[mythtv-users] Weird stuff going on with recording schedules / MythWeb(?)

[Michael T. Dean]

On 05/18/2008 08:48 AM, Phil Bridges wrote:
> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 12:52 PM, Phil Bridges  wrote:
>   
>> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>     
>>> On 05/15/2008 08:46 AM, Phil Bridges wrote:
>>>       
>>>> On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Phil Bridges wrote:
>>>>> Currently running 0.21-fixes-16944.
>>>>>
>>>>> I wanted to schedule a program today through MythWeb.  I happened to
>>>>> look at my upcoming recordings - there was a show I didn't recognize.
>>>>> Without thinking, I cancelled the schedule.  The show was on Bravo,
>>>>> whew I currently only record "Top Chef".  When I went to the Recording
>>>>> Schedules page, Top Chef didn't appear anymore.  Odd.  I rescheduled
>>>>> it.  Then, I looked at the upcoming recordings again, and "Gene
>>>>> Simmons Family Jewels" - a show I don't record - appeared a couple of
>>>>> times on A&E.  I immediately went back to the Recording Schedules
>>>>> page, but the Gene Simmons show doesn't even show up there.  Any idea
>>>>> what could be happening here?
>>>>>           
>>>> OK - this just happened again.  I updated a recording schedule to
>>>> change from recording on an analog channel to recording on a digital
>>>> channel.  Now, tomorrow MythWeb lists two shows to record that I've
>>>> never even watched.
>>>>
>>>> Once again, a mythfilldatabase "fixed" it.
>>>>         
>>> I had similar issues for a while (Myth occasionally--rarely,
>>> even--recorded programs I didn't want and didn't record programs I
>>> wanted).  It came down to a broken videosource configuration causing issues.
>>>
>>> Perhaps http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/264034#264034
>> Don't worry - I've deleted all and replaced the cards/sources.  I feel
>> confident that's *not* the problem.
> Once again, weirdness happened.  I noticed Man Vs Wild recorded last
> night.  There was no schedule for recording the show.  There was also
> a Warren Buffett show scheduled to record tonight - once again, no
> rule for it.  I noticed the following in my last mythfilldatabase log:
>
> 2008-05-17 09:20:25.262 Connecting to backend server:
> 192.168.1.50:6543 (try 1 of 5)
> 2008-05-17 09:20:25.262 Using protocol version 40
> 2008-05-17 09:20:32.264 MythSocket(7a0370:9): readStringList: Error,
> timeout (quick).
> 2008-05-17 09:20:34.909 MythSocket(7a0370:-1): writeStringList: Error,
> called with unconnected socket.
> 2008-05-17 09:20:34.909 MythSocket(7a0370:-1): readStringList: Error,
> called with unconnected socket.
> 2008-05-17 09:20:34.909 Connection to backend server lost
> 2008-05-17 09:20:34.909 Connecting to backend server:
> 192.168.1.50:6543 (try 1 of 5)
> 2008-05-17 09:20:34.910 Using protocol version 40
> 2008-05-17 09:20:34.930 MythSocket(7a0370:11): writeStringList: Error,
> invalid string list.
> 2008-05-17 09:21:04.931 MythSocket(7a0370:11): readStringList: Error, timeout.
> 2008-05-17 09:21:04.932 Reconnection to backend server failed
> 2008-05-17 09:21:04.932 Error rescheduling id -1 in
> ScheduledRecording::signalChange
> 2008-05-17 09:21:04.932 Connecting to backend server:
> 192.168.1.50:6543 (try 1 of 5)
> 2008-05-17 09:21:04.932 Using protocol version 40
> 2008-05-17 09:21:04.936 Received a remote 'Clear Cache' request
> 2008-05-17 09:21:05.041 mythfilldatabase run complete.
> 2008-05-17 09:21:05.041 DataDirect: Deleting temporary files
>
> I just re-ran mythfilldatabase manually, and I received the same
> errors (I've run it before to correct schedule issues without getting
> these errors.

That's the root of the problem.  mythfilldatabase runs and replaces a 
bunch of information, then the reschedule fails, so Myth continues to 
record what used to be the right programs until the next successful 
reschedule (i.e. probably the one kicked off by the master backend 
itself--where socket issues won't come into play--when a new recording 
starts).

It's also exactly why the broken video sources caused issues for me, but 
on your system, the reschedule failure is not caused by a broken video 
source, but by...

>   Any thoughts as to what's causing these database fill
> errors?

the socket errors.  As to what's causing the socket errors, you're on 
your own.  A lot of users get them, but I don't know why (and I never 
get them on my four 0.21-fixes systems).

Mike