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<p>Hi all -</p>
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<p>I'm running 34-fixes on Xubuntu 24.04. <br>
</p>
<p>The issue with the time-zone has been fixed by switching browsers
with the new Web interface.</p>
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<p>Recorders - old-school HDPVR 1212 box, which works fine most of
the time, and HDHomeRun Prime (3 tuners, with CableCard), which
the backend loses some of the time</p>
<p>(sometimes it shows up in Backend Status, sometimes not) and
can't record from (recordings always fail, despite the fact that I
can still scan channels from it's web interface). <br>
</p>
<p>I assume it's because CableCard is no longer supported. So...<br>
</p>
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<p>I bought an external black-box HDMI capture card, which I can use
to watch TV or record from the STB using a script I wrote using
cvlc. Using this manual script, I can record from it without
problems.</p>
<p>Of course, I want to use it within Myth, so I followed the
instructions in the wiki, using the exact syntax it provided
(except to substitute the actual /dev/videoX and hwX,0 audio
devices), </p>
<p>and created all the files as suggested, with the one exception
being that I used the same channel list that I used with the HDPVR
when I entered it in Setup.</p>
<p>I tested the command line it uses, and it appears to be OK when
run by itself.<br>
</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>I can set up the recording from the web interface, and it starts
on time, changing the STB to the correct channel, but then fails;
zero-byte recording.</p>
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<p>Here's what's in the log. Please advise as to where I'm going
wrong here. Looks like it can't create or find the file? Why is
the encoder "unknown"? </p>
<p>Any advice would be much appreciated!</p>
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<p>2025-02-22T11:58:29.485231-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: I Scheduler <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="scheduler.cpp:2353">scheduler.cpp:2353</a>
(HandleReschedule) Reschedule requested for PLACE PrepareToRecord<br>
2025-02-22T11:58:29.485352-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: I Scheduler <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="scheduler.cpp:2467">scheduler.cpp:2467</a>
(HandleReschedule) Scheduled 1 items in 0.0 = 0.00 match + 0.00
check + 0.00 place<br>
2025-02-22T11:59:00.519336-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: I TVRecEvent tv_<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="rec.cpp:1750">rec.cpp:1750</a>
(HandlePendingRecordings) TVRec[23]: ASK_RECORDING 23 58 0 0<br>
2025-02-22T11:59:30.055072-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: I TVRecEvent tv_<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="rec.cpp:1133">rec.cpp:1133</a>
(HandleStateChange) TVRec[23]: Changing from None to RecordingOnly<br>
2025-02-22T11:59:30.055213-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: I TVRecEvent tv_<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="rec.cpp:3703">rec.cpp:3703</a> (TuningFrequency)
TVRec[23]: TuningFrequency<br>
2025-02-22T11:59:30.155094-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: I TVRecEvent <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mythsystemunix.cpp:774">mythsystemunix.cpp:774</a> (Signal)
Child PID 428912 killed with Terminated<br>
2025-02-22T11:59:30.155227-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: I TVRecEvent <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mythsystemunix.cpp:774">mythsystemunix.cpp:774</a> (Signal)
Child PID 428912 killed with Killed<br>
2025-02-22T11:59:30.155297-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: I TVRecEvent <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mythsystemunix.cpp:774">mythsystemunix.cpp:774</a> (Signal)
Child PID 428912 killed with Terminated<br>
2025-02-22T11:59:30.155356-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: I TVRecEvent <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mythsystemunix.cpp:774">mythsystemunix.cpp:774</a> (Signal)
Child PID 428912 killed with Killed<br>
2025-02-22T11:59:30.155417-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: I Scheduler <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="scheduler.cpp:2923">scheduler.cpp:2923</a>
(HandleRecordingStatusChange) Tuning recording: "NHL
Hockey":"Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins": channel
30007 on cardid [23], sourceid 3<br>
2025-02-22T11:59:30.155478-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: I Scheduler <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="scheduler.cpp:2353">scheduler.cpp:2353</a>
(HandleReschedule) Reschedule requested for CHECK -10 2734 0
