[mythtv-users] Is this database corruption?

[James Miller]

I've noted some oddities in the TV schedule on my newly-installed MythTV 
(0.27..20140303-1 Gentoo), and even had a recording fail owing to what I 
believe was a schedule glitch. I'm wondering whether my database might 
have gotten corrupted somehow. I'm a schedules direct subscriber, by the 
way.

Here are some symptoms. First, I see that channel listings can display 
programming from other channels. In some previous testing I noted, for 
example, that sometimes under channel 4_1 I see programming for channel 41 
(that does not seem to be the case at the moment). Another thing I'm 
seeing is that a program's title and description do not match. An example 
would be a recording currently in the database whose title is "Knit and 
Crochet Now!" but whose description reads "Green Paths - Mon, Denmark: 
Host Claus Meyer visits the white-cliffed island of Mon, in the south of 
Denmark, on a crisp and clear winter day. There, he makes vitamin-packed 
juice and cooks codfish on the beach. Recipes: Raw Winter Vegetable Juice; 
Roast Leg of Goat with Blue Cheese, Herb Salad, Hazelnuts and Green Kale 
Dressing; Steamed Cod Fillet with Fried Cod Roe, Winter Leeks and Apples." 
Clearly there is some error here. Finally, over the past weekend I found 
in the schedule a program I wanted to record, selected it, and opted for 
"record only this showing." Later, when the recording should have been in 
progress, I noted the tuner was not active. When I went to check on why it 
was not recording, there was a message to the effect that it was not 
recording because the program was "not listed." Fortunately it was early 
enough in the showing that I could just reschedule it.

Are these indications that the database has gotten corrupted? I tried 
already, many times while going through the initial set-up, deleting, then 
reconfiguring capture cards and downloading schedule information anew. 
Could something have gotten corrupted in that process? This is still a 
pretty new installation, by the way. So I would have no problem deleting 
the whole MythTV configuration and starting over afresh. Input will be 
appreciated.