[mythtv-users] Occasional zero length file from a scheduled recording?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 04/12/2008 10:20 AM, Roger Heflin wrote:
> Tom Dexter wrote:
>   
>> On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 9:56 AM, Roger Heflin <rogerheflin at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>>  Anyone ever figure out something on this one?
>>>
>>>
>>>  Mine just started doing this with my HD5500 card, I am not sure what is  going on.
>>>
>>>  Signal strength is ok, on in liveTV entering has it failing but hitting Y to
>>>  cycle to another tuner and then back to the 5500 so far has caused it to work
>>>  every time.
>>>
>>>  Recording seems to fail every time.
>>>
>>>  Sometimes it is a zero length file (from livetv I think), and sometimes the file
>>>  is not there at all (usually from a recording).
>>>
>>>  Are others still seeing this?
>>>
>>>  I am running 2.6.24.4, and it worked for 1-2 days after the initial upgrade,
>>>  then after a reboot it appears to fail almost every time (and reboots don't
>>>  appear to change the behavior).
>>>
>>>  Using getatsc to grab a signal appears to work every time.
>> If your HD-5500 is failing to record every time it's probably
>> something very different that what I've experienced.  Like others here
>> it's an extremely rare occurrence for me...I think I had it happen
>> three times in the year I've been using my system.
>>
>> When it has happened to me, myth appears to think recording is working
>> just fine, and the logs show no sign of a problem (though I've never
>> had logging beyond important,general enabled when it occurred).
> I am pretty sure mine is the same, and it may not fail every time.   I did 
> several tests last night and they all failed, doing several test now they all 
> appear to work.
>
> No errors, it shows that it starts recording at the correct time, and shows that 
> it ends at the correct ending time with no errors (kernel or mythtv), but either 
> a zero file is produced or no file is produced.
>
> It will work with getatsc or if you usg 'Y' to cycle through the tuners, so the 
> tuner itself is ok, and the signal is ok.

Have you tried re-scanning channels?  (This /is/ a valid question, 
though many may wrongly assume that because sometimes you're seeing 
video, it can't possibly be the problem.)

Mike