[mythtv-users] BE off line

[John P Poet]

On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Daryl McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com>wrote:

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> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 11:34 PM, Daryl McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 11:12 PM, Michael T. Dean <
>> mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
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>>> On 08/19/2013 06:35 PM, Daryl McDonald wrote:
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>>>> When scheduled recordings get an "F" on the far right in upcoming
>>>> recordings, the program will not be recorded because my Back End is "off
>>>> line". The first time it happened I followed a wiki or some sort of thread
>>>> suggesting  deleting all cards and connections and reputting them
>>>> subsequently. I was able to record, for a day and a half, and  the BE went
>>>> off line again. If there is a better tack, I'm all ears, or eyes as the
>>>> case may be.
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>>> Ah, so you mean an offline recording status (presumably for all upcoming
>>> recordings?).  Assuming you didn't start the backend with the --no-sched
>>> development/testing option, an offline recording status means that all the
>>> backends that could possibly record that showing are offline.
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>>> If you have multiple backends, make sure that all of them are still
>>> running and accessible over the network when you see offline status for
>>> upcoming recordings.
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>>> If you're only supposed to have one master backend, this is probably due
>>> to an Input Connections configuration issue--generally it's caused (exactly
>>> as you described, where things seem to work for a while then at some time
>>> in the future just stop working) by having some defined, but unconnected,
>>> piece(s) in your setup.  So, for example, having capture cards defined, but
>>> no inputs connected to Video Sources, or having Video Sources defined, but
>>> not connected to any inputs, or having channels defined but not part of any
>>> valid Video Sources (even "shadow" channels--having multiple copies of
>>> channels defined).
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>>> If it's the latter, you may be using the right approach to clean it
>>> up--"Delete all capture cards" (not "Delete all capture cards on
>>> <hostname>" /and/ "Delete all video sources."  And, if you're using the
>>> right approach to clean it up, it means you're consistently making the same
>>> mistakes/misconfiguration when re-creating the pieces you've deleted.
>>>
>>> See, also,
>>> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/264034#264034
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>>>
>>> Mike
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>> Thanks for the info gentlemen, and for the patience, reading replies and
>> many other posts makes me feel like less of a newbie, despite the facts.
>>
>> Daryl
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>  Checking again today the recording status for my PVR-150 card is "F". If
> I'm reading you correctly, Mr. Dean I need to focus on my input connections
> after deleting all capture cards (not delete all capture cards on
> <hostname>) and reinstalling them. I've assigned motorola to the
> [MPEG:/dev/video2/](Tuner 1). Do I need to delete these other aspects of
> this card?:
> [MPEG: /dev/video2] (S-video 1)
> [MPEG: /dev/video2] (composite 1)
> [MPEG: /dev/video2] (S-video 2)
> [MPEG: /dev/video2] (composite 2)
> as these all have nothing connected to them and no source assigned? And if
> so how? I've tried highlighting and the "d" key, to no avail.
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I suggest looking at both your system logs, and the mythbackend logs.
There is probably a message in there somewhere which should give a clue as
to why your ivtv driver is having issues.

You /may/ have to change your configuration such that mythbackend is run
with "-v record,channel" to get useful info.


John
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