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Got Mythtv almost all the way working but no Live TV. I can record and playback recording. From log files I suspect it is a file issue. How to fix?
Code:
$ mythfrontend --geometry 800x600
2008-01-14 15:46:02.879 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2008-01-14 15:46:02.890 DPMS is active.
2008-01-14 15:46:02.907 New DB connection, total: 1
2008-01-14 15:46:02.915 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
2008-01-14 15:46:02.916 Total desktop dim: 1680x1050, with 1 screen[s].
2008-01-14 15:46:02.919 Using screen 0, 1680x1050 at 0,0
2008-01-14 15:46:02.944 Overriding GUI, width=800, height=600 at 0,0
2008-01-14 15:46:02.946 Current Schema Version: 1160
2008-01-14 15:46:02.947 mythfrontend version: 0.20.20070821-1 URL:www.mythtv.org
2008-01-14 15:46:02.948 Enabled verbose msgs: important general
2008-01-14 15:46:03.385 Switching to wide mode (Minimalist-wide)
2008-01-14 15:46:03.414 Using the Qt painter
mythtv: could not connect to socket
mythtv: No such file or directory
lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages
2008-01-14 15:46:04.141 Joystick disabled.
2008-01-14 15:46:04.294 Loading from: /usr/share/mythtv/themes/Minimalist-wide/base.xml
2008-01-14 15:46:04.304 Loading from: /usr/share/mythtv/themes/default/base.xml
2008-01-14 15:46:04.329 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
QInputContext: cannot create input context for non-toplevel widgets
QInputContext: cannot create input context for non-toplevel widgets
2008-01-14 15:46:30.082 Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 5)
2008-01-14 15:46:30.083 Using protocol version 31
2008-01-14 15:46:30.089 Received a remote 'Clear Cache' request
QInputContext: cannot create input context for non-toplevel widgets
QInputContext: cannot create input context for non-toplevel widgets
2008-01-14 15:48:32.516 Received a remote 'Clear Cache' request
2008-01-14 15:48:45.913 New DB connection, total: 2
2008-01-14 15:48:45.914 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
2008-01-14 15:48:45.977 TV: Attempting to change from None to WatchingLiveTV
2008-01-14 15:48:45.978 Using protocol version 31
2008-01-14 15:48:52.619 RingBuf(/var/lib/mythtv/recordings//4294967295_20080114154846.mpg): Invalid file (fd -1) when opening '/var/lib/mythtv/recordings//4294967295_20080114154846.mpg'.
2008-01-14 15:48:52.656 DPMS Deactivated
2008-01-14 15:48:52.657 NVP::OpenFile(): Error, file not found: /var/lib/mythtv/recordings//4294967295_20080114154846.mpg
2008-01-14 15:48:52.657 TV Error: StartPlayer(): NVP is not playing after 20000 msec
2008-01-14 15:48:57.635 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started
2008-01-14 15:48:57.647 DPMS Reactivated.
QInputContext: cannot create input context for non-toplevel widgets
QInputContext: cannot create input context for non-toplevel widgets
2008-01-14 15:49:15.949 Received a remote 'Clear Cache' request
QInputContext: cannot create input context for non-toplevel widgets
QInputContext: cannot create input context for non-toplevel widgets
2008-01-14 15:49:35.248 Received a remote 'Clear Cache' request
2008-01-14 15:49:41.722 TV: Attempting to change from None to WatchingLiveTV
2008-01-14 15:49:41.724 Using protocol version 31
2008-01-14 15:49:48.381 RingBuf(/var/lib/mythtv/recordings//4294967295_20080114154941.mpg): Invalid file (fd -1) when opening '/var/lib/mythtv/recordings//4294967295_20080114154941.mpg'.
2008-01-14 15:49:48.389 DPMS Deactivated
2008-01-14 15:49:48.400 NVP::OpenFile(): Error, file not found: /var/lib/mythtv/recordings//4294967295_20080114154941.mpg
2008-01-14 15:49:48.400 TV Error: StartPlayer(): NVP is not playing after 20000 msec
2008-01-14 15:49:53.421 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started
2008-01-14 15:49:53.425 DPMS Reactivated.
QInputContext: cannot create input context for non-toplevel widgets
QInputContext: cannot create input context for non-toplevel widgets
QInputContext: cannot create input context for non-toplevel widgets
QInputContext: cannot create input context for non-toplevel widgets
2008-01-14 15:50:44.206 Received a remote 'Clear Cache' request
2008-01-14 15:50:49.723 TV: Attempting to change from None to WatchingLiveTV
2008-01-14 15:50:49.724 Using protocol version 31
2008-01-14 15:50:56.358 RingBuf(/var/lib/mythtv/recordings//4294967295_20080114155049.mpg): Invalid file (fd -1) when opening '/var/lib/mythtv/recordings//4294967295_20080114155049.mpg'.
