[mythtv-users] can't record a full movie...

[Christian Hack]

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> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of and
> Sent: Monday, 15 September 2003 4:35 PM
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> Subject: [mythtv-users] can't record a full movie...
> 
> 
> I think someone else have had this problem, but couldn't find 
> anything 
> in the archive so please excuse me if it's a tedious repeat.
> 
> I seem to be having a problem recording programs longer than 
> ~1:30..... 
> the recording just ends and there are no messages in 
> mythbackend.log or 
> messages.
> Everything seems to be running (front/back/ivtv). However the file 
> stops growing even if the front end is telling me a recording is in 
> progress....
> 
> The recorded file was around 2.2GB and my ringbuffer was set to 5gb 
> will 50% fill, so my guess is that it might  have something 
> to do with 
> this. Does the buffer have to be larger than the program?
> 
> I'm using epia m10k, pvr250-rev1, rh9, 2.4.20-8 with via drivers.
> 

The ringbuffer and the recorded file are completely unrelated. The
ringbuffer is only used when watching TV. The recorded file is only used
when recording. When watching a recording you are watching from the
recorded file, when watching live TV, you are watching from the
ringbuffer. Therefore the size of the ringbuffer has nothing to do with
the recordings.

What FS are you using? When you say 2.2GB is that 2.2 x 10^9 bytes?
2,147,483,648 bytes (2 gigabytes) is the limit of some file systems -
particularly Windows FAT. 2GB also seems to be the limit of Samba
mounted file systems even if the FS at the other end is capable of
larger files.

CH