[mythtv-users] Incorrect recording length

[Curtis Stanford]

On Mar 2, 2006, at 10:59 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:

> On 03/02/2006 12:32 PM, Curtis Stanford wrote:
>> I've been seeing the same thing for quite a while now. I've mentioned
>> it a few times on the list to no avail. I've run mysqlcheck and all
>> is well. The problem for me occurs with HD recordings over firewire.
>> The relationship between the OSD time and the real time drifts more
>> and more as the recording progresses. Commercial skip works fine but
>> the marked commercial points drift from the actual commercials as
>> time goes on. Occasionally, a really weird thing happens. When a
>> recording finishes, the total recording time on the OSD doubles. For
>> example, I can be watching an hour long recording just as it is
>> finishing and the total time jumps from 1 hour to 2 hours. Of course,
>> the recording stops after one hour but the OSD shows 2 hours. I've
>> seen this happen with half hour recordings and even an hour and a
>> half recording jumped to 3 hours. Strange...
>>
>> SD recordings work fine, BTW.
>>
>
> This issue (at least the double-length part of it) may be the same one
> Daniel reported at
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/commits/167010#167010 and
> is planning to fix before 0.20.
>
> Mike

Cool, thanks!