[mythtv-users] Write failures partway through mythutil --copyfile

[John Pilkington]

On 28/12/13 12:17, John Pilkington wrote:
> On 28/12/13 12:09, John Pilkington wrote:
>> In MythArchive import, which has recently been working as expected, I
>> have just had this failure after part-writing video files. The parts
>> transferred during re-runs of the mythutil command line for two examples
>> are 152 MB (2m 06s) and 66 MB (3m 57s); the source files are 2.2 GB and
>> 1.5 GB.  Both SGs have adequate space available.  The CHANID implied by
>> the filename (which is HD) does not exist on the importing machine, but
>> MythArchive seems to have accepted one that does.  The files are SD
>> converted from HD and play without problems. Any suggestions?
>
> I should have said that all the files concerned are on the same FE/BE,
> having been rsynced in.
>>
>> mythutil --copyfile --infile '/path_to_xxx.mpg' --outfile
>> 'myth://Default@192.168.1.4:6543/xxx.mpg'
>>
>> 2013-12-28 11:05:59.935443 I  96468992 bytes copied, 5% complete
>> 2013-12-28 11:06:01.948625 E  ERROR, couldn't write at offset 159383552
>> 2013-12-28 11:06:01.960178 I  Wrote 159383552 bytes total
>> 2013-12-28 11:06:01.960188 I  Waiting for write buffer to flush
>>

mythutil --help tells me:
File Options:
--copyfile                       Copy a MythTV Storage Group file using 
RingBuffers
   --infile                         Input file URI
   --outfile                        Output file URI

In this case the input files were outside the SGs.  I could rsync into 
there myself, but then doesn't the copyfile operation seem unnecessary? 
  ISTR that I tried that some time ago, hoping to cut out  a copying 
step, and that failed too.

John