Apart from sniping the queries, is there any other way to reduce the amount of time that a query will wait before giving up on getting access to a locked table?
“Thriller” as performed by inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center
Uncontrollably awesome: Via Boing Boing -> Poetv.
More reviews
I just got back from a lovely four days in Tasmania, and am just now catching up with the resulting email backlog. There are some new alerts about reviews of the MythTV book in there which are worth pointing out: I’m surprised and disappointed that the installation of MythTV through pre-built packages or a CD…
Zap2IT shutdown update
I’ve been silent on the Zap2IT shutdown issue for a week or so now, mainly because of travel, and also because I was waiting for something useful to happen. I’ve ready literally hundreds of emails of the users mailing list — many proposing architectures for distribution of data, or placing various demands about how much…
MythNetTV release 1
I figured it was time for another release of MythNetTV, especially since I’ve fixed some bugs recently and rolled in code generously provided by George Nassas. New things in this release: Initial work on transcoding smaller files to something else Better error checking for MySQL configuration and accessibility Fixed bug where MythNetTV was unhappy if…
…and then there was a pause…
I guess we’re at a different phase of the Zap2IT guide data thing now. The story has broken, there’s been tons of email on the mythtv-users mailing list (remember, don’t panic!), and now things have quietened down. I think that’s probably a good thing, because it almost certainly means people are now no longer distracted…
Some quick further thoughts on the Zap2IT shutdown
The Zap2IT forums has a thread about the shutdown (you need to have a Zap2IT login to get to the forum). One of the posts on the thread about the shutdown expands on the reasons for the free guide data shutting down: – Continued use of the service to support commercial products, in violation of…
An initial analysis of the removal of Zap2IT guide data in the US
(I had some spare time while waiting for the kids to finish their breakfast, so this is posted earlier than I planned). As mentioned briefly earlier today MythTVnews.com is reporting that Tribune Media Services (TMS) is turning off their free guide data service for MythTV on 1 September 2007. This is mainly because of claims…
Breaking: Zap2IT turning off guide data for the US?
MythTVnews.com is reporting that Tribune Media Services (TMS), the providers of the Zap2IT guide data used by MythTV in the US, will turn that guide data off on 1 September 2007. I haven’t had a lot of time to look into this further, mainly because I am giving a talk this morning. I’ll have a…
Implementing parental filters with MythTV
The other morning I walked out to my five year old watching Robot Chicken. This isn’t what I would call the highlight of my parenting career, but it did leave me with an immediate need to come up with a solution to stopping the kids from watching inappropriate things now that they’re big enough to…