[mythtv-users] BE off line

Daryl McDonald darylangela at gmail.com
Tue Aug 20 03:34:47 UTC 2013


On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 11:12 PM, Michael T. Dean
<mtdean at thirdcontact.com>wrote:

> 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 <http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/264034#264034>
>
>
> Mike
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Thanks for the info gentlemen, and for the patience, reading replies and
many other posts makes me feel like less of a newbie, despite the facts.

Daryl
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