On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 12:51:22PM -0400, Simon Hyde wrote: Sorry Simon,
I was posting my last message to the list as you were typing this one. Will update here... > On Sun, 26 Oct 2008, Byron Jeff wrote: > > >>> > >>> I'm going to try one more option and mirror the MythTV backend directory > >>> and MVP directory via NFS so that the filenames and paths are the same. Be > >>> back in a virtual minute... > >> > >> Yes, I have found that the paths need to match for all recordings that are > >> attempting to be read via NFS. > > > > So any suggestions with LiveTV? the MVP has access to the ring buffer via > > NFS. All it needs to do is ask the backend to start recording then start > > playing the file from the ring buffer. > > Welll...not quite... > The livetv ringbuffer no longer exists, that method of LiveTV was > discontinued in MythTV 0.18. When mvpmc detects that you've got a newer > version of MythTV then it uses the newer method. In theory the newer > method should actually be easier to handle, since it just creates a load > of normal recording files spanning the programs in your livetv session. That's how it works. > In practice the mvpmc's implementation of post-0.18 LiveTV is far from > perfect. It currently doesn't support accessing LiveTV over NFS, it will > only play LiveTV files over MythTV protocol. I'd have no problem with that if that worked for me. > > If you remove the -r and -b options from your command line are you able to > play pre-recorded programs? Yes. Just tested it. > If not then whatever is causing that to fail > is probably also causing LiveTV to fail, and it'll be easier to > investigate your problems on recorded files rather than livetv. No problem at all with recorded files or with files generated via live TV. The only problem is that the live TV screen goes busy with the "unusually long ... insert hostname..." message and never progresses. I have one last test to report. I'm going to pull the NFS filesystem. Be right back... Done. No NFS. So I guess it's out of the loop. The current status is that with no -r or -b I can play back recorded content via the myth protocol but that liveTV stops at the busy screen. > > If it isn't that then things get a bit more difficult, and I'm not sure > what is causing your problems, other than the generally flakey LiveTV > code. What event needs to happen to proceed from the busy screen? Thanks for the help so far. You've helped me clarify the situation. BAJ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Mvpmc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/
