[mythtv-users] one master FE doesn't work with live tv, the other does

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Tue Sep 6 02:38:57 UTC 2011


On 09/05/2011 02:26 PM, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
> I have two FEs and a BE on master 7768ebc.  One of them works with live
> tv (to the extent of my previous message) but the other doesn't.  The
> one that doesn't work reports in it's log:
>
> 2011-09-05 13:57:02.427869 N  TV: Spawning LiveTV Recorder -- begin
> 2011-09-05 13:57:09.431097 E  MythSocket(a313eb0:125): readStringList:
> Error, timed out after 7000 ms.
> 2011-09-05 13:57:09.431155 E  RemoteEncoder::SendReceiveStringList(): No
> response.
> 2011-09-05 13:57:09.431172 N  TV: Spawning LiveTV Recorder -- end
> 2011-09-05 13:57:09.433101 E  GetEntryAt(-1) failed.
> 2011-09-05 13:57:09.433111 E  It appears that your backend may be
> misconfigured.  Check your backend logs to determine whether your
> capture cards, lineups, channels, or storage configuration are reporting
> errors.  This issue is commonly caused by failing to complete all setup
> steps properly.  You may wish to review the documentation for mythtv-setup.
> 2011-09-05 13:57:09.433201 E  EntryToProgram(0 at Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 1969)
> failed to get pginfo
> 2011-09-05 13:57:09.433215 E  TV: HandleStateChange(): LiveTV not
> successfully started
> 2011-09-05 13:57:09.433251 E  TV: LiveTV not successfully started

Looks like your standard socket errors communicating over the Myth 
Protocol.  No idea how to fix them, but a lot of people seem to get 
them.  So, I'd guess your configuration is fine and the problem that the 
frontend is having is an inability to communicate with the backend.

Mike


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