[mythtv-users] MythTV Records Past End Time when No Signal

Jay Foster jayf0ster at sbcglobal.net
Mon Jul 19 16:33:58 UTC 2010


I'm currently running 0.21-fixes using HDHR tuners for OTA.  At some 
point, I expect to upgrade (perhaps after 0.24 with the new audio changes).

In 0.21-fixes, when a recording takes place and the signal is lost, Myth 
keeps on "recording" the program even after the scheduled end recording 
time passes.  The only way to stop the "recording" is to delete it. 
This happens when there is no signal for the channel at the time the 
recording is to start.  This happens for various reasons, such as the TV 
station going off air at the time.  This results in a blank recording 
file (expected), but what is not expected is that Myth continues to 
attempt recording after the scheduled end time, or at least appears to. 
  The LCD display continues to display "Recording ..." for the program 
long after the scheduled end time has passed.  Has this problem been 
corrected since 0.21-fixes?

For someone running trunk (or 0.23-fixes), this should be easy to test 
by setting up a scheduled recording and disconnecting the antenna 
connection before the recording start time.  When the scheduled end time 
arrives, Myth should stop trying to record the program.

Jay



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