[mythtv-users] Flakey HD-PVR
Richard Ferrara
sicrb25 at bigpond.net.au
Fri Apr 13 01:50:54 UTC 2012
Hi Kevin,
root at mythtv:~# ls -l /dev/vid*
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 0 Apr 12 23:07 /dev/video0
root at mythtv:~# ps -ef | grep -i mythb
richard 1539 1514 0 Apr12 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/share/mythbuntu/session.sh
richard 1542 1 0 Apr12 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/share/mythbuntu/session.sh
mythtv 2254 2253 0 Apr12 ? 00:01:07 /usr/bin/mythbackend --syslog local7 --user mythtv
root 21692 21629 0 11:20 pts/2 00:00:00 grep --color=auto -i mythb
root at mythtv:~# groups mythtv
mythtv : mythtv dialout cdrom audio video
:/
Regards,
-rF
On 13/04/2012, at 11:09 AM, Kevin Ross wrote:
> On 04/12/2012 03:58 PM, Richard Ferrara wrote:
>> Thanks for the update, I did see that however mine doesn't lock up. Just seems that mythtv (outside of myth it works first time every time) doesn't choose and set the correct inputs.
>>
>
> In mythtv-setup, under Capture cards, I have the tuning timeout set the 12000 ms. You will most likely need something similar.
>
> Also, if MythTV can't properly set the inputs on the HD-PVR, it may not have permission. Does the user that mythbackend is running as (usually mythtv) have write permission to /dev/video*? I think this usually means adding the mythtv user to the video group.
>
> -- Kevin
>
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