[mythtv-users] Mythtv 0.28 mythfilerecorder

[John P Poet]

On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 12:32 PM HP-mini <blm-ubunet at slingshot.co.nz> wrote:

> 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.
>

It does need to be a TS.  I am working on a new version which will allow it
to be a PS instead, but I have not had time to finish it.

John
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