Streaming Failed (transcoder exited)

[ag100pct]

NextPVR web interface was working but now . . .
after a couple of seconds flashes                     "Starting Device.  Please Wait..."
after a couple of seconds flashes  again            "Starting Device.  Please Wait..."
then finally after a couple of seconds flashes  "Streaming Failed (transcoder exited)"
I have an HDHomerun Model: HDHR3-US

System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-71-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.4.12
    tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: Mutter dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 21 Vanessa base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy

The device seems to work fine when I boot into Windows.

Basically says my recording directory doesn't exist and neither does /opt/nextpvr/system.
Both do exist.  I tried adding nextpvr user to privileges for the recording directory and that didn't help (but maybe I messed that up).

Thank you
Sterling

[mvallevand]

Since you manually created your recording and Live TV directories you would have to make sure that the the proper access requirements for the nextpvr user as explained on the wiki. If it is a share both the share and the mount point need to be configured.

NextPVR may be giving the wrong message about hdhomerun_config not being installed on Linux, it is installed by nextpvr_helper. Does hdhomerun_config run from the command line? If so the message is probably related to the bad recording folder.

Martin

[ag100pct]

As always thanks for the response !
I am still at a loss.
I do think that I fixed the problem with the recording directory.
However I ams still seeing:

System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (2): An error occurred trying to start process 'hdhomerun_config' with working directory '/opt/nextpvr/system'. No such file or directory

Yet . . .
ls -l /opt/nextpvr/system
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 178 Dec 29 2019 appsettings.Development.json
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 228 Dec 29 2019 appsettings.json
drwxrwxrwx 5 nextpvr root 4096 Nov 6 16:36 data
drwxrwxrwx 5 nextpvr root 4096 Nov 9 2021 DeviceHost
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 117136 May 12 2022 HarfBuzzSharp.dll
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 4143 Apr 20 2021 LICENSE.txt
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 194048 Oct 13 2021 MediaInfo.Wrapper.Core.dll
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 172456 Mar 12 2022 Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.dll
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 695336 Mar 18 2021 Newtonsoft.Json.dll
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 25297 Nov 6 09:46 NextPVRServer.deps.json
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 72192 Nov 6 09:46 NextPVRServer.dll
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 147968 Nov 6 09:46 NextPVRServer.exe
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 488 Oct 17 2022 NextPVRServer.runtimeconfig.json
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 499712 Nov 6 09:46 NextPVRUI.dll
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 431 Nov 6 04:09 NScriptHelper.deps.json
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 23552 Nov 6 04:09 NScriptHelper.dll
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 253 Oct 14 2022 NScriptHelper.runtimeconfig.json
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 1115136 Nov 6 09:46 NShared.dll
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 110592 Oct 17 2022 NUtility.dll
drwxrwxrwx 28 nextpvr root 4096 Nov 6 16:36 runtimes
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 415120 May 10 2022 SkiaSharp.dll
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 21392 May 10 2022 SkiaSharp.HarfBuzz.dll
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 5120 Sep 4 2021 SQLitePCLRaw.batteries_v2.dll
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 50688 Sep 4 2021 SQLitePCLRaw.core.dll
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 38400 Sep 4 2021 SQLitePCLRaw.provider.e_sqlite3.dll
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 31872 Oct 23 2021 System.Threading.AccessControl.dll
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 169104 Oct 10 2021 Topten.RichTextKit.dll
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 557 Nov 6 09:46 web.config
drwxrwxrwx 10 nextpvr root 4096 Nov 6 16:36 wwwroot

[mvallevand]

I know that error message is bad and the file shouldn't be there but please resend logs.

Martin

[ag100pct]

Here's the logs.
I changed recording directory once to see if that made any difference, but it didn't

[mvallevand]

You didn't change the live tv folder from what I can tell.

Martin

[ag100pct]

Thanks for the reply.

If you look at the top of the file you will see
2023-05-04 18:37:43.517 [ERROR][1] Recording directory does not exist: /media/sterling/ST9_Data/nextpvr/
2023-05-04 18:37:43.517 [ERROR][1] LiveTV directory does not exist: /media/sterling/ST9_Data/nextpvr/

Did not solve the problem, so yes I changed it back to the original. The original was working, and I can't see any problems with is permissions
Nor do I now see any errors with it.

