[mythtv-users] BE off line

[Michael T. Dean]

On 08/19/2013 06:35 PM, Daryl McDonald wrote:
> When scheduled recordings get an "F" on the far right in upcoming 
> recordings, the program will not be recorded because my Back End is 
> "off line". The first time it happened I followed a wiki or some sort 
> of thread suggesting  deleting all cards and connections and reputting 
> them subsequently. I was able to record, for a day and a half, and 
>  the BE went off line again. If there is a better tack, I'm all ears, 
> or eyes as the case may be.

Ah, so you mean an offline recording status (presumably for all upcoming 
recordings?).  Assuming you didn't start the backend with the --no-sched 
development/testing option, an offline recording status means that all 
the backends that could possibly record that showing are offline.

If you have multiple backends, make sure that all of them are still 
running and accessible over the network when you see offline status for 
upcoming recordings.

If you're only supposed to have one master backend, this is probably due 
to an Input Connections configuration issue--generally it's caused 
(exactly as you described, where things seem to work for a while then at 
some time in the future just stop working) by having some defined, but 
unconnected, piece(s) in your setup.  So, for example, having capture 
cards defined, but no inputs connected to Video Sources, or having Video 
Sources defined, but not connected to any inputs, or having channels 
defined but not part of any valid Video Sources (even "shadow" 
channels--having multiple copies of channels defined).

If it's the latter, you may be using the right approach to clean it 
up--"Delete all capture cards" (not "Delete all capture cards on 
<hostname>" /and/ "Delete all video sources."  And, if you're using the 
right approach to clean it up, it means you're consistently making the 
same mistakes/misconfiguration when re-creating the pieces you've deleted.

See, also, http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/264034#264034

Mike