[mythtv-users] Truncated recordings

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Tue Feb 16 02:56:13 UTC 2010


On 02/15/2010 01:17 PM, francis3 wrote:
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> Hi all,
> I'm running mythtv 0.22 and debian lenny.
>
> Here's my problem:
> I get always a very short recordings for some shows.
>
> Here is a sample of a recording rule that always ends after
> about 2 and a half minutes.
>
>
> - ---
> |      842 |    3 |   1029 | 21:00:00  | 2010-02-14 | 21:50:00 |
> 2010-02-14 | N.C.I.S. | 6' Stagione | Le vicende di uno speciale nucleo
> di agenti speciali, i N.C.I.S., incaricati di indagare su crimini
> interni alla Marina Militare Americana. | fiction  | Default |
> 0 |          1 |           0 |         0 |           3 |         0 |
> Default  |         1 |    15 | RAI2    | 40027726 |           |      0 |
> 0 |            1 |            0 |            0 |            0 |
> 0 |       1 | 21:05:00 | 734182 |        0 |        0 |          0 |
> 1 | Default   |         0 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | 2010-02-14 20:57:02 |
> 2010-02-08 22:03:43 | Default      |        36 |
> +----------+------+--------+-----------+------------+----------+------------+----------+-------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+---------+-------------+------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+-----------+----------+-----------+-------+---------+----------+-----------+--------+---------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+---------+----------+--------+----------+----------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+--------------+-----------+
> 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
>
> - ----
>
> I've tried to investigate the log file, but it does not show anything
> strange.
>
> - ---
> 2010-02-14 20:57:03.590 Started recording: N.C.I.S. "6' Stagione": channel 5402 on cardid 3, sourceid 2
>
> [Cut a very verbose log file]
>
> 2010-02-14 22:05:00.488 Finished recording N.C.I.S. "6' Stagione": channel 5402
> 2010-02-14 22:05:00.502 Reschedule requested for id 0.
> 2010-02-14 22:05:00.552 Unknown type, recording width was 720
> 2010-02-14 22:05:00.569 TFW: WARNING: count(147595980), tfw_buf_size(4194304)
> 2010-02-14 22:05:01.309 Scheduled 22 items in 0.8 = 0.05 match + 0.73 place
> 2010-02-14 22:05:03.352 Finished recording N.C.I.S. "6' Stagione": channel 5402
> - ---
>
>
> I have a PVR500 analog card and a WinTv Nova S sat card.
> I think the problem could be in the rule or in the scheduler.
>
> The channel on which the record runs is doubled in the analog and sat
> inputs. Usually the scheduler chooses the sat card (has higher
> priority).
>
> I've tried recording with the analog card but the result is the same.
>
>
> Thanks for any help.
>    

I'd guess you're using EIT and your EIT folks are being all helpful and 
changing the end time of the show after it starts to air.

Mike


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