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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Daryl McDonald<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, 15 September 2014 7:06 AM<br><b>To:</b> Discussion about MythTV<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [mythtv-users] Zero Byte Recordings<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 4:45 PM, Andrew Potter <<a href="mailto:andrew@potter.id.au" target="_blank">andrew@potter.id.au</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org">mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org</a><br>[mailto:<a href="mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org">mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org</a>] On Behalf Of Mike Bibbings<br>Sent: Monday, 15 September 2014 2:37 AM<br>To: Discussion about MythTV<br>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Zero Byte Recordings<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On 14/09/14 13:59, Andrew Potter wrote:<br>> Hi All,<br>><br>><br>><br>> I have been using Myth TV for about 2 ½ years or so with not many<br>> issues at all, it is a credit to the devs.<br>><br>><br>><br>> Recently in an attempt to reduce power consumption I followed the ACPI<br>> wakeup/Sleep instructions and have run into an issue with Zero Byte<br>> Recordings.<br>><br>><br>><br>> The backend is set to shutdown. It is most often one or two of the<br>> first scheduled recordings after a restart that seem to fail.<br>><br>><br>><br>> I have three separate PlayTV tuners ( 6 tuners in total) and a<br>> HVR-2200 PCI tuner board. The three play tv units are added first, then<br>the HVR unit.<br>> Recording is set to use tuners 1 onwards with Live TV as the last<br>> tuner backwards.<br>><br>><br>><br>> I have tried to get the playtv tuners to turn off when the computer is<br>> off but have not had any success. The motherboard is a ASUS board and<br>> I have played with the ERP settings and can now see that the optical<br>> mouse does turn off but the red light on the playtv tuners stays on. I<br>> suppose I am guessing the tuners do not always come up correctly.<br>><br>><br>><br>> Any pointers as to where I can go next is appreciated. I have listed<br>> some details below including a backend log.<br>><br>><br>><br>> I am running mythbuntu 12.04 64-bit on the backend.<br>><br>><br>><br>> Myth Version<br>><br>> MythTV Version : v0.27.3-159-g2d4a7c9<br>><br>> MythTV Branch : fixes/0.27<br>><br>> Network Protocol : 77<br>><br>> Library API : 0.27.20140719-1<br>><br>> QT Version : 4.8.1<br>><br>> Options compiled in:<br>><br>> linux profile use_hidesyms using_alsa using_oss using_pulse<br>> using_pulseoutput using_backend using_bindings_perl<br>> using_bindings_python using_bindings_php using_crystalhd using_dvb<br>> using_firewire using_frontend using_hdhomerun using_ceton using_hdpvr<br>> using_ivtv using_joystick_menu using_libcec using_libcrypto<br>> using_libdns_sd using_libfftw3 using_libxml2 using_lirc using_mheg<br>> using_opengl using_opengl_video using_qtwebkit using_qtscript<br>> using_qtdbus using_sdl using_taglib using_v4l2 using_x11 using_xrandr<br>> using_xv using_profiletype using_bindings_perl using_bindings_python<br>> using_bindings_php using_mythtranscode using_opengl using_vaapi<br>> using_vdpau using_ffmpeg_threads using_mheg using_libass<br>> using_libxml2<br>><br>><br>><br>> I have added the mythbackend log ( a truncated version) to pastebin at<br>> <a href="http://paste.ubuntu.com/8342641/" target="_blank">http://paste.ubuntu.com/8342641/</a><br>><br>><br>><br>> There are zero byte recordings started at<br>><br>> 1:55pm on 12/9<br>><br>> 5:55pm on 12/9<br>><br>> 6:55pm on 12/9<br>><br>> 6:55pm on 12/9<br>><br>><br>><br>> Then at 6:56pm on 12/9 the recording is successful.<br>><br>><br>><br>> Also see times 10:55am on the 13/9 for a zero byte and 3:25pm on 13/9<br>> for a successful recording.<br>><br>><br>><br>> Thanks Andrew<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> mythtv-users mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a><br>> <a href="http://www.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users" target="_blank">http://www.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</a><br>> <a href="http://wiki.mythtv.org/Mailing_List_etiquette" target="_blank">http://wiki.mythtv.org/Mailing_List_etiquette</a><br>> MythTV Forums: <a href="https://forum.mythtv.org" target="_blank">https://forum.mythtv.org</a><br>Andrew,<br><br>First thing that comes to mind is that order of you tuners maybe changing<br>between reboots.<br>I presume that you have either used udev rules or an options.conf file in<br>/etc/modprobe.d<br><br>Please post the result of dmesg|grep -i frontend<br><br><br>Mike<br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>Here is the dmesg info you asked for<br><br>....~$ dmesg|grep -i frontend<br>[ 6.062211] DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (DiBcom 7000PC)...<br>[ 6.417992] DVB: registering adapter 1 frontend 0 (DiBcom 7000PC)...<br>[ 7.053497] DVB: registering adapter 2 frontend 0 (DiBcom 7000PC)...<br>[ 7.405153] DVB: registering adapter 3 frontend 0 (DiBcom 7000PC)...<br>[ 7.840602] DVB: registering adapter 4 frontend 0 (DiBcom 7000PC)...<br>[ 8.192008] DVB: registering adapter 5 frontend 0 (DiBcom 7000PC)...<br>[ 17.452372] DVB: registering adapter 6 frontend 0 (NXP TDA10048HN<br>DVB-T)...<br>[ 20.095633] DVB: registering adapter 7 frontend 0 (NXP TDA10048HN<br>DVB-T)...<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br>Andrew<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a><br><a href="http://www.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users" target="_blank">http://www.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</a><br><a href="http://wiki.mythtv.org/Mailing_List_etiquette" target="_blank">http://wiki.mythtv.org/Mailing_List_etiquette</a><br>MythTV Forums: <a href="https://forum.mythtv.org" target="_blank">https://forum.mythtv.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>If it is a case of tuners being numbered differently, this will be evident in upcoming recordings IIRC, red borders and an "F" indicating the tuner is "off line" Udev rules are the solution, or rule out this problem.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Backend has come up with the next recording scheduled at 5:55pm the upcoming recordings screen shows tuner 1 to be used and all looks fine states “Will Record”. Will see what happens. Do upcoming recording is showing in red or with an F.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>As for the tuners they are coming up from warm state rather than cold.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>......:~$ dmesg | grep dvb<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>[ 6.590971] dvb-usb: found a 'Sony PlayTV' in warm state.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>[ 6.591005] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>[ 7.024780] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>[ 7.429650] dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 50 msecs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>[ 7.429653] dvb-usb: Sony PlayTV successfully initialized and connected.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>[ 7.429973] dvb-usb: found a 'Sony PlayTV' in warm state.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>[ 7.430002] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>[ 7.863681] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>[ 8.215579] dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 50 msecs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>[ 8.215581] dvb-usb: Sony PlayTV successfully initialized and connected.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>[ 8.215956] dvb-usb: found a 'Sony PlayTV' in warm state.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>[ 8.215985] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>[ 8.666891] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>[ 9.018918] dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 50 msecs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>[ 9.018920] dvb-usb: Sony PlayTV successfully initialized and connected.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>[ 9.019185] usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_dib0700<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>[ 40.106164] tda10048_firmware_upload: waiting for firmware upload (dvb-fe-tda10048-1.0.fw)...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>[ 48.454689] tda10048_firmware_upload: waiting for firmware upload (dvb-fe-tda10048-1.0.fw)...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Looks like the HVR got some firmware but not the Playtvs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Will the udev changes fix this, I am thinking no, but I will look at implementing this anyway, do not expect it can hurt too much.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Andrew<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>