[mythtv-users] Loss of Service Recognition -- Nifty!

[White Joe]

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> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Michael T. Dean
> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 6:28 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Loss of Service Recognition -- Nifty!
> 
> On 03/16/2006 10:05 AM, White Joe wrote:
> 
> >The power jumped the other night when we were recording The 
> Shield and
> >The Closer.  Unfortunately (foolishly), we don't have a UPS 
> on the Myth
> >box.  Fortunately, I was sitting right there and turned the machine
> >right back on.  When it came back up I noticed something interesting.
> >The recording of The Closer restarted as soon as the BE 
> restarted, but
> >the recording of the Shield was marked as "A" for aborted, and
> >rescheduled for a later showing that night.  We have had power
> >interruptions before, under similar situations, under .18, and I have
> >never noticed that behavior before.  Is that a .19 feature?  
> Very nifty.
> >  
> >
> 
> Yeah.  Pretty much.  Myth 0.19 stores info about what happens with 
> recordings so it can take appropriate action.
> 
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/156425#156425
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/173865#173865
> 
> >Does Myth also exhibit the same behavior when the cable or satellite
> >goes out?
> >
> 
> Nope.  Only when "Myth goes out."  ;)
> 
> (To Myth, a 1-hour recordings of "Satellite Signal Not 
> Available" looks 
> right--and has no commercials!  Although, if you want that 
> show, let me 
> know--I've recorded it, so I could send you a copy.  For some reason, 
> though, Myth doesn't seem to detect duplicates for it. :)
> 
> Mike
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What about with cable?  One of the setting menus has an item labled ATSC
Signal Threshhold(?) or something similar.  Does the basic code exist to
sense if a valid signal is being received?

jw