[mythtv-users] backend still recording live tv after frontend shutdown

[Jean-Yves Avenard]

Hi

2009/6/10 Thomas Mørch <tmorch at gmail.com>:
> I have a small tunerless frontend, that streams livetv from my backend. If I
> kill the frontend, without exiting live tv, the backend continues to record
> the livetv, and filling the harddisk / occupying a tuner.

I've had that happening more than once.

Many times I end up with the backend recording LiveTV for a phantom
frontend. Only way I found to stop it was to restart the backend.
Very annoying.

Usually happens if the PC crash, exited the frontend by killing it etc..