[mythtv-commits] Ticket #3160: "-1" file size for some otherwise-complete and working recordings

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#3160: "-1" file size for some otherwise-complete and working recordings
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 Reporter:  ylee at pobox.com  |       Owner:  ijr    
     Type:  defect          |      Status:  new    
 Priority:  minor           |   Milestone:  unknown
Component:  mythtv          |     Version:  0.20   
 Severity:  medium          |  
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 About a half dozen recordings I currently have on my system have "-1" in
 the filesize field in the database. Here's what I've found:
  * The recordings are totally intact, with no seektable issues.
  * MythWeb says these files' sizes is "-1 B."
  * No file size line appears in mythfrontend's Program Details screen.
  * Beyond the above, the lack-of-proper-filesize issue limits what appears
 in Program Details. For example, I have two episodes of a TV show recorded
 back to back. One has the issue, one doesn't. The episode that does have
 the issue only displays the following lines of data in Program Details:

     Title, Description, Category, Type, Original Airdate, Program ID,
 MythTV Status, Recording Rule, Recording Profile.

  The episode without the issue displays the following lines:

     Title, Description, Category, Type, Episode Number, Original Airdate,
 Program ID, Actors, Executive Producer, Guest Star, MythTV Status,
 Recording Rule, Recording Host, Recorded File Size, Recording Profile,
 Recording Group, Playback Group.

  * [http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/236245#236245
 Manually-rebuilding the seektable] does not fix the file size.
  * Transcoding the recording with autodetect (MPEG2-to-MPEG2) sometimes
 fixes the file size and sometimes it doesn't. Transcoding didn't fix the
 TV episode above, for example, and what appeared in Program Detail didn't
 change.
  * This issue currently exists in seven of 985 recordings. All seven
 recordings were made with various iterations of 0.20-fixes.
  * I've seen this issue similarly pop up perhaps a dozen more times I'm
 aware of over the past 14 months that, and thousands of recordings for,
 I've used MythTV. In addition to 0.20-fixes, I also saw it with 0.19.1.

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