[mythtv-users] Truncated HDHR recordings

[Michael T. Dean]

On 05/17/2009 11:28 AM, Harry Devine wrote:
> I searched Gossamer Threads for this, but I didn't really see anything
> on this subject, so I thought I'd check with the list.  I have been
> seeing lately that some recordings that I schedule on my HDHR get
> truncated. Let me give 2 examples:
>
> 1) I recorded 24 last Monday on Fox.  I got 31 seconds and that was it.
> 2) I recorded WWE Smackdown on MyNetworkTV on Friday, and all I got
> was 14:23.
>
> The odd thing is that I don't see any errors in my backend log
> whatsoever.  Here's an except from my backend log for Friday.  Note
> that my recording rule is setup to record from 7:59PM US Eastern to
> 10:02PM US Eastern:
...
> 2009-05-15 19:59:02.685 Started recording: WWE Friday Night
> SmackDown!: channel 5260 on cardid 4, sourceid 5
...
> 2009-05-15 22:02:00.327 Finished recording WWE Friday Night
> SmackDown!: channel 5260
...
> Any ideas on what else I should be looking for to diagnose this? 
> Could it be some sort of DB corruption issue and be taken care of by a
> DB optimize?

Generally if the recording just stops midway through and no errors are
shown in the log, it just means that the capture device quit sending
data (or, more precisely, that Myth was unable to receive data from the
capture card).  So, after the 14min 23seconds of good day, Myth wrote
the rest of what the card gave it--0 bytes of data to cover the next 2
3/4 hours.

Mike