now I got an error message about out of space when changing channel on the client. I waited and then tried again and it appeared to work. I grabbed logs as attached.

Cheers

[NOTE (mm1352000): This post has been copied from a different thread:
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/rtsp-streaming-library-update.132521/page-6#post-1171294
]

 

[mm1352000]

Just now I got an error message about out of space when changing channel on the client.

I can see that your time-shift drive (E: ) has 6.2 GB total space, and that only 1.5 GB was free at the time the logs were collected. MASTER had been time-shifting since even before BIGBOY's test started, and so presumably was using a full sized buffer:
[2016-01-12 17:39:54,070] [Log ] [3 ] [INFO ] - Controller: StartTimeShifting started on card:9 to E:\\live9-1.ts.tsbuffer

Further, I can see that time-shfit files were cleared after your failed channel change:
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[2016-01-13 18:28:08,846] [Log ] [33 ] [INFO ] - Controller: find free card for channel BBC ONE South
...
[2016-01-13 18:28:24,227] [Log ] [33 ] [INFO ] - Controller: Timeshifting failed, no more cards available.
...
[2016-01-13 18:28:24,383] [Log ] [TS_File_Cleanup] [INFO ] - card: delete timeshift files E:\\live9-3.ts
[2016-01-13 18:28:24,383] [Log ] [TS_File_Cleanup] [INFO ] - card: trying to delete E:\live9-3.ts.tsbuffer
[2016-01-13 18:28:24,383] [Log ] [44 ] [DEBUG] - Controller: DoSetChannelStates for 66 channels
[2016-01-13 18:28:24,383] [Log ] [44 ] [INFO ] - ChannelStates.GetAllTimeshiftingAndRecordingChannels took 1 msec
[2016-01-13 18:28:24,524] [Log ] [44 ] [INFO ] - ChannelStates.DoSetChannelStates took 153 msec
[2016-01-13 18:28:29,391] [Log ] [TS_File_Cleanup] [INFO ] - card: delete timeshift files E:\\live9-3.ts
[2016-01-13 18:28:29,391] [Log ] [TS_File_Cleanup] [INFO ] - card: trying to delete E:\live9-3.ts.tsbuffer
[2016-01-13 18:28:29,391] [Log ] [TS_File_Cleanup] [INFO ] - card: deleted file E:\live9-3.ts.tsbuffer
[2016-01-13 18:28:29,391] [Log ] [TS_File_Cleanup] [INFO ] - card: trying to delete E:\live9-3.ts.tsbuffer1.ts
[2016-01-13 18:28:29,438] [Log ] [TS_File_Cleanup] [INFO ] - card: deleted file E:\live9-3.ts.tsbuffer1.ts
[2016-01-13 18:28:29,438] [Log ] [TS_File_Cleanup] [INFO ] - card: trying to delete E:\live9-3.ts.tsbuffer2.ts
[2016-01-13 18:28:29,453] [Log ] [TS_File_Cleanup] [INFO ] - card: deleted file E:\live9-3.ts.tsbuffer2.ts
[2016-01-13 18:28:29,453] [Log ] [TS_File_Cleanup] [INFO ] - card: trying to delete E:\live9-3.ts.tsbuffer3.ts
[2016-01-13 18:28:29,500] [Log ] [TS_File_Cleanup] [INFO ] - card: deleted file E:\live9-3.ts.tsbuffer3.ts[/collapse]

That's presumably what enabled the subsequent channel changes to succeed.

In short: the circumstances seem to make sense.

Keep in mind that the time-shift buffer settings are per-stream.
This table might also be of some use to you:
http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_...k_for_Timeshifting/Suggested_Ramdisk_Settings

 

[Charlie TV]

Cool I think I have the Ramdisk settings in-line with the guide already. Bounce this if it's off topic but should I therefore change anything?

btw it's always confused me why MP states that the Drive space needed is 3150 MByte!? Would be nice to have just a dropdown menu, how much disk space do you have, how many clients to support and it just does magic and handles how many files and sizes etc. The min/max files is over my head, even after reading the wiki page many times!

Anyway, thank you for your help and usual amazing support

Cheers

 

[mm1352000]

I think I have the Ramdisk settings in-line with the guide already

Hmmm, that's interesting because the maths doesn't add up.

The dxdiag log tells me that the E: drive has 6.2 GB total space, but only 1.5 GB was free. This was the status after BIGBOY's stream had stopped.

