[mythtv-users] Scheduled recording is cut into 2

[Michael T. Dean]

On 07/23/2009 09:09 AM, John Haywood wrote:
> Here's the opposite of what some people have  requested:
>
> A couple of programmes have recently recorded split into 2, while 
> others have recorded perfectly normally.
>
> The split seems to have happened after a commercial break in both 
> cases, but the only other similarities seem to be that they are both 
> Full HD (they were on different channels, from different networks, and 
> the split has occurred in different places)
>
> I wonder if the commercial flagging could do this, as I recently 
> turned off (unchecked) the parameter to Use Strict Advert Detection ( 
> Steup -> T VSettings --> General). Also I notice that one chunk has 
> been flagged, while the other has not - on both shows, but again there 
> is no consistency. The first segment of one is unflagged, while the 
> second segment is unflagged in the second.
>
> If anyone has any ideas, or would like to point me to a FAQ, I'd 
> appreciate it 

Myth does not record a show into 2 pieces, so--assuming it was listed as 
a single show on your listings--it wasn't Myth.  Likely your backend 
crashed and something restarted it.

Mike