[mythtv] DVB-EIT scanner causes missed recordings?

[Stuart Morgan]

I can't help with the exact cause of the EIT related problems. My own 
experience highlights an issue with how failed recordings are handled and I 
believe that is part of the overall trouble.

In my case I'd knocked out the aerial connection by accident. It seems that 
Myth will remain in a recording state even if it has failed to achieve a 
channel lock (or similar). A zero length or no file will be created and it 
won't re-schedule the recording.

As a further enhancement perhaps an alert system should be implemented. For 
example if a big red icon/button had appeared on the frontend menu which took 
me to an 'Alert/Warning' page advising me that "Program A failed to record 
because a channel lock couldn't be obtained" I wouldn't have left the aerial 
unplugged for a further 2 days!
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Stuart Morgan