Recording does not stop

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Klaus Schmidinger June 8, 2012, 9:45 a.m. UTC
  On 08.06.2012 08:39, brian wrote:
> On 05/18/2012 05:04 PM, Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
>> On 18.05.2012 15:32, brian wrote:
>>> On 05/18/2012 10:04 AM, Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
>>>> On 18.05.2012 09:49, brian wrote:
>>>>> On 05/01/2012 01:28 PM, Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
>>>>>> On 01.05.2012 13:07, brian wrote:
>>>>>>> On 05/01/2012 11:54 AM, Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 01.05.2012 07:50, brian wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>> doing some pretty heavy testing of VDR 1.7.21 as part of gen2vdr V3 and have now twice had the case
>>>>>>>>> that a recording did not end. Supposed to end at 23:10 yesterday, still going strong at 06:00 this
>>>>>>>>> morning. Can't find anything in the history file of VDR that this is a know problem and has been fixed in
>>>>>>>>> later versions.
>>>>>>>>> Here is some of the log:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:00 [vdr] [2496] timer 1 (1 2159-2310 'Silent Witness') start
>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:00 [vdr] [2496] Title: 'Silent Witness' Subtitle: 'Fear - Part Two'
>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:00 [vdr] [2496] executing '/tmp/vdr/vdr_record before "/video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec"'
>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:00 [logger] BJD g2v_record.sh Called: 0 = /tmp/vdr/vdr_record
>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:00 [logger] 2012-04-30 21:59 /tmp/vdr/vdr_record before /video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec
>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:00 [logger] /usr/sbin/mailtext: Started Start 2012-04-30 21.59 Silent Witness.
>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:00 [logger] [g2v_rec_msg.sh] Silent Witness: Warte auf Verzeichnis
>>>>>>>>> - Last output repeated 2 times -
>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:01 [sSMTP] Sent mail for Brian_dorling@t-online.de (221 2.0.0 fwd22.t-online.de closing. / Verbindung wird getrennt.) u
>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:01 [logger] Apr 30 21:59:01 gen2vdr sendemail[3863]: Email was sent successfully!
>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:01 [logger] /usr/sbin/mailtext: Done
>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:01 [vdr] [2496] record /video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec
>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:01 [vdr] [2496] creating directory /video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec
>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:02 [vdr] [2496] recording to '/video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec/00001.ts'
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Doesn't seem to try to end at 23:10
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 22:59:50 [vdr] [2738] channel 1 (BBC 1 London) event Mon 30.04.2012 23:00-23:25 'BBC News' status 4
>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 23:00:01 [cron] (root) CMD (rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly)
>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 23:01:59 [vdr] [2734] read incomplete section - len = 428, r = 214
>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 23:12:36 [ntpd] peer 213.198.55.2 now valid
>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 23:12:39 [ntpd] peer 129.70.132.36 now valid
>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 23:12:48 [ntpd] peer 178.63.99.230 now valid
>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 23:14:41 [vdr] [3935] recording to '/video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec/00002.ts'
>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 23:18:11 [kernel] lirc_serial: ignoring spike: 1 1 4f9f0193 4f9f0190 87401 aa74b
>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 23:20:41 [ntpd] skew change -36.162 exceeds limit
>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 23:20:41 [ntpd] clock is now synced
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Still going strong:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> May 01 00:07:37 [vdr] [2738] channel 1 (BBC 1 London) event Tue 01.05.2012 00:05-00:35 'Late Kick Off' status 4
>>>>>>>>> May 01 00:19:30 [vdr] [3935] recording to '/video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec/00003.ts'
>>>>>>>>> May 01 00:24:40 [vdr] [2779] TVTV: Packed String: DKVxHLuoiXDxsDu98Eavvg==
>>>>>>>>> ....
>>>>>>>>> May 01 01:23:04 [vdr] [3935] recording to '/video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec/00004.ts'
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Deleted the timer manually:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> May 01 06:37:39 [vdr] [2496] timer 1 (1 2159-2310 'Silent Witness') stop
>>>>>>>>> May 01 06:37:39 [vdr] [2496] executing '/tmp/vdr/vdr_record after "/video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec"'
>>>>>>>>> May 01 06:37:39 [logger] BJD g2v_record.sh Called: 0 = /tmp/vdr/vdr_record
>>>>>>>>> May 01 06:37:39 [logger] 2012-05-01 06:37 /tmp/vdr/vdr_record after /video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec
>>>>>>>>> May 01 06:37:39 [logger] /usr/sbin/mailtext: Started End 2012-04-30 21.59 Silent Witness.
>>>>>>>>> May 01 06:37:39 [vdr] [3939] TS buffer on device 3 thread ended (pid=2496, tid=3939)
>>>>>>>>> May 01 06:37:39 [vdr] [3936] buffer stats: 95316 (4%) used
>>>>>>>>> May 01 06:37:39 [vdr] [3936] receiver on device 3 thread ended (pid=2496, tid=3936)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Did this happen only once, or is it reproducible?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Is this "plain vanilla" VDR or are there any patches involved.
>>>>>>>> I never had this problem with plain vanilla VDR.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Klaus
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Moin,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> second time now. Its the standard gen2vdr distribution so various patches and plugins I guess.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am not trying to use VPS, can I rule that out due to the messages shown?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Since there is no VPS keyword in the timer line at
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:00 [vdr] [2496] timer 1 (1 2159-2310 'Silent Witness') start
>>>>>>