2008-01-14 15:50:56.367 DPMS Deactivated
2008-01-14 15:50:56.373 NVP::OpenFile(): Error, file not found: /var/lib/mythtv/recordings//4294967295_20080114155049.mpg
2008-01-14 15:50:56.374 TV Error: StartPlayer(): NVP is not playing after 20000 msec
2008-01-14 15:51:01.378 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started
2008-01-14 15:51:01.388 DPMS Reactivated.
QInputContext: cannot create input context for non-toplevel widgets
QInputContext: cannot create input context for non-toplevel widgets
2008-01-14 15:51:25.759 Received a remote 'Clear Cache' request
QInputContext: cannot create input context for non-toplevel widgets
QInputContext: cannot create input context for non-toplevel widgets
From '/var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log':
Code:
2008-01-14 15:33:53.203 MPEGRec(/dev/v4l/video1) Warning: Unable to set recording volume
eno: No such device (19)
If you are using an AverMedia M179 card this is normal.
2008-01-14 15:33:53.209 MPEGRec(/dev/v4l/video1) Error: Error getting codec params using old IVTV ioctl
eno: Bad address (14)
2008-01-14 15:33:58.931 MPEGRec(/dev/v4l/video1) Error: select timeout - ivtv driver has stopped responding
2008-01-14 15:33:59.740 TVRec(2): Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
2008-01-14 15:34:04.682 MPEGRec(/dev/v4l/video1) Error: select timeout - ivtv driver has stopped responding
2008-01-14 15:34:04.718 Finished recording : channel 4294967295
2008-01-14 15:36:53.046 Expiring from Mon Jan 14 15:33:53 2008, 0 MBytes, forced expire (LiveTV recording)
2008-01-14 15:46:30.083 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Monitor
2008-01-14 15:46:30.085 adding: localhost as a client (events: 0)
2008-01-14 15:46:30.087 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Monitor
2008-01-14 15:46:30.087 adding: localhost as a client (events: 1)
2008-01-14 15:46:30.090 Reschedule requested for id 0.
2008-01-14 15:46:30.127 Scheduled 0 items in 0.0 = 0.02 match + 0.02 place
2008-01-14 15:48:45.978 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2008-01-14 15:48:45.980 adding: localhost as a client (events: 0)
2008-01-14 15:48:45.983 TVRec(2): Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
2008-01-14 15:48:45.985 TVRec(2): HW Tuner: 2->2
2008-01-14 15:48:46.027 Channel::GetCurrentChannelNum(1): Failed to find Channel '1'
2008-01-14 15:48:46.028 Channel(/dev/v4l/video1)::TuneTo(1): Error, failed to find channel.
2008-01-14 15:48:46.028 TVRec(2) Error: Failed to set channel to 1.
2008-01-14 15:48:46.056 TVRec(2) Error: GetProgramRingBufferForLiveTV()
ProgramInfo is invalid.
ProgramInfo: channame() startts(Mon Jan 14 15:48:46 2008) endts(Mon Jan 14 15:48:46 2008)
recstartts(Mon Jan 14 15:48:46 2008) recendts(Mon Jan 14 15:48:46 2008)
title()
2008-01-14 15:48:46.112 MPEGRec(/dev/v4l/video1) Warning: Unable to set recording volume
eno: No such device (19)
If you are using an AverMedia M179 card this is normal.
2008-01-14 15:48:46.118 MPEGRec(/dev/v4l/video1) Error: Error getting codec params using old IVTV ioctl
eno: Bad address (14)
2008-01-14 15:48:51.838 MPEGRec(/dev/v4l/video1) Error: select timeout - ivtv driver has stopped responding
2008-01-14 15:48:52.660 TVRec(2): Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
2008-01-14 15:48:57.588 MPEGRec(/dev/v4l/video1) Error: select timeout - ivtv driver has stopped responding
2008-01-14 15:48:57.625 Finished recording : channel 4294967295
2008-01-14 15:49:15.949 Reschedule requested for id 0.
2008-01-14 15:49:15.973 Scheduled 0 items in 0.0 = 0.00 match + 0.02 place
2008-01-14 15:49:41.724 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2008-01-14 15:49:41.726 adding: localhost as a client (events: 0)
2008-01-14 15:49:41.728 TVRec(2): Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
2008-01-14 15:49:41.749 TVRec(2): HW Tuner: 2->2
2008-01-14 15:49:41.791 Channel::GetCurrentChannelNum(1): Failed to find Channel '1'
2008-01-14 15:49:41.792 Channel(/dev/v4l/video1)::TuneTo(1): Error, failed to find channel.
2008-01-14 15:49:41.796 TVRec(2) Error: Failed to set channel to 1.
2008-01-14 15:49:41.820 TVRec(2) Error: GetProgramRingBufferForLiveTV()
ProgramInfo is invalid.
