[mythtv-users] finding reason for cancelled recording

[Steven Adeff]

On 5/18/06, Adam Hirsch <mythtv at quakerporn.com> wrote:
> Hey, folks -- I've got a pair of daily recordings back to back on the same
> channel, and last night the second one failed to go off and got listed in
> the log as "cancelled."  I'm trying to find out why, since the WAF for this
> machine will reduce dramatically if it randomly doesn't record shows.  Any
> good ways to tell what happened?
>
> In this case, the first show was "The Daily Show" and the second was "The
> Colbert Report" -- both of them on the same channel, the one immediately
> following the other.  There's no indication of *why* the second show cancelled.
>
> 2006-05-17 22:04:00     Finished recording      Lost "Three Minutes": channel 1022
> 2006-05-17 22:04:00     Scheduled items         Scheduled 31 items in 0.4 = 0.00 match + 0.38 place
> 2006-05-17 22:04:00     Finished recording      Lost "Three Minutes": channel 1022
> 2006-05-17 22:04:38     Commercial Flagging Starting    Lost "Three Minutes" recorded from channel 1022 at Wed May 17 21:00:00 2006
> 2006-05-17 22:16:59     Commercial Flagging Finished    Lost "Three Minutes" recorded from channel 1022 at Wed May 17 21:00:00 2006: 6 commercial break(s)
> 2006-05-17 23:00:02     Started recording       The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: channel 1107 on cardid 1, sourceid 1
> 2006-05-17 23:00:04     Finished recording      Invasion "The Last Wave Goodbye": channel 1022
> 2006-05-17 23:30:03     Last message repeated 3 times   Finished recording
> 2006-05-17 23:30:03     Canceled recording      The Colbert Report: channel 1107 on cardid 1, sourceid 1
> 2006-05-17 23:30:03     Finished recording      The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: channel 1107
> 2006-05-17 23:30:04     Scheduled items         Scheduled 30 items in 0.2 = 0.00 match + 0.18 place
> 2006-05-17 23:30:04     Canceled recording      The Colbert Report: channel 1107 on cardid 1, sourceid 1
> 2006-05-17 23:34:20     Finished recording      The Colbert Report: channel 1107
>

what I don't get is the :
2006-05-17 23:34:20     Finished recording      The Colbert Report: channel 1107
line, which seems to indicate it thinks it started recording it at
some point, and why it decided it was finished at 23:34?

are you using a custom record rule for these shows?

-- 
Steve
Before you ask, read the FAQ!
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions
then search the Wiki, and this list,
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/
Mailinglist etiquette -
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List_etiquette