diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/services/CalendarService.php b/airtime_mvc/application/services/CalendarService.php
index d0091d589..b0e1ad865 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/services/CalendarService.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/services/CalendarService.php
@@ -45,11 +45,16 @@ class Application_Service_CalendarService
             if ($this->ccShowInstance->isRecorded()) {
 
                 $ccFile = $this->ccShowInstance->getCcFiles();
-
-                $menu["view_recorded"] = array(
-                    "name" => _("View Recorded File Metadata"),
-                    "icon" => "overview",
-                    "url" => $baseUrl."library/edit-file-md/id/".$ccFile->getDbId());
+                if (!isset($ccFile)) {
+                     $menu["error when recording"] = array (
+                         "name" => _("Record file doesn't exist"),
+                         "icon" => "error");
+                }else {
+                    $menu["view_recorded"] = array(
+                        "name" => _("View Recorded File Metadata"),
+                        "icon" => "overview",
+                        "url" => $baseUrl."library/edit-file-md/id/".$ccFile->getDbId());
+                }
 
                 //recorded show can be uploaded to soundcloud
                 if (Application_Model_Preference::GetUploadToSoundcloudOption()) {
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/public/css/jquery.contextMenu.css b/airtime_mvc/public/css/jquery.contextMenu.css
index 1119feb8f..61634b34d 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/public/css/jquery.contextMenu.css
+++ b/airtime_mvc/public/css/jquery.contextMenu.css
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@
 .context-menu-item.icon-add-playlist { background-image: url(images/icon_add_playlist_cm.png); }
 .context-menu-item.icon-add-remove-content { background-image: url(images/icon_add_content_cm.png); }
 .context-menu-item.icon-remove-all-content { background-image: url(images/icon_remove_all_content_cm.png); }
+.context-menu-item.icon-error { background-image: url(images/icon_alert_cal_alt.png); }
 
 /* vertically align inside labels */
 .context-menu-input > label > * { vertical-align: top; }
diff --git a/python_apps/pypo/recorder.py b/python_apps/pypo/recorder.py
index b3818f32d..e61083738 100644
--- a/python_apps/pypo/recorder.py
+++ b/python_apps/pypo/recorder.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import pytz
 import signal
 import math
 import traceback
+import re
 
 from configobj import ConfigObj
 
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ from poster.encode import multipart_encode
 from poster.streaminghttp import register_openers
 
 from subprocess import Popen
+from subprocess import PIPE
 from threading import Thread
 
 import mutagen
@@ -93,12 +95,16 @@ class ShowRecorder(Thread):
         self.logger.info("starting record")
         self.logger.info("command " + command)
 
-        self.p = Popen(args)
+        self.p = Popen(args,stdout=PIPE)
 
         #blocks at the following line until the child process
         #quits
         self.p.wait()
-
+        outmsgs = self.p.stdout.readlines()
+        for msg in outmsgs:
+            m = re.search('^ERROR',msg)
+            if not m == None:
+                self.logger.info('Recording error is found: %s', msg)
         self.logger.info("finishing record, return code %s", self.p.returncode)
         code = self.p.returncode