ProgramInfo: channame() startts(Mon Jan 14 15:49:41 2008) endts(Mon Jan 14 15:49:41 2008)
recstartts(Mon Jan 14 15:49:41 2008) recendts(Mon Jan 14 15:49:41 2008)
title()
2008-01-14 15:49:41.875 MPEGRec(/dev/v4l/video1) Warning: Unable to set recording volume
eno: No such device (19)
If you are using an AverMedia M179 card this is normal.
2008-01-14 15:49:41.881 MPEGRec(/dev/v4l/video1) Error: Error getting codec params using old IVTV ioctl
eno: Bad address (14)
2008-01-14 15:49:47.617 MPEGRec(/dev/v4l/video1) Error: select timeout - ivtv driver has stopped responding
2008-01-14 15:49:48.403 TVRec(2): Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
2008-01-14 15:49:53.372 MPEGRec(/dev/v4l/video1) Error: select timeout - ivtv driver has stopped responding
2008-01-14 15:49:53.411 Finished recording : channel 4294967295
2008-01-14 15:50:49.724 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2008-01-14 15:50:49.726 adding: localhost as a client (events: 0)
2008-01-14 15:50:49.729 TVRec(2): Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
2008-01-14 15:50:49.732 TVRec(2): HW Tuner: 2->2
2008-01-14 15:50:49.773 Channel::GetCurrentChannelNum(1): Failed to find Channel '1'
2008-01-14 15:50:49.774 Channel(/dev/v4l/video1)::TuneTo(1): Error, failed to find channel.
2008-01-14 15:50:49.776 TVRec(2) Error: Failed to set channel to 1.
2008-01-14 15:50:49.801 TVRec(2) Error: GetProgramRingBufferForLiveTV()
ProgramInfo is invalid.
ProgramInfo: channame() startts(Mon Jan 14 15:50:49 2008) endts(Mon Jan 14 15:50:49 2008)
recstartts(Mon Jan 14 15:50:49 2008) recendts(Mon Jan 14 15:50:49 2008)
title()
2008-01-14 15:50:49.851 MPEGRec(/dev/v4l/video1) Warning: Unable to set recording volume
eno: No such device (19)
If you are using an AverMedia M179 card this is normal.
2008-01-14 15:50:49.857 MPEGRec(/dev/v4l/video1) Error: Error getting codec params using old IVTV ioctl
eno: Bad address (14)
2008-01-14 15:50:53.402 Expiring from Mon Jan 14 15:48:46 2008, 0 MBytes, forced expire (LiveTV recording)
2008-01-14 15:50:55.579 MPEGRec(/dev/v4l/video1) Error: select timeout - ivtv driver has stopped responding
2008-01-14 15:50:56.377 TVRec(2): Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
2008-01-14 15:51:01.330 MPEGRec(/dev/v4l/video1) Error: select timeout - ivtv driver has stopped responding
2008-01-14 15:51:01.368 Finished recording : channel 4294967295
2008-01-14 15:52:53.451 Expiring from Mon Jan 14 15:49:41 2008, 0 MBytes, forced expire (LiveTV recording)
2008-01-14 15:52:53.455 Expiring from Mon Jan 14 15:50:49 2008, 0 MBytes, forced expire (LiveTV recording)
Can anyone help me figure this out? I suspect the problem is here:
Code:
RingBuf(/var/lib/mythtv/recordings//4294967295_20080114154846.mpg): Invalid file (fd -1) when opening '/var/lib/mythtv/recordings//4294967295_20080114154846.mpg'.
Is Mythtv asking for the correct file? If it is why isn't it there?
Last edited by popatopalous; 01-16-2008 at 04:34 PM.
Also check the (I don't know the correct wording) the user rights/restrictions on all the folders and files that mythtv wants to access, in about 80% of all cases that is the reason for the weirdest problems.
i) Those paths have an extra slash in them. Go to the configuration and remove the slash from the end of the path for the recordings folder (if it's there).
ii) If the frontend is running on the same box as the backend, it defaults to accessing the files through the filesystem. You can configure it to stream the files from the backend instead though. The backend is obviously working properly as you are recording sucessfully, so you may find this works (although it eats more system resources).
iii) As the previous poster mentioned, it may be a permissions issue ; the frontend process may be running as a different user to the backend, and they may have different permissions on the recordings folder.
Distribution: Mandriva 2008.1 PWP, openSuse 11.0, ALL AMD 64
Posts: 29
Original Poster
Rep:
Quote:
Originally Posted by barbex
can you post the ivtv section of dmesg?
Also check the (I don't know the correct wording) the user rights/restrictions on all the folders and files that mythtv wants to access, in about 80% of all cases that is the reason for the weirdest problems.
Thanks for the reply. I solved the no live tv problem by changing the orderof:
/dev/v4l/video0
/dev/v4l/video1
to
/dev/v4l/video1
/dev/v4l/video0
in mythtv-setup.
Three issues remain:
1. mythbackend won't start at boot
2. No audio
3. Only one tuner works on dual tuner PVR-500 card. Card has worked properly in Mythtv in other distros.
1. mythbackend won't start at boot - because of:
Code:
Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
I can get around that by:
Code:
# chmod 666 /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
but I have to do that every time I reboot.
