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

Phil Bridges gravityhammer at gmail.com
Sun May 18 13:01:16 UTC 2008


On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 8:58 AM, Michael T. Dean
<mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> 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).
>

I kind of figured that the socket errors were causing the other issues ;)


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