[mythtv] *buntu trusty ppa: loss of multirec

[John Pilkington]

On 27/01/16 20:21, David Engel wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 05:03:34PM +0000, Stuart Auchterlonie wrote:
>> On 27/01/16 14:59, John Pilkington wrote:
>>> On 27/01/16 14:50, John Pilkington wrote:
>>>> On 27/01/16 14:14, Stuart Auchterlonie wrote:
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Time for the silly questions. did you go into the recording options and
>>>>> set multirec to > 1 ??
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>> Stuart
>>>>
>>>> Yes.  2 default, I use 5, but now no effect.
>>>>
>>>> mysql> select cardid, parentid, videodevice, schedorder, livetvorder
>>>> from capturecard ;
>>>> +--------+----------+-----------------------------+------------+-------------+
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> | cardid | parentid | videodevice                 | schedorder |
>>>> livetvorder |
>>>> +--------+----------+-----------------------------+------------+-------------+
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> |      1 |        0 | /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 |          1 |    5 |
>>>> |      2 |        1 | /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 |          0 |    0 |
>>>> +--------+----------+-----------------------------+------------+-------------+
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>
>>> That was as I had left it.  Just rentered setup and set max recordings
>>> to 5.
>>>
>>> mysql> select cardid, parentid, videodevice, schedorder, livetvorder
>>> from capturecard ;
>>> +--------+----------+-----------------------------+------------+-------------+
>>>
>>> | cardid | parentid | videodevice                 | schedorder |
>>> livetvorder |
>>> +--------+----------+-----------------------------+------------+-------------+
>>>
>>> |      1 |        0 | /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 |          1 |    5 |
>>> |      2 |        1 | /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 |          0 |    0 |
>>> |      3 |        1 | /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 |          0 |    0 |
>>> |      4 |        1 | /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 |          0 |    0 |
>>> |      5 |        1 | /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 |          0 |    0 |
>>> +--------+----------+-----------------------------+------------+-------------+
>>>
>>> 5 rows in set (0.00 sec)
>>>
>>
>> Yeah, i think if you don't hit "finish" to exit the page, and instead
>> "cancel" out, it remains as 1, giving the behaviour you were seeing.
>
> The card/input support in mythtv-setup is full of holes that can
> result in non-working configuration if things aren't completed
> normally.  All card types are affected, but DVB is the most.
>
> Davod
>
OK, but I've just been through all the card-setup and input selection 
pages again, not quitting any stages prematurely.  I got conflicts 
again, and the DB had zeroes for cards 2 to 4.

After "update capturecard set schedorder=1, livetvorder=5 ;" the 
conficts have gone; but that precise form wouldn't work on boxes with 
more than one physical card.

As I said before, I suspect that the real problem is that probing this 
auto-switching card is no longer revealing its identity - although the 
kernel has it right.

... but thanks for the suggestion

John