[mythtv-users] scheduler confusion

Mark Perkins perkins1724 at hotmail.com
Fri Aug 8 12:02:05 UTC 2014



> On 7 Aug 2014, at 6:02 pm, "blind Pete" <0123peter at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi everybody, 
> 
> First point, the confusion could be all mine, it has happened before.  
> If this is a RTFM, a link would be appreciated.  
> 
> Second, this might not be a scheduler question at all.  Are there 
> different things that read the program guide, decide what can and 
> can not be recorded, and allocate tuners?  Which part is the scheduler, 
> and what is the other part called?  
> 
> That deals with both the words in the subject...  
> 
> Sometimes programs that I expect to be recorded do not get recorded.  
> In this case the 7pm news on ABC1.  
> 
> There are three physical dvb-t tuners on two cards, each is configured 
> for five virtual tuners.  15 total.  
> 
> Previously I have tried, and failed, to fix the problem by naming 
> two of the physical tuners after my two favourite multiplexes.  There 
> are six multiplexes to choose from.  The brute force solution is to 
> buy another three tuners, but I am hoping to do better than that.  
> 
> First attempt, sorry about the long lines. 
> 
> mysql> select * from powerpriority\G
> *************************** 1. row ***************************
> priorityname: SBS
> recpriority: 1
> selectclause: (channel.callsign LIKE 'SBS%' OR channel.callsign = 'NITV') AND cardinput.cardid = 'sbs'
> *************************** 2. row ***************************
> priorityname: abc
> recpriority: 3
> selectclause: cardinput.cardid = 'abc' AND channel.callsign LIKE 'abc%' 
> *************************** 3. row ***************************
> priorityname: not_SBS
> recpriority: 1
> selectclause: (channel.callsign NOT LIKE ('SBS%') AND channel.callsign <>  'NITV' ) AND  cardinput.cardinputid <> 'sbs'
> *************************** 4. row ***************************
> priorityname: not_ABC
> recpriority: 1
> selectclause: channel.callsign NOT LIKE 'abc%' AND cardinput.cardid =  'sbs' 
> 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)
> 
> mysql>
> 
> And the annotated output from a recent "mythbackend --printsched"
> Sorry about the very long lines, what is the correct way to handle long lines?  
> 
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.263040 C  mythbackend version: fixes/0.27 [v0.27.3-111-g5c76f33] www.mythtv.org
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.263060 C  Qt version: compile: 4.8.1, runtime: 4.8.1
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.263064 N  Enabled verbose msgs:  general
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.263079 N  Setting Log Level to LOG_INFO
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.274030 I  Added logging to the console
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.274532 I  Setup Interrupt handler
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.274542 I  Setup Terminated handler
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.274549 I  Setup Segmentation fault handler
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.274556 I  Setup Aborted handler
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.274563 I  Setup Bus error handler
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.274570 I  Setup Floating point exception handler
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.274578 I  Setup Illegal instruction handler
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.274589 I  Setup Real-time signal 0 handler
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.274637 N  Using runtime prefix = /usr
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.274650 N  Using configuration directory = /home/psd/.mythtv
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.274727 I  Assumed character encoding: en_AU.UTF-8
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.275109 N  Empty LocalHostName.
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.275115 I  Using localhost value of PPlive
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.327128 N  Setting QT default locale to EN_US
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.327253 I  Current locale EN_US
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.327339 N  Reading locale defaults from /usr/share/mythtv//locales/en_us.xml
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.339708 I  New static DB connectionDataDirectCon
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.343876 I  MythCoreContext: Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 1)
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.347599 I  Using protocol version 77
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.376214 I  New Client:  (#1)
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.385283 I  --- print list start ---
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.385293 I  Title - Subtitle                     Ch Station Day Start  End   S  C  I  T  N Pri
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.385391 I  Muscle Car                            73 7mate   04 16:11-16:39  1  2  2  A  2 -11
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.385424 I  Horsepower TV                         73 7mate   04 16:39-17:00  1  1  1  A  1 -8
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.385452 I  Mythbusters                           73 7mate   04 17:31-18:31  1  6  6  A  6 -10 First problem,
>                                                                                                           ^     should be 2,3,4 or 5
