[mythtv-users] Recordings Fail

[MacNean Tyrrell]

Yea i thought about that. I have another empty system i might try out today.

If i have the same problem i'll give all the info you requested.

On 10/14/05, Nick <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 14/10/05, MacNean Tyrrell <dardack at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Ok, so if my system is up for a day or longer, the system fails. It
> doesn't
> > crash. I run mythbackend and frontend out of xterm windows. After a
> > restart it will record no problem forever, i mean i set it up to record
> like
> > 10 hours on each pvr 250 (i have 2), with no problem. But if it sits for
> > awhile, than at times it fails. Like i'll check the watch recordings and
> > the last recording stopped at say like 41:00 into the show, and no more
> > shows scheduled for after that recording will record. If i try to go
> into
> > the schedule recordings program guide, it locks up. No errors are shown
> > that i can see. Next time it happens I'll try to write everything down,
> but
> > i've never really seen any error messages. It's almost like it fails to
> > access the database or something. It happens every couple days or every
> day
> > even. It's like i have to reboot the system every day at 5:00pm to make
> > sure it records my shows for the nite. It really sucks. I never had this
> > problem before with the same system. The only change is the new 300gig
> > harddrive. Now i don't know if perhaps one of the PVR-250 has failed,
> but
> > it's not always the same one that fails i think. I'll try to record at
> > different times to see if a certain one locks it up, but like lost
> records 1
> > minute past 10: and i was recording law and order last nite, lost
> recorded
> > fine on the first encoder, but law and order failed at 41:33 into the
> show.
> > Other times there has been no other show recording so it was only the
> first
> > recorder recording and that's failed, so don't think its that. Could it
> > really be the harddrive? But why would it be able to start but not
> finish?
> > I used to have a problem before this harddrive, where if i transcoded
> > something, when it ended the same thing happened. Like if i accidently
> hit
> > the transcode button but than stopped it, it would do the thing where I
> > couldn't access the program guide, locks up mythtv, and would stop any
> > recordings in progress. I know it only happens at the end, because i
> > transcoded a DVD to XVID and it recorded all the shows while it was
> running,
> > a few hours, but as soon as it finished, it locked up like that. And it
> > only locks up the program guide, i can go to watch recordings and stuff
> like
> > that. Don't know about live tv, never use it so never checked. But now
> it
> > does it almost every day, if not every day. Can any one help?
> >
> > New Hraddrive:
> >
> > Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300GB 3.5" IDE Ultra ATA133 Hard Drive - OEM--
> > Video Card: SiS 315
> > Memory: PC 133, 2 128 sticks, 1 256 stick
> > 2 pvr-250's, one recently RMA'd got a new one (recently, about 6 months)
> > KT133 mobo i believe,
> > AMD Athlon 850
> >
> > Need anything else?
>
> How about your linux/mythtv versions and the mythbackend and system
> logs from the time the machine stops recording/hangs? They may contain
> useful info.
>
> Bearing in mind you're running a VIA-based system, it could be related
> to DMA issues.
>
> Nick
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Sincerely,

MacNean C. Tyrrell
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