[mythtv-users] Myth suddenly deleteing all recordings

[David Watkins]

On 01/06/06, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> On 05/31/2006 07:10 PM, stan wrote:
> > Here is todays saga. I recorded one show as a test case yesterday
> > evening. It was still there when I looked at the machine this morning.
> > This afternoon it is gone!, and worse than that there are 2 recordings
> > that I have never scheduled. Yes they ar _back_ in the record table.
> >
> ...
> > I have gone into the recorded shows, and set this to "Do Not Record This
> > Program" multiple times now. I als deleted it drictly from the record table.
> > In addition I've entered a ruke to get "Jeoporday" at least 5 times since
> > this mess satrted, and have never gotten a single episode recorded!. The rule
> > for this is always chanel limited, as re-runs play on a different chanel.
> >
> > The last entry for this program in the "Previously Recorded" screen is
> > for a show on 5/9.
> >
> > It appears to me that something is overwriting the rules I have set up.
> >
>
> Do you have MythWeb set up?  It almost looks like someone or something
> (i.e. very likely a web crawler) is accessing your MythWeb.
>
> > I also set up another test program to record last night. This one does
> > apear in the "Previously Recorded" screen. When I press [I] to
> > get more details it shows as "Never Record This Program".
> >
> > The "Boston Leagel" episode that I did mamange to record last night,
> > als shows as ?Never Record This Program".
> >
>
> You can remove these from the Previously Recorded page once you stop
> whatever is changing your rules.
>
> > This is driving me nuts, it just makes no sense for a peice of software
> > to sudenly start misbeahaving ike this!
> >
>
> I really think something else is misbehaving...  It's finding what
> that's the challenge. :)

Do you leave your machine with "Watch TV" running?  This will create recordings.