[mythtv-users] "Error was encountered while displaying videos" on two specific channels

[Michael T. Dean]

On 03/18/2008 09:55 AM, Skitals wrote:
> It seems people were having a lot of trouble with this error 2 years ago and
> it was long fixed. But this case is very different. Like in the past, I am
> getting this error (frontend log):
>
> 2008-03-18 09:40:42.680
> RingBuf(/var/lib/mythtv/recordings/4571_20080318094034.mpg): Invalid file
> (fd -1) when opening '/var/lib/mythtv/recordings/4571_20080318094034.mpg'.
> 2008-03-18 09:40:42.681 NVP, Error: JumpToProgram's OpenFile failed.
> 2008-03-18 09:40:42.681 NVP, Error: Unknown error, exiting decoder
> 2008-03-18 09:40:42.681 TV: Attempting to change from WatchingLiveTV to None
>
> I then get spit out to the "error was enountered" screen. Now what makes
> this weird is that it's NOT random. I get it every single time I try to tune
> two specific channels on my HDHomeRun. It is the only time I get it, and I
> get it EVERY time. So you are probably thinking its an encrypted channel, or
> a problem with the stream. I thought so too, so I tried tuning the channel
> manually and streaming to VLC. The channel tunes and plays back perfectly in
> VLC, not a single hiccup in the vlc logs.

Rescan your channels (or whatever the equivalent is for an HDHomeRun).

Mike