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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I have a mythtv setup for recording classes where I work: 4 dell workstations with 10 PVR-150s connected to RF modulator feeds from each room. This summer, I upgraded the systems to Debian Lenny with the .23.1 packages, and offloaded the MBE role to a tuner-less VM running on a VMWare ESX server.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The system works well for the most part, but occasionally it fails to record, or more properly--the slave server doesn’t seem to start the recording properly. I have set the BE logs to record ‘important,general,record,file,playback’ messages, and normally I see log entries like this when starting the recording:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2010-09-30 09:29:04.740 TVRec(3): StartRecording(A530 A BASIC INCOME TAX)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2010-09-30 09:29:04.796 RecordingInfo: StartedRecording: Recording to '/mnt/LASRS2-rec1/rec1/1002_20100930092900.mpg'<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2010-09-30 09:29:04.802 ProgramInfo(): Updated pathname '':'' -> '1002_20100930092900.mpg'<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2010-09-30 09:29:04.813 TVRec(3): StartedRecording(0x85c42c8) fn(/mnt/LASRS2-rec1/rec1/1002_20100930092900.mpg)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2010-09-30 09:29:04.815 TVRec(3): ClearFlags(CancelNextRecording,) -> RunMainLoop,RingBufferReady,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2010-09-30 09:29:04.816 TVRec(3): Changing from None to RecordingOnly<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2010-09-30 09:29:04.819 TVRec(3): ClearFlags(FrontendReady,CancelNextRecording,) -> RunMainLoop,RingBufferReady,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2010-09-30 09:29:04.820 TVRec(3): Request: Program(yes) channel() input() flags(Recording,)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2010-09-30 09:29:04.824 TVRec(3): HW Tuner: 3->3<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2010-09-30 09:29:04.824 TVRec(3): ClearFlags(PENDINGACTIONS,) -> RunMainLoop,RingBufferReady,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2010-09-30 09:29:04.825 TVRec(3): No recorder yet, calling TuningFrequency<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2010-09-30 09:29:04.890 TVRec(3): ClearFlags(NeedToStartRecorder,) -> RunMainLoop,RingBufferReady,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2010-09-30 09:29:04.891 TVRec(3): SetFlags(NeedToStartRecorder,) -> RunMainLoop,NeedToStartRecorder,RingBufferReady,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2010-09-30 09:29:04.891 TVRec(3): Starting Recorder<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2010-09-30 09:29:04.979 Using profile 'Default' to record<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2010-09-30 09:29:04.979 TVRec(3): rec->GetFileName(): '/mnt/LASRS2-rec1/rec1/1002_20100930092900.mpg'<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2010-09-30 09:29:04.985 RecBase(3:/dev/video0): SetRingBuffer(0x86437d0) '/mnt/LASRS2-rec1/rec1/1002_20100930092900.mpg'<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2010-09-30 09:29:04.985 RecBase(3:/dev/video0): SetRecording(0x85c42c8) title(A530 A BASIC INCOME TAX)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2010-09-30 09:29:05.005 MPEGRec(/dev/video0): usingv4l2(1) has_v4l2_vbi(1) has_buggy_vbi(1)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2010-09-30 09:29:05.137 DevRdB(/dev/video0): buffer size 9400 KB<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2010-09-30 09:29:05.138 MPEGRec(/dev/video0): DRB ready<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2010-09-30 09:29:05.138 MPEGRec(/dev/video0): Initial startup of recorder<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2010-09-30 09:29:05.138 MPEGRec(/dev/video0): StartEncoding<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2010-09-30 09:29:05.141 TVRec(3): SetFlags(RecorderRunning,RingBufferReady,) -> RunMainLoop,NeedToStartRecorder,RecorderRunning,RingBufferReady,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2010-09-30 09:29:05.147 TVRec(3): ClearFlags(NeedToStartRecorder,) -> RunMainLoop,RecorderRunning,RingBufferReady,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2010-09-30 09:29:05.483 MPEGRec(/dev/video0): Encoding started<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>When a recording fails, I just get this:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2010-09-30 13:30:05.309 TVRec(6): StartRecording(B515 A CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: INVESTIGATION)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>No followup messages can be found--errors or otherwise. The affected SBE will continue to operate and record other programs without issue, but the program remains in the ‘currently recording’ list until I restart the myth BE process on the affected SBE. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This has happened at various times on all the SBEs, so it’s not specific to particular hardware. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Any suggestions on where to look for a solution, or troubleshooting tips would be appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jon Larson<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>