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

James Roberts jameszak at hotmail.com
Sat Apr 12 20:08:48 UTC 2008


i am getting the same problem...ever since i did an upate of from the atrpms repo....so if you find out why or a fix i would like to know> Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:27:00 -0500> From: rogerheflin at gmail.com> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Occasional zero length file from a scheduled recording?> > Michael T. Dean wrote:> > 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> > > Mike,> > What would you expect to be wrong with the given channel entry? And can the > problem be seen in the channel editor? Or would looking at the database be > required to see the problem? Is the frequency off just a bit?> > Roger> > _______________________________________________> mythtv-users mailing list> mythtv-users at mythtv.org> http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
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