[mythtv-users] can't record a full movie...

[Jarod C. Wilson]

On Sunday, Sep 14, 2003, at 23:35 US/Pacific, and wrote:

> I think someone else have had this problem, but couldn't find anything 
> in the archive so please excuse me if it's a tedious repeat.
>
> I seem to be having a problem recording programs longer than 
> ~1:30..... the recording just ends and there are no messages in 
> mythbackend.log or messages.
> Everything seems to be running (front/back/ivtv). However the file 
> stops growing even if the front end is telling me a recording is in 
> progress....
>
> The recorded file was around 2.2GB and my ringbuffer was set to 5gb 
> will 50% fill, so my guess is that it might  have something to do with 
> this. Does the buffer have to be larger than the program?

As far as I know, that setting only affects "live" TV, and shouldn't 
have any impact on scheduled recordings.

--Jarod

-- 
Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE

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