[mythtv-users] front end starts but unable to watch tv

Mike McMullin mwmcmlln at mnsi.net
Mon Apr 20 02:56:21 UTC 2009


On Sun, 2009-04-19 at 20:22 -0600, Brian Wood wrote:
> On Sunday 19 April 2009 20:15:54 Mike McMullin wrote:
> 
> Lots of stuff, but I'm concerned about this part:
> 
> 2009-04-19 21:03:18.535 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> localhost
> ERROR: no valid capture cards are defined in the database.
> 
> If you installed capture cards with mythtv-setup, they are not being found for 
> some reason in the database. 
> 
> Check again and see what shows in the setup menus, when things get odd the 
> best thing to do is delete all cards and re install them.

  Here's the last entry for tonight:
2009-04-19 22:50:19.943 Using localhost value of P-733-Lin
2009-04-19 22:50:20.003 New DB connection, total: 1
2009-04-19 22:50:20.061 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2009-04-19 22:50:20.116 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
2009-04-19 22:50:20.172 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2009-04-19 22:50:20.225 New DB connection, total: 2
2009-04-19 22:50:20.282 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2009-04-19 22:50:20.342 Current Schema Version: 1214
Starting up as the master server.
2009-04-19 22:50:20.464 TVRec(5) Error: Problem finding starting
channel, setting to default of '3'.
2009-04-19 22:50:20.534 ChannelBase(5) Error: InitializeInputs(): 
			Could not get inputs for the capturecard.
			Perhaps you have forgotten to bind video
			sources to your card's inputs?
ERROR: no valid capture cards are defined in the database.
Perhaps you should read the installation instructions?
2009-04-19 22:50:20.721 MediaServer:: Loopback address specified -
127.0.0.1. Disabling UPnP
2009-04-19 22:50:20.775 Main::Registering HttpStatus Extension
2009-04-19 22:50:20.826 mythbackend version: 0.21.20080304-1
www.mythtv.org
2009-04-19 22:50:20.875 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
2009-04-19 22:50:20.930 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free
Space: 1.0 GB w/freq: 15 min
2009-04-19 22:50:30.555 New DB connection, total: 3
2009-04-19 22:50:30.614 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2009-04-19 22:50:36.425 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Monitor
2009-04-19 22:50:36.495 adding: P-733-Lin as a client (events: 0)
2009-04-19 22:50:36.546 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Monitor
2009-04-19 22:50:36.595 adding: P-733-Lin as a client (events: 1)
2009-04-19 22:51:40.711 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free
Space: 1.0 GB w/freq: 15 min

  I've deleted all capture cards, and video sources and then got an new
capture card set up and resetup the video source as well.

  Mike -- headbanging because I know that I didn't have this trouble in
mythbuntu



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