Pandora freezing unit

[leetwanker]

I'm having this problem too. One thing I've been able to determine is that on a clean unit (fresh re-flash, no plugins, reset Everything to defaults), Pandora seems to work like a champ.

I'm going to try and track down what's causing the problem and try to take one step back to see if that un-causes the problem. Anyhooooo... wish me luck.

[mad_ady]

Good luck! Try with WDLXTV=OFF and see what happens.

Also - you should be able to restart the OSD without rebooting (/etc/init.d/S70dmaosd stop; /etc/init.d/S70dmaosd start) if you're on at least 0.5.2.0. The newer version comes with a webend link to restart the OSD.

[leetwanker]

What it looks like when OSD freezes while playing Pandora stream:

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Audio XferFIFOInfo.Readable=0 DataFIFOInfo.Readable=27585
   wait 1 events [0x1c = 0x00000008]
cur speed= 1/1...
   wait 1 events [0x1c = 0x00000008]
cur speed= 1/1...
   wait 1 events [0x1c = 0x00000008]
[INFO:MediaPlayer:mp_stop:532]enter : wait player thread to exit.
[INFO:MediaPlayer:audio_threadbody:951]curpos=5351966 filetotalsize=5351966
[INFO:MediaPlayer:audio_threadbody:954]audio ReadLoop thread exit


      ######## pipe_release #########


./http/http_cl.c:298,release, isChunked=0, data=0x6f0c70
[INFO:MediaPlayer:audio_stop:1045]enter audio_close
[INFO:MediaPlayer:audio_stop_decoder:1025]enter audio_stop
funcs:HW_Stop, in.
   
*****************************EM86xx/3_7_0/em86xx_player.c 1874
STC = 30071466 (334 secs)
Audio :   
Data 1c: st=8e11d000 sz=2097152 wr=2093807 rd=3344 --> f : 0.16
XFER 1c: st=8e328924 sz=129 wr=128 rd=0 er=0 --> f : 0.00   
*****************************  1874
DCCStopAudioSource
DCCSTCStop
funcs:HW_Stop, out.
funcs:HW_Close
funcs:HW_Destroy
DCCSTCClose
RUAClosePool(hw_data->pDMA)
DCCCloseAudioSource
em8620_close_dcc:415, Close DCC for player
[INFO:MediaPlayer:audio_stop:1074]audio_close end
[INFO:MediaPlayer:mp_stop:601]Leave DeleteInstance
SMD_SendMallocCommand enter
SMD_SendCommand 8
SMD_GetCommand 4 8



mlp_event CODE_TRACK 46
0 :(1/0) 1
1 :(3/2) 128
3 :(1/7) 0
10 :(30/15) *:*:application/octet-stream:*
playlist_play_back_controll_function[1067], item->status: 6
playlist_call_open[765],type: 9
item->obj->ID: 0/PANDORA_EP_GET_STATION_PLAYLIST/2379794447958572336
pandora_add_job_to_ep[95]
playlist_call_open[835]
pandora_event_ep_postselect[186], job type: 10
playlist_play_back_controll_function[1067], item->status: 4
playlist_play_back_controll_function[1077], Waitting for item status ready.
playlist_play_back_controll_function[1067], item->status: 4
playlist_play_back_controll_function[1077], Waitting for item status ready.
playlist_play_back_controll_function[1067], item->status: 4
playlist_play_back_controll_function[1077], Waitting for item status ready.
playlist_play_back_controll_function[1067], item->status: 4
playlist_play_back_controll_function[1077], Waitting for item status ready.
playlist_play_back_controll_function[1067], item->status: 4
playlist_play_back_controll_function[1077], Waitting for item status ready.
pandora_event_proxy_cb[791], type: 10, err: 0
LGActions command failed
LGActions command failed
#


Good luck! Try with WDLXTV=OFF and see what happens.

Also - you should be able to restart the OSD without rebooting (/etc/init.d/S70dmaosd stop; /etc/init.d/S70dmaosd start) if you're on at least 0.5.2.0. The newer version comes with a webend link to restart the OSD.

Tried with WDLXTV=OFF and it didn't make a difference.

dmaosd stop/start is pretty damned nifty! Thanks for that.

[mad_ady]

You just see the output of the playback engine, but if the whole OSD freezes, then it should generate a crash message on console or something. It wouldn't help much anyway...

[leetwanker]

You just see the output of the playback engine, but if the whole OSD freezes, then it should generate a crash message on console or something. It wouldn't help much anyway...

Bleh, I've about given up on Pandora. I'm surprised more people aren't having the same problem. We all have the same hardware, we're running the same software pretty much.

Should I try using an old version of 1.02.21? 0.4.7.3 maybe? Now that I've realized what WDTVExt can really do I'm not abandoning it.

[beawer]

Hi,


The same problem you described I face running 1.02.21_V.WDLXTV_LIVE-0.5.2.1 firmware.
1.02.21_WDLXTV.COM_EXT3-BOOT_LIVE-0.4.7.3 behaves I would say a little better because more songs can be listened before box freezes.
Should any difference be expected with flashed version of the firmware ? Does anyone have any experience with 1.05.04 fw when it comes to
the issue reported ? Are there any firmware version that does not freezes wdtv box ? The interesting thing is that box reacts on eiri even when it
freezes so I can reboot it with a script.


Thank you

[mad_ady]

1.05 might behave differently - I don't know. I haven't used Pandora, and there have been no changes compared to the stock version... You can give it a try, but realistically, let's hope we can finish work on 1.06 and it is more stable there.

[beawer]

It must be video advertisements that somehow "confuse" the box and they are played regularly every few songs with free accounts.
If you upgrade to a payed account which is "advertisements free" wdlxtv plays perfectly well.

BR