[mythtv-users] livetv not working

[Eppo Eppleston]

On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com>wrote:

> On 01/22/2009 02:13 PM, Eppo Eppleston wrote:
>
>> livetv is not working from my frontend. i added a hauppauge hdpvr and that
>> is when the problem started. so i'm guessing its trying to use that for
>> livetv which is what i want. the hdpvr is on /dev/video0. when i open
>> mythfrontend from the command prompt i get this in the logs:
>> 2009-01-22 14:06:51.282
>> RingBuf(/home/ataraid/Mythtv/1011_20090122140640.mpg): Waited 8.0 seconds
>> for data to become available...
>> 2009-01-22 14:06:51.282 Checking to see if there's a new livetv program to
>> switch to..
>> 2009-01-22 14:06:59.284
>> RingBuf(/home/ataraid/Mythtv/1011_20090122140640.mpg) Error: Waited 16
>> seconds for data, aborting.
>> 2009-01-22 14:06:59.285 AFD Error: Could not find codec parameters. file
>> was "/home/ataraid/Mythtv/1011_20090122140640.mpg".
>> 2009-01-22 14:06:59.285 Couldn't open decoder for:
>> /home/ataraid/Mythtv/1011_20090122140640.mpg
>> 2009-01-22 14:06:59.285 TV: StartPlayer(0, WatchingLiveTV, main) -- end
>> error
>> 2009-01-22 14:06:59.285 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started
>> the codec for the files at this time is HD video with AAC audio. i have a
>> optical audio cable on the way, so i think that when i start getting audio
>> from that input, i should be getting HD video with ac3 audio. is it the aac
>> audio codec that its complaining about?
>> thank you
>>
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/264034#264034 and make
> sure you have the appropriate system configuration (i.e. udev rules) to
> ensure your capture cards don't swap order.
>
> Mike
>

i did what was suggested in that thread, and i tried livetv when running
mythfrontend from the same box running the backend, and livetv worked. its
just not working on the frontend system.
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