[mythtv-users] misconfigured capturecard

[Michael T. Dean]

On 04/13/2008 11:21 AM, Matthias Meyer wrote:
> Apparent I have misconcigured my tv capture card.
> If I reboot my pc mythbackend will not start. I found the following messages 
> in /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log:
> 2008-04-13 18:13:59.110 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: vdr
> 2008-04-13 18:13:59.416 EITHelper: localtime offset 2:00:00
> 2008-04-13 18:13:59.429 TVRec(5) Error: Problem finding starting channel, 
> setting to default of '3'.
> 2008-04-13 18:13:59.433 ChannelBase(5) Error: InitializeInputs():
>                         Could not get inputs for the capturecard.
>                         Perhaps you have forgotten to bind video
>                         sources to your card's inputs?
>
> After restarting by "/etc/init.d/mythtv-backend restart" all went fine. The 
> Log says:
> 2008-04-13 18:20:06.837 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: vdr
> 2008-04-13 18:20:07.037 EITHelper: localtime offset 2:00:00
> 2008-04-13 18:20:07.043 TVRec(5) Error: Problem finding starting channel, 
> setting to default of '3'.
> 2008-04-13 18:20:07.046 ChannelBase(5) Error: InitializeInputs():
>                         Could not get inputs for the capturecard.
>                         Perhaps you have forgotten to bind video
>                         sources to your card's inputs?
> 2008-04-13 18:20:07.161 New DB scheduler connection
> 2008-04-13 18:20:07.164 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: vdr
> SVideo is defined, but isn't attached to a cardinput.
>  is defined, but isn't attached to a cardinput.
> 2008-04-13 18:20:08.861 Main::Registering HttpStatus Extension
> 2008-04-13 18:20:08.865 mythbackend version: 0.20.20070821-1 www.mythtv.org
> 2008-04-13 18:20:08.866 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
> 2008-04-13 18:20:08.982 AutoExpire: Found 1 recorders w/max rate of 72 
> MiB/min
> 2008-04-13 18:20:08.988 AutoExpire: Required Free Space: 2.1 GB w/freq: 10 
> min
> 2008-04-13 18:20:09.354 Reschedule requested for id -1.
> 2008-04-13 18:20:14.986 Scheduled 0 items in 5.6 = 5.43 match + 0.20 place
> 2008-04-13 18:20:15.001 Seem to be woken up by USER
>
> What should I do that mythbackend will start also after reboot?

If it's the Myth configuration that's wrong: 
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/264034#264034
(specifically the "Delete all capture cards" part).  If it's your
system/driver configuration that's wrong, I won't be much help.

Mike