[mythtv-users] Problems with ExternalRecorder and streamlink

[Peter Carlsson]

Hello!

I had MythTV setup using the ExternalRecorder together with streamlink.

Last summer the svtplay plugin for streamlink stopped working and I
temporarily stopped using it by changing the recording priority to use
another recorder.

In streamlink version 1.6.0 (2020-09-22) it was fixed (by Ian Cameron)
and I verified in streamlink that it worked but I never took the time to
change back the recording priority until recently.

But I can not get it to work again. I don't remember to have done
anything else specific to the original problem but much has changed
since then.

MythTV has been upgraded to version 31 and streamlink to version 2.0.0
where streamlink has dropped support for Python 2 and Python 3.5 and
MythTV added support for Python 3.

I use Debian Buster and have both Python 2.7 and 3.7 installed.

I tried he following but it just stops at the last line below.

mythexternrecorder --conf /home/peter/delat/script/mythtv-svtplay-external-recorder.conf --loglevel debug --verbose all
2021-01-26 22:55:35.201299 C  mythexternrecorder version:  [v31.0] www.mythtv.org
2021-01-26 22:55:35.201337 C  Qt version: compile: 5.11.3, runtime: 5.11.3
2021-01-26 22:55:35.201391 I  Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) (i386)
2021-01-26 22:55:35.201394 N  Enabled verbose msgs: all
2021-01-26 22:55:35.201415 N  Setting Log Level to LOG_DEBUG
2021-01-26 22:55:35.212913 I  : Buffer: Ready for data.
2021-01-26 22:55:35.212956 I  Added logging to the console
2021-01-26 22:55:35.212986 I  : Command parser ready.
2021-01-26 22:55:35.213774 D  New Logging Client: ID:  (#1)
2021-01-26 22:55:35.231943 I   Channels in '/home/peter/delat/script/mythtv-svtplay-external-recorder-channels.conf', Tuner: '', Scanner: ''
^C

What can I do to debug this problem?

Please let me know if I should provide additional information.

cat /home/peter/delat/script/mythtv-svtplay-external-recorder.conf

[RECORDER]
# The recorder command to execute.  %URL% is optional, and
# will be replaced with the channel's "URL" as defined in the
# [TUNER/channels] (channel conf) configuration file
#command="cvlc \"%URL%\" --sout \"#std{mux=ts,access=file,dst=-}\""
command="streamlink --player=vlc --stdout \"%URL%\" best"

# Used in logging events, %ARG% are replaced from the channel info
desc=streamlink \"%URL%\" \"%CHANNUM%\" \"%CHANNAME%\" \"%CALLSIGN%\"

[TUNER]
# An optional CONF file which provides channel details.  If it does not
# exist, then channel changes are not supported.
channels=mythtv-svtplay-external-recorder-channels.conf

# If [TUNER/command] is provided, it will be executed to "tune" the
# channel. A %URL% parameter will be substituted with the "URL" as
# defined in the [TUNER/channels] configuration file
#command=

# Timeout for changing channels in msecs
#timeout=

[SCANNER]
# When MythTV scans for channels, The contents of the [TUNER/channels]
# config file are used to populate MythTV's channel information.
# If a command is provided here, it will be executed first, so it can
# populate the [TUNER/channels] config file
#command=/home/myth/bin/scan.sh "%CHANCONF%"

# Timeout for scan command in msecs
#timeout=60000


cat /home/peter/delat/script/mythtv-svtplay-external-recorder-channels.conf 

[1]
NAME=SVT1 HD
CALLSIGN=SVT1HD
XMLTVID=svt1.svt.se
URL="https://www.svtplay.se/kanaler/svt1?start=auto"
ICON=/home/mythtv/.mythtv/channels/svt1.svt.se.png

[2]
NAME=SVT2 HD
CALLSIGN=SVT2HD
XMLTVID=svt2.svt.se
URL="https://www.svtplay.se/kanaler/svt2?start=auto"
ICON=/home/mythtv/.mythtv/channels/svt2.svt.se.png

[3]
NAME=Kunskapskanalen
CALLSIGN=Kunskapskanalen
XMLTVID=kunskapskanalen.svt.se
URL="https://www.svtplay.se/kanaler/kunskapskanalen?start=auto"
ICON=/home/mythtv/.mythtv/channels/kunskapskanalen.svt.se.png

[4]
NAME=Barnkanalen
CALLSIGN=Barnkanalen
XMLTVID=barnkanalen.svt.se
URL="https://www.svtplay.se/kanaler/svtbarn?start=auto"
ICON=/home/mythtv/.mythtv/channels/barnkanalen.svt.se.png

[5]
NAME=SVT24
CALLSIGN=SVT24
XMLTVID=svt24.svt.se
URL="https://www.svtplay.se/kanaler/svt24?start=auto"
ICON=/home/mythtv/.mythtv/channels/svt24.svt.se.png