[mythtv-users] Re: mythfrontend stopped playing live TV

[Thomas Haller]

Hi Mark,
mythfrontend --version returns:
0.16.20040906-1
I remember I had to add the correct frequency tables for swiss cable TV  
before compiling.
Should I try to run the latest CVS version ?
___
  |homas
> Which version of the are you running? If it is CVS then when did you  
> update
> last?
> Cheers,
> Mark
> On Sunday 30 January 2005 09:52, Thomas Haller wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>> just found out that my old recordings cat be scanned with tcscan,
>> the "new" ones (that mythtv cannot playback) give the following
>> error :
>> ------------------------
>>   [thomas at htpc recordings]$ tcscan -i
>> 1001_20050129201500_20050129215000.nuv Contents of file
>> 1001_20050129201500_20050129215000.nuv
>> (5495324672/0x1478c0000 bytes):
>>
>>
>>
>>   *** Error: Expected chunk 'RIFF', found 'ÿÿÿÿ'
>> ---------------------
>> the found part is different for any of the new recordings.
>> Like I said: mplayer/xine have no problem, mythfrontend and tcscan have  
>> a
>> problem with the files.
>> Any clue ? Have I screwed something up in mythbackend ? (though I didn't
>> do anything there ...)
>>
>> Thanks for your help,
>> ___
>>
>>   |homas
>>
>> On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 23:09:31 +0100, Thomas Haller
>>
>> <thomas-ra.haller at swissonline.ch> wrote:
>> > Hi everyone,
>> > I had a perfectly working setup ... until a couple of days ago I  
>> noticed,
>> > that when I want to watch TV the screen would go black and a couple of
>> > seconds later
>> > I am back in the menu.
>> > Mythfrontend says:
>> > --------------------
>> > Couldn't find a matching decoder for:
>> > rbuf://127.0.0.1:6543/home/mythtv/buffers/
>> > ringbuf1.nuv
>> > -------------------
>> >
>> > Also when I record something now, I cannot playback these recordings  
>> with
>> > mythfrontend.
>> > xine or mplayer play them just fine.
>> > All old recordings still work perfectly ....
>> > I habe not changed any recording profiles ...
>> > What is going on ??
>> > Why does mythfrontend not recognise it's own recordings anymore ?
>> >
>> > Any help appreciated.
>> > ___
>> >
>> >    |homas Haller



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