[mythtv-users] scheduled recordings think they start, but they actually don't, then Mythweb still shows them in Upcoming Recordings

[Steven Adeff]

On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 3:01 AM, Stefan D <raptorjr08 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 1:20 AM, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> as of a few days ago both systems I manage have shown this issue,
>> resulting in missed recordings. I haven't heard anything on the users
>> list, so I'm sending this out in case there are some "me too's"
>> hiding.
>>
>> basically, scheduled recordings THINK they start, they even show in
>> the logs that they THINK they do, but the file is never created, the
>> entry in the 'recorded' table are not created, and thus the recording
>> is never made, but if one goes into MythWeb's Upcoming Recordings
>> list, they are listed as "Currently Recording: Edit".
>>
>> The end effect of this is that Myth has become absolutely unreliable
>> in it's scheduled recordings since this is random.
>>
>> This occurs on both Ceton and HDPVR recordings.
>>
>> Anyone else?
>>
>> http://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/10812
>>
>
> Yes i got one of these recordings also. I didn't notice it until yesterday,
> but the recording should have been recorded a week ago. It is listed as
> "Currently Recording: Edit" in Upcoming Recordings in MythWeb. And now i
> can't remove it. Tried every possible combinations of delete from MythWeb.
>
> Do i have to edit the database manually to remove it?
>
> /Stefan

on my machines, a restart of the backend process clears it, I just
wait until the backend isn't recording. these don't seem to affect
future recordings, but it's hard to tell.


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