[mythtv-users] Unable to record from EPG

John Pilkington johnpilk222 at gmail.com
Tue Oct 9 18:11:47 UTC 2018


On 09/10/18 18:33, Alan Bak wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I am new to MythTV but am somewhat familiar with Linux, Mysql and Perl. 
> I have setup the MythTV (Ver .28) master back end on Ubuntu 16.04 server 
> with a Hauppage WinTV-quadHD tuner card. I have a dedicated drive for 
> storing recordings separately from the system disk. The front end is 
> currently running on a Mac Mini.
> 
> I am able to view channels, selecting them from the EPG. If I am 
> watching a channel and select record (R) the program is recorded to the 
> storage drive. If I select a program to record in the future from the 
> EPG the recording never happens. I have looked at the record table in 
> the mythconverg database and the recording times are 4hrs later than the 
> times shown in the EPG? I have updated the starttime, startade, endtime, 
> enddate in the record table to match the actual airtime of the program 
> but this does not seem to be  the issue as no recording is created.
> 
> I have been searching the internet for solutions to this problem but am 
> not finding much that is relevant. Any ideas where I should start?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Alan
> 

Your email header suggests that your local time is 4 hrs behind UTC

I forget where mythtv keeps thus setting, but seaching should find it.

HTH

John P


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