2. No audio - KDE Control Center>Sound and Multimedia>Sound System>Hardware is set to ALSA and full duplex. Could it be as simple as a setting in KMix or should I set it up with ALSA?
Code:
$ mythfrontend
2008-01-15 11:02:39.794 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2008-01-15 11:02:39.805 DPMS is active.
2008-01-15 11:02:39.821 New DB connection, total: 1
2008-01-15 11:02:39.828 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
2008-01-15 11:02:39.829 Total desktop dim: 1680x1050, with 1 screen[s].
2008-01-15 11:02:39.833 Using screen 0, 1680x1050 at 0,0
2008-01-15 11:02:39.870 Current Schema Version: 1160
2008-01-15 11:02:39.872 mythfrontend version: 0.20.20070821-1 www.mythtv.org
2008-01-15 11:02:39.872 Enabled verbose msgs: important general
2008-01-15 11:02:40.340 Total desktop dim: 1680x1050, with 1 screen[s].
2008-01-15 11:02:40.343 Using screen 0, 1680x1050 at 0,0
2008-01-15 11:02:40.344 Switching to square mode (Titivillus)
2008-01-15 11:02:40.383 Using the Qt painter
mythtv: could not connect to socket
mythtv: No such file or directory
lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages
2008-01-15 11:02:41.465 Joystick disabled.
2008-01-15 11:02:41.635 Loading from: /usr/share/mythtv/themes/default/base.xml
2008-01-15 11:02:41.969 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
2008-01-15 11:02:45.355 New DB connection, total: 2
2008-01-15 11:02:45.356 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
2008-01-15 11:02:45.380 Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 5)
2008-01-15 11:02:45.381 Using protocol version 31
2008-01-15 11:02:45.388 TV: Attempting to change from None to WatchingLiveTV
2008-01-15 11:02:45.389 Using protocol version 31
2008-01-15 11:02:47.236 DPMS Deactivated
[mpeg @ 0x2ae2bf371400]Parser not found for Codec Id: 94210 !
2008-01-15 11:02:47.385 AFD: Opened codec 0xa3ded0, id(MPEG2VIDEO) type(Video)
2008-01-15 11:02:47.408 AFD: Opened codec 0x35fbcc0, id(MP2) type(Audio)
2008-01-15 11:02:47.563 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
2008-01-15 11:02:47.563 AudioOutput Error: WARNING: something is currently using: /dev/dsp, retrying.
2008-01-15 11:02:47.563 NVP: Disabling Audio, reason is: WARNING: something is currently using: /dev/dsp, retrying.
2008-01-15 11:02:47.584 VideoOutputXv: XvMCTex: Init failed
2008-01-15 11:02:47.585 VideoOutputXv: XVideo Adaptor Name: 'NV17 Video Texture'
X Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 8
Major opcode: 142
Minor opcode: 14
Resource id: 0x209
2008-01-15 11:02:48.087 TV: Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
2008-01-15 11:02:48.091 New DB connection, total: 3
2008-01-15 11:02:48.093 New DB connection, total: 4
2008-01-15 11:02:48.094 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
2008-01-15 11:02:48.094 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
2008-01-15 11:02:48.096 Realtime priority would require SUID as root.
2008-01-15 11:02:48.197 Video timing method: USleep with busy wait
2008-01-15 11:03:14.342 NVP: prebuffering pause
2008-01-15 11:03:15.189 NVP: prebuffering pause
2008-01-15 11:03:17.730 NVP: prebuffering pause
2008-01-15 11:03:19.780 NVP: prebuffering pause
2008-01-15 11:03:32.333 TV: Attempting to change from WatchingLiveTV to None
[mpeg2video @ 0x2ae2bfa6a170]00 motion_type at 19 10
[mpeg2video @ 0x2ae2bfa6a170]Warning MVs not available
2008-01-15 11:03:32.555 TV: Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
2008-01-15 11:03:32.568 DPMS Reactivated.
QInputContext: cannot create input context for non-toplevel widgets
QInputContext: cannot create input context for non-toplevel widgets
/var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log:
Code:
2008-01-15 10:58:00.040 AutoExpire: ERROR when trying to autoexpire file: /var/lib/mythtv/recordings//4294967295_2008$
2008-01-15 11:00:00.089 AutoExpire: ERROR when trying to autoexpire file: /var/lib/mythtv/recordings//4294967295_2008$
2008-01-15 11:02:00.139 AutoExpire: ERROR when trying to autoexpire file: /var/lib/mythtv/recordings//4294967295_2008$
2008-01-15 11:02:45.381 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Monitor
2008-01-15 11:02:45.383 adding: localhost as a client (events: 0)
2008-01-15 11:02:45.385 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Monitor
2008-01-15 11:02:45.385 adding: localhost as a client (events: 1)
2008-01-15 11:02:45.389 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2008-01-15 11:02:45.408 adding: localhost as a client (events: 0)
2008-01-15 11:02:45.411 TVRec(2): Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
2008-01-15 11:02:45.430 TVRec(2): HW Tuner: 2->2
2008-01-15 11:02:45.711 MPEGRec(/dev/v4l/video0) Error: Error getting codec params using old IVTV ioctl
eno: Bad address (14)
2008-01-15 11:03:14.299 Finished recording The Young and the Restless "Nikki Agrees to Marry David": channel 1002
2008-01-15 11:03:14.468 Finished recording The Young and the Restless "Nikki Agrees to Marry David": channel 1002
[mpeg @ 0x2b52fb745400]Parser not found for Codec Id: 94210 !
