[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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