[mythtv-users] what does "recorder failed" mean?

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Wed Apr 11 05:01:10 UTC 2012


On 04/11/2012 12:39 AM, Marco Nelissen wrote:
> Last night a recording failed, which didn't give my wife much 
> confidence that she'll continue to be able to watch her shows now that 
> we've cancelled our Directv service. The "previously recorded" list 
> shows "recorder failed" for this recording. The backend log shows:
>
> 2012-04-09 21:58:29.312 TVRec(2): ASK_RECORDING 2 29 0 0
> 2012-04-09 21:59:01.625 TVRec(2): Changing from None to RecordingOnly
> 2012-04-09 21:59:01.715 TVRec(2): HW Tuner: 2->2
> 2012-04-09 21:59:01.905 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free 
> Space: 3.0 GB w/freq: 7 min
> 2012-04-09 21:59:02.012 Started recording: Smash:Understudy: channel 
> 1111 on cardid 2, sourceid 1
> 2012-04-09 21:59:02.292 ProgramInfo(1111_20120409215900.mpg), Error: 
> GetPlaybackURL: '1111_20120409215900.mpg' should be local, but it can 
> not be found.
> 2012-04-09 21:59:02.591 ProgramInfo(1111_20120409215900.mpg), Error: 
> GetPlaybackURL: '1111_20120409215900.mpg' should be local, but it can 
> not be found.
> 2012-04-09 21:59:02.773 ProgramInfo(1111_20120409215900.mpg), Error: 
> GetPlaybackURL: '1111_20120409215900.mpg' should be local, but it can 
> not be found.
>
> and then some time later, at the time the recording was scheduled to end:
>
> 2012-04-09 23:10:00.280 TVRec(2): Changing from RecordingOnly to None
> 2012-04-09 23:10:00.424 Updating status for Smash:Understudy on cardid 
> 2 (Tuning => Recorder Failed)
>
> Is there any other place I can look to find out why it failed to 
> record this show?

dmesg?

I'm guessing the capture device failed to provide any data for the 
backend to write.

Also, note that you have an orphaned Live TV recording shown above (the 
"should be local, but it can not be found" messages).

Mike


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