0: start_time: 0.036 duration: 2.387
1: start_time: 220.777 duration: 2.384
2: start_time: 0.026 duration: 2.357
stream: start_time: 0.289 duration: 2479.280 bitrate=57 kb/s
2008-01-15 11:03:14.513 AFD: Opened codec 0x2aaaac11c080, id(MPEG2VIDEO) type(Video)
2008-01-15 11:03:14.537 AFD: Opened codec 0x2aaaac11b1d0, id(MP2) type(Audio)
2008-01-15 11:03:14.557 TVRec(2): RingBufferChanged()
2008-01-15 11:03:14.564 Finished recording The Young and the Restless "Nikki Agrees to Marry David": channel 1002
2008-01-15 11:03:32.345 TVRec(2): Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
2008-01-15 11:03:32.511 Finished recording Without a Trace "Hang On to Me": channel 1038
2008-01-15 11:04:00.197 AutoExpire: ERROR when trying to autoexpire file: /var/lib/mythtv/recordings//4294967295_20080114160410.mpg. File doesn't exist. Database metadata will not be removed.
2008-01-15 11:04:00.200 Expiring The Young and the Restless "Nikki Agrees to Marry David" from Tue Jan 15 11:00:00 2008, 16 MBytes, forced expire (LiveTV recording)
3. Only one tuner works on dual tuner PVR-500 card. Card has worked properly in Mythtv in other distros. I don't know why both tuners don't work here.
Code:
$ dmesg | egrep -i '(ivtv|tveeprom|tuner)'
ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
ivtv: version 1.0.0 (2.6.22.12-desktop-1mdv SMP mod_unload ) loading
ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge card (cx23416 based)
ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
ivtv0: Recommended firmware version is 0x02060039.
tveeprom 2-0050: Hauppauge model 23552, rev E592, serial# 8363378
tveeprom 2-0050: tuner model is Philips FQ1236A MK4 (idx 92, type 57)
tveeprom 2-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) (eeprom 0x08)
tveeprom 2-0050: second tuner model is Philips TEA5768HL FM Radio (idx 101, type 62)
tveeprom 2-0050: audio processor is CX25843 (idx 37)
tveeprom 2-0050: decoder processor is CX25843 (idx 30)
tveeprom 2-0050: has radio, has no IR receiver, has no IR transmitter
ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 500 (unit #1)
tuner 2-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
tda9887 2-0043: tda988[5/6/7] found @ 0x43 (tuner)
tuner 2-0060: TEA5767 detected.
tuner 2-0060: chip found @ 0xc0 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
tuner 2-0060: type set to 62 (Philips TEA5767HN FM Radio)
tuner 2-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
cx25840 2-0044: cx25843-24 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
wm8775 2-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
tuner 2-0061: type set to 57 (Philips FQ1236A MK4)
ivtv0: Registered device video0 for encoder MPEG (4 MB)
ivtv0: Registered device video32 for encoder YUV (2 MB)
ivtv0: Registered device vbi0 for encoder VBI (1 MB)
ivtv0: Registered device video24 for encoder PCM audio (1 MB)
ivtv0: Registered device radio0 for encoder radio
ivtv0: Initialized WinTV PVR 500 (unit #1), card #0
ivtv: ====================== NEXT CARD ======================
ivtv1: Autodetected Hauppauge card (cx23416 based)
ivtv1: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
ivtv1: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
ivtv1: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
ivtv1: Recommended firmware version is 0x02060039.
tuner 3-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
tda9887 3-0043: tda988[5/6/7] found @ 0x43 (tuner)
tuner 3-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
wm8775 3-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
tveeprom 3-0050: Hauppauge model 23552, rev E592, serial# 8363378
tveeprom 3-0050: tuner model is Philips FQ1236A MK4 (idx 92, type 57)
tveeprom 3-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) (eeprom 0x08)
tveeprom 3-0050: second tuner model is Philips TEA5768HL FM Radio (idx 101, type 62)
tveeprom 3-0050: audio processor is CX25843 (idx 37)
tveeprom 3-0050: decoder processor is CX25843 (idx 30)
tveeprom 3-0050: has radio, has no IR receiver, has no IR transmitter
ivtv1: Correcting tveeprom data: no radio present on second unit
ivtv1: Autodetected WinTV PVR 500 (unit #2)
tuner 3-0061: type set to 57 (Philips FQ1236A MK4)
ivtv1: i2c hardware 0x00000001 (cx2584x) not found for command 0xc008561c!
