Mythtv almost finished i hope

PaulWalker · 12-20-2010, 09:00 AM

I am new to this forum so I apoligize if I put this forum in the wrong place, (and spelling).
I have my capture card setup and guide apears when I select watch tv, but I cannot get picture or sound. When I select a show to watch the screen goes black and I get an error message.
When I try and fill the backend with information. (not sure what it is called). It says that it faild to connect with backend 127.0.0.1 at&t uverse digital cable.

I am running the backend and frontend on the same computer, with the most recent version of ubuntu. I have just set up the MySQL and both passwords are the same for both mythtv and MySQL.

I have looked on the foruns here for most of the problems that I have encountered and have been pleased. I know that I probably do not have all the information needed to solve my problem, but I do not know where to start. I have tried all kinds of backend setup changes, but can not seem to get picture, or the backend to work when (filling it with data). Any MORE help would be greatly apreciated.

Thank you for all the help that you have given so far, glad to be part of the forums.

pljvaldez · 12-20-2010, 10:44 AM

Can you scan through the /var/log directory and post your mythbackend.log file? Also, what is the output of ps aux | grep -i myth?

To test the video input and sound, do the following:

Code:

1) cd ~
2) cat /dev/video0 > testfile.mpg
3) Let it go for a minute or so and then hit Ctrl + C
4) Open testfile.mpg with whatever movie player you have.

If testfile.mpg plays fine, then the video connection is setup okay, you just have to get the database part working. If the file is blank, then your setup might using /dev/video1 or something else. Check through the /var/log/syslog file to see if you can find where it assigned the capture card input.