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.385478 I  QI                                    21 ABC1    04 18:29-19:00  1  0  0  A  P -6
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.385503 I  Mythbusters                           32 SBS TWO 04 18:30-19:29  1  1  1  A  1 -9
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.385530 I  ABC News                              21 ABC1    04 19:00-19:30  1  0  0  D  L -10
>                                                                                                           ^     Don't like this, 6-15 free.
>                                                                                                                 Watched it "live".
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.385555 I  7.30                                  21 ABC1    04 19:30-20:00  1  1  1  D  1 -11
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.385580 I  Cities of the Underworld              72 7TWO    04 19:33-20:35  1  6  6  A  6 -6
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.385606 I  David Attenborough's Natural Curio    10 TEN Dig 04 19:34-20:36  1 11 11  A 11 -9
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.385632 I  ABC News                              24 ABC New 04 20:00-20:31  1  2  2  D  2 -10 Should have been recorded at 7pm.
>                                                                                                                 Killed it, when the time came.
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.385657 I  The Simpsons                          11 ELEVEN  04 20:06-20:42  1 12 12  A 12 -10
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.385683 I  Michael Mosley: Don't Worry, Be Ha    33 SBS 3   04 20:30-21:30  1  0  0  A  C -10 I did record this.
>                                                                                                                 At 20:30 11 & 12 supposed to be in use
>                                                                                                                 2 was "in use", until I killed it.
>                                                                                                                 6-10 were availiable
>                                                                                                                 At 21:30
>                                                                                                                 1 & 2 not supposed to be in use, but were
>                                                                                                                 11 was in use
>                                                                                                                 6-10 were availiable
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.385709 I  Michael Mosley: Don't Worry, Be Ha    30 SBS HD  04 20:30-21:30  1  0  0  A  C -10
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.385735 I  Four Corners                          21 ABC1    04 20:30-21:15  1  1  1  A  1 -5  Killed this, because of later showing
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.385760 I  Media Watch                           21 ABC1    04 21:15-21:29  1  2  2  A  2 -6
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.385785 I  Torchwood                             11 ELEVEN  04 21:36-22:41  1  1  1  A  1 -8
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.385811 I  South Park                            32 SBS TWO 04 22:10-22:40  1 11 11  A 11 -10
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.385837 I  ABC News                              24 ABC New 04 22:32-23:00  1  0  0  D  E -10
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.385862 I  Lateline                              21 ABC1    04 22:39-23:23  1  6  6  A  6 -9
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.385889 I  Motor Mate: Classic Marathon Rally    73 7mate   05 04:59-05:59  1  0  0  A  x -13
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.385915 I  Motor Mate: Classic Marathon Rally    73 7mate   05 10:59-11:57  1  0  0  A  x -13
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.385941 I  Motor Mate: French GP                 73 7mate   05 11:57-13:00  1  0  0  A  x -13
>                                                                                                                 Did record "Four Corners" at 11:00
>                                                                                                                 After some prompting.
>                                                                                                                 Shouldn't there be a "P" here?
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.385968 I  Muscle Car                            73 7mate   05 16:16-16:38  1  2  2  A  2 -11
> [snip]
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.388018 I  ABC News                              21 ABC1    08 19:00-19:30  1  0  0  D  L -10 Same problem on the 8th
> [snip]
> 2014-08-04 16:12:30.389237 I  ABC News                              21 ABC1    11 19:00-19:30  1  0  0  D  L -10 Same problem on the 11th
> [snip]
> 
> Thank you. 
> 
> -- 
> testing
> bP
> _______________________________________________
bP, what do you have for your base tuner priorities, ie what is the output of (MySQL):

select cardinputid, cardid, schedorder, livetvorder from cardinput;


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