[mythtv-users] Selecting "Watch TV" exits right away?

[Mark Parsons]

On 14 Jan 2009, at 16:41, Clay wrote:

>
>> From: Igor Chudov <igor at chudov.com>
>> ...
>> Any idea why selecting "Watch TV" returns me
>> right back to the main
>> menu?
>>
>> thanks a lot
>>
>> i
>
> Usual suspect:
> Directory to hold recordings does not exist or MythTV doesn't have  
> permissions to write to it.
> ('Live TV' is also a recording since Myth buffers everything.)
> Whatever directory you set up in the backend, or the default /media/ 
> cache/mythtv exist and have permissions?
>
> For realtime log, run from a terminal:
> mythfrontend -v (playback, all, etc. -h for help)
>
> You can also run in a terminal:
> mythtv (with -v all, etc. for more info)
> to go straight to live TV and bypass the frontend menu screen.
>

Another "usual suspect" in my experience, which rarely gets mentioned,  
is if you've told mythtv-setup which channel to start on, but have  
subsequently moved/removed/renumbered your channels - in which case  
you get exactly the symptom you describe...