[mythtv-users] MythWeb says recording LiveTV - but no FE on

[Michael T. Dean]

On 04/09/2010 05:24 PM, Nick Rout wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 5:41 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>    
>> On 04/09/2010 01:09 PM, Mike Perkins wrote:
>>      
>>> I had this happen to me late one evening, and I didn't find out about it
>>> until I did my standard system checks late the following morning. The last
>>> program shown recorded by mythweb was 11 hours long and some humongous
>>> number of gigabytes! The selected channel closed down overnight and the damn
>>> thing just kept recording.
>>>
>>> I'm a little more careful now. Your Family May Vary.
>>>        
>> While I'm sure something was unusual about the recordings you got, there's
>> no (known) possible way that Live TV would show as an 11-hr recording.
>>   First, Live TV recordings are always broken on program change, so the
>> largest recording you could possibly have would be the length of the longest
>> show in your listings (on that channel during the period in which you were
>> recording).  And, as an added safety check, in the event you really have a
>> very long program listed in your guide data (due to garbage guide data or
>> really long shows like that one 12-hour race or whatever), the recordings
>> will be broken into 8-hour hunks max.
>>      
> In my listings one channel closes down from 11.30 until2.00 pm the
> following day. The "listing" for that period LOOKS like a programme,
> but ain't:
>
> "Fri, Apr 9, 11:30 PM to 02:00 PM (870 mins)
>
> Maori Television - the national indigenous channel of Aotearoa. You
> will see New Zealand life, New Zealand stories and New Zealand people.
> Go to www.maoritelevision.com for more information. "
>
> Something like that would produce the the result seen.
>    

No.  It would produce the result described above (and now, again, below):

>> And, as an added safety check, in the event you really have a very 
>> long program listed in your guide data (due to garbage guide data or 
>> really long shows like that one 12-hour race or whatever), the 
>> recordings will be broken into 8-hour hunks max.


Still only 8 hours.  Not 11.  Not 14.5.  In this case, it would result 
in 2 chunks of 8 hours and 6.5 hours each.  I'm guessing Mike's 
recording was an 8hr recording and he just didn't notice the difference 
between the recording length and the program length.  I'm simply trying 
to make sure people don't misconstrue how LiveTV works.

If a /test/ reveals that it is one Live TV recording >8hrs in length 
(and I said /recording/, not program), please let us know--ideally with 
some info on what makes it different from any other >8hr program in the 
guide.

Thanks,
Mike