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Author:  DoomedTX [ Wed Jan 07, 2015 11:33 am ]
Post subject:  Troubleshooting Cable Music Channels

After years of not using them, recently I was asked to add the cable company's music channels to our house lineup. I added them in SchedulesDirect and in myth setup. The cable company provides 50 music channels on Clear QAM, all on channel 77. I can view the individual channels from my Windows machine using VLC and HDHomerun software. In myth setup, I scanned channel 77 and found 50 results with the right channel numbers. I pasted in the xmltvid of each channel in MythWeb and it looked good there.

I can't navigate to the channels in LiveTV because I get a "Can't get the first 2048 bytes" error or something close to that. That might be a red herring, though, because many of my channels throw that error in LiveTV but record just fine. LiveTV isn't important to me right now. Unlike the other channel;s which error in LiveTV but record fine, the music channels record 0-byte files.

I just turned on LiveTV and tried to navigate to channel 901. The mythfrontend log looks like this:

Code:
2015-01-07T11:28:27.485161-06:00 mythmaster frontend: 2015-01-07 11:28:27.466173 E  LiveTVChain(live-mythmaster-2015-01-07T17:28:17Z): SwitchTo() not switching to current
2015-01-07T11:28:27.585394-06:00 mythmaster frontend: 2015-01-07 11:28:27.514808 I  VDPAU: Added 2 output surfaces (total 4, max 4)
2015-01-07T11:28:29.687497-06:00 mythmaster frontend: 2015-01-07 11:28:29.678605 I  AFD: codec AC3 has 2 channels
2015-01-07T11:28:29.687516-06:00 mythmaster frontend: 2015-01-07 11:28:29.678930 I  AFD: Opened codec 0x376e500, id(AC3) type(Audio)
2015-01-07T11:28:29.687520-06:00 mythmaster frontend: 2015-01-07 11:28:29.678996 I  AFD: codec AC3 has 1 channels
2015-01-07T11:28:29.687524-06:00 mythmaster frontend: 2015-01-07 11:28:29.679309 I  AFD: Opened codec 0xbe0aec0, id(AC3) type(Audio)
2015-01-07T11:28:29.690047-06:00 mythmaster frontend: 2015-01-07 11:28:29.681793 W  MythPainter: 6 images not yet de-allocated.
2015-01-07T11:28:29.690053-06:00 mythmaster frontend: 2015-01-07 11:28:29.681803 I  VDPAU Painter: Clearing VDPAU painter cache.
2015-01-07T11:28:29.728266-06:00 mythmaster frontend: GetModeLine - scrn: 0 clock: 148500
2015-01-07T11:28:29.728349-06:00 mythmaster frontend: GetModeLine - hdsp: 1920 hbeg: 2008 hend: 2052 httl: 2200
2015-01-07T11:28:29.728390-06:00 mythmaster frontend:               vdsp: 1080 vbeg: 1084 vend: 1089 vttl: 1125 flags: 5
2015-01-07T11:28:29.777489-06:00 mythmaster frontend: GetModeLine - scrn: 0 clock: 148500
2015-01-07T11:28:29.777527-06:00 mythmaster frontend: GetModeLine - hdsp: 1920 hbeg: 2008 hend: 2052 httl: 2200
2015-01-07T11:28:29.777547-06:00 mythmaster frontend:               vdsp: 1080 vbeg: 1084 vend: 1089 vttl: 1125 flags: 5
2015-01-07T11:28:29.788833-06:00 mythmaster frontend: 2015-01-07 11:28:29.726606 I  Clearing OpenGL painter cache.
