[mythtv-users] mythfrontend hangs with "NVP::OpenFile(): Error, file not found: output.nuv"

[Michael T. Dean]

On 12/28/2008 03:55 AM, David Brodbeck wrote:
> I just updated one of my frontends to the latest 0.21-fixes package from 
> Packman, 0.21-19.  The backend is running 0.21-13.  Both of these 
> packages have the same library API version and the same protocol number, 
> so they should be cross-compatible (I think.)
>   

Those versions numbers mean very little to Myth people--just to Packman 
people.  Use mythfrontend --version or mythbackend --version to get the 
actual version information.

> However, my frontend now hangs when browsing the recording list.  I get 
> the following output:
> 2008-12-28 00:39:25.893 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.10.7:6543 
> (try 1 of 5)
> 2008-12-28 00:39:25.894 Using protocol version 40
> 2008-12-28 00:39:27.780 NVP: OpenFile() Warning, old player exited 
> before new ring buffer created.
>             RingBuffer will use filename 'output.nuv'.
> 2008-12-28 00:39:27.780 RemoteFile::openSocket(control socket):
>             Could not connect to server "" @ port -1
>   

Looks like your database/backend setup is wrong.  Run mythtv-setup on 
both the local and remote machines and make sure you've specified the 
right IP addresses for the database server, local backend, and master 
backend.  Note that if you /do/ actually have a remote backend, you 
should /not/ use 127.0.0.1 anywhere.

Mike