[mythtv-users] mythtv-users Digest, Vol 196, Issue 18

[R Kannan]

On 7/20/19 8:38 AM, R Kannan wrote:
> On 7/20/19 8:00 AM, mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org wrote:
>> On Sat, 20 Jul 2019 09:37:03 +0100, you wrote:
>>
>>> On 20/07/2019 09:15, Stephen Worthington wrote:
>>>> If this is your first network tuner, you may not have done the fix for
>>>> getting mythbackend to start up only after the network is actually
>>>> available.  So every time you reboot, mythbackend will not see the
>>>> network tuner as it starts when only localhost is up.  If it is unable
>>>> to test a tuner at startup, it marks it as bad and does not use it. To
>>>> test if this is your problem, just restart mythbackend, and as the
>>>> network is up now, it will see the network tuners and everything will
>>>> work unitl the next reboot.
>>>>
>>>> If you need that fix, see my post on the recent "Need mythtv-backend
>>>> startup advice" thread.
>>>>
>>> This is getting old. Is anyone going to fix the backend systemd service file so that it does the
>>> right thing - wait for the ACTUAL network to be up, not just localhost?
>>>
>>> That way, we won't keep getting puzzled calls from users whose systems can't find network tuners, etc.
>> There are plenty of users who do not need the full network to be up -
>> they do not have network tuners and are running just a combined
>> backend/frontend.  For them, localhost is all they need.  The
>> Mythbuntu install package already asks if you are going to need
>> outside access for frontends, or something like that, if I remember
>> correctly.  It should change the question to make it clear that
>> network tuners are included, and when the answer to that question is
>> that the network is needed, it should install the proper systemd
>> setup.  Anyone adding network tuners later would then only need to run
>> dpkg-reconfigure and change their answer to that question.
>
> Perhaps I did not make it clear enough. Immediately after I installed 
> the tuner (which a replaced an broken HDHR) MythTV was working fine 
> three weeks back. I tried Live TV after a recording was missed and 
> found that MythTV was unabled to tune into HDHR.
>
> Also note that HDHR Config GUI on this box and another device on the 
> network was able to tune into OTR channels fine.
>
Rebooted the box and everything is fine now.

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