[mythtv-users] Mac OSX Fronted Crashes?

Peter Loron peterl at standingwave.org
Sun Oct 16 01:35:12 UTC 2005


Hmmm. Sorry, no clue. Offhand, I'd guess there's some mismatch  
between the frontend you're trying to run and your backed. Is that  
new frontend build against current CVS?

-Pete

On Oct 15, 2005, at 1:13 AM, Michael Jones wrote:

> Ok.. When I delete the .mythtv folder from the Users directory the,  
> what
> we'll call for now, stripped version works just fine.  It can watch  
> tv from
> the backend and watch recorded programs.. As long as I set it to  
> it's own
> frontend name that I've never used anywhere else.
>
> If I open the new front end (the one compiled with all the plugins)  
> I get
> the following in the console log:
>
> ===== Saturday, October 15, 2005 2:59:55 AM US/Central =====
> 2005-10-15 03:00:12.385 Using runtime prefix = /Applications/ 
> MythFrontend
> wPlugin.app/Contents/Resources
> 2005-10-15 03:00:12.395 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2005-10-15 03:00:12.424 Total desktop dim: 1280x854, with 1 screen[s].
> 2005-10-15 03:00:12.437 Using screen 0, 1280x854 at 0,0
> 2005-10-15 03:00:12.461 mythfrontend version: 0.19.20050712-1  
> www.mythtv.org
> 2005-10-15 03:00:12.462 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
> 2005-10-15 03:00:13.572 Total desktop dim: 1280x854, with 1 screen[s].
> 2005-10-15 03:00:13.581 Using screen 0, 1280x854 at 0,0
> 2005-10-15 03:00:13.590 Switching to square mode (G.A.N.T.)
> 2005-10-15 03:00:15.052 Registering Internal as a media playback  
> plugin.
> 2005-10-15 03:00:15.209 Registering MythDVD DVD Media Handler as a  
> media
> handler
> 2005-10-15 03:00:15.214 Registering MythDVD VCD Media Handler as a  
> media
> handler
> 2005-10-15 03:01:03.634 Writing settings file /Users/apple/.mythtv/ 
> mysql.txt
> 2005-10-15 03:01:03.970 Connecting to backend server:  
> 192.168.0.40:6543 (try
> 1 of 5)
>
> If I try to watch TV with this setup.. It added the following  
> entries to the
> above:
>
> 2005-10-15 03:02:27.294 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2005-10-15 03:02:27.558 Attempting to change from None to  
> WatchingLiveTV
> 2005-10-15 03:02:27.572 Protocol version mismatch  
> (frontend=18,backend=15)
>
> If I try to watch a recorded program.. I get more entries on the  
> console
> log:
>
> ===== Saturday, October 15, 2005 3:12:12 AM US/Central =====
> 2005-10-15 03:12:18.558 All Programs
> length mismatch between programinfo
>
>
>
> Note.. I'm on the .18.1 backend..
>
> What am I doing wrong.. Or should I just abandon the fully featured  
> frontend
> on the mac side for now..
>
> Thanks for any help..
>
> - Michael
>
>
>
>
>
>> From: Michael Jones <m_g_j at michaelandholly.com>
>> Reply-To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>> Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 08:46:17 -0700
>> To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>> Conversation: Mac OSX Fronted Crashes?
>> Subject: [mythtv-users] Mac OSX Fronted Crashes?
>>
>> I have been running the mythfrontend from Matthew Mead's page
>> (http://www.goof.com/~mmead/) with great results for some time.   
>> It's worked
>> great.   It can only stream live TV and watch recorded TV.. But so  
>> far so
>> good..
>>
>> Continuing on with my inability to leave well enough alone I  
>> downloaded the
>> latest build from the http://willamette.edu/~gkruse/myth site and  
>> everything
>> blew up.
>>
>> When I load the new mythfrontend it seems to start.. It sees the  
>> backend (or
>> at least seems to) but it cannot do anything.. Live TV, Play recorded
>> programs, Schedules etc..
>>
>> Now when I try using the old version (the one from Matthew Mead's  
>> page) it
>> doesn't even open.  It flashes a couple times in the dock and then  
>> stops.
>>
>> I am using the same frontend name for both versions.. Maybe that's  
>> an issue?
>>
>> Any ideas?  Am I just doing something wrong here?
>>
>>
>>
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