2015-01-07T11:28:29.788859-06:00 mythmaster frontend: 2015-01-07 11:28:29.768885 I  VDPAU: Created 2 output surfaces.
2015-01-07T11:28:29.788879-06:00 mythmaster frontend: 2015-01-07 11:28:29.768902 I  VDPAU: Created VDPAU render device 1920x1080
2015-01-07T11:28:29.788898-06:00 mythmaster frontend: 2015-01-07 11:28:29.777613 N  Player(3): Forcing decode extra audio option on (Video method requires it).
2015-01-07T11:28:29.788917-06:00 mythmaster frontend: 2015-01-07 11:28:29.777745 I  AFD: Opened codec 0x93133a0, id(MPEG2VIDEO) type(Video)
2015-01-07T11:28:29.788936-06:00 mythmaster frontend: 2015-01-07 11:28:29.779407 I  AOBase: Opening audio device 'iec958:CARD=Intel,DEV=0' ch 2(2) sr 48000 sf signed 16 bit reenc 1
2015-01-07T11:28:29.889710-06:00 mythmaster frontend: 2015-01-07 11:28:29.872938 I  VDPAU: Added 2 output surfaces (total 4, max 4)
2015-01-07T11:28:46.901258-06:00 mythmaster frontend: 2015-01-07 11:28:46.809081 E  FileRingBuf(/data/storage/ST3500630A_9QGA06YL/media/tv/live/2671_20150107172836.mpg): OpenFile(): File too small (0B).
2015-01-07T11:28:46.901272-06:00 mythmaster frontend: 2015-01-07 11:28:46.809139 E  Player(3): JumpToProgram's OpenFile failed (card type: HDHOMERUN).
2015-01-07T11:28:46.901277-06:00 mythmaster frontend: 2015-01-07 11:28:46.809216 E  LiveTVChain has 6 entries
2015-01-07T11:28:46.901281-06:00 mythmaster frontend:    DUMMY: 1017 (17:28:17 to 17:28:18)
2015-01-07T11:28:46.901285-06:00 mythmaster frontend:   HDHOMERUN: 1017 (17:28:18 to 17:28:27) discontinuous
2015-01-07T11:28:46.901289-06:00 mythmaster frontend:    DUMMY: 1015 (17:28:27 to 17:28:27) discontinuous
2015-01-07T11:28:46.901293-06:00 mythmaster frontend:   HDHOMERUN: 1015 (17:28:28 to 17:28:35) discontinuous
2015-01-07T11:28:46.901297-06:00 mythmaster frontend:    DUMMY: 2671 (17:28:35 to 17:28:36) discontinuous
2015-01-07T11:28:46.901300-06:00 mythmaster frontend: * HDHOMERUN: 2671 (17:28:36 to 19:00:00) discontinuous
2015-01-07T11:28:46.901304-06:00 mythmaster frontend:
2015-01-07T11:28:46.901307-06:00 mythmaster frontend: 2015-01-07 11:28:46.809235 E  Player(3): Unknown recorder error, exiting decoder
2015-01-07T11:28:46.901311-06:00 mythmaster frontend: 2015-01-07 11:28:46.846082 I  TV: Attempting to change from WatchingLiveTV to None
2015-01-07T11:28:46.901315-06:00 mythmaster frontend: 2015-01-07 11:28:46.849468 W  MythPainter: 1 images not yet de-allocated.
2015-01-07T11:28:46.901506-06:00 mythmaster frontend: 2015-01-07 11:28:46.849476 I  VDPAU Painter: Clearing VDPAU painter cache.
2015-01-07T11:28:47.001927-06:00 mythmaster frontend: 2015-01-07 11:28:46.991108 I  TV: Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
2015-01-07T11:28:47.001941-06:00 mythmaster frontend: 2015-01-07 11:28:46.991388 I  TV: Exiting main playback loop.
2015-01-07T11:28:47.102347-06:00 mythmaster frontend: 2015-01-07 11:28:47.007107 N  Resuming idle timer


I'll do backend in the next post to avoid running over the limit.

