[mythtv-users] Myth can't record, but can watch live TV

[Michael T. Dean]

On 09/18/2008 12:14 PM, Scott Baker wrote:
> I just moved my Myth installation to a newer faster machine. I dumped
> the DB, reimported it on the new box and now it won't record any
> scheduled programs. I can see all my scheduled recordings, I can see
> all the channels, and I can watch live TV, I can ever manually record
> live TV, it just won't record scheduled stuff. The "upcoming
> recordings" section is blank no matter what I do.
>   

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/264034#264034

> I don't see anything in the log files to indicate a problem so I'm not
> sure how to check further. I'm using the network recorder tuner which
> has worked fine in the past. Other than doing a DB dump/restore is
> there anything else special I need to do when moving PCs?

If you change hostname, yes.  This is probably the best bet for any kind 
of backup/restore, though:  
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Database_Backup_and_Restore as it 
"knows" and tells you what you need to do (see the --help output, too).

Mike