I know from the TV service log file that BIGBOY's stream had 3 time-shift files:
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[2016-01-13 18:28:29,391] [Log ] [TS_File_Cleanup] [INFO ] - card: delete timeshift files E:\\live9-3.ts
[2016-01-13 18:28:29,391] [Log ] [TS_File_Cleanup] [INFO ] - card: trying to delete E:\live9-3.ts.tsbuffer
[2016-01-13 18:28:29,391] [Log ] [TS_File_Cleanup] [INFO ] - card: deleted file E:\live9-3.ts.tsbuffer
[2016-01-13 18:28:29,391] [Log ] [TS_File_Cleanup] [INFO ] - card: trying to delete E:\live9-3.ts.tsbuffer1.ts
[2016-01-13 18:28:29,438] [Log ] [TS_File_Cleanup] [INFO ] - card: deleted file E:\live9-3.ts.tsbuffer1.ts
[2016-01-13 18:28:29,438] [Log ] [TS_File_Cleanup] [INFO ] - card: trying to delete E:\live9-3.ts.tsbuffer2.ts
[2016-01-13 18:28:29,453] [Log ] [TS_File_Cleanup] [INFO ] - card: deleted file E:\live9-3.ts.tsbuffer2.ts
[2016-01-13 18:28:29,453] [Log ] [TS_File_Cleanup] [INFO ] - card: trying to delete E:\live9-3.ts.tsbuffer3.ts
[2016-01-13 18:28:29,500] [Log ] [TS_File_Cleanup] [INFO ] - card: deleted file E:\live9-3.ts.tsbuffer3.ts[/collapse]

3 x 350 = 1.05 GB

1.5 - 1.05 = total space available when BIGBOY was trying to change channel = 450 MB

That number seems right because in order to successfully start time-shifting, TV Server requires that there be enough space to create 2 time-shift files.

What doesn't add up is how only 1.5 GB could be free (and 4.7 GB used) when only MASTER is streaming. Even with a full sized buffer, MASTER's stream should only have been using 8 x 350 MB = 2.8 GB. Is there other stuff using up space on the disk?

Bounce this if it's off topic but should I therefore change anything?

No, not unless part of the disk space is used for something else.

btw it's always confused me why MP states that the Drive space needed is 3150 MByte!?

That number is calculated as: (8 stream files + 1 file worth of free space) x 350 MB per file.
The "1 file worth of free space" is space left to ensure the disk doesn't ever get completely full (which can be really bad if the disk is also used for the operating system).

Would be nice to have just a dropdown menu, how much disk space do you have, how many clients to support and it just does magic and handles how many files and sizes etc.

It would be nice to not have to specify the file counts and sizes, but the maths gets quite tricky. Essentially the mathematical problem is: what is the smallest common factor of 2 numbers which is greater than or equal to [approx.] 100 MB.

The min/max files is over my head, even after reading the wiki page many times!

"Min" is not really a minimum. It's just the standard buffer size when time-shifting.
"Max" only has an effect when you pause. When you pause, the buffer size can increase from the standard size up to the maximum size.

 

[Charlie TV]

Hi,

The RAM disk isn't used for anything else, just the MP buffers.

I can pull logs from MASTER (the other client) if that is helpful? I've only provided the logs for the TVServer (called MEDIA) and one of the clients BIGBOY. So I just put both clients on different HD channels to cause maximum stress and after a day or two I get the error message. It's not the end of the world tbh I don't normally have MASTER turned on that much, it was just in the interests of breaking stuff for you

Cheers

 

[Charlie TV]

Hi, just for info.. I had the Unable to Playtream 9 error today;

In the Log on the TV Server End;
[2016-01-22 12:46:48,484] [Log ] [33 ] [INFO ] - card2:BIGBOY 9 0
[2016-01-22 12:46:48,484] [Log ] [33 ] [INFO ] - Controller: delete timeshift files E:\\live9-0.ts
[2016-01-22 12:46:48,484] [Log ] [33 ] [INFO ] - Controller: delete E:\live9-0.ts.tsbuffer
[2016-01-22 12:46:48,484] [Log ] [33 ] [DEBUG] - Controller: Error "The process cannot access the file 'E:\live9-0.ts.tsbuffer' because it is being used by another process." on delete in CleanTimeshiftFiles
[2016-01-22 12:46:48,484] [Log ] [33 ] [INFO ] - Controller: delete E:\live9-0.ts.tsbuffer6.ts
[2016-01-22 12:46:48,484] [Log ] [33 ] [DEBUG] - Controller: Error "The process cannot access the file 'E:\live9-0.ts.tsbuffer6.ts' because it is being used by another process." on delete in CleanTimeshiftFiles
[2016-01-22 12:46:48,500] [Log ] [33 ] [INFO ] - Controller: delete E:\live9-0.ts.tsbuffer8.ts
[2016-01-22 12:46:48,500] [Log ] [33 ] [DEBUG] - Controller: Error "The process cannot access the file 'E:\live9-0.ts.tsbuffer8.ts' because it is being used by another process." on delete in CleanTimeshiftFiles
[2016-01-22 12:46:48,500] [Log ] [33 ] [INFO ] - Controller: epg stop

Rebooting the client made no difference, there is 5Gb free on the RAM disk on the Server. Stopping/starting the service on the Server fixed it.

If it helps and you want full logs let me know or if it's more helpful to load these into a new thread etc.

Cheers

 

[Sebastiii]

Need full log m8

 

[Charlie TV]

Hi,

Sure no problem, here is the log from the TV Server end

Cheers

 

[Charlie TV]

Hi, another crash as attached. Thanks

 

[mm1352000]

I'm confused. I can't see any indications that MediaPortal or TV Server crashed, and I don't recall you mentioning crashes previously either.
So, please can you explain what you mean. Dates/times and channel names would be appreciated.