Author:  DoomedTX [ Wed Jan 07, 2015 11:35 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Troubleshooting Cable Music Channels

mythbackend log:

Code:
2015-01-07T11:28:27.116346-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: I TVRecEvent tv_rec.cpp:1050 (HandleStateChange) TVRec[7]: Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
2015-01-07T11:28:27.116891-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: I TVRecEvent tv_rec.cpp:3603 (TuningCheckForHWChange) TVRec[7]: HW Tuner: 7->7
2015-01-07T11:28:27.117456-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: N CoreContext autoexpire.cpp:264 (CalcParams) AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free Space: 3.0 GB w/freq: 7 min
2015-01-07T11:28:27.923418-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: N CoreContext autoexpire.cpp:264 (CalcParams) AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free Space: 3.0 GB w/freq: 7 min
2015-01-07T11:28:28.024668-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E TVRecEvent recordinginfo.cpp:928 (InsertProgram) RecordingInfo::InsertProgram(ProgramInfo(1015_20150107172827.mpg): channame(Community Bulletin Board) startts(Wed Jan 7 15:00:00 2015) endts(Wed Jan 7 19:00:00 2015)#012             recstartts(Wed Jan 7 17:28:27 2015) recendts(Wed Jan 7 19:00:00 2015)#012             title(Bulletin Board)): recording already exists...
2015-01-07T11:28:28.025456-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E TVRecEvent recorders/recorderbase.cpp:206 (SetStrOption) RecBase[7](10172649-1): SetStrOption(...recordingtype): Option not in profile.
2015-01-07T11:28:35.152553-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: I TVRecEvent tv_rec.cpp:3603 (TuningCheckForHWChange) TVRec[7]: HW Tuner: 7->7
2015-01-07T11:28:35.252773-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: N CoreContext autoexpire.cpp:264 (CalcParams) AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free Space: 3.0 GB w/freq: 7 min
2015-01-07T11:28:36.655640-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(917) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.656449-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(943) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.657194-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(950) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.657906-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(911) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.658625-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(913) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.659387-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(906) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.660100-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(903) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.660821-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(912) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.661576-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(931) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.662297-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(946) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.663030-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(925) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.663617-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(934) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.664217-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(945) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.664786-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(944) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.665358-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(928) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.665965-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(920) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.666559-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(938) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.667326-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(908) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.667940-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(930) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.668521-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(927) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.669119-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(918) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.669699-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(937) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.670267-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(933) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.670867-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(924) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.671446-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(904) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.672049-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(914) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.672652-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(923) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.673222-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(922) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.673857-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(902) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.674440-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(916) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.675021-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(942) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.675588-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(940) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.676168-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(941) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.676786-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(948) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.677373-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(947) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.677961-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(910) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.678528-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(926) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.679126-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(919) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.679705-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(932) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.680289-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(939) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.763587-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(905) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.764001-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(949) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.764600-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(929) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.765195-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(909) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.765780-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(935) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.766387-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(921) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.766982-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(936) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.767698-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(915) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.768475-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HDHRStreamHandler recorders/dtvsignalmonitor.cpp:360 (HandlePMT) DTVSigMon[7](10172649-1): Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(907) desired(901)
2015-01-07T11:28:36.769295-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: N CoreContext autoexpire.cpp:264 (CalcParams) AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free Space: 3.0 GB w/freq: 7 min
2015-01-07T11:28:47.015871-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: I TVRecEvent tv_rec.cpp:1050 (HandleStateChange) TVRec[7]: Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
2015-01-07T11:28:47.016519-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: I TVRecEvent tv_rec.cpp:834 (FinishedRecording) TVRec[7]: FinishedRecording(2671_2015-01-07T17:28:36Z) damaged recq:<RecordingQuality overall_score="0" key="2671_2015-01-07T17:28:36Z" countinuity_error_count="0" packet_count="1">#012    <Gap start="2015-01-07T17:00:00Z" end="2015-01-07T17:28:44Z" duration="1724" />#012</RecordingQuality>

Author:  DoomedTX [ Wed Jan 07, 2015 11:40 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Troubleshooting Cable Music Channels

As I mentioned before, the "Wrong PMT; pmt->pn" errors aren't necessarily the problem. I see those on other channels in LiveTV while I'm still able to record programs on those channels.

I can't find any other obvious errors in the logs and don't know how to proceed from here. Any ideas?

