[mythtv-users] Not Recording

[Brad Fuller]

Jameson wrote:
> I'm a bit stumped on this one.  Ever since I upgraded from .19 to .20
> all of the programs I had scheduled to be recorded, now show "Not
> Recording"  I've tried to add them back, but they stay the same, even
> if I select Record Only This Showing.  I just can't convince the thing
> to schedule the recording, much less start to record it.  I've tried
> removing all of my inputs and sources, and re-adding them, but that
> didn't seem to help.  I didn't see anything that appeared to have
> anything to do with scheduled recordings in the last 10 lines of my
> backend log right after trying to schedule one.  This is the output
> from a verbose frontend:
>
> 2006-09-28 16:52:25.657 read  <- 25 92     
> BACKEND_MESSAGE[]:[]LIVETV_CHAIN UPDATE
> live-myth1.vtscrew.com-2006-09-28T16:51:53[]:[]empty
> 2006-09-28 16:52:25.661 read  <- 29 2       ok
> 2006-09-28 16:52:25.661 TV: StopStuff(): stopping player[s] (2/2)
> 2006-09-28 16:52:25.663 MythSocket(9c12bc0:25): socket is readable
> 2006-09-28 16:52:25.663 MythSocket(9c12bc0:25): cb->readyRead()
> 2006-09-28 16:52:25.663 read  <- 25 51     
> BACKEND_MESSAGE[]:[]RECORDING_LIST_CHANGE[]:[]empty
> 2006-09-28 16:52:25.864 MSqlQuery: DELETE FROM inuseprograms WHERE
> chanid = '1049' AND starttime = '2006-09-28T16:51:53' AND hostname =
> 'myth1.vtscrew.com <http://myth1.vtscrew.com>' AND recusage = 'player' ;
> 2006-09-28 16:52:25.864 write -> 26 33     
> MESSAGE[]:[]RECORDING_LIST_CHANGE
> 2006-09-28 16:52:25.865 read  <- 26 2       OK
> 2006-09-28 16:52:25.878 MythSocket(9c12bc0:25): socket is readable
> 2006-09-28 16:52:25.878 MythSocket(9c12bc0:25): cb->readyRead()
> 2006-09-28 16:52:25.878 read  <- 25 51     
> BACKEND_MESSAGE[]:[]RECORDING_LIST_CHANGE[]:[]empty
> 2006-09-28 16:52:25.892 MythSocket(9c25578:29): DownRef: -1
> 2006-09-28 16:52:25.892 MythSocket(9c25578:29): state change Connected
> -> Idle
> 2006-09-28 16:52:25.892 MythSocket(9c25578:-1): delete socket
> 2006-09-28 16:52:25.895 MSqlQuery: DELETE FROM tvchain WHERE chainid =
> 'live-myth1.vtscrew.com-2006-09-28T16:51:53' ;
> 2006-09-28 16:52:25.895 TV: StopStuff() -- end
> 2006-09-28 16:52:25.895 TV: Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
>
> Any ideas?
 i don't have .20 yet, but there was a thread recently about a similar
problem from Shaun Lowry. He found out that his dB was corrupted. The
ever-present, and very helpful, Mike Dean also replied with some help.
Here's an excerpt:

> Shaun Lowry said:
> >That appeared to be the problem - my database had somehow gotten
> >corrupted. Running "mysqlcheck -r -umythtv -p<password> mythconverg"
> >sorted it out...
>
> Michael T. Dean said:
>> Might want to set up your system to run optimize_mythdb.pl in a daily
>> cron job as described in the comments at the top of the file. 

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