[mythtv-users] Recording from an IPTV source

[Jan Ceuleers]

On 27/11/2022 12:01, Jan Ceuleers wrote:
> On 27/11/2022 10:08, Jan Ceuleers wrote:
>> Actually I do see the "Already dead" message, but I still don't get why.
> 
> I got it: when actually streaming for some reason the --conf option to
> mythexternrecorder needs to be fully qualified (i.e.
> /home/mythtv/mythexternrecorder1.conf rather than just
> mythexternrecorder1.conf). This is weird, because mythtv-setup would
> have needed to read the file in order to scan for channels (which it did
> successfully). So this is a difference in behaviour between mythtv-setup
> and the backend.
> 
> Thanks for your help; I am now waiting for the HDMI splitters to turn up
> so that I can test with an actual STB signal sans HDCP.

Bug #670 created.

https://github.com/MythTV/mythtv/issues/670