[mythtv-users] Recording metadata corruption?

Joseph A. Caputo jcaputo1 at comcast.net
Tue Feb 10 10:50:00 EST 2004


On Tuesday 10 February 2004 10:13, Dan Boger wrote:
> I just finished setting up my myth-tv pilot, and am very pleased with
> it.  However, I have run into a weird problem that I couldn't find
> discussed in the archives or the FAQ.  I'm sure it's there, so any
> pointers would be appriciated.
>
> The setup:
> P3 450 with 256M RAM, PVR-350, and a 0.5TB NFS LVM share.  Software:
> Fedora Core 1 (instaled using Jarod's excellent guide), myth 0.14. 
> Main box is both backend and frontend, though I connect from my
> desktop as a remote frontend as well (and get the same problem).
>
> The system runs, and I can view live TV with no problem, and shows
> get recorded correctly.  But, I noticed this morning, that when I
> browse through the 'recorded shows', some of the shows show up with
> names like '0', and channels like '482725'.  When I look at the
> 'delete recordings', I get the same problem, but FOR OTHER SHOWS.
>
> I looked at the database, and everything there looks correct - all
> the right data is there in the recorded table.
>
> Any idea what I'm doing wrong?  Where should I look?  What other
> information can I provide?

Sounds like maybe your frontend & backend are different versions.  Did 
you have another version of Myth before 0.14?  If so, did you (a) 
remove it, and (b) restart the backend after you upgraded?

-JAC



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