[mythtv-users] Disappearing recordings?

[William Munson]

Nick Wilson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've had this problem happen a few times now and I'm not sure exactly 
> what is going on.  One show in my scheduled recordings appears to 
> record ok during the day according to the logs, but is completely 
> absent from the recordings list by the time we get home later in the 
> day (it's one of my fiancee's soap operas).  This is now the third or 
> fourth time that this has happened.
>
> I can see from the backend logs that the schedule kicked off the 
> recording at the right time (All My Children, starting at 11:58am).
>
> 2007-10-01 11:57:29.165 TVRec(1): ASK_RECORDING 1 29 0
> 2007-10-01 11:57: 34.584 Received: CANCEL_NEXT_RECORDING 0
> 2007-10-01 11:58:02.516 Started recording: All My Children: channel 
> 2815 on cardid 1, sourceid 2
> 2007-10-01 11:58:02.522 TVRec(1): HW Tuner: 2->1
> 2007-10-01 11:58:03.218 Finished recording Without a Trace "4.0": 
> channel 1040
> 2007-10-01 11:58:03.268 Recreating channel...
> 2007-10-01 11:58:03.300 DVBChan(0) Warning: Symbol Rate setting (0) is 
> out of range (min/max:5056941/10762000)
> 2007-10-01 11:58:03.336 DVBChan(0) Warning: Symbol Rate setting (0) is 
> out of range (min/max:5056941/10762000)
> 2007-10-01 11:58:03.527 Finished recording Without a Trace "4.0": 
> channel 1040
>

This looks like you did not successfully tune the channel and its 
recording at a symbol rate of zero. When this happens, you wind up with 
no file but the log thinks its recorded. Troubleshoot your tuning issue.