[mythtv-users] Mythtv 0.28 mythfilerecorder
HP-mini
blm-ubunet at slingshot.co.nz
Thu Mar 17 18:31:52 UTC 2016
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.
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