[mythtv-users] Trying Nvshield android package, unsuccessfully. Pointers needed.

[Peter Bennett]

On 1/10/19 10:41 AM, Kris J wrote:
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> On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 10:32 AM Peter Bennett <pb.mythtv at gmail.com 
> <mailto:pb.mythtv at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     On 1/10/19 10:21 AM, Kris J wrote:
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>>     On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 6:43 PM Peter Bennett <pb.mythtv at gmail.com
>>     <mailto:pb.mythtv at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>>         On 1/9/19 1:47 PM, Kris J wrote:
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>>>         I can install either available 64bit packages from
>>>         https://dl.bintray.com/bennettpeter/generic/. The android
>>>         fronted starts up with trying to connect to backend, it
>>>         seems slow to find the backend (29.1+fixes) and sometimes
>>>         fails. However after several try's it eventually connects.
>>>         (using ETH)
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>>>         I can move about the frontend. However most end points in
>>>         the menu lead to a loading screen that seems to hang the
>>>         Nvshield, and requires a hard power off.
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>>>         I've been reading the user list and wiki for pointer.
>>>         However it seems I'm the only one with this type of trouble.
>>>         I see no other reports of this type so I must have missed
>>>         something somewhere.
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>>>         Any pointers appreciated.
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>>>         Many thanks.
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>>         I have not seen or heard of this behavior. I assume you got
>>         as far as the main menu so it must be successfully connecting
>>         to the database and the backend.
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>>         Have you gone into setup and set the audio and video profile
>>         (or maybe it hangs even before you can get there). If you
>>         have not set these up and you are attempting playback it will
>>         not work well.
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>>         If you still have a problem you can get a log.
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>>         If you have adb installed and debug mode activated, you can
>>         do this to get a log:
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>>         On your linux machine, with the ip address of the shield:
>>         adb connect [ip address]
>>         adb logcat mfe:D *:S |& tee android.log
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>>         Then try starting mythfrontend and navigating. If it is
>>         having errors you will see them on the screen and in the
>>         android.log file. This may give you an idea of what is wrong.
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>>         Peter
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>>     Hi, Peter
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>>     I don't see anything in the log (https://pastebin.com/AuTgdVXk)
>>     that's a obvious, other then minor font errors.
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>>     The log stops when I navigate to "setup/general" Then the load
>>     screen pops up and the shield needed are power off.
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>>     Many Thank for your time.
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>     The log looks normal. Which backend version are you using? Perhaps
>     there is a problem with that. The android frontend will work with
>     backend version 29 or later. Older versions will likely cause
>     problems.
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> Backend package = mythtv-backend-master 
> 29.1+fixes.20181228.af5d819~ubuntu16.04.1
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> And
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> "m-user at MythServer:~/build$ mythbackend -v
> 2019-01-10 10:35:20.003539 C  mythbackend version: [v29.1] 
> www.mythtv.org <http://www.mythtv.org>
> 2019-01-10 10:35:20.003567 C  Qt version: compile: 5.5.1, runtime: 5.5.1"
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I have no idea what the problem is. You could try uninstalling and 
reinstalling, also try looking at a full log. That gives messages from 
all applications and android itself, there you can see things like 
missing libraries:

adb logcat |& tee tmp/android.log

Peter
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