[mythtv] *buntu trusty ppa: loss of multirec

[David Engel]

On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 09:06:47PM +0000, John Pilkington wrote:
> On 27/01/16 20:21, David Engel wrote:
> >On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 05:03:34PM +0000, Stuart Auchterlonie wrote:
> >>On 27/01/16 14:59, John Pilkington wrote:
> >>>On 27/01/16 14:50, John Pilkington wrote:
> >>>>On 27/01/16 14:14, Stuart Auchterlonie wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Time for the silly questions. did you go into the recording options and
> >>>>>set multirec to > 1 ??
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Regards
> >>>>>Stuart
> >>>>
> >>>>Yes.  2 default, I use 5, but now no effect.
> >>>>
> >>>>mysql> select cardid, parentid, videodevice, schedorder, livetvorder
> >>>>from capturecard ;
> >>>>+--------+----------+-----------------------------+------------+-------------+
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>| cardid | parentid | videodevice                 | schedorder |
> >>>>livetvorder |
> >>>>+--------+----------+-----------------------------+------------+-------------+
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>|      1 |        0 | /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 |          1 |    5 |
> >>>>|      2 |        1 | /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 |          0 |    0 |
> >>>>+--------+----------+-----------------------------+------------+-------------+
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
> >>>>
> >>>>Cheers,
> >>>>
> >>>>John
> >>>
> >>>That was as I had left it.  Just rentered setup and set max recordings
> >>>to 5.
> >>>
> >>>mysql> select cardid, parentid, videodevice, schedorder, livetvorder
> >>>from capturecard ;
> >>>+--------+----------+-----------------------------+------------+-------------+
> >>>
> >>>| cardid | parentid | videodevice                 | schedorder |
> >>>livetvorder |
> >>>+--------+----------+-----------------------------+------------+-------------+
> >>>
> >>>|      1 |        0 | /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 |          1 |    5 |
> >>>|      2 |        1 | /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 |          0 |    0 |
> >>>|      3 |        1 | /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 |          0 |    0 |
> >>>|      4 |        1 | /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 |          0 |    0 |
> >>>|      5 |        1 | /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 |          0 |    0 |
> >>>+--------+----------+-----------------------------+------------+-------------+
> >>>
> >>>5 rows in set (0.00 sec)
> >>>
> >>
> >>Yeah, i think if you don't hit "finish" to exit the page, and instead
> >>"cancel" out, it remains as 1, giving the behaviour you were seeing.
> >
> >The card/input support in mythtv-setup is full of holes that can
> >result in non-working configuration if things aren't completed
> >normally.  All card types are affected, but DVB is the most.
> >
> >Davod
> >
> OK, but I've just been through all the card-setup and input selection pages
> again, not quitting any stages prematurely.  I got conflicts again, and the
> DB had zeroes for cards 2 to 4.
> 
> After "update capturecard set schedorder=1, livetvorder=5 ;" the conficts
> have gone; but that precise form wouldn't work on boxes with more than one
> physical card.
> 
> As I said before, I suspect that the real problem is that probing this
> auto-switching card is no longer revealing its identity - although the
> kernel has it right.
> 
> ... but thanks for the suggestion

Can you run mythtv-setup with -v database?

David
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David Engel
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