[mythtv-users] Recording/LiveTv stopped working ... just getting timeout

[Ma Begaj]

>
>> Logs are showing this. Slave Backend is showing a lot of these when I
>> try LiveTv:
>>
>> 2010-04-14 01:43:03.918 MythSocket(8221458:23): UpRef: 2
>> 2010-04-14 01:43:03.918 MythSocket(8221458:23): read  <- 23 39
>> QUERY_REMOTEENCODER 2[]:[]IS_BUSY[]:[]5
>> 2010-04-14 01:43:03.919 MythSocket(8221458:23): write -> 23 43
>> 0[]:[]<EMPTY>[]:[]0[]:[]0[]:[]0[]:[]0[]:[]0
>> 2010-04-14 01:43:03.919 MythSocket(8221458:23): DownRef: 1
>> 2010-04-14 01:43:03.920 MythSocketThread(sock 0x8221458:23): socket is readable
>> 2010-04-14 01:43:03.920 MythSocketThread(sock 0x8221458:23): calling
>> m_cb->readyRead()
>> 2010-04-14 01:43:03.920 MythSocket(8221458:23): UpRef: 2
>> 2010-04-14 01:43:03.920 MythSocket(8221458:23): read  <- 23 39
>> QUERY_REMOTEENCODER 3[]:[]IS_BUSY[]:[]5
>> 2010-04-14 01:43:03.920 MainServer: HandleRemoteEncoder(cmd IS_BUSY)
>> Unknown encoder: 3
>
> That doesn't look good...
>
>> 2010-04-14 01:43:03.921 MythSocket(8221458:23): write -> 23 2       -1
>> 2010-04-14 01:43:03.921 MythSocket(8221458:23): DownRef: 1
>> 2010-04-14 01:43:03.922 MythSocketThread(sock 0x8221458:23): socket is readable
>> 2010-04-14 01:43:03.922 MythSocketThread(sock 0x8221458:23): calling
>> m_cb->readyRead()
>> 2010-04-14 01:43:03.922 MythSocket(8221458:23): UpRef: 2
>> 2010-04-14 01:43:03.922 MythSocket(8221458:23): read  <- 23 41
>> QUERY_REMOTEENCODER 3[]:[]GET_MAX_BITRATE
>> 2010-04-14 01:43:03.922 MainServer: HandleRemoteEncoder(cmd
>> GET_MAX_BITRATE) Unknown encoder: 3
>
> ... or that ...
>
>> 2010-04-14 01:42:01.731 We have a
>> playbackURL(/mnt/livetv1/1_20100414014201.nuv) & cardtype(V4L)
>
> ... and the PVR cards are not V4L cards creating nuv files, AFAICR.
>
> First thing I would do is delete all capture cards and recreate them
> (ensuring they are configured as hardware MPEG2 cards) in
> mythtv-setup. Also make sure the relevant /dev/videoX nodes are being
> correctly created, and that the ivtv driver is working normally
> outside of MythTV.
>
> Nick
>


Thanks. I will test it later today.

Cards are working with mplayer (i.e.: mplayer /dev/video[012]) without
any problems. That was my first check yesterday, just to be sure that
my pvrs are not dead.

M.