Why does the solution for these things always appear moments after posting somewhere for advice? It turns out my channel-change script was hanging up the system somehow. When I changed it to /bin/true, it started working.<div class="gmail_extra">
<br clear="all"><br><br>Mike Powell<br><a href="mailto:mikep@mikepowells.net" target="_blank">mikep@mikepowells.net</a><br>GCIH GCFW GSEC CISSP MCSE:Security<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Michael Powell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mikep@mikepowells.net" target="_blank">mikep@mikepowells.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I am trying to set up MythTV 0.25-fixes on an Ubuntu 12.04 system, direct from Ubuntu's repository. I have a Hauppauge HD PRV running firmware 1.7.1. My video source is a DirecTV receiver connected with component cables and SPDIF audio.<br>
<br>Outside of Myth, it "just works". I simply plugged it in and was able to grab playable video with the command "cat /dev/video0 > test.ts". I had to use v4l2-ctrl to change the input to SPDIF to also get sound, but that was pretty simple.<br>
<br>Myth, however, refuses to start up the HD PVR. When I go to "Watch TV", the HD PVR doesn't activate. After about 10 seconds of a black screen with the channel banner at the bottom, I get a message saying a lock should have been achieved by now, so I can wait longer or try changing the channel. The receiver is already sending a channel (I can verify using the method above), so I should have some video upon switching to live TV. There is a little bar at the top of the screen that says "1: Component", so I think my input setup is correct. Also, in the capture card setup, I have it set up as an H.264 device. MythTV lists "Hauppauge HD PVR [hdpvr]" as the probed info, so I think it is seeing the device correctly.<br>
<br>I ran the frontend with the -v option, and saw this in the output, which may or may not be helpful:<br><br>2012-11-09 17:54:36.233187 I MythCoreContext: Connecting to backend server: <a href="http://192.168.0.130:6543" target="_blank">192.168.0.130:6543</a> (try 1 of 1)<br>
2012-11-09 17:54:36.234593 I Using protocol version 72<br>2012-11-09 17:54:36.235818 N TV: Spawning LiveTV Recorder -- begin<br>2012-11-09 17:54:36.339001 N TV: Spawning LiveTV Recorder -- end<br>2012-11-09 17:54:36.343576 I TV: playbackURL(/var/lib/mythtv/livetv/1005_20121109175436.mpg) cardtype(DUMMY)<br>
2012-11-09 17:54:36.484259 E ALSA: snd_pcm_info_get_card: Operation not permitted<br>2012-11-09 17:54:36.494872 N AudioPlayer: Enabling Audio<br>2012-11-09 17:54:36.582475 I VideoOutputXv: XVideo Adaptor Name: 'NV17 Video Texture'<br>
<br><br>Any ideas?<br>
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