[mythtv-users] problem with file not found dvb-t recordings

John Veness John.Veness.myth at pelago.org.uk
Fri Feb 29 22:39:18 UTC 2008


Jason Lewis wrote:
> Sometimes I get recordings that mythtv reports the file could not be found.
> 
> I have a log of what happens pasted bellow.
> 
> To me it looks as though it fails to open the DVB device for some reason.
> 
> There is a message there that says I have no valid capture cards defined 
> but that is not true and most recordings do work. I also checked that 
> the recording was scheduled on a real channel and capture card and as 
> far as I could tell from the database, it was.
> 
> Any ideas what could be causing this? or how I can get more info about 
> why it's failing?
> 
> I am using mythtv debian packages version: 0.20.2.svn20080126-0.0
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jason
[snip log]

What DVB-T card do you have? My WinTV Nova-TD dies every now and again 
causing 'file not found' problems, although I haven't checked to see if 
my log is the same as yours. You might want to check the linux-dvb wiki 
and mailing list.

Cheers,

John

-- 
John Veness, MythTV user, UK, DVB-T


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