[mythtv-users] Show not recorded but shows recorded

[Michael T. Dean]

On 04/21/2009 11:10 AM, Allen Edwards wrote:
> At 3:15 yesterday afternoon two shows just quit recording.  At 3:30 the logs
> show another show started and it also shows that at 4:02 it stopped.
>  Everything looks fine in the logs (mythbackend.log) except that show is 0
> Gbytes in other words, it didn't record.  It shows up in the listing of
> recorded shows but since it isn't really there, you can't watch it.  These
> shows were all 9.1 or 9.3
> I don't know what happened but as it was so hot yesterday I assume KQED went
> off the air.  But there was no clue in the logs as to what happened, or even
> that anything happened.  Everything in the logs and the recorded programs
> looks normal except the file sizes.
>
> Is there somewhere I can look to make sure my system is OK and is there
> another log file I can check?
>
> One issue is that if the signal goes away for a short time, the system will
> not recover and you do not get the rest of the show.  I know this from
> previous episodes.
>
> I searched the archives but could not find anything in the last 6 months.

The 0 byte file is what happens when Myth gets no data at all from the 
capture card.  I'd recommend checking your card configuration (possibly 
with http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/264034#264034 ) 
and/or testing the card with a different program, such as the dvbutils 
programs.

Mike