Call for Testers: MythTV 0.22

[Torfinn Ingolfsen]

Initial testing report:

On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:42:05 +0100
Bernhard Froehlich <decke at bluelife.at> wrote:

> MythTV 0.22 is ready for testing!

Ok, my test machine has a Hauppauge PVR-350 card (connected tgo analog
cable), is using the pvrxxx driver:
root at kg-quiet# portversion -v | grep pvr
pvrxxx-09042008             <  needs updating (port has 20060822_1) 

and runs FreeBSD 7.2-stable / amd64:
root at kg-quiet# uname -a
FreeBSD kg-quiet.kg4.no 7.2-STABLE FreeBSD 7.2-STABLE #6: Sat May 30 16:13:13 CEST 2009     root at kg-quiet.kg4.no:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/QUIET  amd64

1) the port compiles and installs without problems (qt4 takes a loong tine to compile on this machine,
     but that is no fault).
2) mythtv-setup works
- minor issue with gui: the clock in the lower right hand corner has the minutes off screen; it is too far right
3) mythfilldatabase core dumps if mythbackend is not running, but works ok if mythbackend is running
3) mythfrontend
- minor issue with gui: the clock in the lower right hand corner has the minutes off screen; it is too far right
- almost everything works, except for actual TV viewing (LiveTV)
(ok, I haven't tried scheduled recording yet - don't know if they work, I suspect they don't)
When I select "Watch TV" It tries for a while, then the backend crashes. The mythbackend log says this:
2009-11-16 21:53:03.290 MainServer::ANN Playback
2009-11-16 21:53:03.291 adding: kg-quiet.kg4.no as a client (events: 0)
2009-11-16 21:53:03.295 TVRec(2): Changing from None to Watching WatchingLiveTV
2009-11-16 21:53:03.307 TVRec(2): HW Tuner: 2->2
2009-11-16 21:53:03.565 

Not ivtv or pvrusb2 or hdpvr driver


2009-11-16 21:53:03.567 MPEGRec(/dev/cxm0) Warning: Unable to set audio mode
			eno: Inappropriate ioctl for device (25)
2009-11-16 21:53:03.569 mpegrecorder.cpp:set_ctrls(): Could not set Audio Sampling Frequency to 2
			eno: Inappropriate ioctl for device (25)
2009-11-16 21:53:03.571 mpegrecorder.cpp:set_ctrls(): Could not set Video Aspect ratio to 1
			eno: Inappropriate ioctl for device (25)
2009-11-16 21:53:03.572 mpegrecorder.cpp:set_ctrls(): Could not set Audio Encoding to 1
			eno: Inappropriate ioctl for device (25)
2009-11-16 21:53:03.574 mpegrecorder.cpp:set_ctrls(): Could not set Audio L2 Bitrate to 13
			eno: Inappropriate ioctl for device (25)
2009-11-16 21:53:03.576 mpegrecorder.cpp:set_ctrls(): Could not set MPEG Stream type to 0
			eno: Inappropriate ioctl for device (25)
2009-11-16 21:53:03.578 mpegrecorder.cpp:set_ctrls(): Could not set Video Average Bitrate to 4500000
			eno: Inappropriate ioctl for device (25)
2009-11-16 21:53:03.579 mpegrecorder.cpp:set_ctrls(): Could not set Video Peak Bitrate to 6000000
			eno: Inappropriate ioctl for device (25)
2009-11-16 21:53:03.581 MPEGRec(/dev/cxm0) Warning: Can't enable VBI recording (5)
			eno: Inappropriate ioctl for device (25)
2009-11-16 21:53:03.574 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free Space: 2.0 GB w/freq: 15 min
2009-11-16 21:53:06.316 DevRdB(/dev/cxm0) Error: Poll giving up
2009-11-16 21:53:06.321 MPEGRec(/dev/cxm0) Error: Device error detected
2009-11-16 21:53:06.323 DevRdB(/dev/cxm0): Stop(): Not running.
2009-11-16 21:53:08.928 DevRdB(/dev/cxm0) Error: Poll giving up
2009-11-16 21:53:08.934 MPEGRec(/dev/cxm0) Error: Device error detected
2009-11-16 21:53:08.936 DevRdB(/dev/cxm0): Stop(): Not running.
2009-11-16 21:53:11.629 DevRdB(/dev/cxm0) Error: Poll giving up
2009-11-16 21:53:11.636 MPEGRec(/dev/cxm0) Error: Device error detected
2009-11-16 21:53:11.638 DevRdB(/dev/cxm0): Stop(): Not running.
2009-11-16 21:53:14.341 DevRdB(/dev/cxm0) Error: Poll giving up
2009-11-16 21:53:14.348 MPEGRec(/dev/cxm0) Error: Device error detected
2009-11-16 21:53:14.351 DevRdB(/dev/cxm0): Stop(): Not running.
2009-11-16 21:53:17.058 DevRdB(/dev/cxm0) Error: Poll giving up
2009-11-16 21:53:17.063 MPEGRec(/dev/cxm0) Error: Device error detected
2009-11-16 21:53:17.065 DevRdB(/dev/cxm0): Stop(): Not running.
2009-11-16 21:53:19.665 DevRdB(/dev/cxm0) Error: Poll giving up
2009-11-16 21:53:19.671 MPEGRec(/dev/cxm0) Error: Device error detected
2009-11-16 21:53:19.673 DevRdB(/dev/cxm0): Stop(): Not running.
2009-11-16 21:53:22.274 DevRdB(/dev/cxm0) Error: Poll giving up
2009-11-16 21:53:22.280 MPEGRec(/dev/cxm0) Error: Device error detected
2009-11-16 21:53:22.283 DevRdB(/dev/cxm0): Stop(): Not running.
2009-11-16 21:53:24.885 DevRdB(/dev/cxm0) Error: Poll giving up
2009-11-16 21:53:24.891 MPEGRec(/dev/cxm0) Error: Device error detected
2009-11-16 21:53:24.893 DevRdB(/dev/cxm0): Stop(): Not running.
2009-11-16 21:53:26.646 TVRec(2): Changing from Watching WatchingLiveTV to None
2009-11-16 21:53:26.649 Unknown type, recording width was 0
2009-11-16 21:53:27.597 DevRdB(/dev/cxm0) Error: Poll giving up
2009-11-16 21:53:27.602 MPEGRec(/dev/cxm0) Error: Device error detected
2009-11-16 21:53:27.604 DevRdB(/dev/cxm0): Stop(): Not running.
2009-11-16 21:53:27.615 Finished recording Livet i Fagervik: channel 1

4) I have made an alternative /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mythbackend (attached).
     It would be nice if the mythtv port could use that. My script allows you to use
     a log file for the backend.

HTH
-- 
Regards,
Torfinn Ingolfsen

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