[mythtv-users] Newbie having problems...

Andy Hitchman andy at hitchman.net
Fri Apr 3 09:00:49 UTC 2009


I think I've tracked the problem down. I need to set 'quick tuning'
(or 'quick channel change'; something like that) to 'Always'.

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 8:23 AM, Michael Rice <mikerice1969 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/1/09, Andy Hitchman <andy at hitchman.net> wrote:
>> I've just installed MythTV and have build a system with a separate
>>  frontend and backend and a HDHomeRun (DVB-T).
>>
>>  I can't watch live TV or record and the problem seems to be related to
>>  the backend's inability to write to the 'preview' file (excuse my lack
>>  of knowledge).
>>
>
> ==============================================================================
>>  backend filesystem
>>  ==============================================================================
>>  /dev/mapper/vgapollofiles-lvav on /files type xfs (rw,noatime,nodiratime)
>>
>>  mythtv at apollo:~$ ls -lR /files/mythtv
>>  /files/mythtv:
>>  total 0
>>  drwxrwxrwx 2 mythtv mythtv 36 2009-04-01 19:18 recordings
>>
>>  /files/mythtv/recordings:
>>  total 0
>>  -rw-r--r-- 1 mythtv mythtv 0 2009-04-01 19:18 1003_20090401191900.mpg
>
> From the zero file size you can see that nothing was recorded.  That
> is presumably why the preview fails and the front end as well.  You
> might add "-v record" to the log and see if it gives you an idea why
> recording is not working.
>
> Or if possible try to make a recording outside of MythTV
> (hdhomerun_config or whatever) and make sure it works without MythTV
> involved.
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