[mythtv-users] [au] mythbackend record fails occasionaly

[mythtv-users at exo.net.au]

Over the last month or  2, have noticed that perhaps 1 or 2 progs
out of 5 or 10 dont get recorded. Seems to be the same 2 on the same
channel (sbs). 

I generally use mythweb to schedule & monitor whats happening. tonight,
the status said its recording this prog. later after finish time, i check
again and its not in the job queue, thou an ealier prog on a diff channel is.
Looking at the progs recorded screen shows that it has an entry but the file
size is listed as "B". I searched but not found what this means. I look in
the recordings dir & there is no mpg file for that date/time. I look in
the /var/log/mythtv/backend.log & nothing. the log file has last update
time of the previous prog. I do an mysqlcheck & the db is OK.

I open mythfrontend & change to the sbs channel & sometimes it works & other
it doesnt lock onto the signal.  I change to the other card & same thing,
thou the newer card has more success. both have  about the same signal strength
(78%) & s/n of 4.8 as abc (next channel) which works fine all the time. 

1. what (debug) setting will tell me about signal problems when recording
in a log file ?

2. Rather than simply give up, can mythbackend keep re-trying / re-starting
the recording process ?

3. what does size B mean ?

4. can i force 1 channel to be preferred on a particular tuner ?

I use gentoo stable with a nova-t & a dtv1000 cards.

thanks

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