[mythtv-users] 0.00MB recordings...

[John Drescher]

On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 1:41 PM, Andrew Close <aclose at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 10:52 AM, John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> i'll have to check that tonight when i check the logs (if the 0MB
>>> recordings are all happening from the same card).  good thought.  i do
>>> believe one of the PVR-500 tuners records (or did record) more poorly
>>> than the other.  meaning the picture quality was significantly worse.
>>> the machine doesn't get restarted too often since it's only used for
>>> Myth.  but it has been restarted once or twice in the last month.
>>> i'll give that a try as well. :)
>>> cooling is fairly decent.  although it's possible that the machine
>>> needs to be cleaned out (dust).  it's on my AV rack in the family room
>>> in the basement, but it does accumulate dust over time.  i'll check
>>> that as well.
>>> thanks for the suggestions Kevin.
>>>
>>
>> So this recording was from the pvr500? Years ago there was a driver
>> problem initialization problem that caused this. But that was with
>> ivtv 0.10.X. I assume you are not still using that.
>
> i'm not sure what card(s) made the recordings.  hopefully i'll be able
> to determine that tonight.  i hadn't thought to tie it to a specific
> card before asking for help. :)
> i'm fairly certain i'm not using ivtv 0.10X.  on my production box i'm
> using whatever version of ivtv the earliest version of KnoppMyth with
> MythTv .20 was using.  and the other box was a fresh install of
> MythBuntu 8.10 with all recent updates applied.
>
> --

Check your dmesg for ivtv error messages.

John