On 5 Dec 2023, at 16:41, <geo...@eycott.co.uk> <geo...@eycott.co.uk> wrote: > > On Windows I can confirm it does not always clear the lock file when > starting. Very occasionally on a freshly booted machine pvr will fail to run > due to an old lock file. Delete and try again and all is good. It doesn't > happen ofyen (every 3 - 4 montgs or so) but it does happen.
A corrupt/invalid/unreadable lock file could also prevent the PVR scheduler from starting, with different error messages. If that isn't the case and it's actually reporting that a non-existent process is running, I guess you can add that to the list of Perl+Windows peculiarities. _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
