[mythtv-users] DCH3200 STB and abbreviated recordings

[Kenneth Emerson]

> Kenneth Emerson wrote:
>
>
>
>> Kenneth Emerson 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
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Jim Morton <Jim at morton.hrcoxmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>  The log clearly shows it recorded for an hour. Could it be the
>> commercial cutting? Are you sure the show ended on time?
>>
>> --
>
> That's what I initially thought, but my commercial flagging starts after
> the recording ends and there is no transcoding done so the commercials are
> only flagged.  I actually went to the end of the recording and it was still
> in the middle of the show and just ended abruptly.
>
> I should have also mentioned that I am running from trunk at revision
> 21133.
>
>

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Jim Morton <Jim at morton.hrcoxmail.com>wrote:




> Could someone/some process have changed the system time? Is the system time
> correct now?
>
> --
> _________________________________________________________
>
>  Jim Morton
>
>  Good thinking, but no.  I am using NTP for the time and I just checked and
> the time is correct.  Also, since I was recording the same program on
> another (SD) input and it was OK, that would also eliminate the time issue.
>

I wonder if there could have been some change in the stream midway where one
of the DRM bits got set?  I don't believe that the Myth firewire drivers are
checking for changes in the status bits (or even if they are present on this
plug).  But it is almost like the STB just stopped sending.  Or would this
have caused a "read" error by Myth?

-- Ken

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