[mythtv-users] Category M "Missed" recording

[David Engel]

On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 07:44:36PM -0500, Eric Sharkey wrote:
> My wife was a bit annoyed last night when Downton Abbey failed to
> record.  I'm a bit perplexed as to why.  This is a case I don't recall
> seeing before.
> 
> If I look in the Previously Recorded listing for the expected timeslot
> (yesterday at 9PM) it and something else that was supposed to record
> at the same time shows up in red with code "M", for missed.  What
> would cause mythtv to just miss a recording?
> 
> I checked the backend log and didn't see anything related to
> recordings, just a bunch of messages about starting mythlogserver
> every 30 seconds:
> 
> http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=Fi60UAHe
> 
> These mythlogserver start messages persist every 30 seconds
> (eventually mixing with other messages) until the last one at Jan 13
> 00:48:23.
> 
> Any idea what would cause a recording to just be missed?  It's as if
> the backend just forgot to record for a while.

The master backend had crashed or was stuck in some way and didn't try
to record the programs.  When it was restarted, the programs that were
scheduled to record but didn't got marked as missed.

David
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David Engel
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