[mythtv-users] Recording/LiveTv stopped working ... just getting timeout

[Ma Begaj]

2010/4/14 Ma Begaj <derliebegott at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Logs are showing this. Slave Backend is showing a lot of these when I
>>> try LiveTv:
>>>
>>> 2010-04-14 01:43:03.918 MythSocket(8221458:23): UpRef: 2
>>> 2010-04-14 01:43:03.918 MythSocket(8221458:23): read  <- 23 39
>>> QUERY_REMOTEENCODER 2[]:[]IS_BUSY[]:[]5
>>> 2010-04-14 01:43:03.919 MythSocket(8221458:23): write -> 23 43
>>> 0[]:[]<EMPTY>[]:[]0[]:[]0[]:[]0[]:[]0[]:[]0
>>> 2010-04-14 01:43:03.919 MythSocket(8221458:23): DownRef: 1
>>> 2010-04-14 01:43:03.920 MythSocketThread(sock 0x8221458:23): socket is readable
>>> 2010-04-14 01:43:03.920 MythSocketThread(sock 0x8221458:23): calling
>>> m_cb->readyRead()
>>> 2010-04-14 01:43:03.920 MythSocket(8221458:23): UpRef: 2
>>> 2010-04-14 01:43:03.920 MythSocket(8221458:23): read  <- 23 39
>>> QUERY_REMOTEENCODER 3[]:[]IS_BUSY[]:[]5
>>> 2010-04-14 01:43:03.920 MainServer: HandleRemoteEncoder(cmd IS_BUSY)
>>> Unknown encoder: 3
>>
>> That doesn't look good...
>>
>>> 2010-04-14 01:43:03.921 MythSocket(8221458:23): write -> 23 2       -1
>>> 2010-04-14 01:43:03.921 MythSocket(8221458:23): DownRef: 1
>>> 2010-04-14 01:43:03.922 MythSocketThread(sock 0x8221458:23): socket is readable
>>> 2010-04-14 01:43:03.922 MythSocketThread(sock 0x8221458:23): calling
>>> m_cb->readyRead()
>>> 2010-04-14 01:43:03.922 MythSocket(8221458:23): UpRef: 2
>>> 2010-04-14 01:43:03.922 MythSocket(8221458:23): read  <- 23 41
>>> QUERY_REMOTEENCODER 3[]:[]GET_MAX_BITRATE
>>> 2010-04-14 01:43:03.922 MainServer: HandleRemoteEncoder(cmd
>>> GET_MAX_BITRATE) Unknown encoder: 3
>>
>> ... or that ...
>>
>>> 2010-04-14 01:42:01.731 We have a
>>> playbackURL(/mnt/livetv1/1_20100414014201.nuv) & cardtype(V4L)
>>
>> ... and the PVR cards are not V4L cards creating nuv files, AFAICR.
>>
>> First thing I would do is delete all capture cards and recreate them
>> (ensuring they are configured as hardware MPEG2 cards) in
>> mythtv-setup. Also make sure the relevant /dev/videoX nodes are being
>> correctly created, and that the ivtv driver is working normally
>> outside of MythTV.
>>
>> Nick
>>
>
>
> Thanks. I will test it later today.
>
> Cards are working with mplayer (i.e.: mplayer /dev/video[012]) without
> any problems. That was my first check yesterday, just to be sure that
> my pvrs are not dead.
>

Just an update: everything is working. Deleting all tuners and
restarting all backends brought everything back.

Thanks