[mythtv-users] Problems after 0.24 upgrade

Keith Pyle kpyle at austin.rr.com
Tue Dec 27 19:50:25 UTC 2011


I've seen some minor problems since upgrading from 0.21 to 0.24 and
would appreciate any suggestions for resolving them.

Thanks.

Keith

Environment information:
OS = gentoo Linux 3.1.6

MythTV Version   : v0.24.1-27-g30993d6
MythTV Branch    : fixes/0.24
Network Protocol : 63
Library API      : 0.24.20110505-1
QT Version       : 4.7.2
Options compiled in:
 linux release using_alsa using_oss using_backend using_dvb
using_frontend using_hdhomerun using_hdpvr using_iptv using_ivtv
using_lirc using_mheg using_opengl_video using_opengl_vsync using_qtdbus
using_qtwebkit using_v4l using_x11 using_xrandr using_xv
using_mythtranscode using_opengl using_ffmpeg_threads using_live using_mheg

--- Problem 1: Recording generates two error messages in
mythbackend.log, but the recording seems successful and can be viewed. 
Here's an example of the log entries for a short test recording:

2011-12-27 12:40:02.268 Started recording: "24_1 (KVUE-DT)":"Tue Dec 27
12:40:00 2011": channel 5241 on cardid 5, sourceid 5
2011-12-27 12:40:02.537 Updating status for "24_1 (KVUE-DT)":"Tue Dec 27
12:40:00 2011" on cardid 5 (Tuning => Recording)
2011-12-27 12:40:02.637 ProgramInfo(5241_20111227124000.mpg), Error:
GetPlaybackURL: '5241_20111227124000.mpg' should be local, but it can
not be found.
2011-12-27 12:40:02.732 ProgramInfo(5241_20111227124000.mpg), Error:
GetPlaybackURL: '5241_20111227124000.mpg' should be local, but it can
not be found.
2011-12-27 12:40:02.834 ProgramInfo(5241_20111227124000.mpg), Error:
GetPlaybackURL: '5241_20111227124000.mpg' should be local, but it can
not be found.
2011-12-27 12:40:02.858 TVRec(5): rec->GetPathname():
'/pvr/5241_20111227124000.mpg'
2011-12-27 12:42:00.606 TVRec(5): Changing from RecordingOnly to None
2011-12-27 12:42:00.609 Updating status for "24_1 (KVUE-DT)":"Tue Dec 27
12:40:00 2011" on cardid 5 (Recording => Recorded)
2011-12-27 12:42:00.617 Finished recording 24_1 (KVUE-DT) "Tue Dec 27
12:40:00 2011": channel 5241
2011-12-27 12:42:00.624 Reschedule requested for id 0.
2011-12-27 12:42:00.937 Finished recording 24_1 (KVUE-DT) "Tue Dec 27
12:40:00 2011": channel 5241
2011-12-27 12:42:00.960 MainServer::ANN Monitor
2011-12-27 12:42:00.962 adding: masterbackend as a client (events: 0)
2011-12-27 12:42:00.964 MainServer::ANN Monitor
2011-12-27 12:42:00.965 adding: masterbackend as a client (events: 1)
2011-12-27 12:42:02.642 Scheduled 473 items in 1.8 = 0.01 match + 1.79 place
Error in my_thread_global_end(): 1 threads didn't exit
2011-12-27 12:42:38.594 MainServer::ANN Monitor

The first error message is the sequence of "Error: GetPlaybackURL..."
ones starting at 12:40:02.  The second is the "1 threads didn't exit"
shortly after the recording ended.

--- Problem 2: Mute does not work in mythfrontend.  The "Mute on" banner
pops up in response to a mute key (keyboard or remote), but sound does
not mute.  This happens on both a frontend with HDMI video/audio to the
television and on a frontend instance running on a Linux desktop with
integrated audio, so it doesn't seem hardware specific.  On both
frontend instances, sound can be muted via alsamixer.  For the desktop
instance, the settings are:

    Audio output device: ALSA:default
    Mixer device: /dev/mixer
    Mixer controls: PCM

--- Problem 3: Preview images are blank/black in mythweb on the
"recorded" page, but appear normally in mythfrontend.  If I extract one
of the image URL's from the page source and try to load it individually,
the HTTP response headers are:

Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:41:53 GMT
Server: Apache
Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0
Pragma: no-cache
Status: 404 Not Found
Content-Length: 0
Keep-Alive: timeout=15, max=99
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Type: text/html

200 OK

Yet, the preview image file does exist and mythfrontend shows the image.



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