[mythtv-users] Brand new install - Mythbackend doesn't start

[Mark Perkins]

On 30 July 2017 6:48:28 am Ashu Desai <ashu.desai at gmail.com> wrote:

> Brand new installation.
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>    - CentOS 7
>    - Installation using - yum install mythtv mythweb mythnetvision
>
> mythbackend started initially. but restarting killed it. Reboot made it
> start again, restarting killed it again.

Just to clarify, what do you mean "restarting killed it"? As in cold boot works but warm boot does not?

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> Here is the mythbackend log:
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> 2017-07-29 16:03:28.419779 C [14364/14364] thread_unknown
> mythcommandlineparser.cpp:2599 (ConfigureLogging) - mythbackend version:
> fixes/0.28 [v28.0-35-g812ec08] www.mythtv.org<http://www.mythtv.org>

I think current release is 28.1

> 2017-07-29 16:03:28.550129 N [14364/14364] CoreContext main_helpers.cpp:597
> (run_backend) - MythBackend: Starting up as the master server.
> 2017-07-29 16:03:28.550782 W [14364/14364] CoreContext main_helpers.cpp:217
> (setupTVs) - MythBackend: No valid capture cards are defined in the
> database.
> 2017-07-29 16:03:28.551091 E [14364/14364] CoreContext scheduler.cpp:181
> (VerifyCards) - Scheduler: No capture cards are defined in the database.
>                         Perhaps you should re-read the installation
> instructions?
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> I should add that I am NOT doing any recording, so I do not have any tv
> capture cards. No dvb as well. I only use this for videos/pics/music
>

My understanding is that mythtv is unsupported in a zero tuner setup and that "all sorts of weirdness" may be experienced. Might need to add at least a dummy tuner.

For a tunerless setup I wonder whether there would be something other than mythtv that might be better suited. Plex or Kodi for example?
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