[mythtv-users] Events at the beginning of a recording

[Paul Harrison]

On 05/02/2023 09:25, Jan Ceuleers wrote:

> On 04/02/2023 08:04, Jan Ceuleers wrote:
>> I upgraded to fixes/33, but I still see the incorrect ordering.
>>
>> <190>Feb  4 07:50:50 mythtv[2909935]:
>> /home/mythtv/system-events/recording-started called with parameters 32
>> 20230204075100 by PID 2909935
>> /home/mythtv/tuner_command[2909943] hdmicap1.xperim.be 121
>> <190>Feb  4 07:50:50 mythtv[2909938]: /home/mythtv/tuner_command called
>> with parameters hdmicap1.xperim.be 121 by PID 2909938
>> /home/mythtv/tuner_command[2909946] hdmicap1.xperim.be 121
>> <190>Feb  4 07:50:50 mythtv[2909938]: /home/mythtv/tuner_command called
>> with parameters hdmicap1.xperim.be 121 by PID 2909938
>> /home/mythtv/tuner_command[2909946] hdmicap1.xperim.be 121
>> <190>Feb  4 07:50:50 mythtv[2909951]:
>> /home/mythtv/system-events/recording-pending called with parameters 32
>> 20230204075100 -241 by PID 2909951
>> /home/mythtv/have_video_lock: hdmicap1.xperim.be returns 0
>> /home/mythtv/start_streaming hdmicap1.xperim.be
>> /home/mythtv/start_streaming: URL
>> http://192.168.1.69/dev/info.cgi?action=streaminfo&rtp=on&multicast=on&mcastaddr=192.168.1.60
>>
>> /home/mythtv/blast_arduino.sh: 1 121
>> /home/mythtv/tuner_command[2909946]: exit 0
>>
>> This log is produced by my own scripts, including the recording-pending
>> and recording-started scripts, as well as various scripts invoked
>> through mythexternrecorder configuration.
>>
>> As you can see the recording pending event is fired during the same
>> second as the recording started event, but later, and with a negative
>> SECS parameter (-241 in the above example). This log is for a recording
>> that was due to start (according to the schedule data) at 7:55am, with
>> zero preroll in the recording rule itself, with RecordPreRoll set to
>> 250, and with WakeUpThreshold set to 5.
>>
>> Perhaps the fix hasn't made it into the mythbuntu ppa yet; will test
>> again tomorrow.
> Klaas,
>
> This problem is not resolved for me. Based on the name of the package
> that I now have installed (which includes a git hash) I believe that I
> am running with your patch, but I still see out-of-order events very
> much like the log I posted yesterday.
>
> Should I open an issue?
>
> root at dracor:~# dpkg -l | grep myth
> ii  libmyth
> 2:33.0+fixes.202302042148.761e7b05f7~ubuntu20.04.1  amd64        Common
> library code for MythTV and add-on modules (runtime)
> ii  libmyth-python
> 2:33.0+fixes.202302042148.761e7b05f7~ubuntu20.04.1  all          Python
> library to access some MythTV features
> ii  libmythes-1.2-0:amd64
> 2:1.2.4-3build1                                     amd64        simple
> thesaurus library
> ii  libmythtv-perl
> 2:33.0+fixes.202302042148.761e7b05f7~ubuntu20.04.1  all          Perl
> library to access some MythTV features
> rc  mythbuntu-bare-client                                       2.7.2
>                                             all          Mythbuntu Bare
> Client
> rc  mythbuntu-common                                            0.78.2
>                                             all          Mythbuntu
> application support functions
> rc  mythbuntu-control-centre                                    0.64.1
>                                             all          Mythbuntu
> Configuration Application
> ii  mythes-en-us
> 1:6.4.3-1                                           all          English
> (USA) Thesaurus for LibreOffice
> ii  mythtv
> 2:33.0+fixes.202302042148.761e7b05f7~ubuntu20.04.1  all
> Personal video recorder application (client and server)
> ii  mythtv-backend
> 2:33.0+fixes.202302042148.761e7b05f7~ubuntu20.04.1  amd64
> Personal video recorder application (server)
> ii  mythtv-backend-master
> 2:33.0+fixes.202302042148.761e7b05f7~ubuntu20.04.1  all
> Metapackage to setup and configure a "Master Backend" profile of MythTV
> ii  mythtv-common
> 2:33.0+fixes.202302042148.761e7b05f7~ubuntu20.04.1  amd64
> Personal video recorder application (common data)
> ii  mythtv-database
> 2:33.0+fixes.202302042148.761e7b05f7~ubuntu20.04.1  all
> Personal video recorder application (database)
> ii  mythtv-frontend
> 2:33.0+fixes.202302042148.761e7b05f7~ubuntu20.04.1  amd64
> Personal video recorder application (client)
> ii  mythtv-transcode-utils
> 2:33.0+fixes.202302042148.761e7b05f7~ubuntu20.04.1  amd64
> Utilities used for transcoding MythTV tasks
> ii  mythweb
> 2:33.0+fixes.202302042148.761e7b05f7~ubuntu20.04.1  all          Web
> interface add-on module for MythTV
> ii  php-mythtv
> 2:33.0+fixes.202302042148.761e7b05f7~ubuntu20.04.1  all          PHP
> Bindings for MythTV
>
> Note that 761e7b05f7 is the current head in fixes/33.
>
>
> Thanks, Jan


Can you please show us what events you get and in what order without any 
other logging so we can see what you mean?


It's possible the mythexternrecorder does things differently and messes 
with the timings?


Paul H.