[mythtv-users] Recording of 0.00 GB in size

Adam Jimerson vendion at gmail.com
Mon Sep 20 02:53:07 UTC 2010


On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 12:12 AM, Jerry Rubinow <jerrymr at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 12:05 AM, Adam Jimerson <vendion at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Ok so I'm resending my last post because the mailing list ate it, saying
>> it was to large.  Anyways I checked the mythbackend.log and found it
>> littered with entries that looked like the following:
>>
>> 2010-09-16 08:00:34.157 AudioInALSA(hw:2,0) Error: weird return from
>> snd_pcm_readi: Input/output error
>> 2010-09-16 08:00:34.157 NVR(/dev/video0) Error: Short read, 40 of 3072
>> bytes from ALSA:hw:2,0
>> strange error flushing buffer ...
>> select timeout
>>
>> I can only find them while the system has failed to correctly record a
>> show so I'm sure this has something to do with it but don't know what to
>> make of it or how to fix it.  I had tried to post more of the log during the
>> recording of one of the shows in case I over looked something, but that is
>> what set me over the mailing list limit, if anyone wants to look through it
>> let me know and I'll find some kind of file host/server to upload it to (to
>> large for pastebin every try fails and causes the browser to lock up).
>>
>
> The interesting part should be when the backend first wakes up to tune the
> station and begin the record, up through the first of the messages like the
> excerpt you posted.  All I can tell from the above is that it looks like it
> is having problems getting data from your tuner (/dev/video0).  Can you post
> that section of the log file?  It doesn't have to be large.  Also, what type
> of tuner card do you have?
>
> -Jerry
>

Sorry for the long delay, work has been keeping me from messing with Myth.
As for the request from the log here is from where, as far as I can tell,
the backend wakes up for the recording all the way to where it starts
spitting out the "select timeout"s

2010-09-16 07:59:00.594 scheduler: Scheduled items: Scheduled 214 items in
0.1 = 0.00 match + 0.13 place
2010-09-16 07:59:29.898 TVRec(1): ASK_RECORDING 1 29 0 0
2010-09-16 08:00:02.660 TVRec(1): Changing from None to RecordingOnly
2010-09-16 08:00:02.661 TVRec(1): HW Tuner: 1->1
2010-09-16 08:00:02.711 ProgramInfo(): Updated pathname '':'' ->
'1063_20100916080000.nuv'
2010-09-16 08:00:04.021 SampleRate: Attempted to add a rate 32000 Hz, which
is not in the list of allowed rates.
2010-09-16 08:00:04.024 TVRec(1): rec->GetFileName():
'/mnt/storage/MythTv/Default/1063_20100916080000.nuv'
2010-09-16 08:00:04.136 NVR(/dev/video0) Error: Can't open vbi device: ''
2010-09-16 08:00:04.208 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free Space:
2.0 GB w/freq: 15 min
2010-09-16 08:00:04.218 Started recording: V: channel 1063 on cardid 1,
sourceid 1
2010-09-16 08:00:04.226 scheduler: Started recording: V: channel 1063 on
cardid 1, sourceid 1
select timeout
2010-09-16 08:00:14.157 AudioInALSA(hw:2,0) Error: weird return from
snd_pcm_readi: Input/output error
select timeout
select timeout


As for my TV Tuner it is a Hauppauge WinTV HVR-950Q USB device.
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