[mythtv-users] truncated recordings

[Kyle Kelly]

Dan Boger wrote:

>Well, lost points with the wife today.  Had mythtv running, and
>everything working well.  We sat down to watch the new simpsons that was
>recorded earlier, and about half way through (19 minutes to be
>exact), the recording ended.  I checked the logs, and there was nothing
>unusual - except that the backend though it recorded 30 minutes of the
>show!
>
>  2004-02-15 20:00:02 Started recording "The Simpsons" on channel: 1013 on cardid: 1, sourceid 1
>  2004-02-15 20:00:02 Changing from None to RecordingOnly
>  IOBOUND - blocking in ThreadedFileWriter::Write()
>  IOBOUND - blocking in ThreadedFileWriter::Write()
>  Input #0, mpeg, from '/media/mythtv/1013_20040215200000_20040215203000.nuv':
>    Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg2video, 480x480, 29.97 fps
>    Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 384 kb/s
>  2004-02-15 20:30:00 Changing from RecordingOnly to None
>
>Any idea what happend?  How can I find out?  The little box during
>playback does say that it recorded only 19:xx minutes - but why?  Is it
>related to the "blocking in threadedfilewriter" bit in the log?
>
>Not sure if this is related or not, but when I try to delete that same
>show, I get the "backend has gone away for some reason" error, and the
>logs say:
>
>  2004-02-15 21:40:29 ReadStringList timeout.
>  (frontend console) Connection to backend server lost
>  (hit ok at the popup on the frontend)
>  2004-02-15 21:41:08 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.2.10:6543 (try 1 of 5)
>  2004-02-15 21:41:08 Using protocol version 1
>  2004-02-15 21:41:09 Using protocol version 1
>  2004-02-15 21:41:08 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
>  2004-02-15 21:41:08 adding: murder.peeron.com as a client (events: 0)
>  2004-02-15 21:41:09 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
>  2004-02-15 21:41:09 adding: murder.peeron.com as a client (events: 1)
>
>Setup:
>
>Mythtv-0.14, installed via apt-get
>FC1, PVR-350 (tuner and TV-out)
>NFS partition of 0.5T, about 50% full.
>
>Any suggestions welcome!
>  
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This has been discussed a few times, as of yet there is no fix.  I can 
usually reproduce the problem if I record two programs in a row.  The 
second recording usually has this problem.  It seems totally random.  
CSI last week stopped recording three times for me.  Most likely its a 
ivtv issue and we'll just have to wait for a new version and hope for 
the best.