[mythtv-users] Mythtv 0.26 is Broken in Ubuntu 13.04 amd64 Desktop!!!

Thomas Mashos thomas at mashos.com
Wed Jul 10 05:56:16 UTC 2013


A few things.

1) Are you sure the backend was stopped when running mythtv-setup.real?

2) Why are you using 13.04 and not 12.04?

Thanks,

Thomas Mashos


On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 10:41 PM, Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang
Enming) <singapore.mr.teo.en.ming at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have recently purchased Intel Core i5-4430 3.0 GHz processor, Asrock
> B85M Pro4 LGA1150 motherboard, 8GB Kingston DDR3-1600 memory and Cooler
> Master Elite 311 ATX casing on 4th July 2013 for SGD$501.
>
> Then I installed the latest Ubuntu 13.04 amd64 desktop. I have also
> installed Mythtv 0.26 using the following command:
>
> sudo apt-get install mythtv
>
> teo-en-ming at intel-core-i5-**4430-desktop:~$ mythbackend --version
> Please attach all output as a file in bug reports.
> MythTV Version : v0.26.0-37-g340b5d4
> MythTV Branch : fixes/0.26
> Network Protocol : 75
> Library API : 0.26.20120822-1
> QT Version : 4.8.3
> Options compiled in:
>  linux profile use_hidesyms using_alsa using_oss using_pulse
> using_pulseoutput using_backend using_bindings_perl using_bindings_python
> using_bindings_php using_crystalhd using_dvb using_firewire using_frontend
> using_hdhomerun using_ceton using_hdpvr using_iptv using_ivtv
> using_joystick_menu using_libcec using_libcrypto using_libdns_sd
> using_libxml2 using_lirc using_mheg using_opengl_video using_qtwebkit
> using_qtscript using_qtdbus using_v4l2 using_x11 using_xrandr using_xv
> using_bindings_perl using_bindings_python using_bindings_php
> using_mythtranscode using_opengl using_vaapi using_vdpau
> using_ffmpeg_threads using_live using_mheg using_libass using_libxml2
>
> When I tried to scan for TV channels, mythtv-setup.real reports:
>
> Failed to find any new channels!
>
> Note that I am using mythtv-setup.real to configure my Hauppage WinTV PVR
> USB2 TV tuner, not mythtv-setup. If I use mythtv-setup, a black blank
> MythTV Setup Terminal screen will pop-up and nothing happens after that. I
> have configured everything correctly in mythtv-setup.real.
>
> Hence I conclude that MythTV 0.26 and TV channel scanning are BROKEN in
> Ubuntu 13.04. Previously when I use Ubuntu 11.10, MythTV was working
> wonderfully.
>
> To overcome this problem in Ubuntu 13.04, I have installed Oracle VM
> VirtualBox. Then I installed Ubuntu 11.10 amd64 as a VirtualBox virtual
> machine. Then I installed MythTV in Ubuntu 11.10 amd64 virtual machine.
> Then I use USB Passthrough to passthrough my Hauppage Win TV PVR USB2 to my
> Ubuntu 11.10 virtual machine to enable me to watch TV in a virtual
> machine!!!
>
> I am wondering if developers could fix the MythTV TV channel scanning
> issue in Ubuntu 13.04. Please also let me know if there are any workarounds
> or solutions to this MythTV 0.26 problem in Ubuntu 13.04.
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> --
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
>
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