[mythtv-users] mythtv 0.26 - cannot play live TV on PVR250

Rob Verduijn rob.verduijn at gmail.com
Thu Nov 22 13:44:20 UTC 2012


2012/11/22 Rob Verduijn <rob.verduijn at gmail.com>:
> 2012/11/22 Rob Verduijn <rob.verduijn at gmail.com>:
>> 2012/11/22 Mike Perkins <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk>:
>>> On 21/11/12 23:15, Matt S. wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Although, I'm wondering if it has more to do with kernel version that
>>>> mythtv version - or possibly a combination of the two.  I could watch
>>>> live tv just fine for a few weeks after upgrading to 0.26, then I
>>>> upgraded from Ubuntu 12.04 (kernel 3.2 I believe) to Ubuntu 12.10,
>>>> (kernel 3.5).  After this, I get basically the same symptoms - my
>>>> analog tuners (PVR-500) completely hang mythfrontend either directly
>>>> before showing video, or directly after.  Recordings work just fine.
>>>>
>>>> For folks that are experiencing this issue, can you please let me know
>>>> what version of the kernel you are running and if you recently
>>>> upgraded your distro/kernel?  Hopefully we can help track down the
>>>> root cause so the devs can focus on the right fix.
>>>>
>>>> See http://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/11229 for more details...
>>>>
>>>> I've brought this to the attention of the devs, but I'm wondering how
>>>> prevalent this issue is - I've basically not been able to use live tv
>>>> for the last 3 weeks or so because MythTV wants to start on my analog
>>>> tuners, so I don't even have the option of tuning to a non-analog
>>>> channel.
>>>>
>>> That's an easy (ish) one to solve. Stop mythbackend and start mythtv-setup.
>>> Delete /all/ your tuners and add them again, but selecting first the ones
>>> that work. You don't have to recreate sources or anything like that, though
>>> you might have to relink tuners to sources.
>>>
>>> That way, when you next start the backend, it will find a usable tuner
>>> first.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Mike Perkins
>>>
>>>
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>>
>> I deleted my tuners.
>> Added them again
>> connected the sources
>> didn't help
>> Tried it again
>> Still didn't help, no livetv.
>>
>> Downgraded to 0.25-2
>> Livetv was still gone
>> deleted the tuners
>> Added tuners.
>> connected the sources.
>> Livetv was back.
>>
>> I'm pretty sure it's a 0.26 thingy.
>>
>> Rob
>
> btw using opensuse 12.2 x86_64 on my front and backend.
>
> Rob

darn forgot to mention kernel
on both my frontend and backend I use :

distro : opensuse 12.2
kernel : 3.4.11 x86_64
tuner : hauppauge pvr-150 (2x)

Rob


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