[mythtv-users] MythTV doesn't record

[Leigh Saunderson]

Felix wrote:

>Update: I noticed an error in mythbackend log (sorry - don't know how I 
>missed it earlier):
>
>2006-05-25 23:30:02.242 TVRec(1) Error: Failed to set channel to 5. 
>Reverting to kState_None
>2006-05-25 23:30:02.243 TVRec(1): Changing from RecordingOnly to None
>2006-05-25 23:30:02.246 Finished recording Friends "The One Where 
>Chandler Can't Cry": channel 1004
>2006-05-25 23:30:02.249 scheduler: Finished recording: Friends "The One 
>Where Chandler Can't Cry": channel 1004
>2006-05-25 23:30:02.252 Started recording: Friends "The One Where 
>Chandler Can't Cry": channel 1004 on cardid 1, sourceid 1
>2006-05-25 23:30:02.256 scheduler: Started recording: Friends "The One 
>Where Chandler Can't Cry": channel 1004 on cardid 1, sourceid 1
>2006-05-25 23:30:03.261 Reschedule requested for id 0.
>2006-05-25 23:30:03.273 Scheduled 1 items in 0.0 = 0.00 match + 0.01 place
>
>again - in LiveTV mode - I can easily switch to Channel 5; and I am not 
>sure where the reference to channel 1004 comes from - XMLTV ID for 
>channel 5 is 10724.
>
>Felix
>
>Felix wrote:
>  
>
>>I had MythTv for about a year now. The last time I (succesfully) tried 
>>to record a show was some time in December. Since then I upgraded OS 
>>from FC4 to FC5, as well as generally kept up to date. Currently I have 
>>mythtv-suite-0.19-57.at.
>>
>>LiveTV works fine, but when I try to record, it "pretends" that it's 
>>recording, however, no files get generated. All UI (both in mythfrontend 
>>and in mythweb) show that recording is going on; and I can't find any 
>>errors.
>>
>>However, there is no recording going on. The only indication of a 
>>problem is when I am going to play the recording - myth complains that 
>>there is no file on the disk (there *is* an entry on the screen).
>>
>>What can cause that? what other troubleshooting I can undertake?
>>    
>>
Felix, have you had any luck sorting this problem out? From the info you 
posted above re: the channel ID's it sounds like you had an idea that 
they might have got screwed up somehow.
I've had the same problem occasionally (haven't been recording much 
recently tho..), some programs record fine, and then I'll go to watch 
another 'recorded' episode only to be told that there is no file for it. 
...but as you've seen everything else looks fine - apart from the start 
and finish times - my 'faulty' recordings start 1 minute after they end!
Like you, I can manually change channel to the same one without a problem.