[mythtv-users] Recording from composite

[Yan Seiner]

Brian Wood wrote:
> Yan Seiner wrote:
>   
>> I'm trying to set up a slave backend that will record from the VCR.
>>
>> I've followed the wiki 
>> <http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/S-Video/Composite_Input_Recording> 
>> but I'm getting 'tuner not available'.
>>
>> Does anyone have a working setup for recording from composite?
>>     
>
> Sure, I record on a PVR-150 using the composite input fed from a
> satellite receiver.
>
> Myth expects to use a channel changing script of some kind. If you do
> not need one you can use /bin/true or anything else that will return a
> zero to imply successful completion.
>   


OK, so now I've got different problem.

The main backend is selene, the slave is poseidon.

Selene has 2 tuners that record OTA stuff.

Poseidon has 1 composite in.

Posedidon is the main myth frontend.

If I stop the backend on poseidon, the frontend can use the tuners on 
selene to watch livetv just fine.

If I start the backend on poseidon, the frontend just goes black for 
about 10 seconds and then returns to the main menu.

OTOH, with the backend running, status shows the tuner on poseidon as 
avaliable.

I've looked through the log files, and the only thing I see is this in 
the debug logs from the poseidon front end:

2007-12-30 10:12:37.369 TV: Attempting to change from None to WatchingLiveTV
2007-12-30 10:12:37.369 MythSocket(830baa0:34): new socket
2007-12-30 10:12:37.370 MythSocket(830baa0:34): attempting connect() to 
(192.168.128.222:6543)
2007-12-30 10:12:39.069 MythSocket(82cbed8:30): socket is readable
2007-12-30 10:12:39.069 MythSocket(82cbed8:30): cb->readyRead()
2007-12-30 10:12:39.069 read  <- 30 51      
BACKEND_MESSAGE[]:[]RECORDING_LIST_CHANGE[]:[]empty
2007-12-30 10:12:39.069 MythEvent: RECORDING_LIST_CHANGE
2007-12-30 10:12:39.103 MythSocket(82cbed8:30): socket is readable
2007-12-30 10:12:39.103 MythSocket(82cbed8:30): cb->readyRead()
2007-12-30 10:12:39.103 read  <- 30 69      
BACKEND_MESSAGE[]:[]COMMFLAG_START 1282 2007-12-06T17:30:00[]:[]e...
2007-12-30 10:12:39.103 MythEvent: COMMFLAG_START 1282 2007-12-06T17:30:00
2007-12-30 10:12:40.370 MythSocket(830baa0:34): connect() failed 
(UnknownError)
2007-12-30 10:12:40.370 RemoteEncoder::openControlSocket(): Connection 
timed out.
2007-12-30 10:12:40.370 MythSocket(830baa0:34): DownRef: -1
2007-12-30 10:12:40.370 MythSocket(830baa0:-1): delete socket
2007-12-30 10:12:40.374 GetEntryAt(-1) failed.
2007-12-30 10:12:40.376 /dev/hdb Disk OK...
2007-12-30 10:12:40.382 EntryToProgram(0 at Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 1969) 
failed to get pginfo
2007-12-30 10:12:40.382 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started
2007-12-30 10:12:40.382 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started


Can anyone shed some light on this?

It sounds like the frontend can't talk to the backend on poseidon, but 
the backend on selene can talk to the backend on poseidon just fine....

WTF?

--Yan