[mythtv-users] channel changes via script suddenly stopped working--diagnose help
Larry Roberts
mythtv at american-hero.com
Sun Apr 14 00:55:28 UTC 2013
I have renamed irsend to irsend1 and then changed the script to reflect
that as well. In the logs it shows the same irsend1 being executed.
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> This is just soooooo odd. I tried going from a perl script to a basic
> bash script and it still had problems. as soon as I saw that the
> problem followed it I went back to my original script to eliminate any
> variables.
>
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So I did a full upgrade to the latest and greatest of packages,but no
success. I then decided I needed to see more of what the script was
doing so I added a 3 second pause at the very beginning of the script.
BLAM its working again.
I did 5 test recordings from mythweb and all picked the right channel.
I dont know if its a long term fix, or for that matter why a 3 second
pause at the beginning would make a difference but it seems too!
I was able to see the channel change taking place during the video and
it was sending a single character each time. Again I dont know if the 3
second pause really made a difference or if I just managed to scare a
gremlin out of the sytem but I'm not going to remove the pause to find out !
Everyone please cross your fingers and toes! Thanks for the help in
troubleshooting this as well. I learned a bunch about linux in the
process which makes it worth it!
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