[mythtv-users] numerous attempts to find HDHR

[Bill Meek]

On 2/22/22 16:18, Daryl McDonald wrote:
> According to the log:
> cat /var/log/mythtv/hdhr_discovery.log
> 2022-02-05 08:22:34 INFO Starting HD Homerun discovery
> 2022-02-05 08:22:35 INFO Found HD Homerun. Seconds=0.429, attempts=1.
> 2022-02-05 08:24:41 INFO Starting HD Homerun discovery
> 2022-02-05 08:24:41 INFO Found HD Homerun. Seconds=0.424, attempts=1.
> 2022-02-05 08:46:38 INFO Starting HD Homerun discovery
> 2022-02-05 08:46:38 INFO Found HD Homerun. Seconds=0.426, attempts=1.
> ...
> 2022-02-18 17:40:32 INFO Starting HD Homerun discovery
> 2022-02-18 17:40:32 WARNING hdhomerun_config discover failed, return code = 1.
> 2022-02-18 17:40:34 WARNING hdhomerun_config discover failed, return code = 1.
> 2022-02-18 17:40:36 WARNING hdhomerun_config discover failed, return code = 1.
> 2022-02-18 17:40:38 WARNING hdhomerun_config discover failed, return code = 1.
> 2022-02-18 17:40:40 WARNING hdhomerun_config discover failed, return code = 1.
> 2022-02-18 17:40:42 WARNING hdhomerun_config discover failed, return code = 1.
> 2022-02-18 17:40:44 WARNING hdhomerun_config discover failed, return code = 1.
> 2022-02-18 17:40:46 INFO Found HD Homerun. Seconds=14.485, attempts=8.
> 2022-02-19 17:41:32 INFO Starting HD Homerun discovery
> 2022-02-19 17:41:32 WARNING hdhomerun_config discover failed, return code = 1.
> 2022-02-19 17:41:34 WARNING hdhomerun_config discover failed, return code = 1.
> 2022-02-19 17:41:36 WARNING hdhomerun_config discover failed, return code = 1.
> 2022-02-19 17:41:38 WARNING hdhomerun_config discover failed, return code = 1.
> 2022-02-19 17:41:40 WARNING hdhomerun_config discover failed, return code = 1.
> 2022-02-19 17:41:42 WARNING hdhomerun_config discover failed, return code = 1.
> 2022-02-19 17:41:44 WARNING hdhomerun_config discover failed, return code = 1.
> 2022-02-19 17:41:46 WARNING hdhomerun_config discover failed, return code = 1.
> 2022-02-19 17:41:49 INFO Found HD Homerun. Seconds=16.493, attempts=9.
> 2022-02-20 09:24:47 INFO Starting HD Homerun discovery
> 
>  The first attempt to find the HDHR fails, the second is successful. Today, however it failed 8 to 14 times before finding the HDHR but the BE
> would not start because the script exited error code 1. 
> Is there an adjustment I can make to allow more than one failed attempt?
> For now I've commented out the [Service] and set the scheduler value to 0  for the HDHR. 

The script makes ATTEMPTS tries (20 if I recall) and tries: hdhomerun_config discover
every DELAY seconds (2).

Run: hdhomerun_config discover from the command line to see what it says.

Then, if the discover works, run the script from the command line.

-- 
Bill