Skipping recording because program has already started

Channels DVR Server
#1

I have had several programs not recording on occasion. Two in particular are BBC America and Steven Colbert. It is kinda hit or miss - sometimes they record and other times they will not. Is it perhaps guide related? I have included a portion of the log. The Steven Colbert show last night was a new episode and scheduled to start at 11:35.

2017/06/29 21:28:13 [SYS] Downloading new version v2017.06.29.2332
2017/06/29 21:28:27 [SYS] Update downloaded and verified successfully.
2017/06/29 21:28:27 [SYS] Shutting down for upgrade from v2017.06.28.2127 to v2017.06.29.2332
2017/06/29 21:28:27 [SYS] Bonjour service stopped.
2017/06/29 21:28:27 [DVR] Recording engine stopped.
2017/06/29 21:28:29 [SYS] Starting Channels DVR v2017.06.29.2332 (darwin-x86_64) in /Users/johngreenman/channels-dvr/data
2017/06/29 21:28:30 [HDR] Found 1 devices
2017/06/29 21:28:30 [SYS] Started HTTP Server
2017/06/29 21:28:30 [DVR] Recording engine started in /Volumes/TarDisk Media
2017/06/29 21:28:30 [SYS] Removing old update 2017.06.15.2014
2017/06/29 21:28:30 [DVR] Waiting 2h6m29.03973204s until next job 1498793700-8 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
2017/06/29 21:28:30 [SYS] Created database snapshot: backup-20170629.212830
2017/06/29 21:28:31 [SYS] Bonjour service registered with Johns-MacBook-Pro.local
2017/06/29 21:28:41 [IDX] Pruned 61 expired airings from USA-OTA32086 in 71.99565ms.
2017/06/30 00:12:24 [DVR] Skipping job because program already started 1498793700-8 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
2017/06/30 00:12:24 [DVR] Waiting 17h47m35.883070887s until next job 1498860000-1 BBC World News America

#2

Hmm, is your Mac setup to never sleep in energy preferences?

#3

No - I have been depending on Bonjour. I noticed the log stated “Bonjour service registered with Johns-MacBook-Pro.local”

#4

Bonjour will not wake your Mac up when it is time to make a recording.

If you don’t want to change your sleep settings, you can run the following command in Terminal.app to setup the auto-wake for recording feature:

./channels-dvr/install.sh --wake-helper

You will need to provide your password when prompted for the auto-wake installation.

#5

I have had no problems to date when re-executing the command when I see an update, after restarting the computer, and leaving the terminal open.

Is all the above necessary or Is executing the command once sufficient?

#6

Just once is enough, no need to leave the Terminal open once you’ve done that.

#7

For the last 4 days everything has been running well - until this evening. The wake helper is enabled. Fortunately, I have a Tablo running in parallel. Any ideas?

2017/07/21 14:00:00 [DVR] Finished job 1500658200-28 Ask This Old House
2017/07/21 14:00:00 [DVR] Waiting 3h59m59.92208798s until next job 1500674400-1 BBC World News America
2017/07/21 14:00:00 [DVR] Processing file-171: TV/Ask This Old House/Ask This Old House S15E06 2016-11-05 HVAC Zoning Plaster Patch 2017-07-21-1330.mpg
2017/07/21 14:00:00 [DVR] Running commercial detection on file 171 (TV/Ask This Old House/Ask This Old House S15E06 2016-11-05 HVAC Zoning Plaster Patch 2017-07-21-1330.mpg)
2017/07/21 14:02:04 [DVR] Commercial detection finished with 4 markers.
2017/07/21 18:43:30 [DVR] Deleting expired job 1500674400-1 BBC World News America
2017/07/21 18:43:30 [DVR] Skipping job because program already started 1500676200-2 Nightly Business Report
2017/07/21 18:43:30 [DVR] Waiting 16m29.17195017s until next job 1500678000-3 PBS NewsHour

#8

Hmm, not sure why it would stop working all of a sudden…

Did you update macOS recently?

#9

Yes, to macOS Sierra version 10.12.6 yesterday afternoon. I did run the " ./channels-dvr/install.sh --wake-helper " after the computer restarted.

#10

Can you open Terminal.app and run these commands, and copy/paste the output:

sudo tail -1 /etc/sudoers
sudo ls -l /etc/sudoers.d
sudo cat /etc/sudoers.d/channels-dvr

#11 
Johns-MacBook-Pro:~ johngreenman$ sudo tail -1 /etc/sudoers
#includedir /private/etc/sudoers.d
Johns-MacBook-Pro:~ johngreenman$ sudo ls -l /etc/sudoers.d
total 8
-r--r-----  1 root  wheel  242 Jul 21 18:49 channels-dvr
Johns-MacBook-Pro:~ johngreenman$ sudo cat /etc/sudoers.d/channels-dvr
Cmnd_Alias DVR_PMSET_SCHEDULE = /usr/bin/pmset schedule wakeorpoweron * com.getchannels.dvr
Cmnd_Alias DVR_PMSET_CANCEL = /usr/bin/pmset cancel wakeorpoweron * com.getchannels.dvr
ALL ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: DVR_PMSET_SCHEDULE, DVR_PMSET_CANCEL
Johns-MacBook-Pro:~ johngreenman$
#12

Looks normal… Let me upgrade here and run some tests.