[mythtv-users] Identifing on what card a program was recorded.

[Mike Perkins]

Brian Wood wrote:
> Michael T. Dean wrote:
>> On 09/27/2008 10:10 AM, Krzysztof Adamski wrote:
>>> I have 3 HD cards connected to 2 antennas, sometime programs don't get
>>> recorded properly.
>>>
>>> I'm trying to figure out which card is the problem, what tables do I
>>> need to query to list on which card a program was recorded.
>> It's not in the DB.  It's only in the log files.  (However, if you have 
>> logging to the database enabled, you'll find it in the logs in the DB, too.)
>>
>>>  This is
>>> after the data is gone from the log table.
>> At that point it's too late.
> 
> I thought the default filename started out with the capture card number.
> At least in my case it seems to be the encoder number, channel number,
> time and date.
> 
It's the source id, followed by a number which may represent the order of 
scanning on that source (sources like Schedules Direct may vary).

Since the card number is (obviously) known at the time that the recording is 
started, it would take very little to add an int column to the relevant table to 
allow future analysis of any issues. I'm not holding my breath.

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Mike Perkins