[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #3174: Recording no longer exists when on an offline remote backend

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Wed Mar 7 18:29:30 UTC 2007


On 03/06/2007 05:31 PM, MythTV wrote:
> #3174: Recording no longer exists when on an offline remote backend
>
>  When a recording is stored on a OFF LINE remote slave backend, and I try
>  to select that recording to watch it will tell me that the recording no
>  longer exists and asked if I would like to delete it.
>
>  Mythfrontend should be able to tell when the recording is just on a
>  different host that it can not access and then for should tell us
>  something like that.
>
>   

I don't think that's possible.  There are so many possible 
configurations of storage with MythTV, it's impossible to know why the 
file is not available.  And, especially with Storage Groups, we can't 
just assume that the file is on the backend that recorded it--the file 
can be stored anywhere (and, AIUI, can simply be moved from one 
directory to another without "notifying" Myth).

The best we could do is say that a backend is currently unavailable and 
that may be the reason the file is unavailable.  However, that would 
mean that we would be giving false hope to users when the file is in 
fact gone.  After booting the other backend, they'd be seeing the same 
message.  And, that doesn't even mention unavailable file servers.

TTBOMK, there's no way to know if the file is, in fact, on an 
unavailable NFS/CIFS server or an unmounted partition or ...

Oh, and just to make sure you know...  When you see the message:

Recording Unavailable
The file for this recording can not be found
    - Show Program Details
    - Delete

you're not forced to select either "Show Program Details" or "Delete".  
You can just push Escape to cancel the popup...

I don't think it's worth changing the message on the popup (i.e to 
something like "The file for this recording can not be found.  Perhaps 
it exists on an unavailable backend or file server."), but if others 
think it would make things more understandable for users...

Mike



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