ivtv1: i2c addr 0x44 not found for command 0x4008646f!
ivtv1: i2c hardware 0x00000001 (cx2584x) not found for command 0x4008646d!
ivtv1: i2c hardware 0x00000001 (cx2584x) not found for command 0xc008561c!
ivtv1: i2c hardware 0x00000001 (cx2584x) not found for command 0xc008561c!
ivtv1: i2c hardware 0x00000001 (cx2584x) not found for command 0xc008561c!
ivtv1: Registered device video1 for encoder MPEG (4 MB)
ivtv1: Registered device video33 for encoder YUV (2 MB)
ivtv1: Registered device vbi1 for encoder VBI (1 MB)
ivtv1: Registered device video25 for encoder PCM audio (1 MB)
ivtv1: Initialized WinTV PVR 500 (unit #2), card #1
ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV ====================
ivtv1: i2c hardware 0x00000001 (cx2584x) not found for command 0xc008561c!
ivtv1: i2c hardware 0x00000001 (cx2584x) not found for command 0xc008561c!
ivtv1: i2c hardware 0x00000001 (cx2584x) not found for command 0xc008561c!
ivtv1: i2c hardware 0x00000001 (cx2584x) not found for command 0xc008561c!
Looks like it could be a ivtv problem:
Code:
ivtv1: i2c hardware 0x00000001 (cx2584x) not found for command 0xc008561c!
ivtv1: i2c addr 0x44 not found for command 0x4008646f!
ivtv1: i2c hardware 0x00000001 (cx2584x) not found for command 0x4008646d!
But I don't what it's trying to tell me. I know permissions, ownership, file paths, and file names are issues here as Mandriva seems to have changed since Mythtv documentation was written. Embarrassingly I don't know how to check for them I just try to deal with them as I come across them, could use some manual time on this. Maybe someone will be kind enough to recommend a manual section...
See updated hardware and Mythtv version in 1st post.
Distribution: Mandriva 2008.1 PWP, openSuse 11.0, ALL AMD 64
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i) Those paths have an extra slash in them. Go to the configuration and remove the slash from the end of the path for the recordings folder (if it's there).
ii) If the frontend is running on the same box as the backend, it defaults to accessing the files through the filesystem. You can configure it to stream the files from the backend instead though. The backend is obviously working properly as you are recording sucessfully, so you may find this works (although it eats more system resources).
iii) As the previous poster mentioned, it may be a permissions issue ; the frontend process may be running as a different user to the backend, and they may have different permissions on the recordings folder.
Your refering to '/var/lib/mythtv/recordings//4294967295_20080114154846.mpg'. When I figure out which configuration file to change, [and I am looking] I'll do that. Thanks.
Your refering to '/var/lib/mythtv/recordings//4294967295_20080114154846.mpg'. When I figure out which configuration file to change, [and I am looking] I'll do that. Thanks.
That would be in mythtv-setup where you set the paths. It's set in the database so you won't find a configuration file.
I see that you already found the mythtv forum http://www.mythtvtalk.com/forum/
there is also a very active mailing list that you can easily search with Gossamer Threads, you'll find the real experts there. I remember seeing something there recentla about the pvr500 and only one tuner working. Happy searching!
Some other things:
Regarding order of video0 and video1: there is a nasty problem of these things getting swapped around by udev on booting. That can be solved by blacklisting the modules from udev. Just so you are aware of it.
I think your backend problem is caused by mysql not having started when myth tries to access it.
Probably permissions or ownership again.
I solve these problems with a hearty
Distribution: Mandriva 2008.1 PWP, openSuse 11.0, ALL AMD 64
Posts: 29
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Progress report. Some movement on 1st 2 problems. I haven't started with #3 yet.
1. mythbackend won't start at boot - because of:
Code:
Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
Code:
# chmod 666 /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
# chown -R mythtv.mythtv /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
# chmod a+x /etc/rc.d/init.d/mythbackend
# chkconfig --level 345 mythbackend on
# /sbin/service mythbackend status
mythbackend dead but pid file exists
# /sbin/service mysqld status
# [ OK ]
However in Mandriva control center>System>Manage System Services mythbackend is listed as running it is mysqld that is stopped. This right after fresh boot or reboot. Both are set to start on boot.
Now when I reboot this will get mythbackend WORKING properly:
Code:
# /sbin/service mythbackend status
mythbackend dead but pid file exists
# /sbin/service mythbackend start
Starting mythbackend: [ OK ]
# /sbin/service mythbackend restart
Stopping mythbackend: [ OK ]
Starting mythbackend: [ OK ]
# /sbin/service mythbackend status
mythbackend (pid 5569) is running...
Oh how I wish it would do this automatically. Is it possible that something isn't being done in correct sequence?
