[mythtv-users] recordings fail without any errors logged

Mache Creeger mache at creeger.com
Sun Apr 24 05:14:52 UTC 2011


At 10:04 PM 4/23/2011, Mache Creeger wrote:
>> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
>> > [ mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Matt Garman
>> > Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2011 10:01 PM
>> > To: Discussion about MythTV
>> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] recordings fail without any errors logged
>> >
>> > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Neil Cooper
>> > <neilcoo at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> > > I'm getting exactly the same issues too.
>> > >
>> > > My card is a Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 so its not a
>> > homerun-specific problem.
>> > >
>> > > I did notice that for some reason certain shows have the
>> > problem more often than other shows.
>> > >
>> > > It may be my imagination but it also appears more likely to
>> > happen with 1080p digital shows than 720p or analog.
>> >
>> > So what do you do about it?  Just live with it?
>> >
>> > I have two more cases where it happened:
>> >
>> > Fringe - "The Plateau": http://pastebin.com/wiUdajfj
>> >
>> > House - "Paternity": http://pastebin.com/s2hmdz8k
>> >
>> > For House, there are actually some errors: "frame sync error"
>> > and "Unknown audio decoding error".  This is unique; the
>> > others I've posted don't have ANY errors (at least none that
>> > I can see).
>> >
>> > Why does MythTV not even create a file?  It's not like I have
>> > zero byte files - I have NO FILE at all.
>> >
>> > It's extremely frustrating; worst of all, the wife acceptance
>> > factor is plummeting.  Sort of like the recent "everyday i
>> > have ot make sure myth worked the day before" thread.
>> >
>> > Any more hints or suggestions?  Should I file a bug report?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Matt
>>
>>Seems like discussion on this kind of stopped alltogether. I am a new 2250
>>owner and can confirm that with the latest drivers I can record 1 analog and
>>one digital at the same time.  I can record 2 analog at the same time, but
>>any attempt to record 2 digital at the same time resorts in the second
>>recording becoming a 0 byte file.  I set debug=1 on the saa7164 module to
>>see if that garnered any information but I get nothing from that setting
>>being logged when the recordings start.
>>
>>This being said, I am on a 2.6.35 kernel and do get notices that the drivers
>>are backported etc.
>>
>>Does anyone have this card working with the latest drivers (i.e. with analog
>>support) that is successfully recording 2 digital recordings at a time?  If
>>so, can you tell me what kernel you are using and perhaps what mythtv
>>distribution?
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>Tim
>
>I am having the same problem with my system.
>
>hdhomerun with most recent firmware.
>mythtv-backend-0.24-270.fc13.i686
># uname -r
>2.6.34.8-68.fc13.i686
>
>4 disk RAID5 in XFS (3TB)
>
>3GB memory
>
>My family is getting very grumpy. Any ideas?
>
>Thanks,
>
>-- Mache

