[mythtv] Custom Record loosing hard post-roll

Tom Lichti redpepperracing at gmail.com
Fri Feb 27 14:47:56 UTC 2009


On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Tom Lichti <redpepperracing at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 12:08 AM, john <jppoet at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Running trunk.  For a few months now, I have had a problem with my custom
>> recording rules loosing their hard post-roll setting.  I am still trying to
>> exactly identify what is causing this.  I know it is not mythfilldatabase.
>>  I am actually starting to think that it happens as soon as I *watch* a
>> recording made with the custom recording rule.  Is that possible?  Does myth
>> do some house keeping when you watch or delete a show that might account for
>> this?
>>
>> It does not happen with regular recording rules.  Only custom records.
>>
>> Thanks for any ideas,
>>
>> John
>
> I have noticed the same thing, I just haven't had a chance to figure
> out what the sequence is. I'm pretty sure it's not mythfilldatabase,
> since I verified for a few days after setting the post-roll that it
> was still there, but at some point, either during or after the
> recording, it gets reset. I can reproduce it at will, so if a dev
> wants any logs, I can provide them.
>
> Tom
>

To add further insult to injury, I created a global 'post-roll' for
all 'Sports Events', and that doesn't work with my power rule either.
This is really annoying, as I have missed overtime/shootouts for at
least a half dozen hockey games so far.

What info can I provide to help diagnose this?

Tom


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