[mythtv-users] Recorder stopped working

Sun Jan 19 13:52:01 UTC 2020

Hi Klaas,

Thank you for the instructions. I got two independent issues that I had to
fix: first my provider gave me an incorrect base frequency and second my
cable was poor quality (maybe there was a mechanical damage during
transport). After replacing the cable and fixing to the right frequency, I
was able to find all my programs.

Now the issue I have got is a very poor performance of MythTV frontend.
Both live HD TV and playback of the recorded programs using the frontend
constantly consumes 100% of both cores of my processor and the quality of
the video is not acceptable. However, when I schedule a recording and then
play the .ts file from VLC on the same machine the processor consumption
(both during recording and playback) is on 20% or less. Is there any
settings or some possible tuning I can do to watch live TV and playback
normally?

Thanks,
Greg

On Mon, 13 Jan 2020 at 09:07, Klaas de Waal <klaas.de.waal at gmail.com> wrote:

> OK, that is good news, you are almost there!
> The channel scanning is documented here:
> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Channel_Scanning
> For DVB-C specifically there is this paragraph
> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Channel_Scanning#DVB-C_configuration
> Please do read this first and if it still doesn't work or if there is
> something not documented please let me know.
>
> Kind regards,
> Klaas.
>
> On Mon, 13 Jan 2020 at 06:24, Grzegorz Sikorski <
> sikorski.grzegorz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I performed the upgrade successfully. I do now have a way to set card's
>> subtype to dvb-ca or dvb-cb (can only really use the former, for the latter
>> card seems to be in error state). I was trying several different
>> combinations with multiple video sources, but the scan could not find any
>> programs. It only takes couple of seconds for a full scan (checks only one
>> channel), no matter what is my video source. Can I force somehow to go
>> through entire possible bandwidth?
>>
>> On Sun, 12 Jan 2020, 21:30 Klaas de Waal, <klaas.de.waal at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> You are upgrading an existing MythTV configuration so the issue about
>>> the undefined MasterBackendName in ticket #13552 is likely not a problem
>>> for you.
>>> About bridged networks. This something you do when you use virtual
>>> machines, e.g. for testing. This is not something you should worry about.
>>> About installing the PPA. Version 31 sounds good to me.
>>> See also https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Installing_MythTV_on_Ubuntu  and
>>> https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu/+archive/ubuntu/31.
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Klaas.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 at 21:04, Grzegorz Sikorski <
>>> sikorski.grzegorz at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sorry missed also links in your last email. Silly me. Now I get your
>>>> point. The big says it happens on a fresh installation with bridge network.
>>>> I am upgrading my previous setup and do not use Linux bridge. Could you
>>>> advise on potential impact on my setup?
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, 12 Jan 2020, 20:54 Grzegorz Sikorski, <
>>>> sikorski.grzegorz at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Ok, thanks. I misunderstood the sentence. There are then at least two
>>>>> PPA candidates: 31 and master-building, and I am not sure which to choose.
>>>>> The latter warns that if I am adding it to my distro I am doing it wrong.
>>>>> What do you think?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 12 Jan 2020, 19:56 John Pilkington, <johnpilk222 at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 12/01/2020 17:54, Grzegorz Sikorski wrote:
>>>>>> > Thanks, I will look into frontend issues once I've got backend
>>>>>> ready :)
>>>>>> > The upgrade goes smoothly so far. Got to rebuild all TBS drivers
>>>>>> once
>>>>>> > again. I have now shiny new kernel with card working and v29.1.13
>>>>>> of the
>>>>>> > MythTV. The interface looks more modern than the old one, but:
>>>>>> > 1. Still cannot find a way to change my capture card subtype (it
>>>>>> > continues to report itself as dvb-t2)
>>>>>> > 2. Entering Video sources or Capture cards submenu in the backend
>>>>>> setup
>>>>>> > takes significantly longer than before (~15 seconds)
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Any thoughts how can I proceed with my cable setup?
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Greg
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Greg:  I think you need to read Klaas' reply again, and install
>>>>>> master, probably from the ppa.  It's getting close to being ready for
>>>>>> release and the warnings are perhaps now overstrong.  I'm running a
>>>>>> 908abc build on my RH-based systems - but I don't have cable.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu/+archive/ubuntu/31/+packages?field.name_filter=&field.status_filter=published&field.series_filter=bionic
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But on second thoughts...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/13552#comment:2
>>>>>>
>>>>>> John
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