>>>>>> it's safe to assume that VPS is not being used.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> >Apr 30 23:01:59 [vdr] [2734] read incomplete section - len = 428, r = 214
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is the above message important?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'll try to strip it down then and see if it reoccurs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Try to get rid of as many patches as possible (preferably all of them ;-).
>>>>>> And use only the plugin necessary for output, nothing else.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Klaus
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Klaus,
>>>>>
>>>>> without plugins up till now no problems till yesterday evening. The VDR is still up, but not recording anything,
>>>>> no disk activity at all.
>>>>>
>>>>> May 17 21:59:03 [vdr] [2513] SVDRP message: 'Aufnahme: Close~Lost in Translation'
>>>>> May 17 21:59:04 [vdr] [2513] info: Aufnahme: Close~Lost in Translation
>>>>> May 17 21:59:04 [vdr] [2513] closing SVDRP connection
>>>>> May 17 21:59:06 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in Transfer Mode
>>>>> - Last output repeated twice -
>>>>> May 17 21:59:08 [vdr] [4213] buffer usage: 70% (tid=4212)
>>>>> May 17 21:59:08 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in Transfer Mode
>>>>> May 17 21:59:08 [vdr] [4213] buffer usage: 80% (tid=4212)
>>>>> May 17 21:59:08 [vdr] [4213] buffer usage: 90% (tid=4212)
>>>>> May 17 21:59:09 [vdr] [4213] buffer usage: 100% (tid=4212)
>>>>> May 17 21:59:09 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in Transfer Mode
>>>>> - Last output repeated 4 times -
>>>>> May 17 21:59:13 [vdr] [4218] video directory scanner thread started (pid=2513, tid=4218)
>>>>> May 17 21:59:13 [vdr] [4219] video directory scanner thread started (pid=2513, tid=4219)
>>>>> May 17 21:59:13 [vdr] [4219] video directory scanner thread ended (pid=2513, tid=4219)
>>>>> May 17 21:59:13 [vdr] [4218] video directory scanner thread ended (pid=2513, tid=4218)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Log is full with the following messages:
>>>>>
>>>>> May 17 21:59:14 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in Transfer Mode
>>>>> - Last output repeated twice -
>>>>> May 17 21:59:15 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on device 2
>>>>> May 17 21:59:16 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in Transfer Mode
>>>>> - Last output repeated 8 times -
>>>>> May 17 21:59:24 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on device 2
>>>>> May 17 21:59:25 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in Transfer Mode
>>>>>
>>>>> Which I guess means that VDR never got around to checking that the timer had finished. The program was 1hour long with
>>>>> a 20 minute buffer added to the end. Log around the time it should have ended shows nothing.
>>>>>
>>>>> May 17 23:19:37 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on device 2
>>>>> May 17 23:19:38 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in Transfer Mode
>>>>> - Last output repeated 3 times -
>>>>> May 17 23:19:41 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on device 2
>>>>> May 17 23:19:42 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in Transfer Mode
>>>>> - Last output repeated 3 times -
>>>>> May 17 23:19:45 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on device 2
>>>>> May 17 23:19:46 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in Transfer Mode
>>>>> - Last output repeated 2 times -
>>>>> May 17 23:19:48 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on device 2
>>>>> May 17 23:19:49 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in Transfer Mode
>>>>> - Last output repeated 3 times -
>>>>> May 17 23:19:52 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on device 2
>>>>> May 17 23:19:53 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in Transfer Mode
>>>>> - Last output repeated 5 times -
>>>>> May 17 23:19:58 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on device 2
>>>>> May 17 23:19:59 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in Transfer Mode
>>>>> - Last output repeated 5 times -
>>>>> May 17 23:20:04 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on device 2
>>>>> May 17 23:20:05 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in Transfer Mode
>>>>> - Last output repeated 4 times -
>>>>> May 17 23:20:09 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on device 2
>>>>> May 17 23:20:11 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in Transfer Mode
>>>>> - Last output repeated 4 times -
>>>>> May 17 23:20:15 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on device 2
>>>>> May 17 23:20:16 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in Transfer Mode
>>>>> - Last output repeated 4 times -
>>>>> May 17 23:20:20 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on device 2
>>>>> May 17 23:20:21 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in Transfer Mode
>>>>> - Last output repeated 3 times -
>>>>> May 17 23:20:24 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on device 2
>>>>> May 17 23:20:25 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in Transfer Mode
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Emergency Exit = 1 is set in the config.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>> These log messages indicate that the output device is in trouble and
>>>> doesn't accept data any more. Since this is happening in transfer mode
>>>> (i.e. "live"), there is no reason for an "emergency exit". Either switch
>>>> to a different channel (which will restart the transfer mode and probably
>>>> reinitialize the output device) or manually restart VDR.
>>>>
>>>> Klaus
>>>>
>>> Hi Klaus,
>>>
>>> I did restart VDR OK. But, same as last time, hours later the VDR is still running
>>> and I assume would keep on running for ever producing these messages, as it seems
>>> to have missed the end of the recording, which doesn't seem right somehow.
>>
>> I don't see how VDR could "miss" the end of a recording (assuming it is not a VPS
>> recording). I guess you'll need to add some debug output to cTimer::Matches() in
>> order to find out what's going wrong there.
>>
>>> There is no live viewing on this VDR, any idea why it was in transfer mode?
>>
>> Maybe earlier entries in your log file can answer that question.
>> Look for a message that indicates the start of the transfer mode thread.
>>
>> Klaus
>>
>>
> Hi Klaus,
> I added some debugging statements to where you suggested, but I am ashamed to say that I can't
> properly follow the logic, even when it works correctly. Could you please give me some simple
> tips?

