[mythtv-users] manual scheduling problem v0.20

J. Addington last_atarian at yahoo.com
Sun Dec 3 03:07:16 UTC 2006


Brilliant!  The /bin/true in the command line seems to
have done the trick.  I think that could be a good
thing for the FAQ. 

Thanks Nick!

--- Nick Morrott <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 27/11/06, J. Addington <last_atarian at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > I am needing to use Myth's manual record
> scheduling in
> > order to capture from a channel linked to
> composite.
> > I go to the Manual scheduler, and save the info. 
> The
> > Upcoming recordings list its status as "Will
> Record".
> > When it's time for it to start, it immediately
> shows
> > the recording is finished and never records
> anything.
> > It does the same thing when it's set to a regular
> > channel in manual mode.
> 
> It's possible that tuning to the MythTV channel is
> failing (no real
> tuning occurs on a baseband video input) and this
> can cause
> termination of the recording. If you are manually
> controlling the
> video feed you may need to specfiy '/bin/true' as
> the tuning command
> for the composite input (mythtv-setup -> input
> connections). You must
> also make sure the channel is correctly setup and
> its video source
> attached to the correct composite input.
> 
> You should also check the backend logfile for useful
> error messages
> wihch will help diagnosing the reason the
> terminating recordings.
> 
> Nick
> 
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