I can’t get my DVR to consistently record shows. After I restart, it may make 1 or 2 recordings, but the next day, it fails.
What does it say on the Log tab of the DVR web UI when the recordings are supposed to happen?
Is your MacBook set to never sleep?
Yes Mac Mini is set to never sleep. Here’s the log.
2018/03/21 09:51:59 [DVR] Rule ‘Ask This Old House’ found 1 new airings
2018/03/21 09:51:59 [DVR] queued recording job 1523129400-1 (EP005291090418)
2018/03/21 09:51:59 [DVR] Rule ‘This Old House’ found 1 new airings
2018/03/21 09:51:59 [DVR] queued recording job 1523127600-2 (EP000044440961)
2018/03/21 09:51:59 [DVR] Rule ‘This Old House: Trade School’ found 1 new airings
2018/03/21 09:51:59 [DVR] queued recording job 1523116800-4 (SH027437490000-1523116800)
2018/03/21 09:51:59 [DVR] Rule ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’ found 7 new airings
2018/03/21 09:51:59 [DVR] queued recording job 1522730040-5 (EP017211070952)
2018/03/21 09:51:59 [DVR] queued recording job 1522816440-5 (EP017211070953)
2018/03/21 09:51:59 [DVR] queued recording job 1522902840-5 (EP017211070954)
2018/03/21 09:51:59 [DVR] queued recording job 1522989240-5 (EP017211070955)
2018/03/21 09:51:59 [DVR] queued recording job 1523075640-5 (EP017211070956)
2018/03/21 09:51:59 [DVR] queued recording job 1523334840-5 (EP017211070957)
2018/03/21 09:51:59 [DVR] queued recording job 1523421240-5 (EP017211070958)
2018/03/21 09:51:59 [DVR] Deleting job with expired serial: 1521907200-4 This Old House: Trade School (SH027437490000-1521907200)
2018/03/21 09:51:59 [DVR] Waiting 12h42m0.412561578s until next job 1521693240-5 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2018/03/21 09:51:59 [DVR] Waiting 12h42m0.077528117s until next job 1521693240-5 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2018/03/21 09:52:01 [IDX] Pruned 725 expired airings from USA-OTA80908 in 1.804883328s.
2018/03/21 10:31:00 [NAT] Successfully mapped port 8089 using upnp
2018/03/21 11:31:00 [NAT] Successfully mapped port 8089 using upnp
2018/03/21 12:31:00 [NAT] Successfully mapped port 8089 using upnp
2018/03/21 13:31:00 [NAT] Successfully mapped port 8089 using upnp
2018/03/21 14:31:00 [NAT] Successfully mapped port 8089 using upnp
2018/03/21 15:31:01 [NAT] Successfully mapped port 8089 using upnp
2018/03/21 16:31:01 [NAT] Successfully mapped port 8089 using upnp
2018/03/21 17:31:01 [NAT] Successfully mapped port 8089 using upnp
2018/03/21 18:21:02 [DVR] Waiting 4h12m57.526212214s until next job 1521693240-5 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2018/03/21 18:31:01 [NAT] Successfully mapped port 8089 using upnp
2018/03/21 18:31:07 [SYS] Downloading new version v2018.03.21.2139
2018/03/21 18:31:34 [SYS] Update downloaded and verified successfully.
2018/03/21 18:31:34 [SYS] Shutting down for upgrade from v2018.01.30.0033 to v2018.03.21.2139
2018/03/21 18:31:34 [SYS] Bonjour service stopped.
2018/03/21 18:31:34 [DVR] Recording engine stopped.
2018/03/21 18:31:35 [SYS] Goodbye.
2018/03/21 18:31:35 [SYS] Starting Channels DVR v2018.03.21.2139 (darwin-x86_64) in /Users/dmac-mini/Library/Application Support/ChannelsDVR/data
2018/03/21 18:31:36 [HDR] Found 1 devices
2018/03/21 18:31:37 [SYS] Started HTTP Server
2018/03/21 18:31:39 [DVR] Recording engine started in /Volumes/Mac Backup 2/DVR
2018/03/21 18:31:39 [DVR] Waiting 4h2m20.455539556s until next job 1521693240-5 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2018/03/21 18:31:39 [NAT] Successfully mapped port 8089 using upnp
2018/03/21 18:31:40 [SYS] Bonjour service registered with Drews-Mac-mini.local
2018/03/21 18:31:45 [SYS] Created database snapshot: backup-20180321.183139
2018/03/21 18:31:50 [IDX] Pruned 546 expired airings from USA-OTA80908 in 1.092498588s.
Is that the end of the log? So yesterday’s Tonight Show didn’t record?
Correct.
I’d like to look at some of the older log entries to get a better sense of what’s going on. Can you find the TV icon in the mac menu bar (next to the clock), click it and click View Log, then copy/paste all that into an email to [email protected]