Just got Plex to act as a DVR. It works pretty great, except when it doesn’t.
Some recordings are coming out fine. But I notice that some get stuck in some kinda of post-processing loop, and then disappear. The files are in the .grab directory for a while, and show with a red disk (instead of a play button) in the “Recording Schedule” view
It’s been a few hours and they seem stuck there:
Eventually they aren’t in the .grab directory either, but still show with a red disc:
myth@mythbackend:/var/lib/mythtv/plextv$ find . -type f
./Victoria (2016)/Season 02/Victoria (2016) - 2017-08-27 00 00 00 - A Soldier's Daughter; The Green-Eyed Monster.ts
./This Is Us (2016)/Season 02/This Is Us (2016) - S02E12 - Clooney.ts
./Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)/Season 02/Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) - S02E31 - Night the World Ended.ts
./Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)/Season 02/Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) - S02E30 - The Three Dreams of Mr. Findlater.ts
./Family Guy (1999)/Season 05/Family Guy (1999) - S05E12 - Airport '07.ts
./.grab/1592f4db166f2f0887fa046833a672c0e7494302/The Outer Limits (1995) - S04E11 - Vaccine.ts
./.grab/b240126275526cc92047fde02a542b89a6893c1e/Modern Family (2009) - S01E14 - Moon Landing.ts
./.grab/03a5989a001c9f988442b48589f2515d1b46b670/Modern Family (2009) - S01E16 - Fears.ts
./Star Trek The Next Generation (1987)/Season 05/Star Trek The Next Generation (1987) - S05E10 - New Ground.ts
./Star Trek The Next Generation (1987)/Season 05/Star Trek The Next Generation (1987) - S05E08 - Unification II.ts
./Secrets of the Six Wives (2016)/Season 01/Secrets of the Six Wives (2016) - S01E02 - Beheaded Died.ts
./Seinfeld (1989)/Season 08/Seinfeld (1989) - S08E02 - The Soul Mate.ts
./Modern Family (2009)/Season 09/Modern Family (2009) - S09E13 - In Your Head.ts
./A Craftsman's Legacy (2014)/Season 03/A Craftsman's Legacy (2014) - S03E06 - The Chocolatiers.ts
./The Outer Limits (1995)/Season 01/The Outer Limits (1995) - S01E21 - Children of Spider County.ts
./The Outer Limits (1995)/Season 04/The Outer Limits (1995) - S04E09 - Glyphic.ts
./Mr. Belvedere (1985)/Season 02/Mr. Belvedere (1985) - S02E04 - Requiem.ts
For instance, where is the recording for NOVA?
myth@mythbackend:/var/lib/mythtv/plextv$ find . -type f | grep -i nova
myth@mythbackend:/var/lib/mythtv/plextv$
Is it because it was “cancelled”? I don’t know what “Cancelling operation for … with status complete.” means:
myth@mythbackend:/var/lib/mythtv/plextv$
myth@mythbackend:/var/lib/mythtv/plextv$ grep -ri nova /var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application\ Support/Plex\ Media\ Server/Logs/ | grep -v mythrecordings.log
/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Logs/PMS Plugin Logs/com.plexapp.system.log.2:2018-01-17 12:23:42,472 (7f0688ff9700) : DEBUG (runtime:717) - Handling request GET /system/agents/media/get?guid=com%2Eplexapp%2Eagents%2Elastfm%3A%2F%2FVarious%2520Artists%2FCompact%2520Jazz%253A%2520Best%2520of%2520Bossa%2520Nova%3Flang%3Den&mediaType=9&url=metadata%3A%2F%2Fposters%2Fcom%2Eplexapp%2Eagents%2Elocalmedia_b4990f4e5838d44dc0e880505b8ce320a3fc471c
/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Logs/Plex Media Server.3.log:Jan 18, 2018 21:14:13.346 [0x7fcd597ed700] DEBUG - DVR:Subscription: Failed to resolve subscription for 'guid: com.gracenote.onconnect://show/184159 thumb: https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/pTdfXd5eyoXB9GUeLQ0vnE3GMwG.jpg title: NOVA type: 2 year: 1974' to library item
/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Logs/Plex Media Server.4.log:Jan 18, 2018 20:00:00.882 [0x7fcd56fe8700] DEBUG - DVR:Grabber: Cancelling operation for 'NOVA - E6 - Hagia Sophia -- Istanbul's Ancient Mystery' with status complete.
myth@mythbackend:/var/lib/mythtv/plextv$
myth@mythbackend:/var/lib/mythtv/plextv$
