[mythtv-users] HDPVR intermittent failure

[DryHeat122]

On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 5:58 PM John P Poet <jppoet at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 6:43 PM DryHeat122 <dryheat122 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 9:10 PM DryHeat122 <dryheat122 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Just to report...I was sitting here watching a recorded program on Myth,
>>> when I saw an unfamiliar flash over by the equipment. It was HDPVR2 firing
>>> up to record something.  Unfortunately I don't yet have a channel change
>>> solution (my FireWire seems to have crapped out) but at least the recorder
>>> looks to be in good working order.  Thank you all so much for the input and
>>> especially John P for writing then sharing his software.
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>> Well guys, I spoke a little too soon. Today after solving my
>> firewire/channel-change problem, I decided to do a test recording via
>> myth.  It failed.  I went and tried to do a test recording via command line
>> and got:
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>>  $ /opt/Hauppauge/bin/hauppauge2 -s E524-00-00ABAE4A  -i 1 -a 1 -o
>> /tmp/test.ts
>> 2020-07-31T17:16:38.480742 CRIT <main> Logger.cpp:83 (setLogLevelFilter)
>> Changing loglevel to NOTC
>> 2020-07-31T17:16:38.480920 CRIT <main> hauppauge2.cpp:347 (main) Starting
>> up
>> Failed to open dev.
>> 2020-07-31T17:16:38.489129 CRIT <main> hauppauge2.cpp:355 (main) Device
>> E524-00-00ABAE4A not found on USB bus.
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>> I rebooted and tried again.  Same result.  But lsusb finds it:
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>> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 2040:e524 Hauppauge
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>> Tried the steps under "troubleshooting" on JohnP's the git page.  I
>> couldn't find the suggested log entry in syslog or mythbackend.log (not
>> sure what log it's referring to). So I used the bus 1 as given in lsusb.
>> Still won't do a test recording.
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>> Before I tried the myth test recording I had gone into setup to make sure
>> the tuning timeout was 15 sec as suggested.  I found this in
>> mythtv-setup.log
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>> /var/log/mythtv/mythtv-setup.log:Jul 31 16:57:21 steve-EP45-UD3P
>> mythtv-setup.real: mythtv-setup[589]: E ScreenLoad v4l2util.cpp:42 (Open)
>> V4L2(): Could not open '/opt/Hauppauge/bin/hauppauge2 -c
>> /opt/Hauppauge/etc/hdpvr2-1.conf': #012#011#011#011eno: No such file or
>> directory (2)
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>> But both files are there and seem to have the necessary permissions.  The
>> right serial number is in hdpvr2-1.conf:
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>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1707408 Jul 25 10:57 hauppauge2
>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1940 Jul 27 12:50 hdpvr2-1.conf
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>> How to proceed?
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> V4L2() is wrong.  Somehow you have it setup with the wrong tuner "type".
> That should say Extern, since you are using an External Recorder.  Try
> deleting that capture device and set it up again.
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> John
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I did set it up as an external recorder, but I will delete and try again.
Before that, though, I would like to be sure I can make a  command line
test recording.   Any idea why it's saying it can't open
/opt/Hauppauge/bin/hauppauge2 when it is there and is executable?
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