[mythtv-users] Live TV - Change channels does not work ... recording it does

[Michael Luich]

I've been seeing the same issue with a pvr-25 and my Directv reciever.
I rarely watch Live tv on the mythbox so i haven't tried tracking it
down yet.

Michael Luich

No I don't have a pithy tag line.....

On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 22:11:15 +0000, Steve Christall
<mythtv at mctubster.com> wrote:
> Having a bit of a strange one here.
> 
> Two tuners, PVR350 plugged into Sky decoder, with serial transmittor to
> change channels, DVB card as second tuner
> 
> Just upgraded from .16 to CVS (.17).
> I followed Martin Smith's guide
> http://www.ethics-gradient.net/myth/mythdvb2.html to upgrade my dvb
> stuff in the database.
> All looked good, playback, recording etc.
> 
> If I select a channel to record, both the DVB tuner and the PVR
> successfully change channel.
> If I try to watch TV ... no go.  DVB doesn't come back, PVR stays on the
> last recorded from channel
> 
> Attempt to watch live TV DVB
> 2005-03-14 21:58:16.250 DVB#0 Recorder: Card opened successfully (using
> PS mode).
> 2005-03-14 21:58:16.251 DVB#0 ERROR - No PIDS set, please correct your
> channel setup.
> 2005-03-14 21:58:17.253 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
> 
> Recording on DVB
> 2005-03-14 22:00:02.874 Started recording "ER" on channel: 2004 on
> cardid: 2, sourceid 2
> 2005-03-14 22:00:03.786 DVB#0 DVB signal 32 | snr c000 | ber 3fff | unc  100
> 2005-03-14 22:00:04.836 DVB#0 DVB signal 32 | snr c000 | ber 3fff | unc  100
> 2005-03-14 22:00:05.677 DVB#0 Signal Locked
> 2005-03-14 22:00:05.766 DVB#0 DVB signal 32 | snr ffff | ber    0 | unc  100
> 2005-03-14 22:00:05.766 DVB#0 Status: LOCK.
> 2005-03-14 22:00:05.767 DVB#0 Multiplex Locked
> 2005-03-14 22:00:07.209 DVB#0 Successfully tuned to channel 104.
> 2005-03-14 22:00:07.256 Changing from None to RecordingOnly
> 2005-03-14 22:00:07.310 DVB#0 Recorder: Card opened successfully (using
> PS mode).
> 2005-03-14 22:00:07.319 DVB#0 Data read from DMX - This is for debugging
> with transform.c
> 
> With the PVR, it just gets stuck on a channel and wont change.  If I
> record on it, it manages to change channel!
> 
> Help!?!
> Steve
> 
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