[mythtv] Programs not getting scheduled (mythtv 0.20)

[Matt Rude]

Gervase Markham wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I posted this problem to the users mailing list, and Steven Adeff 
> suggested I post it here, as he was stumped.
> 
> I'm having trouble getting the scheduling to work.
> 
> In the mythfrontend UI, I can go to the listings and pick a program to
> record, but however many I choose, I never see any entries in the
> "Upcoming Recordings" section. I can't find any UI which lists my
> recording requests at all. It's as if I never made them.
> 
> However, if I use the mythweb UI, I see the list of programs I've asked
> for (from either UI) in the section entitled "Recording Schedules", but
> nothing ever appears in the mythweb "Upcoming Recordings" section
> either. It's as if mythtv understands what I want in principle, but the
> scheduler isn't translating that into an actual command to record a
> specific channel at a specific time.
> 
> This problem happens with various types (once, channel etc.) of
> recordings and also if I create a manual recording.
> 
> If I am watching Live TV, I can press record and get the program
> recorded, so that's not the problem, it's a scheduler issue.
> 
> I can't see any relevant errors in mythbackendlog. The list of recording
> requests is in the "record" SQL table, but there's nothing in "recordmatch".
> 
> Setup:
> MythTV 0.20-0.2ubuntu2
> Ubuntu Edgy
> UK DVB-T television, with a Hauppage Win-TV NOVA T USB stick receiver
> Using the transmitted EPG
> Back end and front end on the same laptop (shrew, an IBM X40)
> 
> Logs of some operations requested by Steven on mythtv-users are here:
> 
> http://www.gerv.net/temp/schedule-attempt.log
>     log from mythbackend -v all when attempting to schedule recording of
>     a program
> http://www.gerv.net/temp/reschedule.log
>     log from a run of mythbackend -v all --resched
> http://www.gerv.net/temp/reschedule-backend.log
>     log from the running backend while the above command was executed
> 
> Steven said:
> 
>> weird, it looks like its getting the reschedule request but not doing
>> anything with it? At least it doesn't show any of the stuff my logs
>> show in regards to scheduling. I'd say ask on the dev list.
> 
> Please let me know if I can provide further info.
> 
> Gerv

try running optimize_mythdb.pl from the contrib dir. that will clean up 
your database.

its a good idea to run that every day via a cronjob
-Matt