[mythtv-users] Frontend/backend status shows pgm recording but it's not

[Peter Bennett]

On 2/3/25 06:20, James Abernathy wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 3, 2025 at 12:23 AM Ian Evans <dheianevans at gmail.com> wrote:
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>     MythTV 34. Had an issue with the Grammys tonight that also
>     happened with one of the NFL playoff games a couple of weeks ago.
>
>     Was recording the Grammys. Had extra time on the end. When I got
>     back to the MythTV just before midnight, both Leanfront and the
>     web app status page said the show was still recording as I had
>     added extra time and it would end at 1230am. I hit stop recording.
>     I went to check the recording and it was only 81 minutes long, far
>     short of the 3+ hours it said it had been recording. The recording
>     drive had over 120 gigs of free space. It wasn't showing up as
>     damaged. Why would the backend status be saying it was still
>     recording if it had stopped 2 hours earlier?
>
>     Heading to bed soon, so I can check logs in the morning, but
>     anything jump to mind?
>
>     Thanks.
>
>
> I also recorded the Grammys last night on my CBS affiliate 
> station(1080i MPEG2).  I had 1 hour extra time at the end and 1 minute 
> at the beginning. That's 271 minutes, 21.65 GB per Web App, 20.16 GB 
> per mythfrontend and 21G per Linux ls -h command.
>
> I do not show any status that shows it's still recording.  However, I 
> have had situations where mythfrontend upcoming recordings listing did 
> show a program "recording" for days when it was not and didn't show 
> that anywhere else.  These programs were, however, only partial LiveTV 
> programs initiated by Leanfront. Since Leanfront creates a real 
> recording to do its LiveTV I figure something gets stuck occasionally 
> but can't find any additional evidence to identify the cause of the 
> problem.
>
> Jim A
>
> _______________________________________________
If the capture card fails, goes offline, signal stops, etc. it still 
shows recording until the original end time. However in those cases it 
will show the recording as damaged. Perhaps when you stop the recording 
it cancels the damaged indicator. Look at the backend log and see if 
there are any error messages during the time when it was not actually 
recording.
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