[mythtv-users] User job runs on wrong backend

[Michael T. Dean]

On 04/03/2009 01:10 PM, Andre Newman wrote:
> I have a system with a master and slave backend which on the whole 
> works well, with one exception, sometimes user jobs try to run on the 
> wrong backend!
>
> I've created three user jobs, the first is self contained in one line, 
> the other two call an external script as follows:
>
> User Job #1 Description        Fix BBC HD DD Audio
> User Job #1 Command        mv "%DIR%/%FILE%" "%DIR%/%FILE%.ts" ; bbe 
> -e "s/\xFF\x00\x00\x01\xC0/\xFF\x00\x00\x01\xBD/" "%DIR%/%FILE%.ts > 
> "%DIR%/%FILE%" ;
> User Job #2 Description        Remux BBC HD
> User Job #2 Command        /usr/local/bin/tsfix.sh "%DIR%" "%FILE" 
> "/usr/local/bin/BBCHD.meta"
> User Job #3 Description        Remux ITV HD
> User Job #3 Command        /usr/local/bin/tsfix.sh "%DIR%" "%FILE" 
> "/usr/local/bin/ITVHD.meta"
>
> I've double checked that all the scripts, binaries, other files and 
> directories used are present and writable by mythtv user on both 
> backends, the maximum simultaneous jobs is set to 1 as the scripts are 
> not written to cope otherwise. The user jobs are allowed on both 
> backends and run jobs only on original recording backend is on, I can 
> run the scripts by hand.
>
> Yet quite often the jobs fail, when I checked the mythbackend.log I 
> see that the script has failed because it has passed a %DIR% variable 
> that is a myth://ip.add:6543/filename.mpg this is in the log on both 
> backends and checking files this is when the file is present on the 
> other backend, so it's happening both ways around not just everything 
> trying to execute on the master.
>
> I'm scheduling jobs as part of the recording and from Mythweb on the 
> master backend as a second attempt when I discover they have failed. 
> When the job runs on the correct backend it completes successfully.
>
> I can't find any mention of anyone else having any related problems on 
> the wiki or in the mailing list archive and I'm lost as to where to 
> look next.
>
> I'm running Ubuntu 8.04 32bit on the master, 8.10 64bit on the slave 
> but both are running Muthbuntu weekly builds of .21-fixes rather than 
> the Ubuntu stock MythTV packages. The master backend has a Nova T500 
> dual DVBT card and a Nova S2, the slave backend has a Nova HD S2.
>
> Any clues as to where to look next? 

In mythtv-setup:

Run Jobs only on original recording backend
If set, jobs in the queue will be required to run on the backend that 
made the original recording.

under General settings (way deep inside it).

Mike