AddHistory | NHL Hockey | Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh
Penguins | The Capitals hit the ice with the Penguins. Washington
owns a 36-11-8 mark, good for ><br>
2025-02-22T11:59:30.155539-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: I Scheduler <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="scheduler.cpp:2467">scheduler.cpp:2467</a>
(HandleReschedule) Scheduled 1 items in 0.0 = 0.00 match + 0.00
check + 0.00 place<br>
2025-02-22T11:59:30.755590-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: E ProcessRequest <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mainserver.cpp:4981">mainserver.cpp:4981</a>
(HandleRemoteEncoder) MainServer: HandleRemoteEncoder(cmd
GET_STATE) Unknown encoder: 15<br>
2025-02-22T11:59:30.755654-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: E ProcessRequest <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mainserver.cpp:4981">mainserver.cpp:4981</a>
(HandleRemoteEncoder) MainServer: HandleRemoteEncoder(cmd
GET_STATE) Unknown encoder: 16<br>
2025-02-22T11:59:30.755685-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: E ProcessRequest <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mainserver.cpp:4981">mainserver.cpp:4981</a>
(HandleRemoteEncoder) MainServer: HandleRemoteEncoder(cmd
GET_STATE) Unknown encoder: 17<br>
2025-02-22T11:59:30.755709-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: E ProcessRequest <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mainserver.cpp:4981">mainserver.cpp:4981</a>
(HandleRemoteEncoder) MainServer: HandleRemoteEncoder(cmd
GET_STATE) Unknown encoder: 22<br>
2025-02-22T11:59:34.159644-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: E TVRecEvent tv_<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="rec.cpp:4007">rec.cpp:4007</a>
(TuningSignalCheck) TVRec[23]: TuningSignalCheck: Hit pre-fail
timeout<br>
2025-02-22T11:59:35.160653-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: W TVRecEvent tv_<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="rec.cpp:4035">rec.cpp:4035</a>
(TuningSignalCheck) TVRec[23]: TuningSignalCheck: taking more than
5000 ms to get a lock. marking this recording as 'Failing'.<br>
2025-02-22T11:59:35.160730-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: W TVRecEvent tv_<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="rec.cpp:4040">rec.cpp:4040</a>
(TuningSignalCheck) TVRec[23]: See 'Tuning timeout' in
mythtv-setup for this input<br>
2025-02-22T11:59:35.160762-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: I CoreContext <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="scheduler.cpp:722">scheduler.cpp:722</a>
(UpdateRecStatus) Updating status for "NHL Hockey":"Washington
Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins" on cardid [23] (Tuning =>
Failing)<br>
2025-02-22T11:59:35.160789-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: I Scheduler <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="scheduler.cpp:2353">scheduler.cpp:2353</a>
(HandleReschedule) Reschedule requested for CHECK -14 2734 0
UpdateRecStatus2 | NHL Hockey | Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh
Penguins | The Capitals hit the ice with the Penguins. Washington
owns a 36-11-8 mark, goo><br>
2025-02-22T11:59:35.160822-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: I Scheduler <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="scheduler.cpp:2467">scheduler.cpp:2467</a>
(HandleReschedule) Scheduled 1 items in 0.0 = 0.00 match + 0.00
check + 0.00 place<br>
2025-02-22T12:00:00.690821-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: E JobQueue <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="programinfo.cpp:2615">programinfo.cpp:2615</a>
(GetPlaybackURL) ProgramInfo(30007_20250222200000.ts):
GetPlaybackURL: '30007_20250222200000.ts' should be local, but it
can not be found.<br>
2025-02-22T12:00:00.691201-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: E JobQueue <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="programinfo.cpp:2615">programinfo.cpp:2615</a>
(GetPlaybackURL) ProgramInfo(30007_20250222200000.ts):
GetPlaybackURL: '30007_20250222200000.ts' should be local, but it
can not be found.<br>
2025-02-22T12:00:00.691281-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: I Metadata_3574 <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="jobqueue.cpp:2184">jobqueue.cpp:2184</a>
(DoMetadataLookupThread) JobQueue: Metadata Lookup Starting for
"NHL Hockey":"Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins" recorded
from channel 30007 at 2025-02-22T20:00:00Z<br>
2025-02-22T12:00:01.391159-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: E ProcessRequest <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mainserver.cpp:4981">mainserver.cpp:4981</a>
(HandleRemoteEncoder) MainServer: HandleRemoteEncoder(cmd
GET_STATE) Unknown encoder: 15<br>
