[mythtv-users] HDHR suddenly not recording

[John Welch]

On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 8:06 AM, Harry Devine <lifter89 at comcast.net> wrote:
> On 04/20/2010 01:08 AM, Kenneth Emerson wrote:
>
>>
>> 2010-04-19 20:59:02.187 Started recording: 24 "Day 8: 9:00AM-10:00AM":
>> channel 3295 on cardid 3, sourceid 3
>> 2010-04-19 20:59:02.194 scheduler: Started recording: 24 "Day 8:
>> 9:00AM-10:00AM": channel 3295 on cardid 3, sourceid 3
>> 2010-04-19 22:02:00.949 TVRec(3): Changing from Watching RecordingOnly to
>> None
>> 2010-04-19 22:02:00.993 Finished recording 24 "Day 8: 9:00AM-10:00AM":
>> channel 3295
>> 2010-04-19 22:02:00.999 scheduler: Finished recording: 24 "Day 8:
>> 9:00AM-10:00AM": channel 3295
>> 2010-04-19 22:02:01.016 Reschedule requested for id 0.
>> 2010-04-19 22:05:39.121 ProgramInfo, Error: GetPlaybackURL:
>> '3295_20100419205900.mpg' should be local, but it can not be found.
>> 2010-04-19 22:05:49.630 ProgramInfo, Error: GetPlaybackURL:
>> '3295_20100419205900.mpg' should be local, but it can not be found.
>> 2010-04-19 22:05:49.647 ProgramInfo, Error: GetPlaybackURL:
>> '3295_20100419205900.mpg' should be local, but it can not be found.
>> 2010-04-19 22:05:49.650 Preview Error: Run() file not local:
>> '3295_20100419205900.mpg'
>>
>>
>> What I can't seem to figure out is why the mpg file can't be found.  I
>> have 2 other recordings happening at the same time (1 on the analog portion
>> of my pcHDTV 5500 card, and 1 from my HD-PVR), and the video files are at
>> /storage/recordings.  Has anyone seen this before?  Are there any other logs
>> or logging options that I can use to figure out what's going on here?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Harry
>>
> Sorry to not be more specific, but I remember having two problems with my
> HDHR, I just can't remember which incident produced which result.  1)
> Lightning struck close to my house and took out everything that had an
> ethernet cable plugged into it. 2) A network switch borked causing network
> connectivity problems (FDX/HDX mismatch).  One of these caused exactly what
> you describe: a "successful" recording that has no data (probably shows up
> in MythWeb with a size of "B").  Solutions: 1) replaced the HDHR; 2) fixed
> the network problem.
>
> ... and #2 has happened more than once, although always self-induced.  :-)
>
> -- Ken E.
>
>
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> I'll check out the network when I get home and verify everything.  However,
> last night, I was able to watch the channel in question on Ubuntu using the
> hdhomerun_config_gui application and VLC, so wouldn't that mean that the
> network is OK and the HDHR is being detected properly?
>
> Thanks,
> Harry
>
>
> _______________________________________________

Do you have Comcast cable, and if so is your area in the middle of the
"Digital Switchover"?  The same exact thing happened to me about a
month ago, and I found that the problem was Comcast had moved some
channels around.