XBMC not playing live TV from TVHeadEnd
#1
I'm new to XBMC having come from MediaPortal which I have gradually fallen out with.

I've installed the Latest Stable Versons of XBMC, TVHeadend and the TVHeadEnd Client.

I've tuned TVHeadEnd

Using XBMC I can listen to the radio stations. However When I try to watch Live TV The scrren goes black for a couple of seconds then it returns to the main XBMC menu.

Looking in SysLog I see

Code:
Sep 25 15:54:59 MediaBox tvheadend[1145]: subscription: "127.0.0.1 [ XBMC Media Center ]" subscribing on "BBC TWO", weight: 150, adapter: "DiBcom 3000MC/P", network: "Yorkshire", mux: "Yorkshire: 682,000 kHz", provider: "", service: "BBC TWO", quality: 100
Sep 25 15:55:00 MediaBox tvheadend[1145]: htsp: 127.0.0.1 [ XBMC Media Center ]: Disconnected
Sep 25 15:55:00 MediaBox tvheadend[1145]: subscription: "127.0.0.1 [ XBMC Media Center ]" unsubscribing from "BBC TWO"
Sep 25 15:55:04 MediaBox tvheadend[1145]: htsp: Got connection from 127.0.0.1
Sep 25 15:55:04 MediaBox tvheadend[1145]: htsp: 127.0.0.1: Welcomed client software: XBMC Media Center (HTSPv8)

To check that the TVHeadEnd is working correctly I have connected to it from my desktop linux PC using mplayer, and am happily watching the same channel on my PC as I type this, so I know the TVHeadEnd is dealing with the TV to some extent. So I figure that the problem is with the interface between XBMC and TVHeadend, but that is the limit of my knowledge. Can anybody advise what I should look for or is this a known problem etc?
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#2
Best to get a debug log of XBMC trying to access BBC2 (or any other channel when your screen blanks out). Instructions if you are unsure are here -> http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Debug_log/Easy
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#3
Your debug xbmc.log: http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=302840

Just done as advise, I'll look through it and see if anything jumps out at me, but any advice greatly appreciated.

A quick examination of the logs show that it's not actually in that debug log, and is in the crash log, to give a time scope for the event

Code:
Sep 25 19:38:18 MediaBox tvheadend[1145]: subscription: "127.0.0.1 [ XBMC Media Center ]" subscribing on "BBC ONE Yorks", weight: 150, adapter: "DiBcom 3000MC/P", network: "Yorkshire", mux: "Yorkshire: 682,000 kHz", provider: "", service: "BBC ONE Yorks", quality: 100
Sep 25 19:38:20 MediaBox tvheadend[1145]: htsp: 127.0.0.1 [ XBMC Media Center ]: Disconnected
Sep 25 19:38:20 MediaBox tvheadend[1145]: subscription: "127.0.0.1 [ XBMC Media Center ]" unsubscribing from "BBC ONE Yorks"
Sep 25 19:38:23 MediaBox tvheadend[1145]: htsp: Got connection from 127.0.0.1
Sep 25 19:38:23 MediaBox tvheadend[1145]: htsp: 127.0.0.1: Welcomed client software: XBMC Media Center (HTSPv8)

Your XBMC crashlog: http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=302841
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#4
There appears to be a series of ffmpeg errors at around line 1069 on the crash log.
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#5
Try disable Mpeg-2 under Video Acceleration and see if that helps.
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#6
Thanks could find an MPeg option, but playing with the video acceleration options (inparticular the bottom set) appears to have solved the problem, thanks for your help.
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#7
Also make sure you set deinterlacing mode to "auto", otherwise your picture quality will be quite bad. You do that from the OSD settings dialog when watching a channel, then hit "set as default for all movies".
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