MythTV 0.23.1 and PVR-500

[Bernhard Froehlich]

 On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:18:04 +0100, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote:
> On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 20:08:33 +0000
> Bernhard Froehlich <decke at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>
>> Could you please try the attached patch? It's against mythtv 0.24 
>> and
>> enables mythtv to detect CXM driver like ivtv - we'll see if that is
>> enough to make it working or just opens a new gate to hell.
>
> I tried the patch, unfortunately it doesn't make the driver work.
> Herer is the ouutput from
> /var/log/mythbackend.log:
> 2010-12-11 00:04:50.999 MythBackend: Starting up as the master 
> server.
> 2010-12-11 00:04:51.018 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2010-12-11 00:04:51.019 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> localhost
> 2010-12-11 00:04:51.037 New DB connection, total: 3
> 2010-12-11 00:04:51.038 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> localhost
> 2010-12-11 00:04:51.044 Could not query inputs.
>                         eno: Inappropriate ioctl for device (25)
> 2010-12-11 00:04:51.057 Could not query inputs.
>                         eno: Inappropriate ioctl for device (25)
> 2010-12-11 00:04:51.058 MythBackend, Warning: No valid capture cards
> are defined in the database.
> 2010-12-11 00:04:51.059 New DB scheduler connection
> 2010-12-11 00:04:51.060 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> localhost
> 2010-12-11 00:04:51.080 Main::Registering HttpStatus Extension
> 2010-12-11 00:04:51.081 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
> 2010-12-11 00:04:51.089 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free
> Space: 1.0 GB w/freq: 15 min
> 2010-12-11 00:04:54.085 Reschedule requested for id -1.
> 2010-12-11 00:04:54.154 Scheduled 0 items in 0.1 = 0.02 match + 0.05 
> place
> 2010-12-11 00:04:54.158 Seem to be woken up by USER
> 2010-12-11 00:04:59.915 UPnpMedia: BuildMediaMap - no VideoStartupDir
> set,  skipping scan.
> 2010-12-11 00:05:47.586 MainServer::ANN Monitor
> 2010-12-11 00:05:47.587 adding: kg-fil.kg4.no as a client (events: 0)
> 2010-12-11 00:05:47.588 MainServer::ANN Monitor
> 2010-12-11 00:05:47.589 adding: kg-fil.kg4.no as a client (events: 1)
> 2010-12-11 00:06:11.089 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free
> Space: 1.0 GB w/freq: 15 min
> 2010-12-11 00:06:12.458 MainServer: HandleRemoteEncoder(cmd
> GET_STATE) Unknown encoder: 1
> 2010-12-11 00:06:12.458 MainServer: HandleRemoteEncoder(cmd
> GET_SLEEPSTATUS) Unknown encoder: 1
> 2010-12-11 00:06:12.459 MainServer: HandleRemoteEncoder(cmd
> GET_STATE) Unknown encoder: 2
> 2010-12-11 00:06:12.460 MainServer: HandleRemoteEncoder(cmd
> GET_SLEEPSTATUS) Unknown encoder: 2
>
> I also tried to delete the capture cards from mythtv-setup, and
> configure them again. That didn't work either.
>>From /var/log/mythbackend.log after restarting mythbackend:
> 2010-12-11 00:12:15.635 MythBackend: Starting up as the master 
> server.
> 2010-12-11 00:12:15.639 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2010-12-11 00:12:15.641 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> localhost
> 2010-12-11 00:12:15.646 TVRec(3) Error: Problem finding starting
> channel, setting to default of '3'.
> 2010-12-11 00:12:15.648 ChannelBase(3) Error: InitializeInputs():
>                         Could not get inputs for the capturecard.
>                         Perhaps you have forgotten to bind video
>                         sources to your card's inputs?
> 2010-12-11 00:12:15.651 TVRec(4) Error: Problem finding starting
> channel, setting to default of '3'.
> 2010-12-11 00:12:15.653 ChannelBase(4) Error: InitializeInputs():
>                         Could not get inputs for the capturecard.
>                         Perhaps you have forgotten to bind video
>                         sources to your card's inputs?
> 2010-12-11 00:12:15.653 MythBackend, Warning: No valid capture cards
> are defined in the database.
> 2010-12-11 00:12:15.655 New DB scheduler connection
> 2010-12-11 00:12:15.656 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> localhost
> 2010-12-11 00:12:15.657 Scheduler, Warning: Listings source 'TV' is
> defined, but is not attached to a card input.
> 2010-12-11 00:12:15.658 Scheduler, Error: No channel sources defined
> in the database
>
> (I was unable to get the inputs screen in mythtv-setup to work, it
> was just a blank screen no matter how long I waited).

 I've googled a bit about it and the output looks like a 
 misconfiguration. Can you try that all with a new mythtv database setup? 
 It were probably a bit too much changes at once for mythtv.

-- 
 Bernhard Fröhlich
 http://www.bluelife.at/