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Can't Record from EPG

Added by Martin Duckett about 10 years ago

I'm having trouble when scheduling a recording from the EPG. I can see the schedule in tvheadend but it finishes with time errors.
If I set a timer recording it works fine.

My setup is XBMC "Frodo" on an Android box and tvheadend backend on a Ubuntu 14.04 netbook

if it helps when I watch the tvheadend status page during a recording I can see the input column has a bit rate number while the output column stays at zero. If I set a timer and repeat this I get a bit rate figure in both columns.

Can anyone offer any help please.
Martin

PS I'm in the UK on Freeview using a Cinergy DVB XS but I've only setup one of the receivers at the moment.


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RE: Can't Record from EPG - Added by Prof Yaffle about 10 years ago

What does logging on the tvheadend web page tell you? Anything? (on the web page there are icons on the right of the bottom panel - one's a gear wheel - that switches debug logging on and off - if you only have arrows, click on those first to expand the panel).

I have to wonder about permissions, but I'm not sure where... tvheadend should always have permission to write to its output directory, otherwise it would never work... unless you're using a different recording profile for XBMC vs the web interface. Failing that, I wonder if it's to do with the user as which you're connecting, and whether there's something in the ACL.

The other obvious thing to check is versions: Frodo is old now, Helix will be out before the end of the year (most likely), and your PVR addon will be just as old. If possible, you should consider an upgrade, or even try SPMC instead of XBMC if you can directly load applications (from Play or sideloaded apks).

RE: Can't Record from EPG - Added by Martin Duckett about 10 years ago

Thanks for trying to help
Would you believe it I tried it again today with a view to having a good look at all the logs/debugs and it worked fine!
I'm going to upgrade to the new Kodo soon and have a play with that
Thanks again
Martin

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