[mythtv-users] Mythtv 0.28 mythfilerecorder

[HP-mini]

On Wed, 2016-03-16 at 21:02 -0400, eric wrote:
> Hey I am trying to setup a external recorder in mythtv 0.28 and am 
> having some issues getting it setup
> I have setup a new external recorder in mythtv-setup and added
> /usr/bin/mythfilerecorder --infile test.mpg
> as the recorder. I connect it to my no grab video source with a channel 
> changing command of "echo"
> 
> When switching the source to the  external recorder in the frontend 
> causes nothing to happen. Any idea what I'm doing wrong here?
> 
> This is the error in the log file
> mythtv mythbackend: mythbackend[8069]: E CoreContext 
> recorders/dtvchannel.cpp:343 (SetChannelByString) 
> DTVChan[26](/usr/bin/mythfilerecorder --infile 
> /home/eric/pvr2/test.mpg): SetChannelByString(998): PID cache is empty
> 
> I can provide the whole log file if it helps
> regards
> Eric
> 

I would suspect it's possible that the file "test.mpg" is required to be
mpeg transport stream.
mediainfo or (myth)ffprobe the file to check.