[mythtv-users] Can't watch live TV (lengthy)

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any backend errors?

On 3/4/07, martin <martin at knespel.at> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> (This is my first mail to this list, so please have some mercy).
>
> After struggling along a long time I give up and write this mail. Before
> I start to rant: I _love_ MythTV and used it for many years, but now I'm
> so fed up...
>
> I switched from V0.18, which worked good enough for my use (but
> occasionally forgot to record a show) to 0.20. The first thing I
> learned: DiseqC isn't working anymore. So I checked out the SVN-version
> and I am using 12923 now - where DiseqC is working again.
>
> Then I started to set up the system completely anew. New compile, fresh
> database, added the card, set up the two LNBs I have, scanned for
> channels etc.
>
> Up until now I could switch to LiveTV on the frontend and see something.
>
> Then I started editing the channels and shifted them around in the order
> I'd like to have them. Well - here the fun ends! The channel editor is a
> pain i.t.a.
>
> Why is mythtv-setup assigning the same channel number over and over
> again - when the frontend isn't able to tune to these channels anyway???
>
> PLEASE: If some developer is listening: Add a "start channel number"
> field in the general setup and don't touch any assigned channel numbers
> below this value (so when I enter 1000, start numbering the newly found
> channels from 1000 onwards - and NEVER use the same channel number
> twice!) - I'd like to do it myself, but I am much too unfamiliar with
> the code. If someone would give me a hint where to start, I do it!
>
> After ordering the channels the way I want it, I cannot watch LiveTV
> anymore. :-O I took care to tune in to a channel before starting to edit
> which I already had (channel 1) and also the starting channels for both
> LNBs exist. (And yes: I did this 2 or 3 times until I found out that
> editing the channels is the problem!)
>
> Looking at the logs (-v all from front- and backend) I can tell:
>
> - the backend seems to tune fine into the two starting channels
> - the backend-log seems very fine, no errors, but suddenly stops
> recording the live stream
> - the frontend-log shows some errors:
>
> ...
> 2007-03-04 23:02:40.958 MythSocket(88a0830:14): attempting connect() to
> (192.168.0.2:6543)
> 2007-03-04 23:02:40.959 MythSocket(88a0830:14): state change Idle ->
> Connected
> 2007-03-04 23:02:40.974 write -> 14 21      MYTH_PROTO_VERSION 33
> 2007-03-04 23:02:40.999 read  <- 14 13      ACCEPT[]:[]33
> 2007-03-04 23:02:41.006 Using protocol version 33
> 2007-03-04 23:02:41.006 write -> 14 18      ANN Playback msi 0
> 2007-03-04 23:02:41.016 read  <- 14 2       OK
> 2007-03-04 23:02:41.022 write -> 14 72      QUERY_RECORDER
> 1[]:[]SPAWN_LIVETV[]:[]live-msi-2007-03-04T23:02:40[]:[]0
> 2007-03-04 23:02:48.041 MythSocket(88a0830:14): readStringList: Error,
> timeout (quick).
> 2007-03-04 23:02:48.042 MythSocket(88a0830:14): state change Connected
> -> Idle
> 2007-03-04 23:02:48.042 RemoteEncoder::SendReceiveStringList(): No response.
> 2007-03-04 23:02:48.045 MSqlQuery: SELECT chanid, starttime, endtime,
> discontinuity, chainpos, hostprefix, cardtype, channame, input FROM
> tvchain WHERE chainid = 'live-msi-2007-03-04T23:02:40' ORDER BY chainpos;
> 2007-03-04 23:02:48.066 GetEntryAt(-1) failed.
> 2007-03-04 23:02:48.069 MSqlQuery: SELECT
> recorded.chanid,starttime,endtime,title,
> subtitle,description,channel.channum,
> channel.callsign,channel.name,channel.commfree,
> channel.outputfilters,seriesid,programid,filesize,
> lastmodified,stars,previouslyshown,originalairdate,
> hostname,recordid,transcoder,playgroup,
> recorded.recpriority,progstart,progend,basename,recgroup, storagegroup
> FROM recorded LEFT JOIN channel ON recorded.chanid = channel.chanid
> WHERE recorded.chanid = '0' AND starttime = '1970-01-01T01:00:00' ;
> 2007-03-04 23:02:48.085 EntryToProgram(0 at Thu Jan 1 01:00:00 1970) failed
> to get pginfo
> 2007-03-04 23:02:48.086 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started
> 2007-03-04 23:02:48.086 MythSocket(88a0830:-1): DownRef: -1
> 2007-03-04 23:02:48.086 MythSocket(88a0830:-1): delete socket
> 2007-03-04 23:02:48.086 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started
> 2007-03-04 23:02:48.095 TV: Deleting TV Chain in destructor
> ...
>
> ("server" is my server and "msi" is my client)
>
> - the only thing that I see is, that both times are not exactls the same
> (client reports "live-msi-2007-03-04T23:02:40", but server has
> starttime: "2007-03-04T23:02:55"
>
> I can send both logs, if necessary - if this is the right list to ask
> for help.
>
> My hardware:
>
> Both systems are P4 with 1.6 and 1.8 GHz, running a debian system with
> kernel 2.6.18. The tuner card is a Hauppauge Nexus-s with a
> DiseqC-switch and 2 LNBs for Astra and Hotbird (I am living in Europe).
>
> Any other info you need?
>
> And - yes - I searched the net, the tickets and the archives: There are
> reports that LiveTV suddenly doesn't work anymore, but no definitive or
> usable solution. There are also reports about the "failed to get
> pginfo"-message - also with no solution.
>
> Anyway: Why is watching LiveTV not working anymore after editing the
> channels with mythtv-setup?
>
> Thanks for reading and sorry for wasting some bandwidth - but sometimes
> you need to ...
>
> Martin
>
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