Author:  DoomedTX [ Wed Jan 07, 2015 11:51 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Troubleshooting Cable Music Channels

One more data point. Here's what the backend looks like when I attempt to record. Nothing obvious there to me:

Code:
2015-01-07T11:43:19.187739-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: I TVRecEvent tv_rec.cpp:1050 (HandleStateChange) TVRec[7]: Changing from None to RecordingOnly
2015-01-07T11:43:19.188134-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: I TVRecEvent tv_rec.cpp:3603 (TuningCheckForHWChange) TVRec[7]: HW Tuner: 7->7
2015-01-07T11:43:19.188557-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: N Scheduler autoexpire.cpp:264 (CalcParams) AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free Space: 3.0 GB w/freq: 7 min
2015-01-07T11:43:19.189078-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: I Scheduler scheduler.cpp:2690 (HandleRecordingStatusChange) Tuning recording: "MC Hit List": channel 2671 on cardid 7, sourceid 1
2015-01-07T11:43:19.288404-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: I ProcessRequest mainserver.cpp:1443 (HandleAnnounce) MainServer::ANN Monitor
2015-01-07T11:43:19.288798-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: I ProcessRequest mainserver.cpp:1445 (HandleAnnounce) adding: mythmaster as a client (events: 0)
2015-01-07T11:43:19.389071-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E HttpServer81 programinfo.cpp:2358 (GetPlaybackURL) ProgramInfo(2671_20150107174300.mpg): GetPlaybackURL: '2671_20150107174300.mpg' should be local, but it can not be found.
2015-01-07T11:43:19.690108-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: I TVRecEvent tv_rec.cpp:1567 (HandlePendingRecordings) TVRec[8]: ASK_RECORDING 8 0 0 0
2015-01-07T11:43:19.690709-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: I MetadataDownload metadatagrabber.cpp:455 (RunGrabber) Running Grabber: /usr/share/mythtv/metadata/Movie/tmdb3.py -l en -a US -M MC Hit List
2015-01-07T11:43:19.792135-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: I CoreContext scheduler.cpp:705 (UpdateRecStatus) Updating status for "MC Hit List" on cardid 7 (Tuning => Recording)
2015-01-07T11:43:19.893291-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: I TVRecEvent tv_rec.cpp:4130 (TuningNewRecorder) TVRec[7]: rec->GetPathname(): '/data/storage/ST3500630A_9QGA06YL/media/tv/2671_20150107174300.mpg'
2015-01-07T11:43:19.894092-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: E TVRecEvent recorders/recorderbase.cpp:206 (SetStrOption) RecBase[7](10172649-1): SetStrOption(...recordingtype): Option not in profile.
2015-01-07T11:43:20.196209-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: I MetadataDownload metadatagrabber.cpp:455 (RunGrabber) Running Grabber: /usr/share/mythtv/metadata/Television/ttvdb.py -l en -a US -M MC Hit List
2015-01-07T11:43:20.398283-06:00 mythbackend[2506]: I MetadataDownload metadatadownload.cpp:187 (run) Metadata Lookup Failed: No Results MC Hit List 0 0

Author:  tscholl [ Wed Jan 07, 2015 1:20 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Troubleshooting Cable Music Channels

Doubt that you will be able to get this to work.
Quote:
https://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/2706
Music channels are not supported for anything other than Standards compliant DVB streams in MythTV.

That being said, I do know that if you have a cable box, an Hauppauge 1212 or 1445 HD-PVR it is possible to tune, display and record those channels.
You might also be able to get this to work across firewire but I have never done it.

Author:  DoomedTX [ Wed Jan 07, 2015 1:54 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Troubleshooting Cable Music Channels

tscholl wrote:
Doubt that you will be able to get this to work.
Quote:
https://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/2706
Music channels are not supported for anything other than Standards compliant DVB streams in MythTV.

That being said, I do know that if you have a cable box, an Hauppauge 1212 or 1445 HD-PVR it is possible to tune, display and record those channels.
You might also be able to get this to work across firewire but I have never done it.


