[mythtv-users] Live TV = blank screen

[Mike Hoare]

  Hi all,

I have been setting up Mythtv 0.17 on Fedora Core 3 following the guides at

http://www.users.on.net/~jani/dvico-mythtv-3.html
and
http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/

I get a blank screen when I try to watch live tv

This is the output on the terminal

2005-03-15 22:24:54.130 mythfrontend version: 0.17.20050130-1 www.mythtv.org
2005-03-15 22:24:54.130 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
2005-03-15 22:24:54.759 Switching to square mode (blue)
2005-03-15 22:24:55.049 Joystick disabled.
2005-03-15 22:24:55.076 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
2005-03-15 22:24:55.097 Registering MythDVD DVD Media Handler as a media handler
2005-03-15 22:24:55.097 Registering MythDVD VCD Media Handler as a media handler
2005-03-15 22:24:55.608 Registering MythMusic Media Handler as a media handler
SIP listening on IP Address 192.168.0.143:5060 NAT address 192.168.0.143
SIP: Cannot register; proxy, username or password not set
2005-03-15 22:24:57.836 Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 5)
2005-03-15 22:24:57.842 Using protocol version 14
2005-03-15 22:24:57.875 Using protocol version 14
2005-03-15 22:25:03.009 taking too long to be allowed to read..
2005-03-15 22:25:08.020 taking too long to be allowed to read..
2005-03-15 22:25:15.016 Waited 2 seconds for data to become available, waiting again...
2005-03-15 22:25:17.018 Waited 2 seconds for data to become available, waiting again...
2005-03-15 22:25:19.020 Waited 2 seconds for data to become available, waiting again...
2005-03-15 22:25:21.021 Waited 2 seconds for data to become available, waiting again...
2005-03-15 22:25:23.023 Waited 2 seconds for data to become available, waiting again...
2005-03-15 22:25:25.026 Waited 2 seconds for data to become available, waiting again...
2005-03-15 22:25:27.028 Waited 2 seconds for data to become available, waiting again...
2005-03-15 22:25:29.029 Waited 2 seconds for data to become available, waiting again...
2005-03-15 22:25:29.029 Waited 14 seconds for data to become available, aborting
Couldn't read file: rbuf://127.0.0.1:6543/video/buffer/ringbuf1.nuv
2005-03-15 22:25:29.070 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
2005-03-15 22:25:29.070 Decoder not alive, and trying to play..
2005-03-15 22:25:29.136 Changing from None to None



So far I have used the autotune and successfully
a) scanned in the transports using the full scan option and then
b) scanned the channels using the existing transport option
c) ran mythfilldatabase

I can
a) see channel info and guide via mythweb and
b) see guide data in mythfrontend
both of which suggest that the database connection is all OK

All channels were detected during the scans.  I have set the default 
start channel to an existing channel, though this does not seem to 
'stick' i.e. each time I have a look in the setup that field is blank... 
despite selecting not to clear the card/channels

I can use mplayer and kaffeine without any problems, which suggest the 
driver is OK

Any advice would be greatly apreciated,

I understand that some of the errors may be due to mythphone but when I 
attempt to uninstall it it wants to uninstall the whole suite...

Thanks

Mike

some specs:

Mythfrontend and backend are on same host
Athlon XP 3200
1G Ram
Dvico DVB-T HDTV (pci)
I am in Brisbane (Australia)
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