Recording Service Getting Stuck "Recording"

[sub]

We have this problem also, using v2.4.3. It seems to happen with recurring recordings setup to record all shows, and possibly only when there are multiple shows on consecutively on the same channel.

Last week we had a 30 minute episode of "Betty White's Off Their Rockers" record for 38 hours, filling the HDD. This also wiped out our config.xml file as NPVR occasionally writes this file. Word to the wise, consider separate HDD partitions for your recordings and Win-dohs!/NPVR. That's on my list for this box, along with about a dozen other things... ...when I get some time. My wife says she has seen this with other shows in the past, but couldn't be specific about when. The shows she mentioned are reruns on stations that tend to show episodes for several hours straight.

This problem is actually occurring as I type as the previously mentioned show should have finished recording about 1:45 ago but the file is well over 2 hours worth in size and still growing.

Logs are attached.

TIA
-Brad

I'm pretty sure I know the cause of your problem, but do you have the ndigitalhost*.log files aswell? I need to check one of them.

[sub]

baj1, I'm pretty sure this is fixed in the next release, just wanted to check something that happened just before the problem.

[baj1]

Sorry sub. I have been busy but that's a poor excuse. I am embarrassed that I posted for help and then dropped it for this long.

I checked my current ndigitalhost*.log.* files and it appears they only go back to 6/14.

[crossnet]

Hi Sub,

I have also had this problem which I reported in the thread called "NPVR 2.4.3 Recordings Fail to Stop". I previously attached several sets of logs (including the ndigitalhost*.log.* files) which still may be some help to you. I have worked around this problem by changing the day or time of the shows involved, so I can't reproduce it now. But, I am sure it will return at some inopportune time.

emr

[crossnet]

Sub,

I spoke too soon, I just had a run-on recording today. The Daily Show scheduled to record for 30 min at 9:00 am continued past noon until I stopped it. The database said it had stopped, but it was still adding data to the file. Here are the logs. Hope this helps.

[edit] I also found that the "Dallas" show ran on for over 10 hours that night.

emr