[mythtv-commits] Ticket #5824: No way to release hung tuner.

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Tue Oct 14 02:33:51 UTC 2008


#5824: No way to release hung tuner.
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 Reporter:  joe at thefrys.com  |       Owner:  ijr    
     Type:  defect           |      Status:  new    
 Priority:  minor            |   Milestone:  unknown
Component:  mythtv           |     Version:  unknown
 Severity:  medium           |     Mlocked:  0      
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 I frequently experience a situation where a frontend that is viewing
 livetv get's disconnected unexpectedly causing the tuner it was using to
 remain in "recording live tv" mode and therefore unavailable.  For some
 reason, even scheduled recordings will not terminate the live tv
 recording.  The only way I know that works is to restart the backend
 service... however this is a major inconvienance if I am trying to free a
 tuner so a recording isn't missed and another tuner is active.

 This is a pretty serious problem.  I was on a two week business trip and
 returned home to find that 4 of my 5 tuners were hung and tons of shows
 were missed.  It seems that my children are the primary cause of the
 problems (turning off the computer without quiting playback I think.)

 The following things need to be fixed:
 1. a manual termination of recordings by tuner should be added (perhaps in
 the system status/tuner status page)

 2. the recording system should track which frontend initiated the live-tv
 recording and it should occasionally verify that that frontend is on and
 actively watching that file.

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Ticket URL: <http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/5824>
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