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

[Peter Bennett]

On 6/3/24 06:04, James Abernathy wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 2, 2024 at 3:45 PM James Abernathy <jfabernathy at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, Jun 2, 2024 at 10:17 AM Stephen Worthington
>> <stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:
>>> On Sun, 2 Jun 2024 06:35:22 -0400, you 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
>>>>
>>>> Jim A
>>> If you run these commands, what does it show?
>>>
>>> sudo mysql
>>> use mythcconverg;
>>> select * from inuseprograms order by recdir;
>>> quit
>> The results are below.  It's only showing the current recording
>> program that is actually recording right now.
>>
>> MariaDB [mythconverg]> select * from inuseprograms order by recdir;
>> +--------+---------------------+----------+---------------------+----------------+----------------+-------------------------+
>> | chanid | starttime           | recusage | lastupdatetime      |
>> hostname       | rechost        | recdir                  |
>> +--------+---------------------+----------+---------------------+----------------+----------------+-------------------------+
>> |  16255 | 2024-06-02 18:30:00 | recorder | 2024-06-02 19:30:04 |
>> kubuntu-closet | kubuntu-closet | /data/mythtv/recordings |
>> +--------+---------------------+----------+---------------------+----------------+----------------+-------------------------+
>>
>> I'll have to wait until the next time this situation occurs.
>>
>> Jim A
> I did not have this problem yesterday, but I did determine that the
> "Upcoming Recording" that was showing still recording was a LiveTV
> program my wife had clicked on and left running for about 15 minutes.
> She started the Live TV program using Leanfront.
>
> Jim A
> _______________________________________________

Normal leanfront will stop the recording if you exit playback. If you 
turn of the fire stick in the middle of playback, the backend will 
record to the end of the program.

Peter