[mythtv-users] Recent "pixelation" or "glitches" in recordings (HDHR related?)

[Mike Perkins]

On 24/04/13 20:34, Thomas Mashos wrote:
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> Why should we do ANY check? I think it's reasonable to expect that
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> A) Users shouldn't be touching recording files outside of MythTV
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> B) Recording drives are relatively static in their location.
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Because 'bad stuff' happens. A drive can die. Chunks of a file can vanish due to 
bit rot. A *single bit* on a sector can die, meaning the whole file is 
unreadable (depending on which bit, of course). The drive in question might be 
on a slave tuner which is powered off. Users might not touch the files outside 
of mythtv but other software might when it fails.

Users aren't the only reason files can go missing.

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Mike Perkins