Thanks for the reply. Guess nothing's changed in the last 8 years. What exactly does "Music channels are not supported for anything other than Standards compliant DVB streams in MythTV" mean? I saw it was copied from the original bug, but I don't know what they were saying.

Author:  tscholl [ Wed Jan 07, 2015 2:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Troubleshooting Cable Music Channels

Not being an expert on this but standards define the way things work. ie: wireless internet standards are 802.11a, 802.11b/g/n and 802.11ac, etc

So that means that only "DVB standard compliant streams" are supported in mythtv. Variants of those streams are not.

If you want a headache you can look here.

Author:  tscholl [ Wed Jan 07, 2015 7:55 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Troubleshooting Cable Music Channels

DoomedTX

Since we know it's not supported in myth, the ability to do it would make a nice plugin. I had read somewhere that these Music Channels are playable using VLC,

I did a little looking around and found this alternative.

Quote:

http://www.mythtvtalk.com/cable-music-channels-myth-hdhomerun-11287/
02-22-2010,08:54 PM

I had them working, but not directly with Myth. What I did was I created web page with some java code to move around with remote and php to get the channels from mysql db, and vlc plug-in. Of 'course I used background from the theme to nicely match myth menu. I placed it on my backend (where I run apache as well) and on the frontend I would load it from myth menu with firefox in full screen mode with separate profile. This setup worked quite nice till TWC decided to encrypt 99% of those channels, so in a sense my problem is gone...

Sounds like an interesting solution as your channels are in clear QAM.

Author:  mattbatt [ Wed Jan 07, 2015 9:39 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Troubleshooting Cable Music Channels

According to this ticket the problem was fixed in MythTV version .22. https://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/8096
Although it sounds like the ticket starter still can't "watch" live but can record.

Author:  tscholl [ Thu Jan 08, 2015 3:11 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Troubleshooting Cable Music Channels

Ok guys here ya go. This will give you some additional information about VLC and another "Even" better option.

Bottom line is that you can just bring up your browser and go to
http://www.musicchoice.com/ and enter your cable information and then select the channel you want.

Once your registered you can go to directly to a Music Channel using just a url.
ie: http://www.musicchoice.com/#channel/17/mc-classical-masterpieces

Happy listening.

Author:  DoomedTX [ Thu Jan 08, 2015 4:11 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Troubleshooting Cable Music Channels

Thanks for the follow-ups. In our case, one of the goals was to reduce the amount of music streaming we do since the cable company is already providing us with so many music channels and our internet usage seems to be over or near max every month. The WAF will not support learning another method to watch these channels. It's basically either "do it like the rest of the TV channels" or "not at all." :wink:

From the trac entries posted and what I've observed, it seems like we could get it to record if we could just convince MythTV to open up the recorder even if the cable company were sending a still picture signal (the picture is not still, FWIW). It's frustrating to be able to see the signal and have myth insist nothing's there.

Anyway, thanks again for the replies.

Author:  mattbatt [ Thu Jan 08, 2015 6:58 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Troubleshooting Cable Music Channels

So is the goal for your family to just turn on that stream when they want to listen to music? VLC can play and probably reconrd the stream but can't tune the channel. MythTv can tune the channel but not record the stream. every solution I can think of is too complicated.

Author:  tscholl [ Thu Jan 08, 2015 7:28 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Troubleshooting Cable Music Channels

That pretty much leaves you with using a Hauppauge 1212 or 1445 HD-PVR and a cable box.

Author:  thekingofspain [ Sun Jul 17, 2016 6:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Troubleshooting Cable Music Channels

This has been a pet peeve of the wife for sometime. MythTv sometimes works live if you start a stream pause it for a minute or so, and then unpause the stream. My system is a composite backend/frontend system, but I have a satellite kodi frontend upstairs. With a silicon dust kodi addon, I am able to direct access the hdhr and hdhr3 tuners. The tuners there themselves have no issues direct streaming the music choice channels on kodi on raspberry pi ii+.

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