[mythtv-users] Re:Re:Re:Not recording anything using CVS (7/30)

[Landon Thomas]

I've never emailed to this list before, so I hope it goes in the right
place.

I'm having the same problem as well.  LiveTV works great, but when I record,
nothing seems to happen.  My video directory is on a separate reiserFS hard
drive on a PCI controller.  Here's what I get by just starting the backend:

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bash-2.05b# mythbackend -v
Starting up as the master server.
Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 0
Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 1
Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 2
Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 3
Probed: /dev/video0 - Tuner 0
Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 4
Probed: /dev/video0 - S-Video 0
Probed: /dev/video0 - S-Video 1
Probed: /dev/video0 - S-Video 2
Probed: /dev/video0 - S-Video 3
2003-08-05 23:18:26 Verbose mode activated.
2003-08-05 23:18:28 Found changes in the todo list.
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Nothing is added when I start mythfrontend and go to the program guide.
It's 11:29p and when I record a program once that is one minute away, this
appears:

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2003-08-05 23:29:45 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2003-08-05 23:29:45 adding: lumpix as a player 1
2003-08-05 23:29:45 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2003-08-05 23:29:45 adding: lumpix as a player 0
2003-08-05 23:29:45 MainServer::HandleAnnounce FileTransfer
2003-08-05 23:29:45 adding: lumpix as a remote file transfer
2003-08-05 23:29:51 Found changes in the todo list.
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Lumpix is my hostname.  It's now 11:35p.  Nothing seems to have changed.
The show recorded still has an 'S' on it for single record.  I've set
/media/tv as the location for my recorded shows:

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bash-2.05b# pwd
/media/tv
bash-2.05b# ls -la
total 2
drwxrwxrwx    3 root     root          104 Aug  1 22:32 .
drwxrwxrwx   21 root     root          664 Aug  3 18:19 ..
drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root           48 Aug  1 23:06 live
-rwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Aug  1 22:32 nfslockfile.lock
---

No file has appeared for the recorded program.  I don't know what
nfslockfile.lock is, but I'd imagine it has something to do with me sharing
the drive under Samba.  I can create files in the directory as a regular
user no problem (I apologize for the stupid prompt; still configuring Linux
;):

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bash-2.05b# su - lumpmoose
lumpmoose at lumpix lumpmoose $ cd /media/tv
lumpmoose at lumpix tv $ touch howdy
lumpmoose at lumpix tv $ ls -la
total 2
drwxrwxrwx    3 root     root          128 Aug  5 23:38 .
drwxrwxrwx   21 root     root          664 Aug  3 18:19 ..
-rw-r--r--    1 lumpmoose users           0 Aug  5 23:38 howdy
drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root           48 Aug  1 23:06 live
-rwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Aug  1 22:32 nfslockfile.lock
---

It's now 12:04a.  Nothing has changed in MythTV.  There was no indication
that the recording ever started or stopped onscreen, as shown in this image:

http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~lthomas/mythtv.jpg

One line has been added to the mythbackend verbose log at exactly midnight:

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2003-08-06 00:00:00 Found changes in the todo list.
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This is similar to what happened the first time I tried to record something.
I set MythTV to record three things over a four-hour period.  When I came
back, the program guide had advanced four hours, but each program still had
an 'S' attached and /media/tv was empty, as it still is now.  'Watch
Recordings' said (and says) 'Sorry, No Recordings Available'.  Now, if I go
to LiveTV, this stuff appears and my live TV directory starts filling up:

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2003-08-06 00:15:28 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2003-08-06 00:15:28 adding: lumpix as a player 0
2003-08-06 00:15:28 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2003-08-06 00:15:28 adding: lumpix as a player 0
2003-08-06 00:15:28 adding: lumpix as a remote ringbuffer
Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
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bash-2.05b# pwd
/media/tv/live
bash-2.05b# ls -la
total 215093
drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root           80 Aug  6 00:15 .
drwxrwxrwx    3 root     root          128 Aug  5 23:38 ..
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root     220254144 Aug  6 00:19 ringbuf1.nuv
---

In other words, LiveTV works great.  I have an XP 1800 with Gentoo Linux
running the default/vanilla 2.4.21 kernel.  I have a Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250
and in mythsetup it's set to Hardware Encoding and Tuner 0.

Thanks for any help!
Landon Thomas
lumpmoose at karpacrossamerica.com

P.S. If anyone cares, here's the mythfrontend output:

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bash-2.05b# mythfrontend
connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543
Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
Input #0, mpeg, from 'rbuf://127.0.0.1:6543/media/tv/live/ringbuf1.nuv':
  Stream #0.0: Video: mpegvideo, 480x480, 29.97 fps, 16000 kb/s
  Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 384 kb/s
Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
Over/underscanning. V: 0.000000, H: 0.000000, XOff: 0, YOff: 0
Using XV port 105
rebuffering (92161 256000)
rebuffering (223233 256000)
rebuffering (174081 256000)
Delaying to next trigger: 201666
Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
Changing from None to None
bash-2.05b#