[mythtv-users] Why do I have some recordings never end?

[Leo Butler]

Rick <rbonafied at gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Recently I switched TV providers.  During the switch I converted my
> HDHomerun clear QAM tuner from an antenna to the provider's clear
> offerings.   I have 5 tuners for my mythbackend.  3 are hdhomerun primes
> with cablecard, 2 are hdhomerun clear qam.  These are the steps I did as
> part of the switch:
>
> 1) Created a new listing entry in schedules direct.
> 2) Using myth setup, I changed the lineup from the old provider to the
> new for all 5 tuners.
> 3) Using myth setup, I removed old lineup entries.
> 4) I made the callsigns the same for the QAM clear channels to match the
> prime supplied channels.
> 5) I ran mythfilldatabase with dd-grab-all
>
> In general, things are recording fine.  Every now and then I have a
> recording that starts on one of the prime tuners, but checking a day
> later myth thinks it's still active and the tuner is one of the clear
> qam tuners.  Weird.  In fact, right now, myth thinks New Girl is still
> recording.  That recording started on Tuesday.
>
> Interesting, the recording isn't really doing anything.  The size of the
> file is the same and it contains the full half-hour show.  Viewing isn't
> a problem.
>
> Today, I'm going to remove all tuners and listings and re-add them again
> from scratch.  It's a pain but it will probably be what most folks
> suggest.  I'm still curious why it's happening.


FWIW, I ran into this under similar conditions. It did not interfere
with other recordings, but it was annoying. I restarted the backend,
which seemed to fix the problem with that one recording and I haven't
seen it happen again.

Leo