[mythtv-users] BE off line

[Daryl McDonald]

On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:41 PM, John P Poet <jppoet at gmail.com> wrote:

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> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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).
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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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I'd be happy to look at such logs. Unfortunately I have very little
experience in such matters and will greatly appreciate detailed
instructions for exactly how to do this, please and thank-you.

Daryl
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