[mythtv-users] Forcing Recording Fails

[Stephen P. Villano]

On 12/5/13, 10:15 PM, Mark Pennock wrote:
> I do delete the file and then go into the schedule to re-enable it. I
> go into the listings and click the program again and I select do not
> record so that when I go back to the schedule there is no highlight.
> Then I go to the schedule again and it is still outlined with dotted
> line.
>
> I can't got to a frontend as my server is in the basement and the
> frontend is upstairs. 
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 8:57 PM, Michael T. Dean
> <mtdean at thirdcontact.com <mailto:mtdean at thirdcontact.com>> wrote:
>
>
>     On 12/05/2013 12:58 PM, Daryl McDonald wrote:
>
>         I'm only guessing here, but even a 0 bite recording may cause your
>         data base to think you already have it recorded, hense your
>         listings
>         show recorded at an earlier time instead.
>         Can anyone else confirm or dispute this?
>
>
>     Yes, a "0-byte recording" (which is actually a successful
>     recording--as the card/driver emitted no errors--that resulted in
>     a 0-byte or non-existent file) is a valid recording.  To force a
>     re-record, you must either delete and allow re-record, or create a
>     rule that disables duplicate matching, or set up the recording
>     rule and then force the recording when it says it was previously
>     recorded (which is a 2nd step after creating the new rule).
>
>     That said, rather than using the guide to see what's happening,
>     you should go to mythfrontend's Upcoming Recordings (or Previously
>     Recorded, depending on when you check it out) and find the episode
>     to find out why it is not recording.
>
>     Mike
>
>     _______________________________________________
>

Erm, you have a frontend upstairs. It behaves the same on the server as
on any other frontend, including the one upstairs. I have the same type
of setup here. Backend in the basement with the other servers, frontends
in different rooms upstairs.
For management, I use VNC, an X windows session (piped through ssh) or
my preferred management, ssh and of course, mythweb or one of my
frontends (some of which have lousy video performance and only exist for
MythTV management purposes).

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