[mythtv-users] Card "Still Tuning"

John Pilkington J.Pilk at tesco.net
Tue Nov 1 14:00:38 UTC 2011


On 01/11/11 13:27, Stephen Kitchener wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>
> I have two cards and one is not working within mythv
>
>
> I have a problem in that one card shows the error "still tuning" when a
> recording starts and this of course results in a 0b length recording.
>
>
> I have identified the slot in the PC where the card lives, replaced the
> card with an identical card and still get the same zero byte recording.
>
>
> I ran scan-dvb to get a channels.conf and placed that into ./mplayer
>
>
> So I checked that each card actually works with mplayer with the command
>
>
> mplayer dvb://1@Film4
> (I am in the Uk)
>
>
> This works ok for card 1, and the same adjusted command
>
>
> "myplayer dvd://2@Film4
>
>
> I can even run two players at once, each one having been tuned to a
> different MUX so that I am sure that mplayer is using a separate card
> for each output.
>
>
> This card also works and confirms my thoughts that after replacing the
> suspect card with a spare that I have, made no difference to the fault.
>
>
> Do I have to delete all my card definitions etc or is there something
> less destructive that can be done.
>
>
> The cards have worked very well for quite some time. They are listed in
> dmesg as this...
>
>
>
> Nov 1 11:29:20 mythtv kernel: [ 10.804034] Registered IR keymap
> rc-dntv-live-dvb-t
> Nov 1 11:29:20 mythtv kernel: [ 10.805614] cx88[1]: subsystem:
> 17de:08a6, board: KWorld/VStream XPert DVB-T [card=14,autodetected],
> frontend(s): 1
> Nov 1 11:29:20 mythtv kernel: [ 10.966720] Registered IR keymap
> rc-dntv-live-dvb-t
> Nov 1 11:29:20 mythtv kernel: [ 11.078773] cx88/2: cx2388x dvb driver
> version 0.0.8 loaded
> Nov 1 11:29:20 mythtv kernel: [ 11.078776] cx88/2: registering cx8802
> driver, type: dvb access: shared
> Nov 1 11:29:20 mythtv kernel: [ 11.078778] cx88[0]/2: subsystem:
> 17de:08a6, board: KWorld/VStream XPert DVB-T [card=14]
> Nov 1 11:29:20 mythtv kernel: [ 11.078781] cx88[0]/2: cx2388x based
> DVB/ATSC card
> Nov 1 11:29:20 mythtv kernel: [ 11.170104] DVB: registering new adapter
> (cx88[0])
> Nov 1 11:29:20 mythtv kernel: [ 11.170110] DVB: registering adapter 0
> frontend 0 (Zarlink MT352 DVB-T)...
> Nov 1 11:29:20 mythtv kernel: [ 11.170479] cx88[1]/2: subsystem:
> 17de:08a6, board: KWorld/VStream XPert DVB-T [card=14]
> Nov 1 11:29:20 mythtv kernel: [ 11.170482] cx88[1]/2: cx2388x based
> DVB/ATSC card
> Nov 1 11:29:20 mythtv kernel: [ 11.171359] DVB: registering new adapter
> (cx88[1])
> Nov 1 11:29:20 mythtv kernel: [ 11.171363] DVB: registering adapter 1
> frontend 0 (Zarlink MT352 DVB-T)...
>
>
>
> Any suggestions please ??
>
> --
>
> Regards
>
>
> Stephen Kitchener
>

There have been some small changes at several transmitters to squeeze in 
a new channel in the near future.  Have you deleted all 
channels/rescanned within Myth recently?




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