<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Daryl McDonald <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:darylangela@gmail.com" target="_blank">darylangela@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><div>On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 11:12 PM, Michael T. Dean <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mtdean@thirdcontact.com" target="_blank">mtdean@thirdcontact.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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When scheduled recordings get an "F" on the far right in upcoming recordings, the program will not be recorded because my Back End is "off line". The first time it happened I followed a wiki or some sort of thread suggesting deleting all cards and connections and reputting them subsequently. I was able to record, for a day and a half, and the BE went off line again. If there is a better tack, I'm all ears, or eyes as the case may be.<br>
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Ah, so you mean an offline recording status (presumably for all upcoming recordings?). Assuming you didn't start the backend with the --no-sched development/testing option, an offline recording status means that all the backends that could possibly record that showing are offline.<br>
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If you have multiple backends, make sure that all of them are still running and accessible over the network when you see offline status for upcoming recordings.<br>
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If you're only supposed to have one master backend, this is probably due to an Input Connections configuration issue--generally it's caused (exactly as you described, where things seem to work for a while then at some time in the future just stop working) by having some defined, but unconnected, piece(s) in your setup. So, for example, having capture cards defined, but no inputs connected to Video Sources, or having Video Sources defined, but not connected to any inputs, or having channels defined but not part of any valid Video Sources (even "shadow" channels--having multiple copies of channels defined).<br>
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If it's the latter, you may be using the right approach to clean it up--"Delete all capture cards" (not "Delete all capture cards on <hostname>" /and/ "Delete all video sources." And, if you're using the right approach to clean it up, it means you're consistently making the same mistakes/misconfiguration when re-creating the pieces you've deleted.<br>
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See, also, <a href="http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/264034#264034" target="_blank">http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/264034#264034</a><div><div>
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<div><br></div><div>Daryl </div></font></span></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div></div><div> Checking again today the recording status for my PVR-150 card is "F". If I'm reading you correctly, Mr. Dean I need to focus on my input connections after deleting all capture cards (not delete all capture cards on <hostname>) and reinstalling them. I've assigned motorola to the [MPEG:/dev/video2/](Tuner 1). Do I need to delete these other aspects of this card?: </div>
<div>[MPEG: /dev/video2] (S-video 1)</div><div>[MPEG: /dev/video2] (composite 1)</div><div>[MPEG: /dev/video2] (S-video 2)</div><div>[MPEG: /dev/video2] (composite 2)</div><div>as these all have nothing connected to them and no source assigned? And if so how? I've tried highlighting and the "d" key, to no avail.</div>
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<br></div><div>You /may/ have to change your configuration such that mythbackend is run with "-v record,channel" to get useful info.<br><br></div><div><br></div><div>John <br></div></div></div></div>