[mythtv-users] 0.28 HD-PVR upgrade failure

[Ken Bass]

On 11/06/2016 03:21 PM, Ken Bass wrote:
> I *just* upgraded my 0.27/fixes Centos 7 system to 0.28/fixes. However 
> my HD-PVR is not detected - when mythbackend starts it shows:
>
> CoreContext recorders/channelbase.cpp:871 (CreateChannel) - 
> ChannelBase: CreateChannel() Error: Failed to open device 
> /dev/video-hdpvr1
>
> CoreContext main_helpers.cpp:202 (setupTVs) - Problem with capture 
> cards. Card 13 failed init
>
> After I upgraded, I used mythtv-setup and deleted all capture cards. I 
> added the HD-PVR back (which mythtv-setup probed fine) and have had 
> this message every time. mplayer/vlc works fine as the mythtv user, 
> etc. The startup environment is the same as 0.27 so I don't know why 
> it went from working to no longer working.
>
> Any suggestions / other people encountered the same after upgrade? 
Replying to myself - I had forgotten to setup the Input (Component). Not 
a useful error message, but I figured it out.