[mythtv-users] Master backend trying to record to non-existent directory

[Bob Cottingham]

On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 10:55 PM, Bob Cottingham <bobnvic at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 5:54 PM, Bob Cottingham <bobnvic at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 4:05 PM, Michael T. Dean
>> <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>>> On 07/24/2012 03:52 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>>>
>>>> OK, all looks good there, and it's not the "simple" explanation.  So that
>>>> means we'll need a good log from your backends run at -v file,schedule
>>>> --loglevel debug .  Whole log please (shut down the backends, then start at
>>>> that level and run it until you've seen a recording fail when it chooses the
>>>> wrong directory).
>>>
>>> And while we're at it, can I get the output from:
>>>
>>> mysql -umythtv -p mythconverg -e 'SELECT * FROM storagegroup;'
>>>
>>
>> Here is the storage group table:
>>  +----+-------------+----------+----------------------------------+
>> | id | groupname   | hostname | dirname                          |
>> +----+-------------+----------+----------------------------------+
>> |  9 | Default     | mythbox  | /var/mythtv/tv/recordings/       |
>> | 12 | Default     | mythbox  | /var/tv/recordings/              |
>> | 10 | Default     | mythbox  | /var/mythtv/tv2/recordings/      |
>> | 11 | Default     | mythbox  | /var/mythtv/tv3/recordings/      |
>> | 14 | Default     | mythbox  | /var/tv2/recordings/             |
>> | 15 | Videos      | mythbox  | /var/mythtv/videos/              |
>> | 16 | Coverart    | mythbox  | /var/mythtv/artwork/coverart/    |
>> | 17 | Fanart      | mythbox  | /var/mythtv/artwork/fanart/      |
>> | 18 | Screenshots | mythbox  | /var/mythtv/artwork/screenshots/ |
>> | 19 | Banners     | mythbox  | /var/mythtv/artwork/banners/     |
>> +----+-------------+----------+----------------------------------+
>
> I started the backend using the requested log parameters this morning
> and it tried recording to a non-existent directory fairly quickly
> (unfortunately I didn't get a chance to check it until this evening
> after it had failed about a dozen recordings, but luckily they were
> all the kid's shows).  I cut off the log file right after the error
> appeared.  Here is the log file:
> https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1782800/mythbackend_storage_group_error.log
>
> Let me know if you can figure out what is causing this error.  I've
> assumed it was some stupid user error for a long time, but I've never
> been able to figure out what was causing it and everything seems to be
> correct to me.  I truly appreciate your help in this.
>
Mike, since I haven't heard back from you, do you mind if I assume
this is a real issue and add this to the bug tracker?  I really wanted
to try to get this resolved before 0.26.

Thanks,
Bob