[mythtv-users] v30 built from source mythfrontend error

[Jim Abernathy]

On 2/7/19 9:49 PM, Bill Meek wrote:
> On 2/7/19 5:11 PM, Jim Abernathy wrote:
>>
>> On 2/7/19 5:06 PM, Bill Meek wrote:
>>> On 2/7/19 12:45 PM, James Abernathy wrote:
>>>> mythfrontend with -v file:debug
>>>> yielded:
>>>> 2019-02-07 13:38:52.626013 I  RemoteFile::Exists(): looking for 
>>>> remote file: 
>>>> myth://Temp@jim-build/mythtv_video_test_HD_19000Kbps_H264.mkv
>>>> 2019-02-07 13:38:52.631526 E  downloadRemoteFile(): DOWNLOAD_FILE 
>>>> returned ERROR!
>>>
>>> The Temp storage group is built-in and its location is calculated at
>>> run time. [That's the 'Temp' between the // and @ above.]
>>>
>>> It is in your <configuration directory>/tmp (perhaps 
>>> $HOME/.mythtv/tmp.)
>>> That can be changed if $MYTHCONFDIR is set.
>>>
>>> See if that exists and can be read/written by anyone trying to 
>>> access it.
>>>
>> it exist and I changed it's permissions to 777
>>
>> jim at jim-build:~$ ls -l .mythtv
>>
>> drwxr-xr-x 2 jim jim 4096 Feb  6 10:42 3rdParty
>> drwxr-xr-x 7 jim jim 4096 Feb  7 18:08 cache
>> drwxr-xr-x 2 jim jim 4096 Feb  6 10:42 channels
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 jim jim  627 Feb  7 09:17 config.xml
>> drwxr-xr-x 2 jim jim 4096 Feb  6 10:43 HardwareProfile
>> drwxr-xr-x 2 jim jim 4096 Feb  6 10:42 MythBrowser
>> drwxr-xr-x 3 jim jim 4096 Feb  7 09:35 themes
>> drwxrwxrwx 3 jim jim 4096 Feb  7 09:35 tmp
>>
>> But the problem still exist.
>>
>
> Actually tried it myself. The file is downloaded to the backend.
> ~mythtv/.mythtv/tmp/mythtv_video_test_HD_19000Kbps_H264.mkv is
> where mine went.
>
> The user is mythtv.

I check my production backend and the videos were in 
/home/mythtv/.mythtv/tmp.

on my test system built from source both /home/mythtv/.mythtv/tmp and 
/home/jim/.mythtv/tmp have a 777 permission. Even when I copy the test 
video files to the .mythtv/tmp/ directory the frontend test options 
still locks up

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