[mythtv-users] LiveTV on Mythbuntu 9.10 stopped working since I last watched TV

Dave dave at davestechshop.net
Fri Jan 1 19:03:13 UTC 2010


I have not watched TV in about a month. The last time I used MythTV I had
just gotten my installation (mostly) working and I was able to watch LiveTV.
I spent a lot of time with the setup, but once it was working, I had to
catch up on other stuff and I didn't get to use MythTV. Today I tried to
watch LiveTV on Myth .22 and it simply exits back to the menu with no TV
played. Here are the sections of the logs that I think are relevant:

2010-01-01 13:02:01.631 MythContext: Connecting to backend server:
> 192.168.1.107:6543 (try 1 of 1)
> 2010-01-01 13:02:01.649 Using protocol version 50
> 2010-01-01 13:02:04.132 TV: Attempting to change from None to Watching
> WatchingLiveTV
> 2010-01-01 13:02:04.133 MythContext: Connecting to backend server:
> 192.168.1.107:6543 (try 1 of 1)
> 2010-01-01 13:02:04.135 Using protocol version 50
> 2010-01-01 13:02:04.143 Spawning LiveTV Recorder -- begin
> 2010-01-01 13:02:04.548 Spawning LiveTV Recorder -- end
> 2010-01-01 13:02:04.549 GetEntryAt(-1) failed.
> 2010-01-01 13:02:04.550 EntryToProgram(0 at Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 1969) *failed
> to get pginfo*
> 2010-01-01 13:02:04.550 TV Error: HandleStateChange(): LiveTV not
> successfully started
> 2010-01-01 13:02:04.550 We have a RingBuffer
> 2010-01-01 13:02:04.614 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started
> 2010-01-01 13:02:04.635 ScreenSaverX11Private: DPMS Deactivated 1
> 2010-01-01 13:02:04.636 ScreenSaverX11Private: DPMS Reactivated 1
> 2010-01-01 13:02:13.654 Deleting UPnP client...
> Error in my_thread_global_end(): 1 threads didn't exit
>


After seeing mention of "failed to get pginfo" I looked back a little
further in the logs and found this, which seems to indicate no problems with
scheduling data:

2009-12-31 09:58:57.100 Checking day @ offset 12, date: Tue Jan 12 2010
> 2009-12-31 09:58:57.432 Data is already present for Tue Jan 12 2010,
> skipping
> 2009-12-31 09:58:57.432
> 2009-12-31 09:58:57.432 Checking day @ offset 13, date: Wed Jan 13 2010
> 2009-12-31 09:58:57.606 Data refresh needed because only 0 out of 374
> channels have at least one program listed for day @ offset 13 from 8PM -
> midnight.  Previous day had 373 channels with data in that time period.
> 2009-12-31 09:58:57.606 Refreshing data for Wed Jan 13 2010
> 2009-12-31 09:58:57.606 Retrieving datadirect data.
> 2009-12-31 09:58:57.607 Grabbing data for Thu Dec 31 2009 offset 13
> 2009-12-31 09:58:57.607 From Wed Jan 13 05:00:00 2010 to Thu Jan 14
> 05:00:00 2010 (UTC)
> 2009-12-31 09:58:57.607 Grabbing listing data
> --2009-12-31 09:58:57--
> http://webservices.schedulesdirect.tmsdatadirect.com/schedulesdirect/tvlistings/xtvdService
> Resolving webservices.schedulesdirect.tmsdatadirect.com... 144.142.232.53
> Connecting to webservices.schedulesdirect.tmsdatadirect.com|144.142.232.53|:80...
> connected.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 401 Unauthorized
> Reusing existing connection to
> webservices.schedulesdirect.tmsdatadirect.com:80.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
> Length: unspecified [text/xml]
> Saving to: `STDOUT'
>
>      0K .......... .......... .......... .......2009-12-31 09:59:23.375
> DataDirect: Your subscription expires on Thu Jan 7 (2010) 9:12 PM
> ... .......... 1.98K
>     50K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 4.93K
>    100K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 26.0K
>    150K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 30.0K
>    200K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 52.2K
>    250K .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........  146K
>    300K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 79.3K
>    350K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 35.9K
>    400K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 20.1K
>    450K .......... .......... .......                          11.6K=47s
>
> 2009-12-31 09:59:45 (10.1 KB/s) - `-' saved [488606]
>
> 2009-12-31 09:59:52.938 Grab complete.  Actual data from Wed Jan 13
> 05:00:00 2010 to Thu Jan 14 05:00:00 2010 (UTC)
> 2009-12-31 09:59:52.939 Main temp tables populated.
> 2009-12-31 09:59:53.532 Clearing data for source.
> 2009-12-31 09:59:53.532 Clearing from Wed Jan 13 00:00:00 2010 to Thu Jan
> 14 00:00:00 2010 (localtime)
> 2009-12-31 09:59:54.356 Data for source cleared.
> 2009-12-31 09:59:54.356 Updating programs.
> 2009-12-31 10:00:00.976 Program table update complete.
> 2009-12-31 10:00:03.182 Source 2 configured to use only the broadcasted
> guide data. Skipping.
> 2009-12-31 10:00:03.185 Data fetching complete.
> 2009-12-31 10:00:03.185 Adjusting program database end times.
> 2009-12-31 10:00:10.242     0 replacements made
> 2009-12-31 10:00:10.243 Marking generic episodes.
> 2009-12-31 10:00:12.949     Found 5854
> 2009-12-31 10:00:12.950 Fudging non-unique programids with multiple parts.
> 2009-12-31 10:00:13.526     Found -1
> 2009-12-31 10:00:13.526 Marking repeats.
> 2009-12-31 10:00:16.250     Found 11978
> 2009-12-31 10:00:16.250 Unmarking new episode rebroadcast repeats.
> 2009-12-31 10:00:18.538     Found 0
> 2009-12-31 10:00:22.442 Marking episode first showings.
> 2009-12-31 10:00:46.127     Found 36248
> 2009-12-31 10:00:46.127 Marking episode last showings.
> 2009-12-31 10:01:09.544     Found 36248
> 2009-12-31 10:01:09.670 Grabbing next suggested grabbing time
> 2009-12-31 10:01:10.283 DataDirect: BlockedTime is: 2009-12-31T10:01:10
> 2009-12-31 10:01:10.284 DataDirect: NextSuggestedTime is:
> 2010-01-01T23:42:48
> 2009-12-31 10:01:10.288
>

I also reviewed the backend setup and it seems OK. Nothing has changed
afaik. After I exited backendsetup I ran mythfilldatabase again, and tried
LiveTV again, and it still exits without playing. I also tried rebooting.

In addition to LiveTV not working, the scheduled recordings have a problem
too. Beyond the few that I recorded a month ago when testing the setup, the
more recent recordings all give the error that the local "file for this
recording cannot be found".

The only thing that has changed recently are the Mythbuntu security updates
that were automatically applied. (BTW, my system is completely up to date as
of today.)

So that leaves me without a clue what the problem could be. I'm new to
MythTV.
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