2025-02-22T12:00:01.391312-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: E ProcessRequest <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mainserver.cpp:4981">mainserver.cpp:4981</a>
(HandleRemoteEncoder) MainServer: HandleRemoteEncoder(cmd
GET_STATE) Unknown encoder: 16<br>
2025-02-22T12:00:01.391395-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: E ProcessRequest <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mainserver.cpp:4981">mainserver.cpp:4981</a>
(HandleRemoteEncoder) MainServer: HandleRemoteEncoder(cmd
GET_STATE) Unknown encoder: 17<br>
2025-02-22T12:00:01.391463-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: E ProcessRequest <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mainserver.cpp:4981">mainserver.cpp:4981</a>
(HandleRemoteEncoder) MainServer: HandleRemoteEncoder(cmd
GET_STATE) Unknown encoder: 22<br>
2025-02-22T12:00:02.392261-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: I ProcessRequest <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mainserver.cpp:1815">mainserver.cpp:1815</a>
(HandleAnnounce) MainServer: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="MainServer::ANN">MainServer::ANN</a> Monitor<br>
2025-02-22T12:00:02.392345-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: I ProcessRequest <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mainserver.cpp:1817">mainserver.cpp:1817</a>
(HandleAnnounce) MainServer: adding: vader(5fddfba33ea0) as a
client (events: 0)<br>
2025-02-22T12:00:02.392383-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: I MythSocketThread(79) <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mainserver.cpp:7902">mainserver.cpp:7902</a>
(connectionClosed) Monitor sock(5fddfba33ea0) 'vader' disconnected<br>
2025-02-22T12:00:03.293020-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: I ProcessRequest <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mainserver.cpp:1815">mainserver.cpp:1815</a>
(HandleAnnounce) MainServer: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="MainServer::ANN">MainServer::ANN</a> Monitor<br>
2025-02-22T12:00:03.293099-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: I ProcessRequest <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mainserver.cpp:1817">mainserver.cpp:1817</a>
(HandleAnnounce) MainServer: adding: vader(5fddfba33ea0) as a
client (events: 0)<br>
2025-02-22T12:00:03.293131-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: I ProcessRequest <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mainserver.cpp:1815">mainserver.cpp:1815</a>
(HandleAnnounce) MainServer: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="MainServer::ANN">MainServer::ANN</a> Monitor<br>
2025-02-22T12:00:03.293157-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: I ProcessRequest <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mainserver.cpp:1817">mainserver.cpp:1817</a>
(HandleAnnounce) MainServer: adding: vader(5fddfba4c380) as a
client (events: 1)<br>
2025-02-22T12:00:06.296648-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: I MythSocketThread(79) <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mainserver.cpp:7902">mainserver.cpp:7902</a>
(connectionClosed) Monitor sock(5fddfba33ea0) 'vader' disconnected<br>
2025-02-22T12:00:06.296823-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: I MythSocketThread(84) <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mainserver.cpp:7902">mainserver.cpp:7902</a>
(connectionClosed) Monitor sock(5fddfba4c380) 'vader' disconnected<br>
2025-02-22T12:00:07.097192-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: E ProcessRequest <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mainserver.cpp:4981">mainserver.cpp:4981</a>
(HandleRemoteEncoder) MainServer: HandleRemoteEncoder(cmd
GET_STATE) Unknown encoder: 15<br>
2025-02-22T12:00:07.097297-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: E ProcessRequest <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mainserver.cpp:4981">mainserver.cpp:4981</a>
(HandleRemoteEncoder) MainServer: HandleRemoteEncoder(cmd
GET_STATE) Unknown encoder: 16<br>
2025-02-22T12:00:07.097340-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: E ProcessRequest <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mainserver.cpp:4981">mainserver.cpp:4981</a>
(HandleRemoteEncoder) MainServer: HandleRemoteEncoder(cmd
GET_STATE) Unknown encoder: 17<br>
2025-02-22T12:00:07.097376-08:00 vader mythbackend:
mythbackend[5119]: E ProcessRequest <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mainserver.cpp:4981">mainserver.cpp:4981</a>
(HandleRemoteEncoder) MainServer: HandleRemoteEncoder(cmd
GET_STATE) Unknown encoder: 22<br>
2025-02-22T12:0<br>
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<div class="moz-signature">-- <br>
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Regards,
<b>Bob Sully</b></div>
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