Tuners currently busy - but works after restarting backend
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 9:41 pm
I have a box with a fresh install of 0.28.0
When I boot the machine, if I navigate to Watch TV, I get the error message "All tuners are currently busy"
Looking at /var/log/mythtv/mythtvbackend.log it says
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Opening DVB frontend device failed. #012#011#010#010eno. /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 : No such file or directory
...
I've read several forum postings on this topic now but I can't find a solution that works for me.
I've tried putting a sleep into /etc/init/mythtv-backend.conf before launching the backend, to try to ensure the tuner cards are ready before the backend starts - it seemed to work for other people on the internet but it didnt seem to help me.
I have noticed that if I manually call
sudo service mythbackend restart
then once the backend is back up and running, the frontend can open the TV successfully.
I have also noticed that while myth is struggling with this issue, before I restart the backend, I can run tzap and mplayer and watch a tv stream successfully.
Restarting the service manually serves as a temporary workaround for watching live tv but I don't think scheduled recordings will work as it is. I generally have my myth box shut itself down when it's idle and turn itself back on with the rtc wakealarm, so having it work from a reboot is desirable.
When I boot the machine, if I navigate to Watch TV, I get the error message "All tuners are currently busy"
Looking at /var/log/mythtv/mythtvbackend.log it says
...
Opening DVB frontend device failed. #012#011#010#010eno. /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 : No such file or directory
...
I've read several forum postings on this topic now but I can't find a solution that works for me.
I've tried putting a sleep into /etc/init/mythtv-backend.conf before launching the backend, to try to ensure the tuner cards are ready before the backend starts - it seemed to work for other people on the internet but it didnt seem to help me.
I have noticed that if I manually call
sudo service mythbackend restart
then once the backend is back up and running, the frontend can open the TV successfully.
I have also noticed that while myth is struggling with this issue, before I restart the backend, I can run tzap and mplayer and watch a tv stream successfully.
Restarting the service manually serves as a temporary workaround for watching live tv but I don't think scheduled recordings will work as it is. I generally have my myth box shut itself down when it's idle and turn itself back on with the rtc wakealarm, so having it work from a reboot is desirable.