[mythtv-users] Why I prefer to watch sport via "Live TV" vs. recorded

[Michael T. Dean]

On 11/10/2012 03:23 PM, Phil Bridges wrote:
> I set my mythtv system to record today's football game at 12:30.  When 
> I arrived home at 3, I tried to watch the game.  I went to recorded 
> shows, and saw that the game was being recorded (the status was green 
> in MythCenter).  The size, however, was 0.0 GB.  Super.  The game 
> didn't record, but the status was "recording".
>
> To troubleshoot, I looked at my slave backend log.  Here's what it reads:
>
> 2012-11-10 12:30:00.293715 I [1550/1564] TVRecEvent tv_rec.cpp:1029 
> (HandleStateChange) - TVRec(3): Changing from None to RecordingOnly
> 2012-11-10 12:30:00.295250 I [1550/1564] TVRecEvent tv_rec.cpp:3495 
> (TuningCheckForHWChange) - TVRec(3): HW Tuner: 3->3
> 2012-11-10 12:30:24.910401 E [1550/1568] JobQueue programinfo.cpp:2278 
> (GetPlaybackURL) - ProgramInfo(1691_20121110123000.mpg): 
> GetPlaybackURL: '1691_20121110123000.mpg' should be local, but it can 
> not be found.
> 2012-11-10 12:30:24.913229 E [1550/1568] JobQueue programinfo.cpp:2278 
> (GetPlaybackURL) - ProgramInfo(1691_20121110123000.mpg): 
> GetPlaybackURL: '1691_20121110123000.mpg' should be local, but it can 
> not be found.
> 2012-11-10 12:30:24.917001 I [1550/19969] Metadata_9124 
> jobqueue.cpp:2151 (DoMetadataLookupThread) - JobQueue: Metadata Lookup 
> Starting for "College Football":"Georgia Tech at North Carolina" 
> recorded from channel 1691 at 2012-11-10T12:30:00
> 2012-11-10 12:31:29.930111 E [1550/1568] JobQueue programinfo.cpp:2278 
> (GetPlaybackURL) - ProgramInfo(1691_20121110123000.mpg): 
> GetPlaybackURL: '1691_20121110123000.mpg' should be local, but it can 
> not be found.
> 2012-11-10 12:31:29.933059 E [1550/1568] JobQueue programinfo.cpp:2278 
> (GetPlaybackURL) - ProgramInfo(1691_20121110123000.mpg): 
> GetPlaybackURL: '1691_20121110123000.mpg' should be local, but it can 
> not be found.
> 2012-11-10 12:31:29.936114 I [1550/20007] Commflag_9125 
> jobqueue.cpp:2276 (DoFlagCommercialsThread) - JobQueue: Commercial 
> Detection Starting for "College Football":"Georgia Tech at North 
> Carolina" recorded from channel 1691 at 2012-11-10T12:30:00
> 2012-11-10 12:31:30.384422 E [1550/20007] Commflag_9125 
> programinfo.cpp:2278 (GetPlaybackURL) - 
> ProgramInfo(1691_20121110123000.mpg): GetPlaybackURL: 
> '1691_20121110123000.mpg' should be local, but it can not be found.
> 2012-11-10 12:34:18.055609 I [1550/1567] HouseKeeping 
> housekeeper.cpp:225 (RunHouseKeeping) - Running housekeeping thread
> 2012-11-10 12:39:23.057187 I [1550/1567] HouseKeeping 
> housekeeper.cpp:225 (RunHouseKeeping) - Running housekeeping thread
>
> Why in the world would it show as "recording"?  Why can't my MythTV 
> system realize that there's no recording, and try again?

It's still waiting for your capture device to send it some data.  MythTV 
assumes that a configured capture card actually works--especially when 
that configured capture card fails to provide any errors that indicate 
it's not working.  You should troubleshoot why your capture card isn't 
sending any video.

FWIW, if you had watched it via Live TV, you would have arrived home at 
3, turned on Live TV, and--been able to watch exactly as much as you 
were able to watch with a failed recording.  If, however, your capture 
card had actually provided some data for the recording, the recording 
would have let you watch the 2 1/2 hours that had already happened 
before you got home.

Mike