[mythtv-users] MythTV and TV

Sun Jan 29 02:59:20 UTC 2006

Just to clear things up, do you have a frontend running on tooth?  How is
your current setup different from the one you have been using successfully
for about a year?

On 1/28/06, Yan Seiner <yan at seiner.com> wrote:
>
> I've been using MythTV successfully for about a year...
>
> But now I want to watch TV.
>
> My setup is as follows:
>
> tooth - FC2 mythtv backend, mysql server, file server, and also houses
> the WinTV card.
>
> hermes - KnoppMyth box.  Mounts files via NFS
>
> I got everything set up, as per the docs.  I can click on WatchTV on
> hermes, and I get a mostly green window with a bar of black and color
> fuzz at the top.  This is the typical thing you see if the TV card is
> not set to the correct frequency/channel/standard.
>
> After a while, the backend says: Couldn't read data from the capture
> card in 15 seconds. Stopping.
>
> That wouldn't be so bad, except that a few seconds later it segfaults
> (log attached at bottom of this message.)
>
> I am in the US, I have everything set to NTSC and so on.
>
> I tested the card in another box, and xawtv can pull in channels just
> fine.
>
> The really bad thing is that
>
> I've googled about and it seems that the solution is to manually enter
> the frequency tables into mySQL... Before I go that route, I figured I'd
> ask for advice.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> I have a pcHDTV coming next week, but I'd really like to have this
> figured out by then...
>
> ===========================
>
> [root at tooth yan]# /usr/bin/mythbackend -v all
> 2006-01-28 16:29:45.565 New DB connection, total: 1
> Starting up as the master server.
> 2006-01-28 16:29:45.582 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2006-01-28 16:29:45.595 Channel(/dev/video0):SetFormat(): Probed input:
> 0, name = Television
> 2006-01-28 16:29:45.596 Channel(/dev/video0):SetFormat(): Probed input:
> 1, name = Composite1
> 2006-01-28 16:29:45.596 Channel(/dev/video0):SetFormat(): Probed input:
> 2, name = S-Video
> 2006-01-28 16:29:45.597 Channel(/dev/video0):SetFormat(): Probed input:
> 3, name = Composite3
> 2006-01-28 16:29:45.600 Channel(/dev/video0)::SwitchToInput(in 0)
> 2006-01-28 16:29:45.603 Channel(/dev/video0)::SwitchToInput() setting
> video mode to NTSC
> 2006-01-28 16:29:45.609 New DB connection, total: 3
> 2006-01-28 16:29:45.611 Channel(/dev/video0):SetFormat(): Probed input:
> 0, name = Television
> 2006-01-28 16:29:45.612 Channel(/dev/video0):SetFormat(): Probed input:
> 1, name = Composite1
> 2006-01-28 16:29:45.612 Channel(/dev/video0):SetFormat(): Probed input:
> 2, name = S-Video
> 2006-01-28 16:29:45.613 Channel(/dev/video0):SetFormat(): Probed input:
> 3, name = Composite3
> 2006-01-28 16:29:45.621 Channel(/dev/video0)::TuneTo(7):
> curList[5].freq(175250)
> 2006-01-28 16:29:45.621 Channel(/dev/video0)::TuneToFrequency(2804)
> 2006-01-28 16:29:45.630 New DB scheduler connection
> 2006-01-28 16:29:45.635 JobQueue::RecoverQueue: Checking for unfinished
> jobs to recover.
> 2006-01-28 16:29:45.636 mythbackend version: 0.18.2.20051227-1
> www.mythtv.org
> 2006-01-28 16:29:45.637 Enabled verbose msgs :all
> 2006-01-28 16:29:45.638 New DB connection, total: 4
> 2006-01-28 16:29:45.644 JobQueue::GetJobsInQueue: findJobs search
> bitmask 4, found 0 total jobs
> 2006-01-28 16:29:47.642 Reschedule requested for id -1.
> Query 0: /record.search = 0 AND (record.recordid = -1 OR -1 = -1) AND
> program.manualid = 0 AND program.title = record.title
> 2006-01-28 16:29:47.833  |-- Start DB Query 0...
> 2006-01-28 16:29:47.835  |-- 0 results in 0.002566 sec.
> 2006-01-28 16:29:47.836  +-- Done.
> 2006-01-28 16:29:47.841 PruneOldRecords...
> 2006-01-28 16:29:47.841 AddNewRecords...
> 2006-01-28 16:29:47.842  |-- Start DB Query...
> 2006-01-28 16:29:47.846  |-- 0 results in 0.003313 sec. Processing...
> 2006-01-28 16:29:47.846  +-- Cleanup...
> 2006-01-28 16:29:47.846 Sort by time...
> 2006-01-28 16:29:47.846 PruneOverlaps...
> 2006-01-28 16:29:47.847 Sort by priority...
> 2006-01-28 16:29:47.847 BuildListMaps...
> 2006-01-28 16:29:47.847 SchedNewRecords...
> 2006-01-28 16:29:47.847 Scheduling:
> 2006-01-28 16:29:47.847 Sort retrylist...
> 2006-01-28 16:29:47.847 MoveHigherRecords...
> 2006-01-28 16:29:47.847 Retrying:
> 2006-01-28 16:29:47.847 ClearListMaps...
> 2006-01-28 16:29:47.847 Sort by time...
> 2006-01-28 16:29:47.848 PruneRedundants...
> --- print list start ---
> Title - Subtitle                    Chan ChID Day Start  End   S C I  T
> N Pri
> ---  print list end  ---
> 2006-01-28 16:29:47.848 Scheduled 0 items in 0.2 = 0.19 match + 0.01 place
> 2006-01-28 16:29:47.851 Seem to be woken up by USER
> 2006-01-28 16:29:55.643 JobQueue::RecoverQueue: Checking for unfinished
> jobs to recover.
> 2006-01-28 16:29:55.647 JobQueue::GetJobsInQueue: findJobs search
> bitmask 4, found 0 total jobs
> 2006-01-28 16:29:55.648 JobQueue::ProcessQueue() started
> 2006-01-28 16:29:55.651 JobQueue currently set at 1 job(s) max and to
> run new jobs from 00:00 to 23:59
> 2006-01-28 16:29:55.654 JobQueue::GetJobsInQueue: findJobs search
> bitmask 4, found 0 total jobs
> 2006-01-28 16:30:08.032 13      ACCEPT[]:[]15
> 2006-01-28 16:30:08.038 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> 2006-01-28 16:30:08.038 adding: hermes as a client (events: 0)
> 2006-01-28 16:30:08.038 2       OK
> 2006-01-28 16:30:08.045 Getting next free recorder after : -1
> 2006-01-28 16:30:08.047 Checking card 1. Best card so far 1
> 2006-01-28 16:30:08.049 28      1[]:[]192.168.128.2[]:[]6543
> 2006-01-28 16:30:08.055 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> 2006-01-28 16:30:08.055 adding: hermes as a client (events: 1)
> 2006-01-28 16:30:08.055 2       OK
> 2006-01-28 16:30:08.061 13      ACCEPT[]:[]15