You could try this:


With this any running timer will continuously log its data, so we should be
able to see what's going on when the stop time passes by and the timer doesn't
stop recording.

Klaus
  

Comments

Brian June 8, 2012, 10:33 a.m. UTC | #1
On 06/08/2012 11:45 AM, Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
> if (HasFlags(tfRecording)) dsyslog("timer data: %ld %ld %d %ld", 
> startTime, t, Margin, stopTime);//XXX 
Ok works a treat thanks.

Cheers Brian
  
Brian June 8, 2012, 10:39 a.m. UTC | #2
On 06/08/2012 11:45 AM, Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
> On 08.06.2012 08:39, brian wrote:
>> On 05/18/2012 05:04 PM, Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
>>> On 18.05.2012 15:32, brian wrote:
>>>> On 05/18/2012 10:04 AM, Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
>>>>> On 18.05.2012 09:49, brian wrote:
>>>>>> On 05/01/2012 01:28 PM, Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
>>>>>>> On 01.05.2012 13:07, brian wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 05/01/2012 11:54 AM, Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 01.05.2012 07:50, brian wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>> doing some pretty heavy testing of VDR 1.7.21 as part of 
>>>>>>>>>> gen2vdr V3 and have now twice had the case
>>>>>>>>>> that a recording did not end. Supposed to end at 23:10 
>>>>>>>>>> yesterday, still going strong at 06:00 this
>>>>>>>>>> morning. Can't find anything in the history file of VDR that 
>>>>>>>>>> this is a know problem and has been fixed in
>>>>>>>>>> later versions.
>>>>>>>>>> Here is some of the log:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:00 [vdr] [2496] timer 1 (1 2159-2310 'Silent 
>>>>>>>>>> Witness') start
>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:00 [vdr] [2496] Title: 'Silent Witness' 
>>>>>>>>>> Subtitle: 'Fear - Part Two'
>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:00 [vdr] [2496] executing '/tmp/vdr/vdr_record 
>>>>>>>>>> before "/video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec"'
>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:00 [logger] BJD g2v_record.sh Called: 0 = 
>>>>>>>>>> /tmp/vdr/vdr_record
>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:00 [logger] 2012-04-30 21:59 /tmp/vdr/vdr_record 
>>>>>>>>>> before /video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec
>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:00 [logger] /usr/sbin/mailtext: Started Start 
>>>>>>>>>> 2012-04-30 21.59 Silent Witness.
>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:00 [logger] [g2v_rec_msg.sh] Silent Witness: 
>>>>>>>>>> Warte auf Verzeichnis
>>>>>>>>>> - Last output repeated 2 times -
>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:01 [sSMTP] Sent mail for 
>>>>>>>>>> Brian_dorling@t-online.de (221 2.0.0 fwd22.t-online.de 
>>>>>>>>>> closing. / Verbindung wird getrennt.) u
>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:01 [logger] Apr 30 21:59:01 gen2vdr 
>>>>>>>>>> sendemail[3863]: Email was sent successfully!
>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:01 [logger] /usr/sbin/mailtext: Done
>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:01 [vdr] [2496] record 
>>>>>>>>>> /video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec
>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:01 [vdr] [2496] creating directory 
>>>>>>>>>> /video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec
>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:02 [vdr] [2496] recording to 
>>>>>>>>>> '/video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec/00001.ts'
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Doesn't seem to try to end at 23:10
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 22:59:50 [vdr] [2738] channel 1 (BBC 1 London) event 
>>>>>>>>>> Mon 30.04.2012 23:00-23:25 'BBC News' status 4
>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 23:00:01 [cron] (root) CMD (rm -f 
>>>>>>>>>> /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly)
>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 23:01:59 [vdr] [2734] read incomplete section - len = 
>>>>>>>>>> 428, r = 214
>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 23:12:36 [ntpd] peer 213.198.55.2 now valid
>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 23:12:39 [ntpd] peer 129.70.132.36 now valid
>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 23:12:48 [ntpd] peer 178.63.99.230 now valid
>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 23:14:41 [vdr] [3935] recording to 
>>>>>>>>>> '/video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec/00002.ts'
>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 23:18:11 [kernel] lirc_serial: ignoring spike: 1 1 
>>>>>>>>>> 4f9f0193 4f9f0190 87401 aa74b
>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 23:20:41 [ntpd] skew change -36.162 exceeds limit
>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 23:20:41 [ntpd] clock is now synced
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Still going strong:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> May 01 00:07:37 [vdr] [2738] channel 1 (BBC 1 London) event 
>>>>>>>>>> Tue 01.05.2012 00:05-00:35 'Late Kick Off' status 4
>>>>>>>>>> May 01 00:19:30 [vdr] [3935] recording to 
