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not recordeing some programs

Added by johan degreef over 12 years ago

Hello,

i set-up TV Headend correctly and can record programs through the "electronig program guide" as through the "automatic recorder".
Sometimes - i cannot find out when - a recording is skipped.

Yesterday i tried to record 2 shows from TV, a show followed immidiatly by another show on the same channel. The first show was not recorded, the second was recorded. (through automatic recording page)
The week before, same scenario, none of the shows where recorded (selected the program for recordng seperatly from the EPG)
i both cases the recordings are displayed as "scheduled for recording" in the recorder log. Aftewards, only one show is displayed as "completed" the other show is gone. So sometimes it does record, sometimes it doesn't.

Can i post some log here so i can let you see whats happening?


Replies (9)

RE: not recordeing some programs - Added by B. J. over 12 years ago

Tell us about your hardware setup...

RE: not recordeing some programs - Added by B. J. over 12 years ago

Sorry I mean your specific hardware for receiving dvb (C/T/S/S2) streams. Single/Double tuner? USB?

RE: not recordeing some programs - Added by B. J. over 12 years ago

You wrote that you scenario is recording from same channel so you don't have the issue with recording from different transponders at the same time (thats not possible with only one device). What is the message within tvheadend for failed recordings (time missed)? Is your hardware running 24/7?

RE: not recordeing some programs - Added by johan degreef over 12 years ago

where can i find those logs?
I only have one tuner.

RE: not recordeing some programs - Added by B. J. over 12 years ago

From the documentation:

"Logging
All activity inside tvheadend is logged to syslog using log facility. Also, if logged in to the web interface you will receive the same log in the bottom tab (System log)."

RE: not recordeing some programs - Added by johan degreef over 12 years ago

will look if i can find the log and post it here...

RE: not recordeing some programs - Added by lenod lenod almost 12 years ago

It happened to me too and I find why:
some programs names contain special characters, and you get an error like "Recording error: "/mnt/data/this,dirty!named'program.mkv": Unable to open file" (in the system log of the web interface, since I was unable to find the log file).

To solve the problem, choose "Remove all unsafe characters from filename" in the configuration.

Maybe it was not your problem, but it might be useful for others.

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