Hi,

I've installed R516A (latest release) on my first Myth box. I use a single Nova-T card on a 1700XP with a GF5200. The installation completes succesfully.

Once I've ran the 7154 script to install the Nvidia kernel module drivers X starts up and I can enter the second lot of details, like IP confirm Timezone.

Then the mythtv-setup runs and I can also set-up my DVB card, channel details and transponder details.

Now once myth-frontend starts up I can flick the TV channels.

However, upon rebooting the set I can no longer view any channels!

Running mythtv on its own produces the following;

2005-07-14 21:10:24.354 New DB connection, total: 1
Total desktop width=800, height=600, numscreens=1
2005-07-14 21:10:24.366 Using screen 0, 800x600 at 0,0
2005-07-14 21:10:24.378 Switching to square mode (blue)
2005-07-14 21:10:24.563 Joystick disabled.
2005-07-14 21:10:24.678 New DB connection, total: 2
2005-07-14 21:10:24.690 Connecting to backend server: 172.16.3.2:6543 (try 1 of 5)
2005-07-14 21:10:24.697 Using protocol version 15
2005-07-14 21:10:24.727 Using protocol version 15
2005-07-14 21:10:29.846 taking too long to be allowed to read..
2005-07-14 21:10:34.848 taking too long to be allowed to read..
2005-07-14 21:10:39.850 taking too long to be allowed to read..
2005-07-14 21:10:39.850 Took more than 10 seconds to be allowed to read, aborting.
2005-07-14 21:10:39.875 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
2005-07-14 21:10:39.875 Decoder not alive, and trying to play..
2005-07-14 21:10:41.062 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read().
2005-07-14 21:10:41.272 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read().
2005-07-14 21:10:41.482 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read().
2005-07-14 21:10:41.692 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read().
2005-07-14 21:10:41.892 Changing from None to None
2005-07-14 21:10:41.902 RemoteFile::Read() failed in RingBuffer::safe_read().

The MYTHBACKEND reports;

2005-07-14 20:32:16.938 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2005-07-14 20:32:16.941 adding: mythtv as a client (events: 0)
2005-07-14 20:32:16.949 adding: mythtv as a remote ringbuffer
2005-07-14 20:32:16.966 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
2005-07-14 20:32:18.965 DVB#0 Using DVB card 0, with frontend Philips TDA10045H DVB-T.
2005-07-14 20:32:18.971 DVB#0 Recorder: Card opened successfully (using PS mode).
2005-07-14 20:32:18.976 DVB#0 ERROR - No PIDS set, please correct your channel setup.
2005-07-14 20:32:20.076 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
2005-07-14 20:32:21.079 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
2005-07-14 20:32:22.082 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
2005-07-14 20:32:23.085 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
2005-07-14 20:32:24.088 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
2005-07-14 20:32:25.090 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
2005-07-14 20:32:26.093 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
2005-07-14 20:32:27.096 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
2005-07-14 20:32:28.099 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
2005-07-14 20:32:29.102 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
2005-07-14 20:32:30.103 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
2005-07-14 20:32:31.105 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
2005-07-14 20:32:32.107 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
2005-07-14 20:32:33.109 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
2005-07-14 20:32:34.088 Couldn't read data from the capture card in 15 seconds. Stopping.
2005-07-14 20:32:34.112 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
2005-07-14 20:32:34.124 Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
2005-07-14 20:32:35.115 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
2005-07-14 20:32:35.118 Closing DVB recorder



When it used to work just after setup the MYTHBACKEND reported;

2005-07-14 20:23:16.153 New DB connection, total: 2
2005-07-14 20:23:16.162 DVB#0 DVB SI Table Parser Started
2005-07-14 20:23:16.612 DVB#0 Using DVB card 0, with frontend Philips TDA10045H DVB-T.
QSettings: error creating /root/.qt
QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty
2005-07-14 20:23:16.618 New DB connection, total: 3
2005-07-14 20:23:16.622 DVB#0 WARNING - Unsupported hierarchy parameter.
2005-07-14 20:23:17.219 DVB#0 DVB signal d3d3 | snr fefe | ber 3c | unc 0
2005-07-14 20:23:17.220 DVB#0 Status: LOCK.
2005-07-14 20:23:17.222 DVB#0 Multiplex Locked
2005-07-14 20:23:18.921 DVB#0 Successfully tuned to channel 1.


So what could be the issue? I've not strayed too far from the install docs and am surprised no one else has reported similar problems.

Thanks for looking!

Dan

What would cause MYTHFRONTEND to delete my starting channel so that the whole thing stops working? I have to quit the frontend, stop mythbackend as root. Run mythsetup and set the starting channel again. Then restart mythbackend and then start mythfrontend!

How annoying! any one else seen this ?

Thanks

Dan

okay. finally getting somewhere.

MYTHFRONTEND does change the starting channel ID automatically when browsing through the channels.

I might need to remove any channels that were picked up by the scan but have no name just in case it locks up and I need to reset the starting channel.

Would be nice if the MYTHFRONTEND defaulted to the selected starting channel rather than the last starting channel.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

Let the recording commence!

Dan, tricky problem. "No PIDS set" error is one I have encountered heaps, usually due to me not setting the Starting Channel (in mythtv-setup) to something real (i.e. a scanned channel).

I have never seen the "doesn't work after reboot" problem.

What does this SQL command:
SELECT * from channels;
in:
mysql -u root mythconverg
list?

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Hi,

Everything sorted. You guessed correctly. The starting channel had no value although I DO SET IT EVERYTIME. Myth should really make sure that a value should always be present, otherwise LIVETV won't work at all.

Hopefully a feature that will be implemented in a future release. DVB seems to be less tolerant over a starting 'blank' channel.

Recording works fine now although any scheduled recording using the Web Browser frontend doesn't seem to change the channel! Got two segments of James Bond rather than Richard Branson and Big Brother.

Hello dan

I have the same problem.

http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic. ... 3183#33183

Is it working for you now?

If so can you tell me what you did to get it working.

Thanks Wim

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No, I have just seen your other post. I found the same solution by quitting Myth, stopping the backend, running mythtv-setup and setting the starting channel again.

I also found that Myth is quite happy to schedule recordings and works fine. After recording you can browse live tv as it left the starting channel on whatever you just recorded.

So your buggered Wim.

Sorry

Nooo !!

I am having the same problem. I can set it having previously stopped the backend, but as soon as I reboot, it's all gone again.

I think this is some kind of bug. I had the same experience.

Setting up channels from 1 to7, changing startup channel to 1. Works fine. Rebooting. Startup channel changed...

But after a while things just worked. I messed around a lot with channel numbers, changing one channel to the number that startup changed to (I think it was 2110). So I hade channels 2110, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and startup set to 2110. Worked like a charm. Then after a while I tried chaing startup back to 1 and changing the first channel to 1. And it worked...

I changed both ip's from 127.whatever to the actual ip 192.whatever and I no longer have the problem. Maybe that fixed it?! Either way I am happy