[mythtv-users] mythtv recorded on wrong DVB channel

[Brian May]

I have a TV show setup to record channel 2, every day, at 7pm.

This normally works, last night it recorded channel 7 instead.

The logged messages are:

[...]
2004-04-21 19:00:00 Changing from RecordingOnly to None
2004-04-21 19:00:00 Changing from RecordingOnly to None
2004-04-21 19:00:00 Closing DVB recorder
2004-04-21 19:00:03 Started recording "ABC News" on channel: 12004 on cardid: 9, sourceid 12
2004-04-21 19:00:06 Changing from None to RecordingOnly
2004-04-21 19:00:06 DVB#0 Recorder: Card opened successfully.
Audiostream: Layer: 2  BRate: 256 kb/s  Freq: 48.0 kHz
Videostream: ASPECT: 16:9  Size = 720x576  FRate: 25 fps  BRate: 15.00 Mbit/s
2004-04-21 19:00:08 Found changes in the todo list.
2004-04-21 19:01:37 Getting next free recorder : -1
2004-04-21 19:01:37 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2004-04-21 19:01:37 adding: launchpad as a client (events: 0)
2004-04-21 19:01:38 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2004-04-21 19:01:38 adding: launchpad as a client (events: 0)
2004-04-21 19:01:38 adding: launchpad as a remote ringbuffer
2004-04-21 19:01:38 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
2004-04-21 19:16:49 DVB#0 WARNING - Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
[...]

In the above I couldn't see any attempt to change channel??? The
previous channel was 7, this seems to have been used instead.

So I tried watching channel 2 livetv after a reboot.

It wouldn't work:

Audiostream: Layer: 2  BRate: 256 kb/s  Freq: 48.0 kHz
Videostream: ASPECT: 16:9  Size = 720x576  FRate: 25 fps  BRate: 15.00 Mbit/s
2004-04-22 09:28:40 DVB#0 WARNING - Status: NO LOCK!
2004-04-22 09:28:45 DVB#0 ERROR - Poll timed out too many times, bailing.
2004-04-22 09:28:45 DVB#0 ERROR - Tuning for channel #2 failed.
2004-04-22 09:28:45 DVB#0 WARNING - Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
2004-04-22 09:28:45 DVB#0 WARNING - Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
2004-04-22 09:28:45 DVB#0 WARNING - Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
2004-04-22 09:28:45 DVB#0 WARNING - Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
2004-04-22 09:28:45 DVB#0 WARNING - Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
2004-04-22 09:28:45 DVB#0 WARNING - Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
2004-04-22 09:28:46 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
2004-04-22 09:28:47 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
2004-04-22 09:28:48 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.

[...]

I tried tzap, it worked straight away. Also mplayer worked.  After
that, even mythtv works now with channel 2, after a few complaints:

2004-04-22 09:32:36 DVB#0 Recorder: Card opened successfully.
Audiostream: Layer: 2  BRate: 256 kb/s  Freq: 48.0 kHz
Videostream: ASPECT: 16:9  Size = 720x576  FRate: 25 fps  BRate: 15.00 Mbit/s
2004-04-22 09:32:41 DVB#0 WARNING - Status: NO LOCK!
2004-04-22 09:32:45 DVB#0 Successfully tuned to channel 2.
2004-04-22 09:32:45 DVB#0 WARNING - Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
2004-04-22 09:32:45 DVB#0 WARNING - Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
2004-04-22 09:32:45 DVB#0 WARNING - Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
2004-04-22 09:32:45 DVB#0 WARNING - Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
2004-04-22 09:32:45 DVB#0 WARNING - Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
Audiostream: Layer: 1  Bit rate: free  Freq: 32.0 kHz
Videostream: ASPECT: 16:9  Size = 720x576  FRate: 25 fps  BRate: 15.00 Mbit/s
2004-04-22 09:32:52 Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
2004-04-22 09:32:52 Closing DVB recorder

I have CVS from 20040402.
-- 
Brian May <bam at snoopy.apana.org.au>