[mythtv-users] Damaged recordings

[Peter Bennett]

On 03/04/2017 10:58 AM, Jeff wrote:
> My MythTV set-up is working well, except for occasional recordings being
> cut off before the end.
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> Sometimes, e.g. due to interference, the backend recognises this and
> marks the recording with a yellow dot. Fair enough.
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> Sometimes, however, this does not happen, and I end up with the
> WAF-reducing situation of a film with the end missing.
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> As we tend to watch things long after they were recorded, this only gets
> noticed after the logs have been rotated out, which makes it difficult
> to diagnose.
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> It does bring me to the question, though, does the "yellow dot" detector
> not compare the length of the recording with the schedule? If not, why
> not? Could this be added to the detection algorithm?
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> Regards
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> Jeff
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Are you sure this is not a case of the program running longer than the 
time slot? Is the actual recording length short?

Peter