[mythtv-users] 0.25 lookup metadata as part of jobqueue?

[Scott & Nicole Harris]

>>On 03/17/2012 04:28 PM, Scott & Nicole Harris wrote:
>>> I have upgraded to 0.25.  I've put Michael W's (thanks Michael W!) 
>>> script
>>> in
>>> place, but removed the --logfile part because 0.25 doesn't like it.
>>> Don't
>>> have any recordings scheduled until tomorrow, so I'll keep you posted.

>>In 0.25 on Ubuntu (assuming you're using their packages from their repo
>>- http://www.mythbuntu.org/repos ), you should use --syslog local7 .
>>See http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Rsyslog_Configuration .

>>Mike

>It actually seems worse under 0.25.  Now commflag jobs are failing or
>deciding half way through a show that they're finished.  The attached log 
>is
>basically for 2 commflag jobs that I have been trying to run tonight.  One
>failed so I re-queued it.  Then both came back as "finished" but the shows
>were still recording.

>I then re-queued both again under mythbackend oto see what would happen.
>Both went a little longer, but then decided they were done at about the
>50% - 70% point.

It appears that jobs running from the SBE that run in real time are deciding 
they're done when they catch up to the actual recording in progress.  This 
has happened consistently now with every recording from tonight over several 
re-queues, under mythjobqueu or mythbackend.  Here's the releveant logs from 
two of them...

