[mythtv-users] 'all inputs in use'? But they're not...

[Christopher Couples]

Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 07/23/2006 08:39 AM, Christopher Couples wrote:
>   
>> hostname is properly set in mythtv-setup (IP 127.0.0.1; in /etc/hosts my
>> hostname is an alias for loopback)
>>
>> I only have one digital cable box (comcast 3412) which is set as 'Other'
>> firewire cable box in mythtv-setup
>>
>> when I try to watch LiveTV, I get the dreaded
>>
>> MythTV is already using all available inputs for the channel you
>> selected. If you want to watch an in-progress recording, select one from
>> the playback menu. If you want to watch live TV, cancel one of the
>> in-progress recordings from the delete menu.
>>     
>
> Does the System Status page's Tuner Status show it as recording something?
>
> Mike
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>   

No. Tuner status claims that mythbackend is not running. If I restart 
mythbackend with -v all I get the above error message, but then when I 
look at Tuner Status, mythbackend dies...

weird.

Right now I'm watching with test-mpeg2 piped into mplayer... :-(

thanks,

chris