Bug #4770
EPG grabber save to disk and failed past autorec recordings
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Description
If I enable the EPG feature "Periodically save EPG to disk" and leave the server running for weeks, when I select "autorec" on a tv program that was also transmitted in the past weeks, new recordings are added to DVR Upcoming/Current recordings, BUT I also find all PAST episodes of the series added under DVR "Failed recordings" with "time missed" status.
While the fact that the "time missed" for past episode is technically correct, I think it would be better to just "ignore past episodes" from the saved EPG file when adding a new autorec series, or add a checkbox to enable/disable the feature (if not considered a bug).
Another thing about the saved EPG file is that, when I use programs like TVHClient it looks like the whole EPG file (also past) is sent to the client so you see all the program titles pass on the client EPG guide until it is synchronized to the current listing.
I think a feature like "refresh EPG file every ..." or something like that would be useful in these situations, because it looks like a lot of old data is (unnecessarily?) retained in the EPG file and causes these issues.
History
Updated by Jaroslav Kysela about 7 years ago
Updated by It should not work as you described. The old (past) events are removed from the tvh's database. It seems that something does not work as expected for your case.
Updated by g siviero about 7 years ago
Updated by I may add that after some tests I can confirm that the autorec past DVR "Failed recordings" with "time missed" thing is happening only for channels with the EPG populated via XMLTV. It does not happen with channel with EPG populated via OTA EPG.
2017-12-06 13:20:44.770 dvr: entry c1a556d4c7e58236957668777cced976 "Alias" on "Rai 4" starting at 2017-11-14 07:26:30, with broadcast id "tvh://channel-dbc4d46a0b570becd6f88d7d9276c9ad/bcast-5307739/episode", scheduled for recording by "192.168.1.9" 2017-12-06 13:20:44.773 dvr: entry 7d9378472b63199635c7b0c192c77614 "Alias" on "Rai 4" starting at 2017-11-14 15:40:30, with broadcast id "tvh://channel-dbc4d46a0b570becd6f88d7d9276c9ad/bcast-5439313/episode", scheduled for recording by "192.168.1.9" 2017-12-06 13:20:44.775 dvr: entry 2c2695c048de2ad794ddfdb3b43a8fa7 "Alias" on "Rai 4" starting at 2017-11-14 16:21:30, with broadcast id "tvh://channel-dbc4d46a0b570becd6f88d7d9276c9ad/bcast-5439343/episode", scheduled for recording by "192.168.1.9" 2017-12-06 13:20:44.777 dvr: entry 6ca7ab3ec0befd7b4d08f039658498e0 "Alias" on "Rai 4" starting at 2017-11-15 06:45:30, with broadcast id "tvh://channel-dbc4d46a0b570becd6f88d7d9276c9ad/bcast-5439725/episode", scheduled for recording by "192.168.1.9" 2017-12-06 13:20:44.779 dvr: entry 032255b39be1831f04012b2bee24464f "Alias" on "Rai 4" starting at 2017-11-15 07:33:30, with broadcast id "tvh://channel-dbc4d46a0b570becd6f88d7d9276c9ad/bcast-5439745/episode", scheduled for recording by "192.168.1.9" 2017-12-06 13:20:44.781 dvr: entry 156d366099ef60f92cc75e423afa9705 "Alias" on "Rai 4" starting at 2017-11-15 15:42:30, with broadcast id "tvh://channel-dbc4d46a0b570becd6f88d7d9276c9ad/bcast-5461735/episode", scheduled for recording by "192.168.1.9" 2017-12-06 13:20:44.783 dvr: entry eea904abb46afdd1cd6120875bb62fe4 "Alias" on "Rai 4" starting at 2017-11-15 16:26:30, with broadcast id "tvh://channel-dbc4d46a0b570becd6f88d7d9276c9ad/bcast-5461775/episode", scheduled for recording by "192.168.1.9" 2017-12-06 13:20:44.785 dvr: entry b8af314ff68dd850a3d874b36b61d496 "Alias" on "Rai 4" starting at 2017-11-16 06:48:30, with broadcast id "tvh://channel-dbc4d46a0b570becd6f88d7d9276c9ad/bcast-5462075/episode", scheduled for recording by "192.168.1.9"