[mythtv-users] Can't watch LiveTV until program recorded

Tom Hines tomhines at gmail.com
Sun Apr 24 00:48:59 UTC 2005


I have the same problem.  As far as I know there is no fix yet.  So I
just work around it by recording something first.

On 4/23/05, Magnus Sandin <magnus at sandin.cx> wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I have this problem that LiveTV just won't work. It plays for one second
> and then after 10-20 seconds the main menu in mythfrontend will appear
> again.
> 
> The strange thing is that if I record a program for 1 minute (as an
> example) and then try LiveTV again, everything just works as expected...
> 
> I have a PVR-350 and are running Linux kernel 2.6.10 that comes with
> Ubuntu 5.04.
> I have tried both ivtv 0.3.2u and 0.3.3f with the same result.
> 
> I run MythTV 0.18
> 
> Output from mythbackend:
> 2005-04-23 11:57:22.623 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> 2005-04-23 11:57:22.626 adding: pvr as a client (events: 0)
> 2005-04-23 11:57:22.642 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> 2005-04-23 11:57:22.644 adding: pvr as a client (events: 0)
> 2005-04-23 11:57:22.651 adding: pvr as a remote ringbuffer
> 2005-04-23 11:57:22.661 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
> 2005-04-23 11:57:25.718 joined null string in WriteStringList
> 2005-04-23 11:57:46.000 Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
> 
> Output from mythforntend:
> 2005-04-23 11:57:22.619 Using protocol version 15
> 2005-04-23 11:57:22.747 Disable DPMS
> 2005-04-23 11:57:24.833 Opening audio device '/dev/dsp'.
> 2005-04-23 11:57:24.833 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
> 2005-04-23 11:57:24.879 Using XV port 67
> 2005-04-23 11:57:25.693 Video timing method: RTC
> 2005-04-23 11:57:25.693 Using realtime priority.
> 2005-04-23 11:57:25.713 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
> 2005-04-23 11:57:26.590 prebuffering pause
> 2005-04-23 11:57:45.719 ReadStringList timeout (quick).
> Remote encoder not responding.
> 2005-04-23 11:57:45.719 WriteStringList: Bad socket
> 2005-04-23 11:57:45.719 ReadStringList: Bad socket
> Remote encoder not responding.
> 2005-04-23 11:57:45.720 WriteStringList: Bad socket
> 2005-04-23 11:57:45.720 ReadStringList: Bad socket
> Remote encoder not responding.
> ASSERT: "i <= nodes" in /usr/include/qt3/qvaluelist.h (372)
> 2005-04-23 11:57:45.722 WriteStringList: Bad socket
> 2005-04-23 11:57:45.722 ReadStringList: Bad socket
> Remote encoder not responding.
> 2005-04-23 11:57:45.933 Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
> 2005-04-23 11:57:45.945 Changing from None to None
> 2005-04-23 11:57:45.946 Enable DPMS
> 
> What does MythTV do different when watching Live TV compared to when
> recording a program?
> 
> // Magnus
> 
> --
> *Magnus Sandin
> *Cache miss - please take better aim next time
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