[mythtv-users] More problems with Mirobridge

Nasa nasa01 at comcast.net
Thu Apr 8 22:21:24 UTC 2010


> > Nasa,
> >     A test to try. Add two cron jobs that have the following
> commands
> > 
> > env `dbus-launch` sh -c 'trap "kill $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID" EXIT; 
> > /usr/local/share/mythtv/mythvideo/scripts/mirobridge.py -Vt' > 
> > "/tmp/envtest_mirobridge.log" 2>&1
> > 
> > and
> > 
> > ffmpeg --help > "/tmp/envtest_ffmpeg.log" 2>&1
> > 
> > 
> > Pastebin the results from the two log files and post the link to
> this
> > 
> > thread. Make sure the pastebin will not be removed from at least a
> few
> > 
> > days. Even though "--help" is not a valid argument for ffmpeg it
> will
> > 
> > verify that ffmpeg can be accessed within your cron environment. Do
> > not 
> > bother changing this parameter to the valid "-h".
> > 
> > I am suspicious that ffmpeg is not available to the cron
> environment.
> > 
> > This test must be run from your regular crontab not just a one off
> > cron 
> > job. Once you run the test and have captured the results you can
> > remove 
> > the two cron jobs.
> > 
> > As far as the odd naming of the Geekbrief video I do not know but
> lets
> > 
> > deal with one issue at a time.
> > 
> > Has MiroBridge ever worked for you? If it has then when did it stop
> 
> > working and what has changed within the period that it stopped
> > working?
> > 
> Thanks Doug,
> 
> The link is http://pastebin.com/tW5CqpWV -- however, I can give the 
> readers digest version.
> 
> /bin/sh: ffmpeg: command not found
> 
> Mirobridge works fine outside of cron, I *think* it worked correctly
> at one 
> time...  but I've had a number of issues I've been working through and
> can't
> be sure of that.
> 
> For the ffmpeg problem, I plan to add the following to the top of my
> crontab 
> (assuming ffmpeg is in one of these paths, I will check when I am
> home):
> 
> PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

Adding the above line did indeed make the command execute without issue.

Nasa
 
> Hopefully that would address that problem.
> 
> Nasa
> 
> 
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