[mythtv-users] DVB failing to generate recordings - please help!

[Neil Bird]

Around about 09/03/06 16:41, Nick typed ...
> Planet Earth is fortunately repeated the following Saturday evening,
> so if you haven't already, set up a recording for the first episode!

   Yeah, I've set my alarm :-)  (another clash, so I'll either watch live or 
put it no LiveTV [which still always works through DVB] then hit 'R' to record 
it;  *that* also always works OK.  Course, I have to be there to trigger it.).


> I haven't updated to 0.19 yet but would suggest trying to see whether
> turning off DVB signal monitoring and using DVB on-demand make a
> difference. Have you been able to use the DVB card outside of MythTV
> i.e. using tzap or Kaffeine to record files successfully?

   LiveTV always works flawlessly through the DVB.  It's only scheduled 
recordings which fail to generate an actual file (with no errors).

   I tried the 'on-demand' setting last night, but it didn't help:  the next 
recoring disappeared as expected.  “Turn of signal monitoring” ... where is 
that?  I'll have a look & a try.  What side effects might I expect?


> If you can watch TV and files are correctly created when using the DVB
> card, but not when recording from a schedule, I'm not certain what the
> problem could be.

   Ditto :O, hence my exasperation.  Next stop is likely going to have to be 
adding my own debug to the code.


> The card and channel definitions must be OK for
> LiveTV to work, and if I understand things correctly, the new LiveTV
> functionality is more integrated to allow in-progress LiveTV to be
> saved as a regular recording.

   I know, it makes no sense.


> If nothing else works, I'd take a backup of the DB and then remove the
> card and channel definitions, and see whether adding the DVB card
> afresh makes any difference.

   It may be worth a try, but it was quite laborious, so it'll definitely be 
the /last/ thing I try.  I already somehow ended up with sources 1 & 3 not 1 & 
2 by not being sure what I was doing as I set up DVB for the first time.

   I did notice that I have managed to get one of the transport frequencies in 
the transport list twice, but I'm not allowed to delete it [through the UI]. 
Can't see that that should be a problem, though.

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