[mythtv-users] No live tv and not recording

Klaus Becker colonius at free.fr
Sat Mar 17 21:02:50 UTC 2018 

Le samedi 17 mars 2018, 15:06:31 CET Stephen Worthington a écrit :
> On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 13:40:52 +0100, you wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I use v29.1 under Debian unstable now.
> >
> >Mythfrontend now only shows 1 tuner.
> >
> >Scan and mythfilldatabase ran correctly, but there is still no live tv and
> >I cannot record.
> >
> >When I try to record an episode in Programme Guide, it tells me
> >"Single Record +0 Recorder Failed."
> >
> >Frontend says:
> >LiveTV not successfully started
> >

.......

...
> 
> 
> So, to summarise, scanning worked, and created many channels.  Those
> channels show in the program guide as having EPG data, so EIT is
> working.  Both of those mean that the tuner is working.  But live TV
> fails and recording fails.
> 
> You may still have an invalid channel number as the default live TV
> channel left over from previous attempts.  So if you tried to start
> live TV directly from its menu or a remote key, it would fail.  It
> would be best to try starting live TV from the pop up menu in the
> program guide.

I tried, it does not work. Frontend seeks for a while, then gives up.

> 
> Make sure you choose a channel to test with that is free to air -
> encrypted channels will fail.  

Of course, I tried with public channels I know well.

> 
> There is an "Unencrypted only" option in the scanning process which
> gets mythtv-setup to only install channels that do not have the
> encrypted bit set in their headers, but sometimes channels do not have
> that bit set when they should, and vice versus.  What satellite and
> channel are you trying to receive?

Astra 19.2. I am german living in France, so I want to regard german tv.

> 
> To find out for sure which channels are encrypted and which ones are
> free to air, you should be able to find your satellites on this site:
> 
> http://www.lyngsat.com

Interesting, but I know the unencrypted german channels.

...
> 
> Once you have verified that the channel you are attempting to watch or
> record is unencrypted, if it still fails, please post a full log from
> mythbackend covering the entire tuning operation, with the "--loglevel
> debug -v record" options.


Here is the output:

