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

[Brad Fuller]

On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 15:01, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> 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.
>


BTW, shutting down the BE and starting it back up eliminated the
recurring LiveTV recording with no FE connected.

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Brad Fuller
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