[mythtv-users] How to record LiveTV?

[Michael T. Dean]

Adam Greenbaum wrote:

> On Tue, 2005-11-15 at 23:13 +0100, Yemu wrote:
>
>> Dnia wtorek, 15 listopada 2005 22:04, Richard Jones napisał:
>>
>>> I can't figure how to record LiveTV. The online docs suggest that 
>>> hitting
>>> "r" will toggle it, but doing so just displays 'Recording ""' in the top
>>> left of the screen for a few moments. Nothing appears to be written
>>> anywhere. If I'm in browse mode, the message that appears (written 
>>> over the
>>> "Browse" text) is "Record" and it stays until I hit "r" again. Nothing
>>> appears to be written anywhere though.
>>
>> i also have the similar problem :-( hitting "r" makes nothing... and 
>> i checked
>> "watch recordings" - there are only scheduled recordings there
>
> This is what happens if you don't have tv listings for the current
> channel. Myth doesn't know the finish time or name of the current
> program so it just doesn't start. Fix your listings and the problem
> should go away.

And the 'Recording ""' (no name in quotes) seems to indicate this is 
exactly what's happening.

Mike