[mythtv-users] LiveTV playback

Josu Lazkano josu.lazkano at gmail.com
Mon Oct 22 15:06:12 UTC 2012


2012/10/22 Mike Perkins <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk>:
> 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
>

Thanks Mike, I check the mythtv-setup and all looks well. I update the
Nvidia drivers, I will check it when I arrive to home.

Thanks and best regards.

-- 
Josu Lazkano


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