[mythtv-users] [SOLVED-ish] Thinking of moving on from MythTV ... I found the main problem, but still have 292e woes

[Damian]

On 21/04/2017 10:40, John Pilkington wrote:
> Damian:  I'm sad to hear that the 292e is still not cooperating.  I 
> can't offer much more experience-based advice, since I don't have a 
> 292e and my only accessible *buntu box can't find its DB.
>
> I have found that using the Transport Editor, setting the BBC HD 
> frequency -  in your case 770000000, B/W 8 MHz, QAM256, and system 
> DVB-T2, and performing a scan of 'All known transports' with 'Look for 
> other signalled transports' and 'Ignore timeouts' - will get me most 
> of the way.  But it seems that the linking cannot extend to other T2 
> transports, so if/when you get started you will probably have to 
> fiddle some more.
>
> Cheers,
>
> John

Another step forward, but I give up for now :-) 2 days of wires all over 
the place is enough for the family.

When I plugger the amplifier in, suddenly it COULD find channels in the 
HD transport (no idea why Windows could do that without any signal 
amplification). But, clicking "Watch TV" still just flashed straight 
back to the main menu on the frontend.

Here's the output of "sudo service mythtv-backend status" after the issue.

● mythtv-backend.service - MythTV Backend
    Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/mythtv-backend.service; enabled; 
vendor preset: enabled)
    Active: active (running) since Fri 2017-04-21 19:18:11 BST; 2min 49s ago
      Docs: https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Mythbackend
  Main PID: 20196 (mythbackend)
    CGroup: /system.slice/mythtv-backend.service
            └─20196 /usr/bin/mythbackend --quiet --syslog local7

Apr 21 19:20:34 gingerserver mythbackend[20196]: mythbackend[20196]: E 
TVRecEvent recorders/channelbase.cpp:134 (Init) ChannelBase[1]: Setting 
start channel '1002' failed,
and we failed to find any suitible channels on any input.
Apr 21 19:20:34 gingerserver mythbackend[20196]: mythbackend[20196]: I 
TVRecEvent tv_rec.cpp:3686 (TuningFrequency) TVRec[1]: TuningFrequency
Apr 21 19:20:34 gingerserver mythbackend[20196]: mythbackend[20196]: E 
TVRecEvent channelutil.cpp:1889 (GetChannelData) GetChannelData() failed 
because it could not
find channel number '1002' in DB for source '5'.
Apr 21 19:20:34 gingerserver mythbackend[20196]: mythbackend[20196]: E 
TVRecEvent recorders/dtvchannel.cpp:219 (SetChannelByString) 
DTVChan[1](/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0): SetChannelByString(1002): 
Unable to find channel in database.
Apr 21 19:20:34 gingerserver mythbackend[20196]: mythbackend[20196]: E 
TVRecEvent tv_rec.cpp:3764 (TuningFrequency) TVRec[1]: Failed to set 
channel to 1002. Reverting to kState_None
Apr 21 19:20:34 gingerserver mythbackend[20196]: mythbackend[20196]: I 
TVRecEvent tv_rec.cpp:1074 (HandleStateChange) TVRec[1]: Changing from 
WatchingLiveTV to None
Apr 21 19:20:34 gingerserver mythbackend[20196]: mythbackend[20196]: I 
MythSocketThread(61) mainserver.cpp:7656 (connectionClosed) Playback 
sock(2429fa0) 'gingerserver' disconnected
Apr 21 19:20:42 gingerserver mythbackend[20196]: mythbackend[20196]: I 
MythSocketThread(48) backendcontext.cpp:102 (SetFrontendDisconnected) 
BackendContext: Frontend 'gingerserver' disconnected.
Apr 21 19:20:42 gingerserver mythbackend[20196]: mythbackend[20196]: I 
MythSocketThread(48) mainserver.cpp:7656 (connectionClosed) Playback 
sock(2422300) 'gingerserver' disconnected
Apr 21 19:20:42 gingerserver mythbackend[20196]: mythbackend[20196]: I 
MythSocketThread(51) mainserver.cpp:7656 (connectionClosed) Monitor 
sock(242a260) 'gingerserver' disconnected

I'm now just going to set up my 2 old SD tuners again and put the HD 
tuner in a draw.

Thanks for the help everyone!

I'm actually delighted that I'll have TV working again! Glad to have 
found the problem with the amplifier/splitter. As I said before, HD 
matters to me for films, but not TV.

Cheers,
Damian