>>>>>>>>>> '/video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec/00003.ts'
>>>>>>>>>> May 01 00:24:40 [vdr] [2779] TVTV: Packed String: 
>>>>>>>>>> DKVxHLuoiXDxsDu98Eavvg==
>>>>>>>>>> ....
>>>>>>>>>> May 01 01:23:04 [vdr] [3935] recording to 
>>>>>>>>>> '/video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec/00004.ts'
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Deleted the timer manually:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> May 01 06:37:39 [vdr] [2496] timer 1 (1 2159-2310 'Silent 
>>>>>>>>>> Witness') stop
>>>>>>>>>> May 01 06:37:39 [vdr] [2496] executing '/tmp/vdr/vdr_record 
>>>>>>>>>> after "/video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec"'
>>>>>>>>>> May 01 06:37:39 [logger] BJD g2v_record.sh Called: 0 = 
>>>>>>>>>> /tmp/vdr/vdr_record
>>>>>>>>>> May 01 06:37:39 [logger] 2012-05-01 06:37 /tmp/vdr/vdr_record 
>>>>>>>>>> after /video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec
>>>>>>>>>> May 01 06:37:39 [logger] /usr/sbin/mailtext: Started End 
>>>>>>>>>> 2012-04-30 21.59 Silent Witness.
>>>>>>>>>> May 01 06:37:39 [vdr] [3939] TS buffer on device 3 thread 
>>>>>>>>>> ended (pid=2496, tid=3939)
>>>>>>>>>> May 01 06:37:39 [vdr] [3936] buffer stats: 95316 (4%) used
>>>>>>>>>> May 01 06:37:39 [vdr] [3936] receiver on device 3 thread 
>>>>>>>>>> ended (pid=2496, tid=3936)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Did this happen only once, or is it reproducible?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Is this "plain vanilla" VDR or are there any patches involved.
>>>>>>>>> I never had this problem with plain vanilla VDR.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Klaus
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Moin,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> second time now. Its the standard gen2vdr distribution so 
>>>>>>>> various patches and plugins I guess.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am not trying to use VPS, can I rule that out due to the 
>>>>>>>> messages shown?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Since there is no VPS keyword in the timer line at
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:00 [vdr] [2496] timer 1 (1 2159-2310 'Silent 
>>>>>>> Witness') start
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> it's safe to assume that VPS is not being used.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >Apr 30 23:01:59 [vdr] [2734] read incomplete section - len = 
>>>>>>>>> 428, r = 214
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Is the above message important?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> No.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'll try to strip it down then and see if it reoccurs.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Try to get rid of as many patches as possible (preferably all of 
>>>>>>> them ;-).
>>>>>>> And use only the plugin necessary for output, nothing else.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Klaus
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Klaus,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> without plugins up till now no problems till yesterday evening. 
>>>>>> The VDR is still up, but not recording anything,
>>>>>> no disk activity at all.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> May 17 21:59:03 [vdr] [2513] SVDRP message: 'Aufnahme: Close~Lost 
>>>>>> in Translation'
>>>>>> May 17 21:59:04 [vdr] [2513] info: Aufnahme: Close~Lost in 
>>>>>> Translation
>>>>>> May 17 21:59:04 [vdr] [2513] closing SVDRP connection
>>>>>> May 17 21:59:06 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in 
>>>>>> Transfer Mode
>>>>>> - Last output repeated twice -
>>>>>> May 17 21:59:08 [vdr] [4213] buffer usage: 70% (tid=4212)
>>>>>> May 17 21:59:08 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in 
>>>>>> Transfer Mode
>>>>>> May 17 21:59:08 [vdr] [4213] buffer usage: 80% (tid=4212)
>>>>>> May 17 21:59:08 [vdr] [4213] buffer usage: 90% (tid=4212)
>>>>>> May 17 21:59:09 [vdr] [4213] buffer usage: 100% (tid=4212)
>>>>>> May 17 21:59:09 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in 
>>>>>> Transfer Mode
>>>>>> - Last output repeated 4 times -
>>>>>> May 17 21:59:13 [vdr] [4218] video directory scanner thread 
>>>>>> started (pid=2513, tid=4218)
>>>>>> May 17 21:59:13 [vdr] [4219] video directory scanner thread 
>>>>>> started (pid=2513, tid=4219)
>>>>>> May 17 21:59:13 [vdr] [4219] video directory scanner thread ended 
>>>>>> (pid=2513, tid=4219)
>>>>>> May 17 21:59:13 [vdr] [4218] video directory scanner thread ended 
>>>>>> (pid=2513, tid=4218)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Log is full with the following messages:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> May 17 21:59:14 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in 
>>>>>> Transfer Mode
>>>>>> - Last output repeated twice -
>>>>>> May 17 21:59:15 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on 
>>>>>> device 2
>>>>>> May 17 21:59:16 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in 
>>>>>> Transfer Mode
>>>>>> - Last output repeated 8 times -
>>>>>> May 17 21:59:24 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on 
>>>>>> device 2
