[mythtv-users] missing recordings

[Michael T. Dean]

On 03/03/2011 06:42 AM, Justin Smith wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Last week I had several missed recordings. The shows were in the
> "Watch Recordings" list, but the files did not exist. During this
> period, some shows recorded fine.
>
> For example, the backend log for one such missed recording showed:
>
> 2011-02-25 21:28:29.962 TVRec(2): ASK_RECORDING 2 29 0 0
> 2011-02-25 21:29:01.900 TVRec(2): Changing from None to RecordingOnly
> 2011-02-25 21:29:01.952 TVRec(2): HW Tuner: 2->2
> 2011-02-25 21:29:02.016 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free
> Space: 3.0 GB w/freq: 14 min
> 2011-02-25 21:29:02.060 Started recording: "The Tudors": channel 1738
> on cardid 2, sourceid 1
> 2011-02-25 21:36:48.681 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free
> Space: 3.0 GB w/freq: 14 min
> ...
> 2011-02-25 22:46:00.158 TVRec(2): Changing from RecordingOnly to None
> 2011-02-25 22:46:00.262 Updating status for "The Tudors" on cardid 2
> (Tuning =>  Recorded)
> 2011-02-25 22:46:00.267 Finished recording The Tudors: channel 1738
> 2011-02-25 22:46:00.313 Reschedule requested for id 0.
> 2011-02-25 22:46:00.476 ProgramInfo(1738_20110225212900.mpg), Error:
> GetPlaybackURL: '1738_20110225212900.mpg' should be local, but it can
> not be found.
>
>
> The same show recorded fine the previous week:
>
> 2011-02-18 21:27:29.146 TVRec(2): ASK_RECORDING 2 29 0 0
> 2011-02-18 21:28:01.129 TVRec(2): Changing from None to RecordingOnly
> 2011-02-18 21:28:01.173 TVRec(2): HW Tuner: 2->2
> 2011-02-18 21:28:01.252 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free
> Space: 3.0 GB w/freq: 14 min
> 2011-02-18 21:28:01.298 Started recording: "The Tudors": channel 1738
> on cardid 2, sourceid 1
> 2011-02-18 21:28:02.074 Updating status for "The Tudors" on cardid 2
> (Tuning =>  Recording)
> 2011-02-18 21:28:02.145 TVRec(2): rec->GetPathname():
> '/opt/recordings/1738_20110218212800.mpg'
> ...
> 2011-02-18 22:46:00.804 TVRec(2): Changing from RecordingOnly to None
> 2011-02-18 22:46:00.854 Updating status for "The Tudors" on cardid 2
> (Recording =>  Recorded)
> 2011-02-18 22:46:00.861 Finished recording The Tudors: channel 1738
> 2011-02-18 22:46:00.908 Reschedule requested for id 0.
> 2011-02-18 22:46:01.086 MainServer, Error: PREVIEW_SUCCESS but no receivers.
> 2011-02-18 22:46:01.089 Finished recording The Tudors: channel 1738
>
>
> I noticed that there was no "Updating status for "The Tudors" on
> cardid 2 (Tuning =>  Recording)" message for the failed recording. What
> could cause this message to be missing?
>
> Any ideas?
>
> I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop with the latest 0.24 fixes (Mythbuntu
> AMD64 packages) on the backend box.

This generally happens when the capture card doesn't give any data to 
mythbackend (but doesn't provide any errors to say things aren't working).

See (and please provide information on) 
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1687846 .

Thanks,
Mike