> 2006-01-28 16:30:08.067 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> 2006-01-28 16:30:08.067 adding: hermes as a client (events: 0)
> 2006-01-28 16:30:08.067 2       OK
> 2006-01-28 16:30:08.078 105
> rbuf://192.168.128.2:6543/data/seiner/myth...
> 2006-01-28 16:30:08.085 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> 2006-01-28 16:30:08.085 adding: hermes as a client (events: 0)
> 2006-01-28 16:30:08.085 2       OK
> 2006-01-28 16:30:08.091 adding: hermes as a remote ringbuffer
> open: No such device or address
> 2006-01-28 16:30:08.109 Could not open audio device: /dev/dsp
> 2006-01-28 16:30:08.109 2       OK
> 2006-01-28 16:30:08.117 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
> 2006-01-28 16:30:08.151 Using profile 'Live TV' to record
> 2006-01-28 16:30:08.176 NVR: Error, cannot open DSP '/dev/dsp'
> open: No such device or address
> 2006-01-28 16:30:08.177 NVR: Could not detect audio blocksize
> 2006-01-28 16:30:08.180 Channel(/dev/video0)::CheckSignalFull(): input = 0
> 2006-01-28 16:30:08.220 2       ok
> 2006-01-28 16:30:08.233 NVR: Cannot open DSP '/dev/dsp', exiting
> open: No such device or address
> 2006-01-28 16:30:08.263 254     Hometime[]:[]Basement Home Office: Wrap
> Up...
> 2006-01-28 16:30:08.946 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:08.955 7       0[]:[]0
> 2006-01-28 16:30:08.975 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:08.997 9       0[]:[]596
> 2006-01-28 16:30:09.002 8       0[]:[]11
> 2006-01-28 16:30:09.012 22      0[]:[]0[]:[]0[]:[]1132
> 2006-01-28 16:30:09.021 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:09.298 1       1
> 2006-01-28 16:30:09.320 1       1
> 2006-01-28 16:30:09.326 5       29.97
> 2006-01-28 16:30:09.338 10      Television
> 2006-01-28 16:30:09.402 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:09.402 2       ok
> 2006-01-28 16:30:09.838 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:10.382 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:10.748 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:11.238 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:11.599 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:12.046 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:12.496 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:12.735 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:13.111 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:13.503 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:13.895 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:14.278 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:14.721 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:15.164 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:15.417 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:15.791 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:16.186 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:16.608 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:16.987 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:17.322 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:17.682 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:18.075 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:18.287 Failed to find channel(77) on current input
> (Television) of card (1).
> 2006-01-28 16:30:18.330 Failed to find channel(77) on any input of card
> (1).
> 2006-01-28 16:30:18.447 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:18.499 1       0
> 2006-01-28 16:30:18.692 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:19.055 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:19.463 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:19.780 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:20.155 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:20.450 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:20.829 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:21.310 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:21.548 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:21.909 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:22.227 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:22.677 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:23.069 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:23.420 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:23.794 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:24.133 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:24.512 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:24.903 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:25.172 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:25.622 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:25.938 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:26.310 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:26.655 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:26.995 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:27.274 1       1
> 2006-01-28 16:30:27.421 6       128000
> 2006-01-28 16:30:27.459 254     Hometime[]:[]Basement Home Office: Wrap
> Up...
> 2006-01-28 16:30:27.465 2       ok
> 2006-01-28 16:30:55.661 JobQueue currently set at 1 job(s) max and to
> run new jobs from 00:00 to 23:59
> 2006-01-28 16:30:55.664 JobQueue::GetJobsInQueue: findJobs search
> bitmask 4, found 0 total jobs
> 2006-01-28 16:31:02.491 Couldn't read data from the capture card in 15
> seconds. Stopping.
> 2006-01-28 16:31:02.491 1       0
> 2006-01-28 16:31:55.672 JobQueue currently set at 1 job(s) max and to
> run new jobs from 00:00 to 23:59
> 2006-01-28 16:31:55.675 JobQueue::GetJobsInQueue: findJobs search
> bitmask 4, found 0 total jobs
> 2006-01-28 16:32:42.551 2       OK
> 2006-01-28 16:32:42.557 Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
> Segmentation fault
>
>
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