[mythtv-users] External Channel Change Question? - WAS Re: CentOS and MythTV

[Kenneth Hadley]

Brian Wood wrote:
> On Feb 12, 2006, at 7:23 PM, Kenneth Hadley wrote:
>
>   
>> Brian Wood wrote:
>>     
>>> On Feb 12, 2006, at 7:02 PM, Kenneth Hadley wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Appears I spoke too soon about have no further problems.
>>>>
>>>> I use a MyBlaster to control my external Samsung DirecTV receiver  
>>>> and
>>>> with my previous box this worked fine using the MyBlaster.pl script.
>>>>
>>>> This time...not working so well.
>>>>
>>>> I have the script located in /usr/local/bin/ and typed into the  
>>>> input
>>>> field of "mythtvsetup=>input connections=>/dev/video0/=>External
>>>> channel
>>>> change command" the script path/filename (/usr/local/bin/ 
>>>> MyBlaster.pl)
>>>> but when I record programs the channel never changes and when  
>>>> watching
>>>> the MyBlaster transmitter when the recording starts and it should be
>>>> blinking, it does not.
>>>>
>>>> Manually typing at the CLI
>>>> [mythtv at pvr01 ~]$ /usr/local/bin/MyBlaster.pl 298
>>>> Does change the channel.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone have any thoughts?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Probably the most common problem with scripts is that they have be
>>> both readable and executable in order to work. Just a simple thing to
>>> check.
>>>
>>>       
>> chmod +0777 /usr/local/bin/MyBlaster.pl
>> chmod +x /usr/local/bin/MyBlaster.pl
>>
>> Where the permission changes I made previously to get where I am  
>> (stuck)
>> now.
>>     
>
> So it works manually, but not through the frontend.
>
> I'm out of ideas, except to double-check that the spelling etc. is  
> correct in the "change command" window. Most common errors would be  
> to omit the leading "/" or a case problem. I know I speak the obvious  
> but sometimes that's the problem.
>   
"BrainFarts" is what I call those and I've everyone suffers at one point
or another, lol.

No such luck in this case (that or I'm not seeing it). Screenshot of
actually what I've got setup http://www.blueorb-gaming.com/screenshot.png

-Kenneth