Mar 18 20:00:07 myth-backend2 mythjobqueue[933]: I Commflag_7505 
mythdbcon.cpp:179 (OpenDatabase) Connected to database 'mythconverg' at 
host: 192.168.25.30
Mar 18 20:00:07 myth-backend2 mythjobqueue[933]: I Commflag_7505 
jobqueue.cpp:2275 (DoFlagCommercialsThread) JobQueue: Commercial Detection 
Starting for "Once Upon a Time":"Heart of Darkness" recorded from channel 
1131 at 2012-03-18T20:00:00
Mar 18 20:00:07 myth-backend2 mythjobqueue[933]: I Commflag_7505 
mythdbcon.cpp:453 (CloseDatabases) Closing DB connection named 'DBManager4'
Mar 18 20:00:12 myth-backend2 mythjobqueue[933]: I Commflag_7506 
mythdbcon.cpp:75 (MSqlDatabase) Database connection created: DBManager5
Mar 18 20:00:12 myth-backend2 mythjobqueue[933]: I Commflag_7506 
mythdbcon.cpp:298 (popConnection) New DB connection, total: 4
Mar 18 20:00:12 myth-backend2 mythjobqueue[933]: I Commflag_7506 
mythdbcon.cpp:179 (OpenDatabase) Connected to database 'mythconverg' at 
host: 192.168.25.30
Mar 18 20:00:12 myth-backend2 mythjobqueue[933]: I Commflag_7506 
jobqueue.cpp:2275 (DoFlagCommercialsThread) JobQueue: Commercial Detection 
Starting for "The Amazing Race":"Uglier Than a Mud Rail Fence" recorded from 
channel 1031 at 2012-03-18T20:00:00
Mar 18 20:00:12 myth-backend2 mythjobqueue[933]: I Commflag_7506 
mythdbcon.cpp:453 (CloseDatabases) Closing DB connection named 'DBManager5'
Mar 18 20:01:16 myth-backend2 mythjobqueue[933]: I Commflag_7505 
mythdbcon.cpp:75 (MSqlDatabase) Database connection created: DBManager6
Mar 18 20:01:16 myth-backend2 mythjobqueue[933]: I Commflag_7505 
mythdbcon.cpp:298 (popConnection) New DB connection, total: 4
Mar 18 20:01:16 myth-backend2 mythjobqueue[933]: I Commflag_7505 
mythdbcon.cpp:179 (OpenDatabase) Connected to database 'mythconverg' at 
host: 192.168.25.30
Mar 18 20:01:16 myth-backend2 mythjobqueue[933]: E Commflag_7505 
jobqueue.cpp:2361 (DoFlagCommercialsThread) JobQueue: Commercial Detection 
Errored: "Once Upon a Time":"Heart of Darkness" recorded from channel 1131 
at 2012-03-18T20:00:00 (Failed with exit status 140)
Mar 18 20:01:16 myth-backend2 mythjobqueue[933]: I Commflag_7505 
mythdbcon.cpp:453 (CloseDatabases) Closing DB connection named 'DBManager6'
Mar 18 20:07:16 myth-backend2 mythjobqueue[933]: I Commflag_7505 
mythdbcon.cpp:75 (MSqlDatabase) Database connection created: DBManager7
Mar 18 20:07:16 myth-backend2 mythjobqueue[933]: I Commflag_7505 
mythdbcon.cpp:298 (popConnection) New DB connection, total: 4
Mar 18 20:07:16 myth-backend2 mythjobqueue[933]: I Commflag_7505 
mythdbcon.cpp:179 (OpenDatabase) Connected to database 'mythconverg' at 
host: 192.168.25.30
Mar 18 20:07:16 myth-backend2 mythjobqueue[933]: I Commflag_7505 
jobqueue.cpp:2275 (DoFlagCommercialsThread) JobQueue: Commercial Detection 
Starting for "Once Upon a Time":"Heart of Darkness" recorded from channel 
1131 at 2012-03-18T20:00:00
Mar 18 20:07:16 myth-backend2 mythjobqueue[933]: I Commflag_7505 
mythdbcon.cpp:453 (CloseDatabases) Closing DB connection named 'DBManager7'
Mar 18 20:24:08 myth-backend2 mythjobqueue[933]: I Commflag_7506 
mythdbcon.cpp:75 (MSqlDatabase) Database connection created: DBManager8
Mar 18 20:24:08 myth-backend2 mythjobqueue[933]: I Commflag_7506 
mythdbcon.cpp:298 (popConnection) New DB connection, total: 4
Mar 18 20:24:08 myth-backend2 mythjobqueue[933]: I Commflag_7506 
mythdbcon.cpp:179 (OpenDatabase) Connected to database 'mythconverg' at 
host: 192.168.25.30
Mar 18 20:24:08 myth-backend2 mythjobqueue[933]: W Commflag_7506 
previewgenerator.cpp:735 (IsLocal) Preview: Output path 
'/mythtv_storage2/recordings' is not writeable
Mar 18 20:24:10 myth-backend2 mythjobqueue[933]: E Commflag_7506 
previewgenerator.cpp:254 (Run) Preview: Encountered problems running 
'/usr/bin/mythpreviewgen --size 0x0 --chanid 1031 --starttime 
20120318200000 --verbose general --loglevel info --syslog local7 --quiet' 
(128)
Mar 18 20:24:10 myth-backend2 mythjobqueue[933]: I Commflag_7506 
mythdbcon.cpp:453 (CloseDatabases) Closing DB connection named 'DBManager8'
Mar 18 20:35:44 myth-backend2 mythjobqueue[933]: I Commflag_7505 
mythdbcon.cpp:75 (MSqlDatabase) Database connection created: DBManager9
Mar 18 20:35:44 myth-backend2 mythjobqueue[933]: I Commflag_7505 
mythdbcon.cpp:298 (popConnection) New DB connection, total: 4
Mar 18 20:35:44 myth-backend2 mythjobqueue[933]: I Commflag_7505 
mythdbcon.cpp:179 (OpenDatabase) Connected to database 'mythconverg' at 
host: 192.168.25.30
Mar 18 20:35:44 myth-backend2 mythjobqueue[933]: W Commflag_7505 
previewgenerator.cpp:735 (IsLocal) Preview: Output path 
'/mythtv_storage1/recordings' is not writeable
Mar 18 20:35:45 myth-backend2 mythjobqueue[933]: E Commflag_7505 
previewgenerator.cpp:254 (Run) Preview: Encountered problems running 
'/usr/bin/mythpreviewgen --size 0x0 --chanid 1131 --starttime 
20120318200000 --verbose general --loglevel info --syslog local7 --quiet' 
(128)
Mar 18 20:35:45 myth-backend2 mythjobqueue[933]: I Commflag_7505 
mythdbcon.cpp:453 (CloseDatabases) Closing DB connection named 'DBManager9'