[mythtv-users] 0.00GB files...

[K.R. Foley]

Nick Kaijaks wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This may be a really dumbass question, but I can't see anything in the
> list archives or mythtv.org of relevance...
> 
> Four older recordings on my myth box no longer play back (they used to
> be fine). In the 'Watch Recordings' view, their preview is black, and
> trying to play them does nothing. In the 'Delete Recordings' view, they
> show as 0.00 GB file size.
> 
> Looking at the 'recorded' table in mysql, the entries for these
> recordings look fine - similar to working recordings. The .nuv files on
> the server exist and have substantial lengths (>1 GB), and permissions
> are the same as working recordings. I can't see anything that's out of
> the ordinary. Restarting backend or frontend makes no difference. Anyone
> recognise these symptoms? Any suggestions for diagnosis, eg. outside
> mythtv? Are there other db tables I should be looking at?
> 
> TIA,
> Nick
> 

Nick,

By any chance, have you edited these files with the edit feature of 
myth? Check the starttime in recorded and see if it matches the 
filename. The layout of the filename is chanid_starttime_endtime.nuv.

kr
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