[mythtv-users] watch tv goes black for a few seconds and then goes back to main menu...

Matthew Rowles rowlesmr at gmail.com
Fri Oct 1 01:54:45 UTC 2010


On 1 October 2010 05:27, Gerco-Kees Bloemsma <gercokees at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I installed and configured mythtv a few weeks ago but still run into a
> problem...
> When i choose: "watch tv" the screen goes black for a few seconds
> (only showing "please w...") and then goes back to the main menu.
> Here are my backend and frontend logs:
>
> Thanx in advance...
>

> 2010-09-30 21:25:01.611 Spawning LiveTV Recorder -- begin
> 2010-09-30 21:25:01.751 Spawning LiveTV Recorder -- end
> 2010-09-30 21:25:01.752 GetEntryAt(-1) failed.
> 2010-09-30 21:25:01.753 EntryToProgram(0 at do jan 1 01:00:00 1970)
> failed to get pginfo
> 2010-09-30 21:25:01.753 TV Error: HandleStateChange(): LiveTV not
> successfully started

I had this problem on my initial install. Does mythtv have write
permissions to the disk that you're saving livetv to?

I have all of my recordings etc. on discs other than the OS disc, and
I initially had this problem due to not having write permissions. I
chmod'd the discs to 777 just to brute force it, but it's probably
more elegant to change the disc owner and the like.


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