[mythtv-users] Program recorded, but no file on two different Myth systems

[Allen Edwards]

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 8:24 AM,  <match at ece.utah.edu> wrote:
> On 15 Sep 2008 at 23:56, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>
>> Tonight, my Myth box tried to record an episode of Prison Break off my
>> local Fox affiliate's (Fox 35 Orlando) OTA broadcast using a PCHDTV
>> HD-3000.  The logs show that the recording started and stopped on time
>> (though, for some reason I can't understand, the start message is in the
>> master backend's log and the stop message is in the slave backend's
>> log).  However, the file was never created.
>
> I've seen this DOZENS of times, and I'm not sure it was limited to FOX. This
> was on a machine running frontend/backend with only 1 disk array, so I
> chalked it up to my combination of RAID/XFS with my database on the same
> drive. Hmmm... same configuration I've used for years... whatever.
>
> I've since taken that machine out of service in preparation for the launch of a
> new backend "any day now" so I can't give you any more information...
> except that this machine seemed to run just fine at first, then the problem
> showed up once or twice, then seemed to manifest itself more often than
> not. (more often than not is an exageration, but when the WAF drops... you
> know how it is)
>
> Marvin
>
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I have seen this once.  A show stopped recording in the middle but the
database said it kept going.  I was told that if the signal drops out,
the file will close but mythtv will keep things going and nothing
shows up in the database.  I certainly could not confirm this as my
signal strength is 99% with no sign of signal drop out just prior to
the end of what was recorded.  It only happened once int he 3 months I
have had myth.

Allen