[mythtv-users] Scheduled recording is cut into 2

[John Haywood]

On 24/07/2009, at 12:24 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:

> 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

Thanks for the pointer, Mike

Unfortunately that wasn't the issue at all. The log shows absolutely  
no break in operations at all

hmmm