<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>I think i figured out part of the problem - I hadn't set the directories properly. I've since figured out and gone into terminal and </div><div># mkdir /dev/video </div><div># chmod a+rwx /dev/video</div><div><br></div>I then exited out of the mythtv config, no not writable errors. <div><br></div><div>Then I go into LiveTV. Unfort I am now getting another error "I should have gotten a channel lock by now...."</div><div><br></div><div>Hopefully I can post links to this user group;</div><div><br></div><div>Here's the error message when trying to watch live TV</div><div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/bpgray/Ubuntu#5252091909475656738">http://picasaweb.google.com/bpgray/Ubuntu#5252091909475656738</a></div><div><br></div><div>When I goto the /dev/video directory and do a # ls command, its showing a programme file there now where there was none before. I had managed to get out of the liveTV screen and into a schedule screen, then get it to record something playing at the moment. However I cannot get it to play. </div><div><br></div><div>Also when I go into mythweb, select recorded programmes then try to stream it or direct download I get this error;</div><div><br></div><div>"3977_20081001203817.mpg does not exist in any recognized storage group directories for this host."</div><div><br></div><br><div><div>On 1/10/2008, at 7:34 AM, Nick Rout wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 10:30 PM, Brendan Gray <<a href="mailto:bpgray@gmail.com">bpgray@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">I'm new to this, so pls be gentle :)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I took the plunge and installed Mythuntu on a spare PC I had laying around.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I took advice and installed a Technotrend S-1401 DVB-S Card. Mythtv picked<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">up the card fine, I went through and tweaked the LNB settings, etc.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I ran the tv_grab_nz-py mini howto<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> - <a href="http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/mythtvnz/290834">http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/mythtvnz/290834</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I followed the "Configuring a DVB-S<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Card" here - <a href="http://pvr.geek.nz/w/index.php/MythTV_DVB-S">http://pvr.geek.nz/w/index.php/MythTV_DVB-S</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">So I have the channels listed ok, and can browse the programme guide, setup<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">records, etc.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">However when I go into Watch LiveTV or try to watch recorded programmes<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">nothing comes up, the screen kinda goes black, then goes back to the main<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Mythtv menu?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Any idea's, or general directions to head in?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I also have 2 other SATA drives in the PC, but cannot get Mythtv to pick<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">these up/recognise them. Ideally I want to have them formatted so my other<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Mac & Window machines can see them as well and use them as backup drives<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">over the network?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Cheers<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">[update] Steve over at Geekzone forums kindly pointed me in this direction<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">with the following other lead;<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">"Second you need to check that your Transport streams are correct. There<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">appears to be an issue where the channel scanner can sometimes invert the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">values for a given multiplex, so make sure the polarity is H. "<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I've gone in & checked the polarity is indeed H. Changed from Auto, to On,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">then Off to see if any of those worked?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">When exiting out of the Mythtvsetup config, i get an error message;<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Cannot creat a file //.test - directory is not writable.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Do you want to fix these problems?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I hit Yes please, screen goes blank then goes back to the Myth Config<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">screen. I exit, come back to this same cannot screen. So then I choose No, I<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">know what I'm doing. It exits, but obviously there is something wrong here?<br></blockquote><br>looks like the directory you have set to hold recordings is not<br>writable by the process you are running mythbackend as.<br><br>In mythsetup, what do you have set under storage groups?<br><br>what are the permissions on that directory?<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtvnz mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz">mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz</a><br>http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/mythtvnz<br>Archives http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/mythtvnz/<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>