I just finished installing KnoppMyth on a fairly standard PC (with a PVR-250 card and nVidia GeForce4 MX440).

The TV doesn't work as whenever I try to access it from the "Watch TV" option, I get the following error:

"Could not connect to the master backend server - is it running? Is the IP address set for it in the setup program correct?"

I have no idea if this is set up correctly. I remember seeing a configuration screen (several, actually) that allowed me to edit things like Video Inputs:

S-VIDEO0
S-VIDEO1
S-VIDEO2

etc. I had no idea why there is more than one of these (as I have only one card), but I can't seem to get back to this screen. The setup options don't seem to provide this screen anymore.

Furthermore, how do I configure all this? Should KnoppMyth have does this automatically?

Thanks,

No, KnoppMyth does configure MythTV for you. You cannot view TV if the backend isn't running. As root /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend start
If you do know how to configure Myth, then I suggest reading the documentation at mythtv.org.

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Ok, I am new to all of this (Knopp/Myth) so sorry if this is a dumb question, but it sounds like KnoppMyth is only a front-end (GUI), and Myth still needs to be configured manually (newbies should read the Myth manual)?

Could you give me the basics of installing so at least I know what I should do.

Thanks,

KnoppMyth is a Linux distribution that install Linux and MythTV. If your hardware is support under Linux, it will be detected and hopfully you will not have to edit any configuration files. You still need to configure MythTV. Specify which cards your have v4l, PVR 2/350, etc. You also need to specify which input of those cards you want to use. I recommend anyone not familiar w/ MythTV read the manual.

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cesman

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I executed the script and nothing reported any errors, when I did a ps -ef, all I could find that I thought was related to Myth was two instances of mythfrontend and one of mysqld (mysqld_safe).

It also listed "/usr/local/sbin/lircd" and "[lirc_dev]" which I am assuming are for my remote.

Should there be an entry for "mythtvbackend"? What logs should I look in?

Sorry if these questions can be found in some documentation? I stumbled across KnoppMyth and was interested in it. I know practically nothing about MythTV (but understand the concepts completely).

Perhaps reading the documentation...

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cesman

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yes mythbackend should be running. Mythtv will not work if the backend is not running. If it is not then something must have gone wrong in the setup.

to run the backend you can exit out of the frontend then choose xterm from the window.

type
su

then enter your root password.
then type
/etc/init.d/mythbackend restart

let us know if you get any error messages.

Thanks for all the quick replies, maybe I will get this thing working tonight!

I executed the command:
/etc/init.d/mythbackend restart

and got:
-bash: /etc/init.d/mythbackend: No such file or directory

I found /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend and ran that (I assume that is what you meant) and it returned:

Restarting MythTV server: mythbackendNo /usr/bin/mythbackend found running; none killed.
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No backend is running, at least that I can tell. ps -ef | grep -i myth returns:

mythtv 486 475 0 22:35 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/fvwm
mythtv 490 486 0 22:35 ? 00:00:00 mythfrontend
root 551 525 4 22:39 pts/0 00:00:46 mythfrontend
root 564 551 0 22:45 pts/0 00:00:00 mythfrontend

Is three frontend's correct? No backend though.

Is there a way I can spawn a shell from the MythTV front-end? I know I can CTRL-ALT-F1 to another tty, but I can't run the MythTV setup program as it replies that it needs X.

I do have an X, however it's the MythTV GUI. I am not that literate in the available X commands, but is there a way to start a shell somehow, or something I can do to run the MythTV setup.

Finally (at least I hope), could someone tell me what I need to set MythTV to for my setup:

nVidia GeForce4 MX 440
WinTV PVR-250
On-board AC'97 audio

I have video input coming in (to the WinTV card) on the S-VIDEO connector. The sound is coming in through the audio in as well.

Video out (which seems to be working) is sent via the video card's S-VIDEO out. Sound is sent from the onboard audio's SPEAKER-OUT jack.

The reason I ask, is when I did manage to see this MythTV screen, there were a lot of duplicate entries for the same input/output type.

For example:
S-VIDEO
S-VIDEO0
S-VIDEO1
S-VIDEO2

etc. I have no idea what to set, but I am assuming it is one of them

Thanks again for all the help!

For whatever reason, the backend isn't starting. have you taken a look at the log(/var/log/mythtv)? Did you update xmltv and fill the datbase?

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sorry it's mythtv-backend

The last few lines of my mythtv log is:

QSettings: error creating /.qt
QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty
Error getting inputs for the capturecard. Perhaps you have
forgotten to bind video sources to your card's inputs?
ERROR: No channel sources defined in the database
Starting up as the master server.
Error getting inputs for the capturecard. Perhaps you have
forgotten to bind video sources to your card's inputs?
ERROR: No channel sources defined in the database

No, I did not update XMLTV and fill the database (where and how do I do this)?

Thanks,

Followed the directions here:http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=250
Then run mythtv-setup. You need to read:http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-9.html
Once you have set you source, you'll be told to run mythfilldatabase. Don't, as root: /etc/cron.daily/mythtv-backend(I may have this wrong, not at my box at the moment). Once this is complete start the backend then you should be able to run the frontend.

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