[mythtv-users] Argh! Why is my recording, not? - Another week and another failure.

Corey Van Allen coreyva at gmail.com
Tue Apr 18 15:42:48 UTC 2006


William wrote:
> It probably has an illegal character in the name or description. Keeps it
> from finding the file on your hard drive. You should file a bug report in
> the trac system.
> 
> PS - Manually playing each file from that time period should let you find
> the show on your hard drive.
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
>> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Corey Van Allen
>> Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 10:11 PM
>> To: Discussion about mythtv
>> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Argh! Why is my recording, not? - 
>> Another week and another failure.
>>
>>
>> Corey Van Allen wrote:
>>> Jeff Simpson wrote:
>>>> On 4/10/06, Corey Van Allen <coreyva at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> For some reason, the last two weeks, my mythtv box has 
>> not recorded
>>>>> Prison
>>>>> Break. All of my other scheduled recordings, both HD and 
>> Standard, work
>>>>> fine. The log show the following.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2006-04-03 19:00:02.499 TVRec(2): Changing from None to 
>>>>> RecordingOnly 2006-04-03 19:00:02.839 Started recording: Prison 
>>>>> Break "Brother's
>>>>> Keeper":
>>>>> channel 2121 on cardid 2, sourceid 2
>>>>> Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
>>>>>
>>>>> 2006-04-10 19:00:02.464 TVRec(2): Changing from None to 
>>>>> RecordingOnly 2006-04-10 19:00:02.787 Started recording: Prison 
>>>>> Break "J Cat": channel 2121 on cardid 2, sourceid 2 Started 
>>>>> PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
>>>>>
>>>>>  I've searched google and the archives, but have seen no 
>> mention of 
>>>>> this issue. I am able to view that station fine otherwise. Any 
>>>>> suggestions?
>>>> What station is it? (well, I know it's fox, cuz I watch that show, 
>>>> too, but which fox is it? HD or SD, and what provider)
>>>>
>>>> If it's only that station and only that show, I have to 
>> wonder if the 
>>>> problem is a weird entry in the schedule or something, or maybe a 
>>>> duplicated-channel problem.
>>>>
>>>>  - Jeff
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>>> It is 12_1 OTA HD to a PC3000 Myth .19. I can tune to that 
>> channel and
>>> watch it fine.
>>> I haven't had an issue with other recordings on that 
>> channel. House, for
>>> example. I've deleted the schedule and recreated it, but I 
>> won't be able to
>>> test it till the next showing. I more wondering what the 
>> error meant. 
>>> The way
>>> I read it is that it went to start, but that the payload 
>> didn't. Which 
>>> makes
>>> sense as I end up with a small file
>>> /myth/tv/2121_20060410190000_20060410200000.nuv containing 
>> "Creating dummy
>>> file for Prison Break J Cat".
>>>
>> Another Prison break, and another, file not found. Everything 
>> looks as 
>> though it is working correctly. There in the media library I see an 
>> entry for the latest Prison Break. It even shows that it is currently 
>> being recorded. Yet, when trying to access the file, I get the now 
>> dreaded, file not found.
>>
>> The log shows
>> 2006-04-17 19:00:03.125 TVRec(2): Changing from None to RecordingOnly
>> 2006-04-17 19:00:03.510 Started recording: Prison Break 
>> "Bluff": channel 
>> 2121 on cardid 2, sourceid 2
>> Started PESPacket, but !payloadStart()
>>
>> as a reference, the last recording of house (same channel, 
>> same tuner) shows
>> 2006-04-11 20:00:02.895 TVRec(2): Changing from None to RecordingOnly
>> 2006-04-11 20:00:03.190 Started recording: House "All In": 
>> channel 2121 
>> on cardid 2, sourceid 2
>> 2006-04-11 20:00:04.422 DVB#0 DVB SI Table Parser Started
>>
>> The last good recording of Prison was
>> 2006-03-27 19:00:02.272 TVRec(2): Changing from None to RecordingOnly
>> 2006-03-27 19:00:02.612 Started recording: Prison Break "By 
>> the Skin and 
>> the Teeth": channel 2121 on cardid 2, sourceid 2
>> 2006-03-27 19:00:03.642 DVB#0 DVB SI Table Parser Started
>>
>> What is it about Prison Break that my mythtv system, now, 
>> does not like?
>>
>> --
>> Corey

Thanks, but the file does exist.
-rw-r--r--  1 mythtv mythtv 43 Apr 17 19:17 
/myth/tv/2121_20060417190000_20060417200000.nuv

cat /myth/tv/2121_20060417190000_20060417200000.nuv
Creating dummy file for Prison Break Bluff

The issue is that it never starts writing the file. "Started PESPacket, 
but !payloadStart()" This is what I have not been able to figure out.

--
Corey


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