2. No audio - KDE Control Center>Sound and Multimedia>Sound System>Hardware is set to ALSA and full duplex. Could it be as simple as a setting in KMix or should I set it up with ALSA?
Code:
$ mixer set PCM,0 77%,77% unmute
bash: mixer: command not found
$ amixer set PCM,0 77%,77% unmute
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 24 [77%] [1.50dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 24 [77%] [1.50dB] [on]
$ amixer set Line,0 77%,77% mute captur
Simple mixer control 'Line',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono: Capture [on]
Front Left: Playback 24 [77%] [1.50dB] [off]
Front Right: Playback 24 [77%] [1.50dB] [off]
$ amixer set Capture,0 77%,77% captur
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Capture 0 - 15
Front Left: Capture 12 [80%] [18.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Capture 12 [80%] [18.00dB] [on]
# killall artsd
After I reboot and take care or problem #1 and try to watch tv no sound.
Code:
# killall artsd
Try to watch tv again and I have sound! If I move '/usr/bin/artsd' to '/usr/bin/artsd.old' I don't have to run 'killall artsd' but I also have no sound in KDE. That just isn't right. By the way, why is KDE still using artsd??? Is their a way to get it to use something else? Is there a way to get artsd to stop grabbing /dev/dsp? Seems like if you did you still wouldn't have sound in KDE?
Last edited by popatopalous; 01-15-2008 at 07:51 PM.
I think you should start to get mysql to run on startup, check the logs in /var/log/ for errors.
Then you might have to go into a KDE Forum for your Audio Problems or drop KDE completely, it is unnecessary for a mythtv box anyway.
Distribution: Mandriva 2008.1 PWP, openSuse 11.0, ALL AMD 64
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I think you should start to get mysql to run on startup, check the logs in /var/log/ for errors.
Then you might have to go into a KDE Forum for your Audio Problems or drop KDE completely, it is unnecessary for a mythtv box anyway.
I only have one computer so it has to function as a desktop but I also use it to record tv. KDE is my preferred desktop and Mandriva and Sabayon are my preferred distros. I got audio to work in both Mythtv and KDE by 1st:
2. No audio
Code:
$ amixer set PCM,0 77%,77% unmute
bash: mixer: command not found
$ amixer set PCM,0 77%,77% unmute
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 24 [77%] [1.50dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 24 [77%] [1.50dB] [on]
$ amixer set Line,0 77%,77% mute captur
Simple mixer control 'Line',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono: Capture [on]
Front Left: Playback 24 [77%] [1.50dB] [off]
Front Right: Playback 24 [77%] [1.50dB] [off]
$ amixer set Capture,0 77%,77% captur
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Capture 0 - 15
Front Left: Capture 12 [80%] [18.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Capture 12 [80%] [18.00dB] [on]
# killall artsd
But artsd starts again when you reboot so:
Code:
mv /usr/bin/artsd /usr/bin/artsd.old
After removing artsd you have no sound in KDE until you go to KDE Control Center>Sound and Multimedia>System Notifications>Player Settings. There deselect KDE Player and select other. I then entered /usr/bin/mplayer. Then next time you reboot you'll get a knotify notice asking if you want to disable artsd. Select disable artsd. Now I have sound in Mythtv and KDE.
3. Only one tuner works on dual tuner PVR-500 card. Card has worked properly in Mythtv in other distros.
The tuner not working is hopefully being dealt with here:
After most recent boot in Mandriva Control Center both mysqld and mythbackend are shown as running and both are selected to start at boot. However I get this from command line:
Code:
# /etc/init.d/mysqld status
# [ OK ]
# /etc/init.d/mythbackend status
mythbackend dead but pid file exists
/var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log
Code:
2008-01-16 12:18:58.881 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2008-01-16 12:18:59.152 New DB connection, total: 1
2008-01-16 12:18:59.161 Unable to connect to database!
2008-01-16 12:18:59.162 Driver error was [1/2002]:
QMYSQL3: Unable to connect
Database error was:
Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
QSqlQuery::exec: database not open
QSqlQuery::exec: database not open
2008-01-16 12:18:59.216 DB Error (KickDatabase):
Query was:
SELECT NULL;
No error type from QSqlError? Strange...
2008-01-16 12:18:59.269 Failed to init MythContext, exiting.
I've been led to wonder if editing something in '/etc/my.cnf' might fix this but no one seems to know what. I've looked in many config and startup files but haven't found anything. I believe what is needed here is to get mythbackend to call for mysql at port 3306 instead of socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' but I don't know [yet] how to do this. It has been said that commenting out 'skip-networking' in '/etc/my.cnf' would accomplish this but it isn't working that way for me. I need some one more proficient at Linux to help me here. Or is this a bug?
