[mythtv-users] Zero-length recordings

[cvb at kruemel.org]

Am 2014-01-01 13:19, schrieb Jeffrey Ratcliffe:
> I reported getting random zero-length recordings to this list. The
> suggestion[1] was to delete all video sources, reconfigure them and
> rescan for channels. I didn't have the tuits at the time, but when I
> did, the zero-length recordings continued.
> 
> Any suggestions?

I am getting Zero-length, forever ongoing recordings since I'm using 
mythtv, which is for years now. I think I have tried virtually 
everything, setting up sources again, changing hardware, different 
driver versions, etc. It keeps happening.

What always helps for me is to restart the backend. Automatic restart 
with the built-in mechanisms doesn't work, as mythtv thinks it is 
continually recording when that happens, and I haven't yet figured out 
how to tackle this with a script. However, when I notice such situation, 
a "killall mythbackend" resolves the situation reliably for me.

I also THINK the reason might be that some internal logics are not 
taking into account an early start and late end of recordings which you 
can configure in the backend setup for all recordings as a default. I 
THINK that setting this option (which I have) may toggle some overlaps 
of recording exceeding the maximum of possible simultaneous recordings 
of my DVB S2. I have, however, not yet found the time to test this, as a 
lot of my regular recordings rely on this and I am too lazy to set this 
all up differently again... (shame on me!).

But maybe this gives you another idea for how to tackle the issue for 
you? And if it does, it might help the developers or give me some 
motivation to adjust my configuration. :-)

Cheers, Chris