[mythtv-users] LiveTV playback

Mike Perkins mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk
Mon Oct 22 09:53:09 UTC 2012


On 21/10/12 22:34, Josu Lazkano wrote:
> Hello, I am having some problems with LiveTV playback, when I go to
> watch LiveTV I can not watch nothing:
>
> # tail -f /home/user/mythfrontend.log
> 2012-10-21 22:14:43.090 Using protocol version 63
> 2012-10-21 22:14:43.118 MythCoreContext: Connecting to backend server:
> 192.168.1.2:6543 (try 1 of 3)
> 2012-10-21 22:14:43.120 Using protocol version 63
> 2012-10-21 22:14:43.122 Spawning LiveTV Recorder -- begin
> 2012-10-21 22:14:43.891 Spawning LiveTV Recorder -- end
> 2012-10-21 22:14:43.908 We have a
> playbackURL(/mnt/myth/livetv/3064_20121021221443.mpg) &
> cardtype(DUMMY)
> 2012-10-21 22:14:43.909 We have a RingBuffer
> 2012-10-21 22:14:43.911 playCtx, Error: Attempting to setup a player,
> but it already exists.
> 2012-10-21 22:14:43.912 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started
> 2012-10-21 22:14:43.916 ScreenSaverX11Private: DPMS Deactivated 1
>
> I didn't make any upgrade on the machine, I don't know where to look,
> the errors says something about player, but I didn't change any
> settings: "Error: Attempting to setup a player, but it already
> exists."
>
> I will appreciate any help.
>
> Regards.
>
The error is further back:

 > 2012-10-21 22:14:43.908 We have a
 > playbackURL(/mnt/myth/livetv/3064_20121021221443.mpg) &
 > cardtype(DUMMY)

Obviously you can't get any sensible recording off a DUMMY tuner. I would go 
into mythtv-setup and find out what happened to your tuners, or possibly which 
tuners are connected to which sources.

-- 

Mike Perkins



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