>>>>>> May 17 21:59:25 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in 
>>>>>> Transfer Mode
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Which I guess means that VDR never got around to checking that 
>>>>>> the timer had finished. The program was 1hour long with
>>>>>> a 20 minute buffer added to the end. Log around the time it 
>>>>>> should have ended shows nothing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> May 17 23:19:37 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on 
>>>>>> device 2
>>>>>> May 17 23:19:38 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in 
>>>>>> Transfer Mode
>>>>>> - Last output repeated 3 times -
>>>>>> May 17 23:19:41 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on 
>>>>>> device 2
>>>>>> May 17 23:19:42 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in 
>>>>>> Transfer Mode
>>>>>> - Last output repeated 3 times -
>>>>>> May 17 23:19:45 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on 
>>>>>> device 2
>>>>>> May 17 23:19:46 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in 
>>>>>> Transfer Mode
>>>>>> - Last output repeated 2 times -
>>>>>> May 17 23:19:48 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on 
>>>>>> device 2
>>>>>> May 17 23:19:49 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in 
>>>>>> Transfer Mode
>>>>>> - Last output repeated 3 times -
>>>>>> May 17 23:19:52 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on 
>>>>>> device 2
>>>>>> May 17 23:19:53 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in 
>>>>>> Transfer Mode
>>>>>> - Last output repeated 5 times -
>>>>>> May 17 23:19:58 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on 
>>>>>> device 2
>>>>>> May 17 23:19:59 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in 
>>>>>> Transfer Mode
>>>>>> - Last output repeated 5 times -
>>>>>> May 17 23:20:04 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on 
>>>>>> device 2
>>>>>> May 17 23:20:05 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in 
>>>>>> Transfer Mode
>>>>>> - Last output repeated 4 times -
>>>>>> May 17 23:20:09 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on 
>>>>>> device 2
>>>>>> May 17 23:20:11 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in 
>>>>>> Transfer Mode
>>>>>> - Last output repeated 4 times -
>>>>>> May 17 23:20:15 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on 
>>>>>> device 2
>>>>>> May 17 23:20:16 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in 
>>>>>> Transfer Mode
>>>>>> - Last output repeated 4 times -
>>>>>> May 17 23:20:20 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on 
>>>>>> device 2
>>>>>> May 17 23:20:21 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in 
>>>>>> Transfer Mode
>>>>>> - Last output repeated 3 times -
>>>>>> May 17 23:20:24 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on 
>>>>>> device 2
>>>>>> May 17 23:20:25 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in 
>>>>>> Transfer Mode
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Emergency Exit = 1 is set in the config.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>>
>>>>> These log messages indicate that the output device is in trouble and
>>>>> doesn't accept data any more. Since this is happening in transfer 
>>>>> mode
>>>>> (i.e. "live"), there is no reason for an "emergency exit". Either 
>>>>> switch
>>>>> to a different channel (which will restart the transfer mode and 
>>>>> probably
>>>>> reinitialize the output device) or manually restart VDR.
>>>>>
>>>>> Klaus
>>>>>
>>>> Hi Klaus,
>>>>
>>>> I did restart VDR OK. But, same as last time, hours later the VDR 
>>>> is still running
>>>> and I assume would keep on running for ever producing these 
>>>> messages, as it seems
>>>> to have missed the end of the recording, which doesn't seem right 
>>>> somehow.
>>>
>>> I don't see how VDR could "miss" the end of a recording (assuming it 
>>> is not a VPS
>>> recording). I guess you'll need to add some debug output to 
>>> cTimer::Matches() in
>>> order to find out what's going wrong there.
>>>
>>>> There is no live viewing on this VDR, any idea why it was in 
>>>> transfer mode?
>>>
>>> Maybe earlier entries in your log file can answer that question.
>>> Look for a message that indicates the start of the transfer mode 
>>> thread.
>>>
>>> Klaus
>>>
>>>
>> Hi Klaus,
>> I added some debugging statements to where you suggested, but I am 
>> ashamed to say that I can't
>> properly follow the logic, even when it works correctly. Could you 
>> please give me some simple
>> tips?
>
> You could try this:
>
> --- timers.c    2012/06/03 13:04:23     2.10
> +++ timers.c    2012/06/08 09:43:49
> @@ -443,6 +443,7 @@
>                }
>             }
>          }
> +     if (HasFlags(tfRecording)) dsyslog("timer data: %ld %ld %d %ld", 
> startTime, t, Margin, stopTime);//XXX
>       return startTime <= t + Margin && t < stopTime; // must stop 
> *before* stopTime to allow adjacent timers
>       }
>    return false;
>
> With this any running timer will continuously log its data, so we 
> should be
> able to see what's going on when the stop time passes by and the timer 
> doesn't
> stop recording.
>
> Klaus
>
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Hmm,
changed it a bit to not log so many messages:

