[mythtv-users] Could not connect to server problem

[James Orr]

On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 9:35 AM, James Orr <james.orr7 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Trying to get a frontend working with mythbuntu running off the CD.
> When I go to play a recording I get a black screen for a moment and then
> sent back to the menu. In the backend logs I get ...
>
> 2009-03-28 09:26:52.042 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> 2009-03-28 09:26:52.073 adding: frontend as a client (events: 0)
> 2009-03-28 09:26:52.130 MainServer::HandleAnnounce FileTransfer
> 2009-03-28 09:26:52.184 adding: frontend as a remote file transfer
> 2009-03-28 09:26:52.252 RemoteFile::openSocket(control socket):
>                         Could not connect to server "" @ port -1
> 2009-03-28 09:26:52.307 RemoteFile::openSocket(file data socket):
>                         Could not connect to server "" @ port -1
> 2009-03-28 09:26:52.362 RingBuffer::RingBuffer(): Failed to open remote
> file ()
> 2009-03-28 09:26:52.429 RingBuf() Error: Invalid file descriptor in
> 'safe_read()'
>
> However, live TV works fine ...
>
> 2009-03-28 09:29:38.203 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> 2009-03-28 09:29:38.234 adding: frontend as a client (events: 0)
> 2009-03-28 09:29:38.292 TVRec(3): Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
> 2009-03-28 09:29:38.353 TVRec(3): HW Tuner: 3->3
> 2009-03-28 09:29:40.080 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> 2009-03-28 09:29:40.133 adding: frontend as a client (events: 0)
> 2009-03-28 09:29:40.201 MainServer::HandleAnnounce FileTransfer
> 2009-03-28 09:29:40.311 adding: frontend as a remote file transfer
>
> Googling turned up some stuff about this being a problem after changing the
> backend hostname, which I have not done and I can ping the backend by IP and
> hostname fine.  I can also ping "frontend" from the backend.
>

I decided to start with a fresh set of settings, so I changed the hostname
to frontend2 and tried again.  When I want to Watch Recordings, the preview
movie is loading (previously I had it set on display thumbnail), however
it's still doing the same thing when I try to watch it.

This isn't making any sense to me ...
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