[mythtv-users] Myth suddenly deleteing all recordings

stan stanb at panix.com
Wed May 31 19:26:33 UTC 2006


On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 11:09:56AM -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 05/31/2006 06:56 AM, stan wrote:
> > On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 01:26:55AM -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> >   
> >> On 05/30/06 21:00, stan wrote:
> >>> On Mon, May 29, 2006 at 02:30:10AM -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> >>>> On 05/28/2006 10:29 PM, stan wrote:
> >>>>> This morning when I left hoem, I had recordigns, and had to exteremly
> >>>>> impotant programs scheduled. Tonight when I got home it had zero recorded
> >>>>> shows. These problems seem to conincide with a DataDirect run.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Any ide what to start looking for?
> >>>> Sounds like you have an error in the configuration of one of your video 
> >>>> sources.  mythfilldatabase logs would help.
> >>> Does that generate it's own logs
> >> It generates output.  If you log the output (using a redirect or by 
> >> specifying the "mythfilldatabase Log Path" in mythfrontend settings 
> >> (under "General")), it generates logs.  And, it is those logs (which you 
> >> may or may not be currently generating) that I need.
> > Well, I'm still a bit confused as to what you wnat. But I've atached
> > a log of a /usr/bin/mythfilldatabase run from the command line with
> > no options, does that help?
> 
> That was it (assuming you haven't specified any options in the 
> "mythfilldatabase Arguments" setting in mythfrontend settings), and 
> everything looks good.  So, now, can you go (through mythfrontend) into 
> the "Previously Recorded" page and find the shows that were supposed to 
> be recorded (you should be able to sort it differently by hitting a key 
> like 1 or 2 or ... whatever it says at the top of the page).  When you 
> scroll over the episode it should say why it didn't record.  If the 
> episodes are not listed in that page, that's important, too.
> 
> Oh, and please make sure to check this relatively quickly--the data I 
> need is removed after 7 days.
K, I'll check it when I get home tonight.

Thanks for the help.

And, on the other issue, waht information does the scheduler use to fill in
the record table? I don't see any other tables that look appropriate, other
than the schedule data, of course. But I don't see what table my requests
are stored in.

Thanks, again.
> 

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