[mythtv-users] recordings stop early

[David Knight]

On Tue, September 8, 2009 6:04 am, nik gibson wrote:
> I have an extremely frustrating problem.  About 50% of the time I'll
> be watching a recording and 5 minutes before the end mythtv will think
> it's done and stop the show prompting to delete or save the recording.
>  If I replay and fast forward to the same spot the recording will
> continue 1 - 2 minutes past the previous end and then again stop
> prematurely.  If I start and fast forward the recording 3 - 4 times
> I'll finally be able to see the end of the show... Painfully this only
> happens during the final conclusion of a show.  My wife is about ready
> to throw the myth box out the window.
>
> There's nothing worse than watching CSI and having the program quit
> out in the last 5 minutes....  Mythtv won't last long in my house with
> this issue.
> In my backend logs I have tons of the following errors:
>
> I found a ticket (#6516) related to these errors which apparently
> Daniel K is working to resolve.  Could these errors have something to
> do with the recording premature endings or is it a red herring?
>
> 009-09-08 00:33:47.150 MythSocket(ffffffffabb6dc18:-1):
> writeStringList: Error, called with unconnected socket.
> 2009-09-08 00:33:47.151 MythSocket(ffffffffacd07d98:-1):
> writeStringList: Error, called with unconnected socket.
> 2009-09-08 00:33:47.151 MythSocket(ffffffffacd004b0:-1):
> writeStringList: Error, called with unconnected socket.
> 2009-09-08 00:33:47.152 MythSocket(ffffffffab92d4f8:-1):
> writeStringList: Error, called with unconnected socket.
> 2009-09-08 00:33:47.153 MythSocket(ffffffffacd156c8:-1):
> writeStringList: Error, called with unconnected socket.
> 2009-09-08 00:33:47.154 MythSocket(ffffffffacd0b648:-1):
> writeStringList: Error, called with unconnected socket.
> 2009-09-08 00:33:47.155 MythSocket(ffffffffacd9d500:-1):
> writeStringList: Error, called with unconnected socket.
> 2009-09-08 00:33:47.155 MythSocket(ffffffffacd07958:-1):
> writeStringList: Error, called with unconnected socket.
> 2009-09-08 00:33:47.156 MythSocket(ffffffffacd074d0:-1):
> writeStringList: Error, called with unconnected socket.
> 2009-09-08 00:33:47.163 MythSocket(ffffffffab966f28:-1):
> writeStringList: Error, called with unconnected socket.
> 2009-09-08 00:33:47.179 MythSocket(ffffffffabb2ddf0:-1):
> writeStringList: Error, called with unconnected socket.
> 2009-09-08 00:33:47.181 MythSocket(ffffffffabbbb4d8:-1):
> writeStringList: Error, called with unconnected socket.
> 2009-09-08 00:33:47.181 MythSocket(ffffffffacd0ba58:-1):
> writeStringList: Error, called with unconnected socket.
> 2009-09-08 00:33:47.182 MythSocket(ffffffffacd0b438:-1):
> writeStringList: Error, called with unconnected socket.
> 2009-09-08 00:33:47.196 MythSocket(ffffffffabb6c2b0:-1):
> writeStringList: Error, called with unconnected socket.
> 2009-09-08 00:33:47.197 MythSocket(ffffffffab96a210:-1):
> writeStringList: Error, called with unconnected socket.
> 2009-09-08 00:33:47.197 MythSocket(ffffffffacd03900:-1):
> writeStringList: Error, called with unconnected socket.
> 2009-09-08 00:33:47.198 MythSocket(ffffffffabb69338:-1):
> writeStringList: Error, called with unconnected socket.
> 2009-09-08 00:33:47.199 MythSocket(ffffffffab965c98:-1):
> writeStringList: Error, called with unconnected socket.

Hi Nik,

   I'm getting this too but its only affecting recordings from satellite
and only one channel "BBC HD".

Sorry I can't help.

Dave K.