[mythtv-users] what does "recorder failed" mean?

Mark Lord mythtv at rtr.ca
Wed Apr 11 13:12:49 UTC 2012


On 12-04-11 01:22 AM, Marco Nelissen wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 10:01 PM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com
> <mailto:mtdean at thirdcontact.com>> wrote:
> 
>     On 04/11/2012 12:39 AM, Marco Nelissen wrote:
> 
>         Last night a recording failed, which didn't give my wife much confidence that she'll
>         continue to be able to watch her shows now that we've cancelled our Directv service. The
>         "previously recorded" list shows "recorder failed" for this recording. The backend log shows:
> 
>         2012-04-09 21:58:29.312 TVRec(2): ASK_RECORDING 2 29 0 0
>         2012-04-09 21:59:01.625 TVRec(2): Changing from None to RecordingOnly
>         2012-04-09 21:59:01.715 TVRec(2): HW Tuner: 2->2
>         2012-04-09 21:59:01.905 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free Space: 3.0 GB w/freq: 7 min
>         2012-04-09 21:59:02.012 Started recording: Smash:Understudy: channel 1111 on cardid 2,
>         sourceid 1
>         2012-04-09 21:59:02.292 ProgramInfo(1111___20120409215900.mpg), Error: GetPlaybackURL:
>         '1111_20120409215900.mpg' should be local, but it can not be found.
>         2012-04-09 21:59:02.591 ProgramInfo(1111___20120409215900.mpg), Error: GetPlaybackURL:
>         '1111_20120409215900.mpg' should be local, but it can not be found.
>         2012-04-09 21:59:02.773 ProgramInfo(1111___20120409215900.mpg), Error: GetPlaybackURL:
>         '1111_20120409215900.mpg' should be local, but it can not be found.
> 
>         and then some time later, at the time the recording was scheduled to end:
> 
>         2012-04-09 23:10:00.280 TVRec(2): Changing from RecordingOnly to None
>         2012-04-09 23:10:00.424 Updating status for Smash:Understudy on cardid 2 (Tuning => Recorder
>         Failed)
> 
>         Is there any other place I can look to find out why it failed to record this show?
> 
> 
>     dmesg?
> 
> 
> Unfortunately my wife restarted the machine in an attempt to get things to work, so I no longer have
> the dmesg.

You probably do -- look in /var/log/* for whatever file your distro
uses for saving kernel messages.  Normally there are a few week's worth
of messages in there.

> 
>     I'm guessing the capture device failed to provide any data for the backend to write.
..
> Not sure what you mean by that.

One of two things happened.
Either reception was poor for that channel and the card was unable to tune to it,
or the device driver for the tuner has a bug and failed to tune to it.

What kind of tuner device are you using, and what is your signal source
(O.T.A. antenna for ATSC in the USA?)


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