[mythtv-users] DCH3200 STB and abbreviated recordings

[Phil Bridges]

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Kenneth
Emerson<kenneth.emerson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Can someone explain what might be happening to my recordings off of my
> Motorola STB DCH3200?  All of the shows recorded from this input are of HD
> content.  Sometimes the recordings are fine, but frequently the shows are
> cut short anywhere from 5 minutes to 15 minutes from the end of the
> hour-long show.  Below is an example of one show that ended up being 49
> minutes long instead of 60:
>
> 2009-08-09 21:00:07.347 Started recording: In Plain Sight "Don't Cry for Me,
> Albuquerque": channel 7738 on cardid 8, sourceid 7
> 2009-08-09 21:00:08.593 scheduler: Started recording: In Plain Sight "Don't
> Cry for Me, Albuquerque": channel 7738 on cardid 8, sourceid 7
> 2009-08-09 22:00:00.632 Finished recording In Plain Sight "Don't Cry for Me,
> Albuquerque": channel 7738
> 2009-08-09 22:00:00.704 scheduler: Finished recording: In Plain Sight "Don't
> Cry for Me, Albuquerque": channel 7738
> 2009-08-09 22:00:01.142 Finished recording In Plain Sight "Don't Cry for Me,
> Albuquerque": channel 7738
> 2009-08-09 22:00:01.219 scheduler: Last message repeated 1 times: Finished
> recording: In Plain Sight "Don't Cry for Me, Albuquerque": channel 7738
>
> There were no errors inbetween the start and finish except for the normal
> getting started errors of:
>
> 2009-08-09 21:00:11.506 [mpeg2video @ 0xb6e5a640]Missing picture start code
>
> Which only last less than one second.
>
> Pulling up the OSD info during playback shows the total length of time to be
> 49:xx instead of the usual 60:xx minutes.  I must be doing something wrong.
> I'm using broadcast method and using mythprime to set up the comm channel.
> I can watch live TV OK.  Any help would be appreciated.  I'm duplicating all
> of my recordings on the STB on my PVR150/350 SD cards (and that is a pain to
> do since MythTV works so hard to avoid duplicates!)
>


Odd - I had the same thing happen the other night.  Haven't figured it out yet.