[mythtv-users] external channal change not working

brad dreisbach bradd at ameri.ca
Sun Jun 20 15:24:58 UTC 2010


On Jun 20, 2010, at 11:09 AM, brad dreisbach wrote:

> just upgraded trunk this morning to 25144 and am no longer able to change the channel with
> 6200ch via mythbackend.  it works fine from the command line:
> 
> [10:24am]# /usr/local/bin/6200ch -v -n 0 -4 570
> starting with node: 0
> node 0: vendor_id = 0x00001cfb model_id = 0x00007100
> chn: 570
> AV/C Command: 0570 = Op1=0x00487C20 Op2=0x00487C25 Op3=0x00487C27 Op4=0x00487C20
> Sending digit 0
> Sending digit 5
> Sending digit 7
> Sending digit 0
> 
> 
> and here is the mythbackend log when it tries to change the channel:
> 2010-06-20 10:20:41.167 External channel change: /usr/local/bin/6200ch -n 0 -4 
> 2010-06-20 10:20:41.168 Waiting for External Tuning program to exit
> 2010-06-20 10:20:41.202 MythSocketThread(sock 0x165e8d0:38): socket is readable
> 2010-06-20 10:20:41.202 MythSocketThread(sock 0x165e8d0:38): calling m_cb->readyRead()
> 2010-06-20 10:20:41.202 MythSocket(165e8d0:38): UpRef: 2
> 2010-06-20 10:20:41.202 MythSocket(165e8d0:38): read  <- 38 21      QUERY_RECORDINGS Play
> Usage: 6200ch [-v] [-s] [-n NODE] [-g GUID] [-p PORT] [-4] <channel_num>
> -v        print additional verbose output
> -s        use single packet method. Cannot be used with -4.
> -w        toggle power state
> -n NODE   node to start device scanning on (default:1)
> -p PORT   port/adapter to use              (default:0)
> -g GUID   GUID to use, -n switch, if present, will be ignored.
> -4        Enable 4 digit channel number support. Cannot be used with -s.
> 2010-06-20 10:20:41.243 ret_pid(8571) child(8571) status(0x100)
> 2010-06-20 10:20:41.243 External Tuning program no longer running
> 2010-06-20 10:20:41.243 ChannelBase: external tuning program exited with error 1
> 2010-06-20 10:20:41.243 TVRec(1) Error: Failed to set channel to 570. Reverting to kState_None
> 2010-06-20 10:20:41.243 TVRec(1): Changing from RecordingOnly to None
> 
> it seems like the channel number is no longer getting passed to the external channel changer.
> is anyone else having this problem?


i figured it out.  new version of 6200ch apparently.


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