2018-03-17 21:59:45.473089 C  mythbackend version: fixes/29 [v29.1-9b7b962834] 
www.mythtv.org
2018-03-17 21:59:45.473107 C  Qt version: compile: 5.9.2, runtime: 5.9.2
2018-03-17 21:59:45.473111 N  Enabled verbose msgs:  general record
2018-03-17 21:59:45.473119 N  Setting Log Level to LOG_DEBUG
2018-03-17 21:59:45.484684 I  Added logging to the console
2018-03-17 21:59:45.485089 I  Setup Interrompre handler
2018-03-17 21:59:45.485101 I  Setup Complété handler
2018-03-17 21:59:45.485114 I  Setup Erreur de segmentation handler
2018-03-17 21:59:45.485126 I  Setup Abandon handler
2018-03-17 21:59:45.485134 I  Setup Erreur du bus handler
2018-03-17 21:59:45.485151 I  Setup Exception en point flottant handler
2018-03-17 21:59:45.485163 I  Setup Instruction non permise handler
2018-03-17 21:59:45.485176 I  Setup Signal de temps-Réel 0 handler
2018-03-17 21:59:45.485189 I  Setup Fin de la connexion (raccroché) handler
2018-03-17 21:59:45.485266 N  Using runtime prefix = /usr
2018-03-17 21:59:45.485272 N  Using configuration directory = /home/
klaus/.mythtv
2018-03-17 21:59:45.485274 D  appbindir      = /usr/bin/
2018-03-17 21:59:45.485279 D  sharedir       = /usr/share/mythtv/
2018-03-17 21:59:45.485283 D  libdir         = /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
mythtv/
2018-03-17 21:59:45.485287 D  themedir       = /usr/share/mythtv/themes/
2018-03-17 21:59:45.485292 D  pluginsdir     = /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
mythtv/plugins/
2018-03-17 21:59:45.485294 D  translationsdir= /usr/share/mythtv/i18n/
2018-03-17 21:59:45.485300 D  filtersdir     = /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
mythtv/filters/
2018-03-17 21:59:45.485384 I  Assumed character encoding: en_US.UTF-8
2018-03-17 21:59:45.485796 N  Empty LocalHostName.
2018-03-17 21:59:45.485806 I  Using localhost value of 1stein
2018-03-17 21:59:45.485850 I  Start up testing connections. DB localhost, BE , 
attempt 0, status dbAwake
2018-03-17 21:59:45.485865 D  PortChecker::checkPort(): host localhost port 
3306 timeLimit 1000 linkLocalOnly 0
2018-03-17 21:59:45.986542 D  PortChecker::checkPort(): socket state 1
2018-03-17 21:59:46.487416 D  PortChecker::checkPort(): socket state 3
2018-03-17 21:59:46.496273 D  PortChecker::checkPort(): host localhost port 
3306 timeLimit 30000 linkLocalOnly 1
2018-03-17 21:59:46.507480 D  FindDatabase() - Success!
2018-03-17 21:59:46.507625 D  PortChecker::checkPort(): host localhost port 
3306 timeLimit 30000 linkLocalOnly 1
2018-03-17 21:59:46.509169 N  Setting QT default locale to en_FR
2018-03-17 21:59:46.509179 I  Current locale en_FR
2018-03-17 21:59:46.509216 E  No locale defaults file for en_FR, skipping
2018-03-17 21:59:46.509599 I  Loading en_gb translation for module 
mythfrontend
2018-03-17 21:59:46.511206 I  Current MythTV Schema Version (DBSchemaVer): 
1348
2018-03-17 21:59:46.511403 I  Loading en_gb translation for module 
mythfrontend
2018-03-17 21:59:46.511907 N  MythBackend: Starting up as the master server.
2018-03-17 21:59:46.516722 I  TVRec[1]: SetRecordingStatus(Unknown->Unknown) 
on line 172
2018-03-17 21:59:46.516730 I  TVRec[1]: GetStartChannel(1)
2018-03-17 21:59:46.536568 I  DVBChan[1](/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0): Using 
DVB card /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0, with frontend 'Sundtek DVB-S/S2 (VI)'.
2018-03-17 21:59:47.857533 I  CardUtil: GetConflictingInputs() input 1
2018-03-17 21:59:48.066730 I  TVRec[1]: SetFlags(RunMainLoop,) -> RunMainLoop, 
@ tv_rec.cpp:1293
2018-03-17 21:59:48.066747 I  TVRec[1]: 
ClearFlags(ExitPlayer,FinishRecording,) -> RunMainLoop, @ tv_rec.cpp:1294
2018-03-17 21:59:48.066810 D  PortChecker::checkPort(): host localhost port 
3306 timeLimit 30000 linkLocalOnly 1
2018-03-17 21:59:48.080259 I  CardUtil: GetConflictingInputs() input 1
2018-03-17 21:59:48.081269 I  Found 0 distinct programid authorities
2018-03-17 21:59:48.081601 D  LogClean Run window between 82800 - 129600.
2018-03-17 21:59:48.081623 I  Registering HouseKeeperTask 'LogClean'.
2018-03-17 21:59:48.081655 I  New static DB connectionSchedCon
2018-03-17 21:59:48.081670 D  PortChecker::checkPort(): host localhost port 
3306 timeLimit 30000 linkLocalOnly 1
2018-03-17 21:59:48.081750 D  DBCleanup Run window between 82800 - 129600.
2018-03-17 21:59:48.081759 I  Registering HouseKeeperTask 'DBCleanup'.
2018-03-17 21:59:48.081875 D  ThemeUpdateNotifications Run window between 
82800 - 129600.
2018-03-17 21:59:48.081882 I  Registering HouseKeeperTask 
'ThemeUpdateNotifications'.
2018-03-17 21:59:48.081997 D  RecordedArtworkUpdate Run window between 82800 - 
129600.
2018-03-17 21:59:48.082004 I  Registering HouseKeeperTask 
'RecordedArtworkUpdate'.
2018-03-17 21:59:48.082133 D  MythFillDB Run window between 82800 - 129600.
2018-03-17 21:59:48.084100 D  MythFillDB Run window between 82800 - 129600.
2018-03-17 21:59:48.084107 I  Registering HouseKeeperTask 'MythFillDB'.
2018-03-17 21:59:48.084476 D  JobQueueRecover Run window between 82800 - 
129600.
2018-03-17 21:59:48.084480 I  Registering HouseKeeperTask 'JobQueueRecover'.
2018-03-17 21:59:48.084524 I  Registering HouseKeeperTask 'HardwareProfiler'.
2018-03-17 21:59:48.085947 I  Queueing HouseKeeperTask 
'ThemeUpdateNotifications'.
2018-03-17 21:59:48.085953 I  Starting HouseKeeper.
2018-03-17 21:59:48.086425 D  PortChecker::checkPort(): host localhost port 
3306 timeLimit 30000 linkLocalOnly 1
2018-03-17 21:59:48.101790 D  Adding BackendServerIP to address list.
2018-03-17 21:59:48.101797 D  Adding BackendServerIP6 to address list.
2018-03-17 21:59:48.101808 D  Skipping address: 192.168.0.40
2018-03-17 21:59:48.101812 D  Skipping address: 
[2a01:e35:2e30:ca70:c904:7049:c794:24a0]
2018-03-17 21:59:48.101821 D  Adding link-local 'fe80::9cf8:2c64:b9f0:776f
%enp3s0' to address list.
2018-03-17 21:59:48.102109 E  Failed listening on TCP 127.0.0.1:6544 - Error 
8: The bound address is already in use
2018-03-17 21:59:48.102124 E  MediaServer: HttpServer Create Error
2018-03-17 21:59:48.102726 E  Failed listening on TCP 127.0.0.1:6543 - Error 
8: The bound address is already in use
2018-03-17 21:59:48.102735 C  Backend exiting, MainServer initialization 
error.
2018-03-17 21:59:51.084381 D  PortChecker::checkPort(): host localhost port 
3306 timeLimit 30000 linkLocalOnly 1
2018-03-17 21:59:51.091812 I  TVRec[1]: ClearFlags(RunMainLoop,) -> 0x0 @ 
tv_rec.cpp:209
2018-03-17 21:59:51.091843 I  TVRec[1]: TeardownAll
2018-03-17 21:59:51.095017 I  TVRec[1]: TeardownRecorder(kFlagKillRec)
2018-03-17 21:59:51.095030 I  TVRec[1]: 
ClearFlags(NeedToStartRecorder,RecorderRunning,) -> 0x0 @ tv_rec.cpp:1148

See you soon

Klaus

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