[mythtv-users] Recording two programs back to back

[jrlowry376 at adelphia.net]

Examples of shows that I have had this problem are American Chopper (recorded okay at 9:00 pm) followed by American Hotrod (got hung up after 715 MB) (same channel)

Survivor (recorded fine) followed by CSI (got hung up after 255 mb) (same channel) I know the CSI timings can be a little flakey so I'm not using this as an absolute reference.

Recordings that are scheduled to go off after the failure work fine without any human intervention.

I've also somewhat randomly picked two 30 minute or 60 minute things on the same channel to record. The 30 minute things are fine, the second 60 minute thing always hangs about 250M-1 Gb into the show. 

I'm fairly certain that they are single recordings, I've not gotten real comfortable with repeating recordings. I do have a scheduled recording that runs everyday at 3:00PM, I'll add the next show as a daily recording to see what happens.

Disk space should be good, I've got about 50G free on the /video filesytem. 

The backend status says they all start/stop at the top of the hour. 

I could understand the importance of start/stop times if 
the second show did not get recorded at all, but the second shows starts fine but dies 10-30 minutes later.

An SQL extract is possible, I'd either need some help with the query or have to do a fair amount of reading.

I modified the mythbackend startup script to log all to a disk file, hopefully this will shed some light on the problem. The log file is on a different disk/controller so I'm not worrying about filling up the disk.

I do hardware & networks for a living, so troubleshooting comes naturally to me. (Spelling is a different story)

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> Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 11:22:29 -0500
> From: Brian_Meehan at Nexpress.com
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> > I'm having a problem recording two programs back-to-back.
> > The first program records without a problem the second program
> > starts to record and stops about 10-30 minutes later.
> > The mythbackend log shows no issues when the second recording dies.
> > Both shows are on the same channel.
> >
> > The box can record items longer than 1 hour without a problem ex:
> > the super bowl.
> >
> > I've recently tried two 30 minute shows and did not have a problem.
> 
> It sounds like you've already tried a few troubleshooting techniques. I
> just have a few more targetted questions:
> 
> Which shows and channels were they? (Not being nosy, just curious if Zap2It
> had funky listings for them).
> 
> Were they shows that didn't end on the hour or half hour? (same reason as
> above)
> 
> Which type of recording were they (single, weekly, channel, etc)?
> 
> Would it be possible to get a SQL extract of the entries in table RECORD?
> 
> If it is repeatable, next time you get close to recording the show, stop
> mythbackend. Instead of running it "/sbin/service mythbackend start", run
> it from the command line with the -v all parameter, incase some of the
> troubleshooting messages were getting lost.
> 
> Also, how are you doing on hard drive space?
> 
> Does anything else record later, after the one failed recording?
> 
> There, that's a start. Sorry there aren't many suggestions, but hopefully
> the answers will help us track the problem down a bit more.
> 
> -Brian
>