2025-02-06, 03:45 AM
I have been primarily using 2 HDHRs with Xfinity cable cards for all of my recordings. But I also have a HDHR connected to an OTA antenna which picks up all of the local channels. I had initially kept these channels "separated" with the OTA channels having major.minor channel numbers and the cable channels using the cable company's channel numbers. I've also got lots of recurring recordings of type "Record Season (NEW episodes on this channel)" for the cable channels (800 range).
In preparation for cancelling Xfinity later this month, this afternoon I merged the corresponding cable channel with the the OTA channel for all of those local channels. I thought that by doing this, all of the recurring recordings would still work. However, I did notice that when the channels were merged, the channel kept the OTA major.minor channel number and the OTA name (which sometimes matches, but usually is slightly different) rather than keeping the cable channel number/name (which is what all of the recurring recordings point to). Should all of those recurring recordings have gotten updated to point to the "new" merged channel?
But, now tonight, all of my recurring recordings are failing with the error "Channel not found. Deleted?".
I had the thought that maybe I needed to do an EPG update afterwards to get the specific recurring episodes to reschedule on the "new" channel, so I did an Empty EPG and Reload EPG before Chicago P.D. was scheduled to start. But, it still failed with the same error. Looking at the log from where I emptied the EPG and reloaded it, I see:
I'm not sure why it would have been "already pending", since the empty EPG & reload EPG should have gotten rid of any of the previously scheduled recurring recordings, right?
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert tonight appears that it did schedule:
And when I look at the TV Guide screen, it is highlighted in red. I guess that I will see if it records OK. And looking at tomorrow in the TV Guide, I am seeing shows highlighted in red like they will be recorded. Maybe Chicago P.D. was just a "fluke" and all of the other recurring recordings will work. I guess I'll see...
In preparation for cancelling Xfinity later this month, this afternoon I merged the corresponding cable channel with the the OTA channel for all of those local channels. I thought that by doing this, all of the recurring recordings would still work. However, I did notice that when the channels were merged, the channel kept the OTA major.minor channel number and the OTA name (which sometimes matches, but usually is slightly different) rather than keeping the cable channel number/name (which is what all of the recurring recordings point to). Should all of those recurring recordings have gotten updated to point to the "new" merged channel?
But, now tonight, all of my recurring recordings are failing with the error "Channel not found. Deleted?".
I had the thought that maybe I needed to do an EPG update afterwards to get the specific recurring episodes to reschedule on the "new" channel, so I did an Empty EPG and Reload EPG before Chicago P.D. was scheduled to start. But, it still failed with the same error. Looking at the log from where I emptied the EPG and reloaded it, I see:
Code:
2025-02-05 20:50:43.581 [INFO][18] UpdateRecurringRecording(185, 'Chicago P.D.'):
<Rules><EPGTitle>Chicago P.D.</EPGTitle><ChannelOID>8271</ChannelOID><ChannelName>KARE-HD</ChannelName><StartTime>2019-10-17T02:00:00.0000000Z</StartTime><EndTime>2019-10-17T03:00:00.0000000Z</EndTime><PrePadding>1</PrePadding><PostPadding>5</PostPadding><Quality>0</Quality><Keep>0</Keep><RecordingDirectoryID>[Default]</RecordingDirectoryID><OnlyNewEpisodes>true</OnlyNewEpisodes></Rules>
2025-02-05 20:50:43.980 [DEBUG][18] LoadListingsMatchingTitle(channel=8271,title=Chicago P.D.)
2025-02-05 20:50:43.982 [DEBUG][18] - Potential episode at: 2/5/2025 9:00:00 PM
2025-02-05 20:50:43.982 [DEBUG][18] ...check IsValid()
2025-02-05 20:50:43.982 [DEBUG][18] ...already got this episode: EP017387030431 (already pending)
2025-02-05 20:50:43.982 [DEBUG][18] ...already got this episode scheduledThe Late Show With Stephen Colbert tonight appears that it did schedule:
Code:
2025-02-05 20:50:52.549 [INFO][18] UpdateRecurringRecording(213, 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert'):
<Rules><EPGTitle>The Late Show With Stephen Colbert</EPGTitle><ChannelOID>8248</ChannelOID><ChannelName>WCCO-DT</ChannelName><StartTime>2019-10-23T03:35:00.0000000Z</StartTime><EndTime>2019-10-23T04:37:00.0000000Z</EndTime><PrePadding>1</PrePadding><PostPadding>11</PostPadding><Quality>0</Quality><Keep>0</Keep><RecordingDirectoryID>[Recordings3]</RecordingDirectoryID><OnlyNewEpisodes>true</OnlyNewEpisodes></Rules>
2025-02-05 20:50:52.955 [DEBUG][18] LoadListingsMatchingTitle(channel=8248,title=The Late Show With Stephen Colbert)
2025-02-05 20:50:52.956 [DEBUG][18] - Potential episode at: 2/5/2025 10:35:00 PM
2025-02-05 20:50:52.957 [DEBUG][18] ...check IsValid()
2025-02-05 20:50:52.957 [DEBUG][18] ...scheduling episodeAnd when I look at the TV Guide screen, it is highlighted in red. I guess that I will see if it records OK. And looking at tomorrow in the TV Guide, I am seeing shows highlighted in red like they will be recorded. Maybe Chicago P.D. was just a "fluke" and all of the other recurring recordings will work. I guess I'll see...
