[mythtv-users] Watch TV - Then nothing

[Brian Wood]

On Mar 27, 2006, at 7:28 PM, <jborn at charter.net> wrote:

> I've downgraded my video settings to 1024x768, but still no video.
>
> I walked through a lot of the front end interface, and can perform  
> every function I try except watch TV and watch a recording.  When  
> attempting to watch a recording I end up with a Segmentation  
> Fault.  The mythfrontend.log still has nothing written to it.  How  
> can I up the log level?  What else is there to test?  I have  
> verified that the scheduled recording is working correctly and is  
> playable via mplayer.  The only logs I can see currently are from  
> the mythfrontend console window.  It shows the following:
>
> 2006-03-27 20:58:19.328 Using runtime prefix = /usr/local
> 2006-03-27 20:58:19.382 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2006-03-27 20:58:19.386 Total desktop dim: 1024x768, with 1 screen[s].
> 2006-03-27 20:58:19.388 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0
> 2006-03-27 20:58:19.390 Current Schema Version: 1123
> 2006-03-27 20:58:19.391 Newest Schema Version : 1103
> 2006-03-27 20:58:19.391 Setting Lock for Database Schema upgrade.  
> If you see a long pause here it means the Schema is already locked  
> and is being upgraded by another Myth process.
> 2006-03-27 20:58:19.392 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2006-03-27 20:58:19.392 Database Schema upgrade complete, unlocking.
> 2006-03-27 20:58:19.393 mythfrontend version: 0.19.20051104-1  
> www.mythtv.org
> 2006-03-27 20:58:19.393 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
> 2006-03-27 20:58:19.487 lang0: eng
> 2006-03-27 20:58:19.487 lang: eng
> 2006-03-27 20:58:19.516 lang1: eng
> 2006-03-27 20:58:19.516 lang: eng
> 2006-03-27 20:58:19.567 Total desktop dim: 1024x768, with 1 screen[s].
> 2006-03-27 20:58:19.568 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0
> 2006-03-27 20:58:19.570 Switching to square mode (G.A.N.T.)
> 2006-03-27 20:58:19.881 Registering Internal as a media playback  
> plugin.
> 2006-03-27 20:58:20.498 Joystick disabled.
> 2006-03-27 20:58:20.849 Unable to find image file: /usr/local/share/ 
> mythtv/themes/G.A.N.T./title/title_netflix.png
> 2006-03-27 21:00:21.375 Connecting to backend server:  
> 127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 5)
> 2006-03-27 21:00:23.157 lang0: eng
> 2006-03-27 21:00:23.157 lang: eng
> 2006-03-27 21:00:23.171 lang1: eng
> 2006-03-27 21:00:23.171 lang: eng
> 2006-03-27 21:03:37.645 Total desktop dim: 1024x768, with 1 screen[s].
> 2006-03-27 21:03:37.647 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0
> 2006-03-27 21:03:37.660 Switching to square mode (blue)
> 2006-03-27 21:03:38.013 Removing stale cache dir: /home/ 
> mythtv/.mythtv/themecache/G.A.N.T..1024.768
> 2006-03-27 21:03:38.015 Removing stale cache dir: /home/ 
> mythtv/.mythtv/themecache/G.A.N.T..1024.768/bkg
> 2006-03-27 21:03:38.016 Removing stale cache dir: /home/ 
> mythtv/.mythtv/themecache/G.A.N.T..1024.768/keyboard
> 2006-03-27 21:03:38.021 Removing stale cache dir: /home/ 
> mythtv/.mythtv/themecache/G.A.N.T..1024.768/title
> 2006-03-27 21:03:38.022 Removing stale cache dir: /home/ 
> mythtv/.mythtv/themecache/G.A.N.T..1024.768/type
> 2006-03-27 21:03:38.023 Removing stale cache dir: /home/ 
> mythtv/.mythtv/themecache/G.A.N.T..1024.768/watermark
> 2006-03-27 21:03:52.418 Unable to find image file: /usr/local/share/ 
> mythtv/themes/blue/title/title_netflix.png
> 2006-03-27 21:03:52.532 Unable to find image file: /usr/local/share/ 
> mythtv/themes/blue/text-blank.png
> 2006-03-27 21:03:52.532 ThemedMenuPrivate: Missing image in  
> buttondef NETFLIX
> 2006-03-27 21:11:23.482 All Programs
> 0: start_time: 0.036 duration: 8.027
> 1: start_time: 0.026 duration: 7.996
> stream: start_time: 0.289 duration: 89.300 bitrate=5238 kb/s
> 2006-03-27 21:11:2
>

Wow, I don't see anything there that even looks like it is trying to  
play anything in the normal way. I would expect something like  
"switching to liveTV", followed by some kind of error that would  
indicate why you are not getting video, but I don't see anything like  
that, is it there and you simply didn't include it ?? I don't know  
what the messages about "streaming" are about.

If this is the total of the log I am out of ideas. I would guess that  
you are missing a significant portion of the system, either it didn't  
get installed somehow or got clobbered afterwards, but that is pure  
guesswork on my part.

You need somebody smarter than me at this point. I don't think you  
need to look at source, this system works for too many people for it  
to be that sort of problem. You need to check the installation  
starting from total scratch.

Sorry I can't be of more help.