[mythtv-users] scheduled recordings think they start, but they actually don't, then Mythweb still shows them in Upcoming Recordings

[Karl Newman]

On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 6:26 AM, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 3:01 AM, Stefan D <raptorjr08 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 1:20 AM, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> as of a few days ago both systems I manage have shown this issue,
>>> resulting in missed recordings. I haven't heard anything on the users
>>> list, so I'm sending this out in case there are some "me too's"
>>> hiding.
>>>
>>> basically, scheduled recordings THINK they start, they even show in
>>> the logs that they THINK they do, but the file is never created, the
>>> entry in the 'recorded' table are not created, and thus the recording
>>> is never made, but if one goes into MythWeb's Upcoming Recordings
>>> list, they are listed as "Currently Recording: Edit".
>>>
>>> The end effect of this is that Myth has become absolutely unreliable
>>> in it's scheduled recordings since this is random.
>>>
>>> This occurs on both Ceton and HDPVR recordings.
>>>
>>> Anyone else?
>>>
>>> http://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/10812
>>>
>>
>> Yes i got one of these recordings also. I didn't notice it until yesterday,
>> but the recording should have been recorded a week ago. It is listed as
>> "Currently Recording: Edit" in Upcoming Recordings in MythWeb. And now i
>> can't remove it. Tried every possible combinations of delete from MythWeb.
>>
>> Do i have to edit the database manually to remove it?
>>
>> /Stefan
>
> on my machines, a restart of the backend process clears it, I just
> wait until the backend isn't recording. these don't seem to affect
> future recordings, but it's hard to tell.

I've experienced that too (stuck on "Currently Recording" in mythweb)
with 0.25-fixes (although if you search it appears that it's been
around for a while), and I can confirm that it appears to be only a
visual annoyance and that a mythbackend restart clears it.

Karl