Here are the logs

2011-04-22 15:00:02.142 TVRec(1): Changing from None to RecordingOnly
2011-04-22 15:00:02.157 TVRec(1): HW Tuner: 1->1
2011-04-22 15:00:02.193 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free 
Space: 3.0 GB w/freq: 14 min
2011-04-22 15:00:02.206 Started recording: "PBS NewsHour": channel 
1009 on cardid 1, sourceid 1
2011-04-22 15:00:02.216 scheduler: Started recording: "PBS NewsHour": 
channel 1009 on cardid 1, sourceid 1
2011-04-22 15:01:05.536 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free 
Space: 3.0 GB w/freq: 14 min
2011-04-22 15:15:05.585 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free 
Space: 3.0 GB w/freq: 14 min
2011-04-22 15:19:22.300 UPnpMedia: BuildMediaMap VIDEO scan starting 
in :/opt/dvdlib:
2011-04-22 15:19:22.333 UPnpMedia: BuildMediaMap Done. Found 131 objects
2011-04-22 15:29:05.631 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free 
Space: 3.0 GB w/freq: 14 min
2011-04-22 15:43:05.676 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free 
Space: 3.0 GB w/freq: 14 min
2011-04-22 15:49:26.348 UPnpMedia: BuildMediaMap VIDEO scan starting 
in :/opt/dvdlib:
2011-04-22 15:49:26.382 UPnpMedia: BuildMediaMap Done. Found 131 objects
2011-04-22 15:57:05.714 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free 
Space: 3.0 GB w/freq: 14 min
2011-04-22 15:59:00.435 TVRec(1): Changing from RecordingOnly to None
2011-04-22 15:59:00.491 Updating status for "PBS NewsHour" on cardid 
1 (Tuning => Recorder Failed)
2011-04-22 15:59:00.501 Reschedule requested for id 0.
2011-04-22 15:59:00.743 Preview Error: Encountered problems running 
'/usr/bin/mythpreviewgen --size 0x0 --chanid 1009 --starttime 
20110422150000  > /dev/null
'
2011-04-22 15:59:00.981 Scheduled 97 items in 0.5 = 0.01 match + 0.46 place
2011-04-22 15:59:00.990 scheduler: Scheduled items: Scheduled 97 
items in 0.5 = 0.01 match + 0.46 place
2011-04-22 15:59:01.591 MainServer::ANN Monitor
2011-04-22 15:59:01.601 adding: DEN as a client (events: 0)
2011-04-22 15:59:01.613 MainServer::ANN Monitor
2011-04-22 15:59:01.621 adding: DEN as a client (events: 1)
2011-04-22 15:59:01.631 ProgramInfo(1009_20110422150000.mpg), Error: 
GetPlaybackURL: '1009_20110422150000.mpg' should be local, but it can 
not be found.
2011-04-22 15:59:01.642 MainServer::ANN Playback
2011-04-22 15:59:01.650 adding: den as a client (events: 0)
2011-04-22 15:59:01.670 MainServer::HandleAnnounce FileTransfer
2011-04-22 15:59:01.678 adding: den as a remote file transfer
2011-04-22 15:59:01.688 ProgramInfo(1009_20110422150000.mpg), Error: 
GetPlaybackURL: '1009_20110422150000.mpg' should be local, but it can 
not be found.
2011-04-22 15:59:01.702 ERROR: LocalFilePath unable to find local 
path for '1009_20110422150000.mpg', found 
'GetPlaybackURL/UNABLE/TO/FIND/LOCAL/FILE/ON/XX.YY.COM/1009_20110422150000.mpg' 
instead.
2011-04-22 15:59:01.710 RingBuf() Error: RingBuffer::RingBuffer(): 
Failed to open remote file ()
2011-04-22 15:59:01.726 QueryBasename found no entry for 0 @ 
2011-04-22T15:59:01
2011-04-22 15:59:01.734 QueryBasename found no entry for 0 @ 
2011-04-22T15:59:01
QFileInfo::absolutePath: Constructed with empty filename
2011-04-22 15:59:01.835 RingBuf() Error: Seek(0, SEEK_SET) Failed
                         eno: Bad file descriptor (9)
2011-04-22 15:59:01.856 RingBuf() Error: Seek(0, SEEK_SET) Failed
                         eno: Bad file descriptor (9)
2011-04-22 15:59:01.875 RingBuf() Error: Seek(0, SEEK_SET) Failed
                         eno: Bad file descriptor (9)
2011-04-22 15:59:01.895 RingBuf() Error: Seek(0, SEEK_SET) Failed
                         eno: Bad file descriptor (9)
2011-04-22 15:59:01.920 RingBuf() Error: Seek(0, SEEK_SET) Failed
                         eno: Bad file descriptor (9)
2011-04-22 15:59:01.939 RingBuf() Error: Seek(0, SEEK_SET) Failed
                         eno: Bad file descriptor (9)

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