Jun  8 12:35:40 [vdr] [8428] Within 5 MInutes of end. timer data: 
1339149540 1339151740 0 1339151760
                 - Last output repeated 13 times -
Jun  8 12:35:41 [vdr] [8428] Within 5 MInutes of end. timer data: 
1339149540 1339151741 0 1339151760
                 - Last output repeated twice -
Jun  8 12:35:41 [vdr] [8428] closing SVDRP connection
Jun  8 12:35:41 [vdr] [8428] Within 5 MInutes of end. timer data: 
1339149540 1339151741 0 1339151760

So according to the first line ::Matches was called 14 times within the 
same second. Is that correct?
Up till now I only saw the messages once a second.

Cheers Brian
  
Klaus Schmidinger June 8, 2012, 10:44 a.m. UTC | #3
On 08.06.2012 12:39, brian wrote:
> On 06/08/2012 11:45 AM, Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
>> On 08.06.2012 08:39, brian wrote:
>>> On 05/18/2012 05:04 PM, Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
>>>> On 18.05.2012 15:32, brian wrote:
>>>>> On 05/18/2012 10:04 AM, Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
>>>>>> On 18.05.2012 09:49, brian wrote:
>>>>>>> On 05/01/2012 01:28 PM, Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 01.05.2012 13:07, brian wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 05/01/2012 11:54 AM, Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 01.05.2012 07:50, brian wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>> doing some pretty heavy testing of VDR 1.7.21 as part of gen2vdr V3 and have now twice had the case
>>>>>>>>>>> that a recording did not end. Supposed to end at 23:10 yesterday, still going strong at 06:00 this
>>>>>>>>>>> morning. Can't find anything in the history file of VDR that this is a know problem and has been fixed in
>>>>>>>>>>> later versions.
>>>>>>>>>>> Here is some of the log:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:00 [vdr] [2496] timer 1 (1 2159-2310 'Silent Witness') start
>>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:00 [vdr] [2496] Title: 'Silent Witness' Subtitle: 'Fear - Part Two'
>>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:00 [vdr] [2496] executing '/tmp/vdr/vdr_record before "/video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec"'
>>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:00 [logger] BJD g2v_record.sh Called: 0 = /tmp/vdr/vdr_record
>>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:00 [logger] 2012-04-30 21:59 /tmp/vdr/vdr_record before /video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec
>>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:00 [logger] /usr/sbin/mailtext: Started Start 2012-04-30 21.59 Silent Witness.
>>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:00 [logger] [g2v_rec_msg.sh] Silent Witness: Warte auf Verzeichnis
>>>>>>>>>>> - Last output repeated 2 times -
>>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:01 [sSMTP] Sent mail for Brian_dorling@t-online.de (221 2.0.0 fwd22.t-online.de closing. / Verbindung wird getrennt.) u
>>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:01 [logger] Apr 30 21:59:01 gen2vdr sendemail[3863]: Email was sent successfully!
>>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:01 [logger] /usr/sbin/mailtext: Done
>>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:01 [vdr] [2496] record /video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec
>>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:01 [vdr] [2496] creating directory /video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec
>>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:02 [vdr] [2496] recording to '/video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec/00001.ts'
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Doesn't seem to try to end at 23:10
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 22:59:50 [vdr] [2738] channel 1 (BBC 1 London) event Mon 30.04.2012 23:00-23:25 'BBC News' status 4
>>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 23:00:01 [cron] (root) CMD (rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly)
>>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 23:01:59 [vdr] [2734] read incomplete section - len = 428, r = 214
>>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 23:12:36 [ntpd] peer 213.198.55.2 now valid
>>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 23:12:39 [ntpd] peer 129.70.132.36 now valid
>>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 23:12:48 [ntpd] peer 178.63.99.230 now valid
>>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 23:14:41 [vdr] [3935] recording to '/video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec/00002.ts'
>>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 23:18:11 [kernel] lirc_serial: ignoring spike: 1 1 4f9f0193 4f9f0190 87401 aa74b
>>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 23:20:41 [ntpd] skew change -36.162 exceeds limit
>>>>>>>>>>> Apr 30 23:20:41 [ntpd] clock is now synced
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Still going strong:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> May 01 00:07:37 [vdr] [2738] channel 1 (BBC 1 London) event Tue 01.05.2012 00:05-00:35 'Late Kick Off' status 4
>>>>>>>>>>> May 01 00:19:30 [vdr] [3935] recording to '/video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec/00003.ts'
>>>>>>>>>>> May 01 00:24:40 [vdr] [2779] TVTV: Packed String: DKVxHLuoiXDxsDu98Eavvg==
>>>>>>>>>>> ....
>>>>>>>>>>> May 01 01:23:04 [vdr] [3935] recording to '/video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec/00004.ts'
