Hi,
a recording last night failed and I ask, if someone can explain the reason.
The timer was for german channel ZDF with VPS info, but apparently a running state was not broadcasted. The timer started on scheduled time, but stopped after 4 seconds. It seems VDR detected that no running state is availabe, but stopped the recording immediately.
I know that VPS is not reliable, but when VDR can start the timer on right time without running state it should be able to stop it after scheduled time.
Is it a problem in VDR or did I miss something? I'm using VDR 1.3.41 from c't distribution. The log entries during recording time, there was no user interaction:
Feb 26 22:26:17 vdr vdr: [4646] timer 4 (5 2230-0005 'Hautnah - Die Methode Hill') set to event Son 26.02.2006 22:30-00:05 (VPS: 26.02 22:30) 'Hautnah - Die Methode Hill' Feb 26 22:26:29 vdr vdr: [4646] max. latency time 12 seconds Feb 26 22:28:00 vdr vdr: [4646] timer 4 (5 2230-0005 'Hautnah - Die Methode Hill') entered VPS margin Feb 26 22:28:00 vdr vdr: [4646] switching device 1 to channel 5 Feb 26 22:28:00 vdr vdr: [4840] channel 7 (ZDFdokukanal) event 21:45 'Radfahrer - Von Pedalrittern und Bikern' status 4 Feb 26 22:28:00 vdr vdr: [4840] channel 9 (3sat) event 21:15 'Hoffnung - ein deutscher Winterstern' status 4 Feb 26 22:28:01 vdr vdr: [4840] channel 6 (ZDFinfokanal) event 22:15 'Herr der Regeln' status 4 Feb 26 22:28:01 vdr vdr: [4646] switching to channel 1 Feb 26 22:30:00 vdr vdr: [4646] switching device 1 to channel 5 Feb 26 22:30:00 vdr vdr: [4646] timer 4 (5 2230-0005 'Hautnah - Die Methode Hill') start Feb 26 22:30:00 vdr vdr: [4646] Title: 'Hautnah - Die Methode Hill' Subtitle: 'Schlussblende' Feb 26 22:30:00 vdr vdr: [4646] executing '/usr/lib/vdr/vdr-recordingaction before "/video/vdr/Hautnah_-_Die_Methode_Hill/2006-02-26.22.30.50.14.rec"' Feb 26 22:30:00 vdr vdr: [4646] record /video/vdr/Hautnah_-_Die_Methode_Hill/2006-02-26.22.30.50.14.rec Feb 26 22:30:00 vdr vdr: [4646] creating directory /video/vdr/Hautnah_-_Die_Methode_Hill Feb 26 22:30:00 vdr vdr: [4646] creating directory /video/vdr/Hautnah_-_Die_Methode_Hill/2006-02-26.22.30.50.14.rec Feb 26 22:30:00 vdr vdr: [4646] recording to '/video/vdr/Hautnah_-_Die_Methode_Hill/2006-02-26.22.30.50.14.rec/001.vdr' Feb 26 22:30:00 vdr vdr: [4852] file writer thread started (pid=4646, tid=4852) Feb 26 22:30:00 vdr vdr: [4853] recording thread started (pid=4646, tid=4853) Feb 26 22:30:00 vdr vdr: [4854] receiver on device 1 thread started (pid=4646, tid=4854) Feb 26 22:30:00 vdr vdr: [4855] TS buffer on device 1 thread started (pid=4646, tid=4855) Feb 26 22:30:01 vdr vdr: [4840] channel 6 (ZDFinfokanal) event 22:30 'Hilfe, mein Kind will nicht essen!' status 4 Feb 26 22:30:01 vdr vdr: [4646] switching to channel 1 Feb 26 22:30:01 vdr vdr: [4646] info: Kanal nicht verfügbar! Feb 26 22:30:01 vdr vdr: [4840] changing pids of channel 69 from 310+310:320=deu:330 to 310+310:320:0 Feb 26 22:30:02 vdr vdr: [4840] channel 7 (ZDFdokukanal) event 22:30 'Rahmen, Ritzel und rasierte Beine' status 4 Feb 26 22:30:03 vdr vdr: [4646] switching to channel 5 Feb 26 22:30:03 vdr vdr: [4857] transfer thread started (pid=4646, tid=4857) Feb 26 22:30:04 vdr vdr: [4853] recording thread ended (pid=4646, tid=4853) Feb 26 22:30:04 vdr vdr: [4852] file writer thread ended (pid=4646, tid=4852) Feb 26 22:30:04 vdr vdr: [4646] buffer stats: 60724 (1%) used Feb 26 22:30:04 vdr vdr: [4646] timer 4 (5 2230-0005 'Hautnah - Die Methode Hill') stop Feb 26 22:30:04 vdr vdr: [4646] executing '/usr/lib/vdr/vdr-recordingaction after "/video/vdr/Hautnah_-_Die_Methode_Hill/2006-02-26.22.30.50.14.rec"'
Gruß, Frank