[mythtv-users] problems with livetv playback OS X Install

[airdrummer]

i ran the f/e from the c/l, setting loglevel to debug:

/opt/dvr/bin/mythfrontend --logpath /opt/dvr/var/log/mythtv.27 --loglevel debug 
--verbose general

and this is what was generated (and not captured in a log)-:



2016-01-02 11:14:17.349134 D  SendReceiveStringList(GET_FREE_RECORDER_COUNT) 
called from UI thread
2016-01-02 11:14:17.360584 I  TV: Creating TV object
2016-01-02 11:14:17.487359 N  Suspending idle timer
2016-01-02 11:14:17.488492 I  TV: Created TvPlayWindow.
2016-01-02 11:14:17.489985 D  SendReceiveStringList(GET_FREE_RECORDER_COUNT) 
called from UI thread
2016-01-02 11:14:17.496447 D  SendReceiveStringList(GET_NEXT_FREE_RECORDER,-1) 
called from UI thread
2016-01-02 11:14:17.503056 D  LiveTVChain(): ctor
2016-01-02 11:14:17.523829 I  TV: Attempting to change from None to WatchingLiveTV
2016-01-02 11:14:17.523864 I  MythCoreContext: Connecting to backend server: 
10.0.1.206:6543 (try 1 of 1)
2016-01-02 11:14:17.529416 N  TV: Spawning LiveTV Recorder -- begin
2016-01-02 11:14:17.580955 N  TV: Spawning LiveTV Recorder -- end
2016-01-02 11:14:17.586693 E  GetEntryAt(-1) failed.
2016-01-02 11:14:17.586706 E  It appears that your backend may be misconfigured. 
  Check your backend logs to determine whether your capture cards, lineups, 
channels, or storage configuration are reporting errors.  This issue is commonly 
caused by failing to complete all setup steps properly.  You may wish to review 
the documentation for mythtv-setup.
2016-01-02 11:14:17.586744 E  EntryToProgram(0 at 1969-12-31T19:00:00) failed to 
get pginfo
2016-01-02 11:14:17.586756 E  TV: HandleStateChange(): LiveTV not successfully 
started
2016-01-02 11:14:17.587064 E  TV: LiveTV not successfully started
2016-01-02 11:14:17.658517 I  TV: Main UI disabled.
2016-01-02 11:14:17.658607 I  TV: Entering main playback loop.
2016-01-02 11:14:17.710656 I  TV: Exiting main playback loop.
2016-01-02 11:14:17.760146 D  LiveTVChain(live-embp-2016-01-02T16:14:17Z): dtor
2016-01-02 11:14:17.760337 N  Resuming idle timer
2016-01-02 11:14:18.199041 D  Running HouseKeeper.


running setup on the broken machine tells me the capturecards are set to start 
on non-existant channels, but i do not wish to fmuck w/ b/e config on a f/e 
machine...

running the f/e on my i7 macbook pro has no such issues with the b/e:i then set 
the broken machine's frontend prefs to the working machine's, and hallay-looya 
it works!-) now all i have to do is figure out how to dupe/rename those...that's 
in the d/b, no?

but it would seem that a stand-alone f/e machine should not fail silently due to 
mis-configuration, that if a channel is unavailable, it should simply display 
the last-tuned...sorta like turning on ur dumb tv?-)