[mythtv-users] Preview window not displaying

Chris Pinkham cpinkham at bc2va.org
Sun Dec 3 06:44:57 UTC 2006


* On Sun Dec 03, 2006 at 07:10:17PM +1800, Allan Wilson wrote:
> For some reason my remote frontend will not always display the preview of
> the show you have recorded. Below is the error message that I got.

> 2006-12-02 19:08:00.039 RemoteFile::openSocket(control socket):
>                        Could not connect to server "" @ port -1
> 2006-12-02 19:08:00.040 RemoteFile::openSocket(file data socket):
>                        Could not connect to server "" @ port -1
> 2006-12-02 19:08:00.040 RingBuffer::RingBuffer(): Failed to open remote file
> (/mnt/videob/tv/1043_20061201200000.mpg)
> 2006-12-02 19:08:00.040 PlaybackBox Error: Could not open file for preview
> video.

It's trying to open the file remotely, but the pathname indicates that it
is local.  Is there a /mnt/videob/tv/ directory that contains your
recordings?  What version of MythTV are you running?

--
Chris


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