I can't start recording a show while watching live TV.

Supposedly, you should be able to press "r" on the keyboard and Myth will start recording the current show.

When I press "r" I get an on screen display that says: Recording ""

Then, when I go to "Previously recorded" the show is not there.

Do I have something setup incorrectly?

I can schedule recordings just fine using the program guide.

Jon

Hi gummybear,

Not much for details to go on, lots of variables with this one.
Is this something that is a scheduled listing, external box or a composite input?

Basicly from what I can gleen from the "manuals" is that if there isn't any data in the mysql then pressing r will fail as it does not have information to make the proper record entry.

An example would be if you set your composite to be a channel number (mine is channel 1) so that you can switch to it, and then hit r to record, it will fail. There isn't any duration, or other fields of data for that show. I don't know what it all requires, however it is more that null.

There is a gentleman working on just this very senario.

If you set it for a manual record it probably works correctly? If you check, I forget on what page in our manual, that if you manually start a record, you can then go into the "Watch Recordings", right arrow to the recording in progress and then right arrow once more to open a menu that will allow you to stop that recording when desired. Took me awhile to find that one as it is only visable if you are recording. Clever

Hope this helps you resolve what is happening to your knoppmyth box.
Mike

This is quite simple.

I'm just watching TV and I want to start recording.

I press "r" on the keyboard and it doesn't record.

Cheers.

If you are watching live TV and press "r" it starts to record. Now instead of staying in live TV, you are watching a recorded program.

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cesman

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OK, my bad. The program guide database was empty.

Heh. I don't leave this box on 24/7, so the cron job is not going to run.

I figured KnoppMyth would check for program guide updates whenever I boot the machine. Is that not the case?

What is the best way to handle this? Should I setup mythtv-backend to run on boot? I don't necessarily want to re-download data that's already in the database though.

No, that isn't the case. Currently, there is a cron job that run to get the data. However, this cronjob is going away (as it runs at the same time which helps to stress the zap2it server), you can configure MythTV to run mythfilldatabase at a random time.

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cesman

When the source is open, the possibilities are endless!

Thanks, I reconfigured Myth to fill the database once a day.

However, I'm not sure that using a random time within my set period is the best way to handle this. (If that's how it truly works)

For example, I might only have the box on for a couple hours and then I turn it off. Thus, I could very well miss the update.

There should also be an option in myth or KoppMyth to manually run the program guide update. Something where you don't have to use the command line. Maybe from the fluxbox if Myth doesn't offer this option.

well you could always edit the knoppmyth menu xml file and add a button to run mythfilldatabase. There are some posts around about adding buttons to the menu.

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Have a question search the forum and have a look at the KnoppMythWiki.

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Also take a look around for posts by me with the word "appliance" in them. A PVR, like a VCR (emphasis on the Recorder part), isn't all that much good if it's not running or in standby so it can do it's job...

Hi gummybear,

I think that was mentioned..
Sorry, just had mention it.

You might try adding the mythfilldatabase to the /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh . I would try
echo "/usr/bin/mythfilldatabase &" >> /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh
If the mysql is running by that point in time of the boot cycle, it would do a fill on each boot / reboot.

Interesting, your box is up less time than mine is down
Have a great day
Mike

OK, I will look for the post.

I would like to get some power management going with this puppy.

I have the exact same hardware running as a Windows PVR and it goes into hibernate when it's not used for 10 mintues and then wakes itself up to record; it's really nice and painless.

I looked at some of the docs to do this with KnoppMyth and figured I didn't have another day to commit to this right now.

I guess it's still a work in progress.

I have the other PVR running and serveral other servers and computers going almost all the time that I'm trying to be nice to the environment and my pocketbook and save some energy.

(Not to menion all the heat that these things generate.)

Hi gummybear,
I can relate with heat and power as I have my son's web server keeping me company (caldera 1.3)
Anyway hope the suggestion works for your db fill.

Have a great day
Mike