/etc/my.cnf:
Code:
# The following options will be passed to all MySQL clients
[client]
user = root
port = 3306
socket = /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
# The MySQL server
[mysqld]
user = mysql
datadir = /var/lib/mysql
port = 3306
socket = /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
pid-file = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
skip-locking
key_buffer = 16M
max_allowed_packet = 1M
table_cache = 64
sort_buffer_size = 512K
net_buffer_length = 8K
read_buffer_size = 256K
read_rnd_buffer_size = 512K
myisam_sort_buffer_size = 8M
expire_logs_days = 1
# skip-networking
[mysqldump]
quick
max_allowed_packet = 16M
[mysql]
no-auto-rehash
[isamchk]
key_buffer = 20M
sort_buffer_size = 20M
read_buffer = 2M
write_buffer = 2M
[myisamchk]
key_buffer = 20M
sort_buffer_size = 20M
read_buffer = 2M
write_buffer = 2M
[mysqlhotcopy]
interactive-timeout
[mysql.server]
user=mysql
basedir=/var/lib
[mysqld_safe]
err-log=/var/log/mysqld/mysqld.log
pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
# MySQL Instance Manager options section
[manager]
user=mysql
default-mysqld-path=/usr/sbin/mysqld
socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysqlmanager.sock
pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqlmanager.pid
password-file=/etc/mysqlmanager.passwd
run-as-service
monitoring-interval=20
port=2273
Last edited by popatopalous; 01-16-2008 at 02:07 PM.
Reason: change /etc/my.conf to /etc/my.cnf
# /etc/init.d/mysqld status
# [ OK ]
# /etc/init.d/mythbackend status
mythbackend dead but pid file exists
/var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log
Code:
2008-01-16 12:18:58.881 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2008-01-16 12:18:59.152 New DB connection, total: 1
2008-01-16 12:18:59.161 Unable to connect to database!
2008-01-16 12:18:59.162 Driver error was [1/2002]:
QMYSQL3: Unable to connect
Database error was:
Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
QSqlQuery::exec: database not open
QSqlQuery::exec: database not open
2008-01-16 12:18:59.216 DB Error (KickDatabase):
Query was:
SELECT NULL;
No error type from QSqlError? Strange...
2008-01-16 12:18:59.269 Failed to init MythContext, exiting.
This looks like mysql is either not running or mythtv does not have the right password to access. Anything in the mysql logs?
There is a file in /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt that contains your password and that has to correspond to the user set in the database. A bit confusing, I know.
Distribution: Mandriva 2008.1 PWP, openSuse 11.0, ALL AMD 64
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This looks like mysql is either not running or mythtv does not have the right password to access. Anything in the mysql logs?
There is a file in /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt that contains your password and that has to correspond to the user set in the database. A bit confusing, I know.
Distribution: Mandriva 2008.1 PWP, openSuse 11.0, ALL AMD 64
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Originally Posted by barbex
If that password is the same in mythtv-setup and user permission on mysql are correct too...
well then, I'm sorry, I got nothing.
Well one last thing. I removed mysql then installed if with urpmi. At the end of urpmi run it gave this:
[HTML]The initscript used to start mysql has been reverted to use the one shipped
by MySQL AB. This means the following changes:
* The MYSQLD_OPTIONS="--skip-networking" option in the /etc/sysconfig/mysqld
file has been removed, this is now set in the /etc/my.cnf file.
* The MySQL Instance Manager is used by default, set use_mysqld_safe="1" in
the /etc/sysconfig/mysqld file to use the old mysqld_safe script.
The extra MySQL-NDB server package has been merged into the MySQL-Max package
and ndb related pieces has been split into different sub packages as done by
MySQL AB. The MySQL libraries and the MySQL-common sub package uses the
MySQL-Max build so that no functionality required by for example the NDB
parts are lost.
The MySQL-common package now ships with a default /etc/my.cnf file that is
based on the my-medium.cnf file that comes with the source code. The
/etc/my.cnf file is constructed at build time of this package.
To connect to the Instance Manager you need to pass the correct command line
options like in the following examples:
* mysql -u root --password=my_password --port=2273 --protocol=TCP
* mysql -u root --password=my_password --socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysqlmanager.sock
Please note you also need to add a user in the /etc/mysqlmanager.passwd file and
make sure the file is owned by the user under which the Instance Manager service
is running under.[/HTML]
But I get this:
Code:
# mysql -u root --password=my_password --port=2273 --protocol=TCP
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied. Bad username/password pair
Yet I'm pretty sure I know what my mysql password is because:
Code:
# mysql -u root --password
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 40
Server version: 5.0.45 Mandriva Linux - MySQL Standard Edition (GPL)
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.
mysql> exit;
Bye
/etc/mysqlmanager.passwd is currently empty. What the *&%$@??? Help!!!
I did not read all the posts, but if you did not get the sound issue fixed, go into the KDE Control Center and navigate to Sound and Multimedia > Sound System. By default in Mandriva, Auto-suspend is set to 50 seconds, but I find it to work much better when set to 1 second. This way, dsp is released one second after KDE is finished with it so it is available for other programs. I do not use MythTV here, but hopefully this solution will be of help to you,
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