-rwxrwxrwx+ 1 nextpvr sterling 74611 Feb 21 2022 20220221.log
-rwxrwxrwx+ 1 nextpvr sterling 177633 Feb 24 2022 20220224.log
-rwxrwxrwx+ 1 nextpvr sterling 47466 Feb 28 2022 20220228.log
drwxrwxrwx+ 3 nextpvr sterling 4096 Feb 2 13:05 'Bob Hearts Abishola'
drwxrwxrwx+ 2 nextpvr nextpvr 4096 Apr 23 09:32 'CBS News Sunday Morning'
drwxrwxrwx+ 2 nextpvr sterling 4096 Feb 1 22:16 'Death in Paradise'
-rwxrwxrwx+ 1 nextpvr sterling 45 Dec 1 2020 desktop.ini
drwxrwxrwx+ 3 nextpvr sterling 4096 Apr 15 2022 'Father Brown'
drwxrwxrwx+ 3 nextpvr nextpvr 4096 Apr 27 19:59 Frasier
drwxrwxrwx+ 4 nextpvr sterling 4096 Sep 29 2022 Ghosts
drwxrwxrwx+ 2 nextpvr sterling 4096 Dec 4 2021 'Grace Under Fire'
-rwxrwxrwx+ 1 nextpvr sterling 37 Aug 8 2022 hdhomerun.conf
drwxrwxrwx+ 3 nextpvr nextpvr 4096 Mar 18 16:07 Monk
drwxrwxrwx+ 3 nextpvr sterling 4096 Jan 24 18:59 'Night Court'
drwxrwxrwx+ 2 nextpvr sterling 4096 Dec 29 2020 '(no show details)'
drwxrwxrwx+ 2 nextpvr sterling 4096 Mar 30 2021 'Quantum Leap'
drwxrwxrwx+ 3 nextpvr sterling 4096 Feb 10 20:44 'Shakespeare and Hathaway -- Private Investigators'
drwxrwxrwx+ 7 nextpvr sterling 4096 Feb 20 2022 'The Bernie Mac Show'
drwxrwxrwx+ 3 nextpvr sterling 4096 Apr 17 21:12 'The Neighborhood'
drwxrwxrwx+ 3 nextpvr sterling 4096 May 22 2022 'The Simpsons'
drwxrwxrwx+ 3 nextpvr sterling 4096 Oct 29 2022 'This Old House'
drwxrwxrwx+ 3 nextpvr sterling 4096 Feb 1 22:13 'Young Sheldon'

Still shows the following error:
2023-05-04 19:27:56.257 [ERROR][122] Unexpected error doing legacy HDHR tuning: System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (2): An error occurred trying to start process 'hdhomerun_config' with working directory '/opt/nextpvr/system'. No such file or directory

However, I see no problems with that directory:
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 178 Dec 29 2019 appsettings.Development.json
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 228 Dec 29 2019 appsettings.json
drwxrwxrwx 5 nextpvr root 4096 Nov 6 16:36 data
drwxrwxrwx 5 nextpvr root 4096 Nov 9 2021 DeviceHost
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 117136 May 12 2022 HarfBuzzSharp.dll
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 4143 Apr 20 2021 LICENSE.txt
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 194048 Oct 13 2021 MediaInfo.Wrapper.Core.dll
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 172456 Mar 12 2022 Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.dll
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 695336 Mar 18 2021 Newtonsoft.Json.dll
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 25297 Nov 6 09:46 NextPVRServer.deps.json
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 72192 Nov 6 09:46 NextPVRServer.dll
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 147968 Nov 6 09:46 NextPVRServer.exe
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 488 Oct 17 2022 NextPVRServer.runtimeconfig.json
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 499712 Nov 6 09:46 NextPVRUI.dll
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 431 Nov 6 04:09 NScriptHelper.deps.json
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 23552 Nov 6 04:09 NScriptHelper.dll
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 253 Oct 14 2022 NScriptHelper.runtimeconfig.json
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 1115136 Nov 6 09:46 NShared.dll
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 110592 Oct 17 2022 NUtility.dll
drwxrwxrwx 28 nextpvr root 4096 Nov 6 16:36 runtimes
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 415120 May 10 2022 SkiaSharp.dll
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 21392 May 10 2022 SkiaSharp.HarfBuzz.dll
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 5120 Sep 4 2021 SQLitePCLRaw.batteries_v2.dll
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 50688 Sep 4 2021 SQLitePCLRaw.core.dll
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 38400 Sep 4 2021 SQLitePCLRaw.provider.e_sqlite3.dll
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 31872 Oct 23 2021 System.Threading.AccessControl.dll
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 169104 Oct 10 2021 Topten.RichTextKit.dll
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nextpvr root 557 Nov 6 09:46 web.config
drwxrwxrwx 10 nextpvr root 4096 Nov 6 16:36 wwwroot


Just very confused.

[mvallevand]

I know there is the error but there is not point having two. Set LiveTV to /tmp so we can see if the hdhomerun_config message is a red herrring.

I would be more interested in the atributest for /media/sterling, media/sterling/ST9_Data and media/sterling/ST9_Data/nextpvr and not files in them.

Martin

[mvallevand]

For comparison, i just installed a legacy device on 2 linux systems and with a bad recording directory I did get another error.

Does hdhomerun_config run from the command line? I renamed mine and get the same message as you (the working directory doesn't actually matter)

Code:

2023-05-05 10:22:52.589    [ERROR][43]    Unexpected error doing legacy HDHR tuning: System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (2): An error occurred trying to start process 'hdhomerun_config' with working directory '/opt/nextpvr/system'. No such file or directory

Regarding the drive issues is it an ntfs drive? Maybe it is locked.

Martin

[ag100pct]

holy crud on a cracker....
Should have tried to run the command line sooner.
Apparently it wasn't installed...so I installed it and "voila"

BTW
Both my OS and data drives are EXT4.
Changed the Live TV Buffer Directory to /tmp/ No change.

For now let's mark this as solved.
The system was running fine before this started. Perhaps some update caused this...I don't know.

Thank you very much Martin for pulling my proverbial bacon out of the fire.

Much appreciated!
Sterling