[mythtv-users] Specific show not leaving 'currently recording' in mythweb

[Michael T. Dean]

On 04/28/2011 08:18 PM, f-myth-users at media.mit.edu wrote:
>      >  Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:31:04 -0600
>      >  From: Joel Donahue
>      >  On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>      >  >  On 04/27/2011 01:24 PM, Joel Donahue wrote:
>      >  >>  I have a specific show that every time it records and finishes, in
>      >  >>  Mythweb it is shown as "currently recording." If I restart the backend
>      >  >>  the status is fixed. But it's consistently doing this every time it
>      >  >>  records, and it's only happening to this specific show. If I don't
>      >  >>  restart the backend it will stay that way for weeks until I finally do
>      >  >>  restart it. mythtv-status does not show the problem and all the tuner
>      >  >>  cards are shown 'idle' so it's something unique to mythweb. Any ideas
>      >  >>  on where to start trouble shooting? Thanks
>      >  >
>      >  >  Pretty sure it's a broken recording rule.  Just cancel the rule (set it
>      >  >  to not record, so it gets deleted), then re-create it.  Once you do,
>      >  >  future recordings should work properly.
>
> ...what exactly breaks such that doing this fixes it?

Excellent question.  If I knew, I'd fix it.  :)  I have some guesses 
that it's related to improperly-parented recording rules, but haven't 
been able to repro it so I can investigate.  (I think there was a period 
a while back where MythWeb wasn't updated for some changes and it 
created such rules.  However, it's since been fixed, which is why I 
guessed that it would work after deleting and re-creating the rule.)

Thanks for the follow-up, Joel.  Knowing that it fixed it for you, I may 
be able to fuzz some recording rule data and repro it.

Mike