[mythtv-users] Loads of failed / empty recordings.

[Tom Dexter]

On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 7:31 PM, Brent Bolin <brent.bolin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Tom Dexter <digitalaudiorock at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 10:14 AM, Peter Foulkes
>> <peter.foulkes at nilpanic.co.uk> wrote:
>>> I've spent months trying to solve this and I'm getting nowhere so I am
>>> looking for help!
>>>
>>> Very frequently I go to play a recording and although the recording appears
>>> on the list, when I select it I get the error message
>>> "Recording Unavailable. The file for this recording can not be found"
>>><delete>
>>> Peter
>>>
>>
>> I used to have that occur, and much like you described, it was in
>> bursts where if it happened, it would happen on more than one show.
>>
>> At the advise of others I tried going into mythtv-setup and in the
>> Input Connections settings I changed the "Use Quick Tuning" to
>> "Always" for all the inputs.  In my case it seems to have all but
>> totally stopped the issue.
>>
>> Tom
>
> What is this option?  I've never heard of it.  Rarely go into
> mythtv-setup because it interrupts my busy back end.
>
> Is this for analog or digital/HD?

I don't know if the option if for digital only or not...in my case I'm
using nothing by digital OTA.

It's in the Input Connections section, labeled "Use Quick Tuning".  At
the suggestion of several users on mythtvtalk.com I set it to "always"
and it seems to have made these missed recording occurrences at least
more rare than they were.

Tom