[mythtv-users] Upcoming recording shows "still recording"

[David Engel]

On Sun, Jun 02, 2024 at 06:35:22AM -0400, James Abernathy wrote:
> I had this anomaly happen twice.  I had to reboot the backend to fix
> it the first time.  But I thought I'd leave it alone in case someone
> had an idea how to fix it or maybe see if it's a bug.
> 
> If I use mythfrontend and look at "Upcoming Recordings I see a program
> listed with a green dot beside it and the status at the bottom says
> Single Recording -- Recording.
> 
> If I check Information Status, there are no tuners active. There is
> not partial recording of this program.  find_orphans.py does not see
> any issues.
> 
> There are no recording rules for this program.  The mythconverg
> database gets checked and optimized daily with zero errors.
> 
> If I select this recording in Upcoming Recordings and hit enter, it
> gives me 2 options:
> Stop This Recording
> Modify Recording Options.
> 
> Stop this recording does nothing and Modify Recording options says
> there is no recording rule.
> 
> If I search for this recording using the new Web App, it has nothing
> listed about it.
> 
> I on version v34.0+fixes.202405301103.9b54f1a672~ubuntu22.04.1
> 
> I did a systemctl restart mythtv-backend.service and that made the
> upcoming recording go away

A program stuck in the recording state is uaually usually due to a
recorder being in a bad state.  I suppose it's also possible an
unexpected sequence of events with a slave backend might cause
something similar but I've never seen it.

If your backend is still in this state, attache to it with gbb and get
a stack trace.  I believe there are directions for doing so on the web
site or in the wiki.  Once you have that, please create a new bug
ticket and include the stack trace and all backend logs for the
covered time period.

David
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David Engel
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