[mythtv-users] mythvidexport was working now errors out

[William Jacoby]

On 9/14/2013 12:27 AM, Mark Perkins wrote:
>>>>> //snip//
>>>>> jobqueue.cpp:2439 (DoUserJobThread) JobQueue: User Job
>>>>> '/usr/bin/mythvidexport.py  --verbose general --loglevel info
>>>>> --syslog
>>>>> local7 4524' failed.
>>>>>
>>>>> Taking JOBID: 4524  from that and running commandline it works and
>>>>> produces
>>>>> this:
>>>>>
>>>>> william at william-mythtv:~$ mythvidexport.py 4524
>>>>> 2013-09-13 15:28:53.064381 I [30692] mythvidexport.py Using
>>>>> recording
>>>>> -- Galaxy Quest -
>>>>> 2013-09-13 15:28:53.090670 I [30692] mythvidexport.py Attempting
>>>>> Movie export.
>>>>> 2013-09-13 15:28:53.513544 I [30692] mythvidexport.py Importing
>>>>> content from
>>>>> -- 926
>>>>> 2013-09-13 15:28:53.937363 I [30692] mythvidexport.py Import
>>>>> complete
>>>>> 2013-09-13 15:28:53.939074 I [30692] mythvidexport.py Copying
>>>>> myth://Default@william-mythtv/12112_20130912085600.nuv to
>>>>> myth://Videos@william-mythtv/Movies/Galaxy Quest.nuv
>>>>> 2013-09-13 15:29:12.084101 I [30692] mythvidexport.py Transfer
>>>>> Complete
>>>>> -- 18 seconds elapsed
>>>>> william at william-mythtv:~$
>>>>>
>>>>> [Mark] Out of curiosity what happens if you run the full command
>>>>> from the command line, ie "mythvidexport.py  --verbose general
>>>>> --loglevel info --syslog local7 4524" and not just "mythvidexport.py
>> 4524".
>>>>>
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>>>> Doing that I get this:
>>>>
>>>> william at william-mythtv:/var/mail$ mythvidexport.py  --verbose general
>>>> -- loglevel info --syslog local7 4550
>>>>
>>>> with zero output on the commandline(other than returning to the
>>>> prompt) or the mythbackend.log fiile. In the /var/log/syslog file I
> get:
>>>> Sep 13 19:18:51 william-mythtv mythvidexport.py[6253]: Using
>>>> recording
>>>> -- Reba - All Fore One
>>>> Sep 13 19:18:51 william-mythtv mythvidexport.py[6253]: Performing TV
>>>> export with local data.
>>>> Sep 13 19:18:53 william-mythtv mythvidexport.py[6253]: Import
>>>> complete Sep 13 19:18:53 william-mythtv mythvidexport.py[6253]:
>>>> Copying myth://Default@william-mythtv/2023_20130912155600.nuv to
>>>> myth://Videos@william-mythtv/Television/Reba/Season 4/Reba - S4E07 -
>>>> All Fore One.nuv Sep 13 19:18:53 william-mythtv mythvidexport.py[6253]:
>>>> Transfer Complete
>>>> -- 0 seconds elapsed
>>>>
>>>> Then I look and the file was exported.
>>>>
>>> [Mark] Maybe check the permissions on the file
>>> /usr/bin/mythvidexport.py and make sure that the mythtv user has the
>>> correct permission not just the desktop user? I think chown 755 is the
>> general recommendation (rwxr-xr-x).
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>> Also meant to add from commandline(though its the same info):
>>
>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 mythtv mythtv 18056 Sep  8 22:48 mythvidexport.py
>>
> [Mark] No doubt there is something obvious being missed but sorry to say I
> can't see it - although there are others (everyone?) that know far more
> about the inner workings of this stuff than me. Only other suggestion I
> could make which is probably really grasping at straws is to change to the
> MythTV user at the command prompt and run the mythvidexport.py command as
> the mythtv user. Maybe this will pick up if mythtv user does not have access
> to a destination folder or something similar. "sudo su mythtv" I think.
> Sorry but that's the best I can think of.
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Genius.  Did this and was able to see that it wasn't able to access the 
DB, I needed to copy the contents of my config.xml file from my 
home-.mythtv directory to mythtv's home-.mythtv directory. Now it all 
works.  In fact I may of had this same problem via the 10.04 to 11.04 
upgrade and had this same conversation with Raymond Wagner on irc then.  
So I'm off to put this in my install notes so I don't need to ask again. 
This was definitely embarrassing.