[mythtv-users] 0.00MB recordings...

John Baab john.baab at gmail.com
Wed Dec 17 15:35:45 UTC 2008


On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Kevin Kuphal <kkuphal at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 9:01 AM, Andrew Close <aclose at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> this is becoming more and more common for me :(  originally i was
>> seeing this on a new/dev system that i'm setting up running MythBuntu
>> 8.10 and recording with an HDHR.  i figured i had some settings that
>> needed tweaking, and besides, it was only a play system.  but the
>> problem is now happening (frequently) on my production MythBox running
>> Myth .20 on a semi recent version of KnoppMyth.  my production box
>> contains a PVR-250 and a PVR-500 and i'm recording analog (obviously)
>> cable from Wide Open West in the western Chicago suburbs.  my signal
>> strength is fairly good, as far as i can tell.  other recordings that
>> actually record look good, or as good as analog over cable can look.
>> :)  nothing has changed with my production setup (equipment, cabling,
>> service) for at least 6 months.  as far as i've noticed, these 0MB
>> recordings are occurring on all channels and in various timeslots.
>> Monday night (i think it was Mon :) i noticed 'Chuck' and 'NCIS'
>> recording simultaneously and things seemed to be fine.  Tuesday night
>> my wife and i sat down to watch 'NCIS' and it wouldn't start up.
>> viewing my programs in the 'Manage Recordings, Delete Recordings'
>> screen i noticed that both recordings were 0MB; however, Monday night
>> i know they recorded for at least 30 minutes because i noticed they
>> were recording, watched a previously recorded program, and saw that
>> they were still recording when my program was over.
>>
>> any thoughts on what to look for for possible diagnosis?  i have to
>> admit i haven't checked the logs yet...  i'll do that when i get home
>> tonight and report what i find.
>
> The things that come to mind (in light of you saying nothing has changed)
> would all be hardware related such as overheating or failing cards.  Can you
> tell if all the 0-byte recordings are coming from the same card/input?  Have
> you restarted the machine to make sure you're not running into some kind of
> driver bug?  How is the cooling in the system?
>
> Kevin
>
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Sounds like it may be this issue:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=713510

On your Mythbuntu box there is a checkbox labeled "enable ivtv tweak"
or something like that which does this.


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