[mythtv-users] truncated recordings

MythTV mythtv at hribnak.com
Wed Feb 18 01:15:00 EST 2004


one thing I noticed is even if the Backend does not die,  if you try and
delete  the failed recording from via mythweb it will not delete..


Jim

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darren Richards" <darren.richards at cox.net>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 7:54 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] truncated recordings


> Dan,
>
> Any luck yet with this issue?   I'm having the exact same problems (both
> truncated recording and losing points with the wife.)  I'm suspecting that
> everyone using ivtv drivers doesn't have this problem, so hopefully
there's
> a fix.  I haven't found it, though.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kyle Kelly" <kyle at kylekelly.com>
> To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 9:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] truncated recordings
>
>
> > Dan Boger wrote:
> >
> > >Well, lost points with the wife today.  Had mythtv running, and
> > >everything working well.  We sat down to watch the new simpsons that
was
> > >recorded earlier, and about half way through (19 minutes to be
> > >exact), the recording ended.  I checked the logs, and there was nothing
> > >unusual - except that the backend though it recorded 30 minutes of the
> > >show!
> > >
> > >  2004-02-15 20:00:02 Started recording "The Simpsons" on channel: 1013
> on cardid: 1, sourceid 1
> > >  2004-02-15 20:00:02 Changing from None to RecordingOnly
> > >  IOBOUND - blocking in ThreadedFileWriter::Write()
> > >  IOBOUND - blocking in ThreadedFileWriter::Write()
> > >  Input #0, mpeg, from
> '/media/mythtv/1013_20040215200000_20040215203000.nuv':
> > >    Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg2video, 480x480, 29.97 fps
> > >    Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 384 kb/s
> > >  2004-02-15 20:30:00 Changing from RecordingOnly to None
> > >
> > >Any idea what happend?  How can I find out?  The little box during
> > >playback does say that it recorded only 19:xx minutes - but why?  Is it

> > >related to the "blocking in threadedfilewriter" bit in the log?
> > >
> > >Not sure if this is related or not, but when I try to delete that same
> > >show, I get the "backend has gone away for some reason" error, and the
> > >logs say:
> > >
> > >  2004-02-15 21:40:29 ReadStringList timeout.
> > >  (frontend console) Connection to backend server lost
> > >  (hit ok at the popup on the frontend)
> > >  2004-02-15 21:41:08 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.2.10:6543
> (try 1 of 5)
> > >  2004-02-15 21:41:08 Using protocol version 1
> > >  2004-02-15 21:41:09 Using protocol version 1
> > >  2004-02-15 21:41:08 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> > >  2004-02-15 21:41:08 adding: murder.peeron.com as a client (events: 0)
> > >  2004-02-15 21:41:09 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> > >  2004-02-15 21:41:09 adding: murder.peeron.com as a client (events: 1)
> > >
> > >Setup:
> > >
> > >Mythtv-0.14, installed via apt-get
> > >FC1, PVR-350 (tuner and TV-out)
> > >NFS partition of 0.5T, about 50% full.
> > >
> > >Any suggestions welcome!
> > >
> > >
> >
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> > >
> > This has been discussed a few times, as of yet there is no fix.  I can
> > usually reproduce the problem if I record two programs in a row.  The
> > second recording usually has this problem.  It seems totally random.
> > CSI last week stopped recording three times for me.  Most likely its a
> > ivtv issue and we'll just have to wait for a new version and hope for
> > the best.
> >
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