[mythtv-users] Brand new install - Mythbackend doesn't start

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> On Jul 29, 2017, at 5:09 PM, Mark Perkins <perkins1724 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> On 30 July 2017 6:48:28 am Ashu Desai <ashu.desai at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Brand new installation.
> >
> >
> >    - CentOS 7
> >    - Installation using - yum install mythtv mythweb mythnetvision
> >
> > mythbackend started initially. but restarting killed it. Reboot made it
> > start again, restarting killed it again.
> 
> Just to clarify, what do you mean "restarting killed it"? As in cold boot works but warm boot does not? 
> 
> 

systemctl restart mythbackend




> Snip
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> >
> > ---------------------------------------------
> >
> > Here is the mythbackend log:
> >
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------
> > 2017-07-29 16:03:28.419779 C [14364/14364] thread_unknown
> > mythcommandlineparser.cpp:2599 (ConfigureLogging) - mythbackend version:
> > fixes/0.28 [v28.0-35-g812ec08] www.mythtv.org
> 
> I think current release is 28.1
> 
> 
I did yum update on mythtv and this is what it comes up as. 

> > 2017-07-29 16:03:28.550129 N [14364/14364] CoreContext main_helpers.cpp:597
> > (run_backend) - MythBackend: Starting up as the master server.
> > 2017-07-29 16:03:28.550782 W [14364/14364] CoreContext main_helpers.cpp:217
> > (setupTVs) - MythBackend: No valid capture cards are defined in the
> > database.
> > 2017-07-29 16:03:28.551091 E [14364/14364] CoreContext scheduler.cpp:181
> > (VerifyCards) - Scheduler: No capture cards are defined in the database.
> >                         Perhaps you should re-read the installation
> > instructions?
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------
> >
> > I should add that I am NOT doing any recording, so I do not have any tv
> > capture cards. No dvb as well. I only use this for videos/pics/music
> >
> 
> My understanding is that mythtv is unsupported in a zero tuner setup and that "all sorts of weirdness" may be experienced. Might need to add at least a dummy tuner.
> 
I will try to see if anything changes by adding the dummy tuner. 

> For a tunerless setup I wonder whether there would be something other than mythtv that might be better suited. Plex or Kodi for example? 

I have Plex but been using myth for over a decade so this is something I want to keep hanging on to.  


Thank you. 
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