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Deleted the timer manually:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> May 01 06:37:39 [vdr] [2496] timer 1 (1 2159-2310 'Silent Witness') stop
>>>>>>>>>>> May 01 06:37:39 [vdr] [2496] executing '/tmp/vdr/vdr_record after "/video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec"'
>>>>>>>>>>> May 01 06:37:39 [logger] BJD g2v_record.sh Called: 0 = /tmp/vdr/vdr_record
>>>>>>>>>>> May 01 06:37:39 [logger] 2012-05-01 06:37 /tmp/vdr/vdr_record after /video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec
>>>>>>>>>>> May 01 06:37:39 [logger] /usr/sbin/mailtext: Started End 2012-04-30 21.59 Silent Witness.
>>>>>>>>>>> May 01 06:37:39 [vdr] [3939] TS buffer on device 3 thread ended (pid=2496, tid=3939)
>>>>>>>>>>> May 01 06:37:39 [vdr] [3936] buffer stats: 95316 (4%) used
>>>>>>>>>>> May 01 06:37:39 [vdr] [3936] receiver on device 3 thread ended (pid=2496, tid=3936)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Did this happen only once, or is it reproducible?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Is this "plain vanilla" VDR or are there any patches involved.
>>>>>>>>>> I never had this problem with plain vanilla VDR.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Klaus
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Moin,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> second time now. Its the standard gen2vdr distribution so various patches and plugins I guess.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I am not trying to use VPS, can I rule that out due to the messages shown?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Since there is no VPS keyword in the timer line at
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Apr 30 21:59:00 [vdr] [2496] timer 1 (1 2159-2310 'Silent Witness') start
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> it's safe to assume that VPS is not being used.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> >Apr 30 23:01:59 [vdr] [2734] read incomplete section - len = 428, r = 214
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Is the above message important?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> No.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'll try to strip it down then and see if it reoccurs.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Try to get rid of as many patches as possible (preferably all of them ;-).
>>>>>>>> And use only the plugin necessary for output, nothing else.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Klaus
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Klaus,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> without plugins up till now no problems till yesterday evening. The VDR is still up, but not recording anything,
>>>>>>> no disk activity at all.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> May 17 21:59:03 [vdr] [2513] SVDRP message: 'Aufnahme: Close~Lost in Translation'
>>>>>>> May 17 21:59:04 [vdr] [2513] info: Aufnahme: Close~Lost in Translation
>>>>>>> May 17 21:59:04 [vdr] [2513] closing SVDRP connection
>>>>>>> May 17 21:59:06 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in Transfer Mode
>>>>>>> - Last output repeated twice -
>>>>>>> May 17 21:59:08 [vdr] [4213] buffer usage: 70% (tid=4212)
>>>>>>> May 17 21:59:08 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in Transfer Mode
>>>>>>> May 17 21:59:08 [vdr] [4213] buffer usage: 80% (tid=4212)
>>>>>>> May 17 21:59:08 [vdr] [4213] buffer usage: 90% (tid=4212)
>>>>>>> May 17 21:59:09 [vdr] [4213] buffer usage: 100% (tid=4212)
>>>>>>> May 17 21:59:09 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in Transfer Mode
>>>>>>> - Last output repeated 4 times -
>>>>>>> May 17 21:59:13 [vdr] [4218] video directory scanner thread started (pid=2513, tid=4218)
>>>>>>> May 17 21:59:13 [vdr] [4219] video directory scanner thread started (pid=2513, tid=4219)
>>>>>>> May 17 21:59:13 [vdr] [4219] video directory scanner thread ended (pid=2513, tid=4219)
>>>>>>> May 17 21:59:13 [vdr] [4218] video directory scanner thread ended (pid=2513, tid=4218)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Log is full with the following messages:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> May 17 21:59:14 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in Transfer Mode
>>>>>>> - Last output repeated twice -
>>>>>>> May 17 21:59:15 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on device 2
>>>>>>> May 17 21:59:16 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in Transfer Mode
>>>>>>> - Last output repeated 8 times -
>>>>>>> May 17 21:59:24 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on device 2
>>>>>>> May 17 21:59:25 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in Transfer Mode
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Which I guess means that VDR never got around to checking that the timer had finished. The program was 1hour long with
>>>>>>> a 20 minute buffer added to the end. Log around the time it should have ended shows nothing.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> May 17 23:19:37 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on device 2
>>>>>>> May 17 23:19:38 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in Transfer Mode
>>>>>>> - Last output repeated 3 times -
>>>>>>> May 17 23:19:41 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on device 2
>>>>>>> May 17 23:19:42 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in Transfer Mode
