Recording keeps returning to the start

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Recording keeps returning to the start

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When I tried to replay an episode of Winds of War it kept jumping back t the start.
I could force it forward again to the next scene but it became impractical.

I then found that it happened with every recording!

It had been fine up to a few days ago.

This version 29.0 on Ubuntu 18.04.01
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I should have explained that the offending frontend is on the same machine as the backend.

As this behaviour does not occur on a remote frontend, I checked its log.

I could not see anything suspicious.

I would like to uninstall the 'bad' frontend and reinstall it but unfortunately the version installed on Ubuntu does not permit a complete removal without taking the backend with it!

Is this now an Ubuntu problem?
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Re: Recording keeps returning to the start

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May win the 1st place for oddest thing seen (there is no prize.)

Possible keybinding/remote problem? Does it return exactly to the start of
the recording, or the same number of minutes? Does it happen after some
other keypress? Use a different remote/keyboard? Consider blocking any IR
receiver(s.)
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The default keyboard is an Rii wireless model. There is no IR deployed.
I detached the wireless receiver and plugged a bog-standard USB keyboard into the computer and tried again.

It makes no difference. The playback will advance a few seconds and flip back and repeat.

However, I reiterate this does not happen from a remote front end.

I have now found other problems with the back-end. A tuner is not working and recordings have not taken place.

It now seem unavoidable that a backup of my database might be required, followed by a complete uninstall and reinstall.
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Re: Recording keeps returning to the start

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I took a mythconverg_backup before uninstalling mythtv* via # apt remove.

I then went the extra mile, recompiled the tuner drivers against the latest kernel.

I rebooted, re-installed mythtv*.

I ran the backend setup.

Then ran the mythtv backend. Then the frontend and ran through its setup.

But the result is that none of my recordings will go more than a few seconds before looping again.

The backup will not restore because it says the database contains data but is that important?
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Re: Recording keeps returning to the start

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@pinnerite, yep, saw that it's only on the combined BE/FE, so that's the
reason for thinking about a remote problem (and we have had them
before, just not the rewinding case.)

The "It had been fine up to a few days ago" comment is of interest too. Could
suggest a DB problem and restoring from a current backup wouldn't help if
the backup was made before the problem started. Maybe an older backup
would help if the current one doesn't. I've never heard of a DB problem causing
what you're seeing.

You could run: sudo /etc/cron.weekly/mythtv-database (if you've got a file
like that.) It may exist elsewhere, like in cron.daily or myth...something-else.

I'd start the offending FE with --verbose playback (or even playback:debug) to
see if that produces anything of use if the log.
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Re: Recording keeps returning to the start

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Unfortunately I had to completely rebuild the system from scratch and then drop it until today.
Sorry, but thanks for your advice.
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