>>>>>>> - Last output repeated 3 times -
>>>>>>> May 17 23:19:45 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on device 2
>>>>>>> May 17 23:19:46 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in Transfer Mode
>>>>>>> - Last output repeated 2 times -
>>>>>>> May 17 23:19:48 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on device 2
>>>>>>> May 17 23:19:49 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in Transfer Mode
>>>>>>> - Last output repeated 3 times -
>>>>>>> May 17 23:19:52 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on device 2
>>>>>>> May 17 23:19:53 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in Transfer Mode
>>>>>>> - Last output repeated 5 times -
>>>>>>> May 17 23:19:58 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on device 2
>>>>>>> May 17 23:19:59 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in Transfer Mode
>>>>>>> - Last output repeated 5 times -
>>>>>>> May 17 23:20:04 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on device 2
>>>>>>> May 17 23:20:05 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in Transfer Mode
>>>>>>> - Last output repeated 4 times -
>>>>>>> May 17 23:20:09 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on device 2
>>>>>>> May 17 23:20:11 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in Transfer Mode
>>>>>>> - Last output repeated 4 times -
>>>>>>> May 17 23:20:15 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on device 2
>>>>>>> May 17 23:20:16 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in Transfer Mode
>>>>>>> - Last output repeated 4 times -
>>>>>>> May 17 23:20:20 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on device 2
>>>>>>> May 17 23:20:21 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in Transfer Mode
>>>>>>> - Last output repeated 3 times -
>>>>>>> May 17 23:20:24 [vdr] [4213] ERROR: driver buffer overflow on device 2
>>>>>>> May 17 23:20:25 [vdr] [4212] ERROR: TS packet not accepted in Transfer Mode
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Emergency Exit = 1 is set in the config.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> These log messages indicate that the output device is in trouble and
>>>>>> doesn't accept data any more. Since this is happening in transfer mode
>>>>>> (i.e. "live"), there is no reason for an "emergency exit". Either switch
>>>>>> to a different channel (which will restart the transfer mode and probably
>>>>>> reinitialize the output device) or manually restart VDR.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Klaus
>>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Klaus,
>>>>>
>>>>> I did restart VDR OK. But, same as last time, hours later the VDR is still running
>>>>> and I assume would keep on running for ever producing these messages, as it seems
>>>>> to have missed the end of the recording, which doesn't seem right somehow.
>>>>
>>>> I don't see how VDR could "miss" the end of a recording (assuming it is not a VPS
>>>> recording). I guess you'll need to add some debug output to cTimer::Matches() in
>>>> order to find out what's going wrong there.
>>>>
>>>>> There is no live viewing on this VDR, any idea why it was in transfer mode?
>>>>
>>>> Maybe earlier entries in your log file can answer that question.
>>>> Look for a message that indicates the start of the transfer mode thread.
>>>>
>>>> Klaus
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Hi Klaus,
>>> I added some debugging statements to where you suggested, but I am ashamed to say that I can't
>>> properly follow the logic, even when it works correctly. Could you please give me some simple
>>> tips?
>>
>> You could try this:
>>
>> --- timers.c 2012/06/03 13:04:23 2.10
>> +++ timers.c 2012/06/08 09:43:49
>> @@ -443,6 +443,7 @@
>> }
>> }
>> }
>> + if (HasFlags(tfRecording)) dsyslog("timer data: %ld %ld %d %ld", startTime, t, Margin, stopTime);//XXX
>> return startTime <= t + Margin && t < stopTime; // must stop *before* stopTime to allow adjacent timers
>> }
>> return false;
>>
>> With this any running timer will continuously log its data, so we should be
>> able to see what's going on when the stop time passes by and the timer doesn't
>> stop recording.
>>
>> Klaus
>>
> Hmm,
> changed it a bit to not log so many messages:
>
> Jun 8 12:35:40 [vdr] [8428] Within 5 MInutes of end. timer data: 1339149540 1339151740 0 1339151760
> - Last output repeated 13 times -
> Jun 8 12:35:41 [vdr] [8428] Within 5 MInutes of end. timer data: 1339149540 1339151741 0 1339151760
> - Last output repeated twice -
> Jun 8 12:35:41 [vdr] [8428] closing SVDRP connection
> Jun 8 12:35:41 [vdr] [8428] Within 5 MInutes of end. timer data: 1339149540 1339151741 0 1339151760
>
> So according to the first line ::Matches was called 14 times within the same second. Is that correct?
> Up till now I only saw the messages once a second.

This is done once every main program loop, which is normally executed once per second.
However, if the replay progress display is open it is executed more often.
Maybe that's what's causing it?

Klaus
  

Patch

--- timers.c    2012/06/03 13:04:23     2.10
+++ timers.c    2012/06/08 09:43:49
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ 
                }
             }
          }
+     if (HasFlags(tfRecording)) dsyslog("timer data: %ld %ld %d %ld", startTime, t, Margin, stopTime);//XXX
       return startTime <= t + Margin && t < stopTime; // must stop *before* stopTime to allow adjacent timers
       }
    return false;