[mythtv-users] canceled recording (Recorder Failed) mystery

[Bob Gamble]

Thanks for replying to this post.  I am trying your suggestions, though I'm
unsure how to add the logging options.
I still have problems with failed recordings.  However moving the card has
made my fans stop working so hard.
I suppose the chassis was getting too warm so it was kicking the fans on at
times.  Here are some errors I am
still getting and have been getting for quite some time:

2010-02-05 21:00:56.802 MainServer::ANN Playback
2010-02-05 21:00:56.802 adding: katlian as a client (events: 0)
2010-02-05 21:00:56.804 TVRec(1): Changing from None to Watching
WatchingLiveTV
2010-02-05 21:00:56.808 TVRec(1): HW Tuner: 1->1
2010-02-05 21:00:57.710 ret_pid(12717) child(12717) status(0x0)
2010-02-05 21:00:57.711 External Tuning program exited with no error
2010-02-05 21:00:57.818 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free Space:
2.0 GB w/freq: 15 min
 *********************** WARNING ***********************
 ivtv drivers prior to 0.10.0 can cause lockups when
 reading VBI. Drivers between 0.10.5 and 1.0.3+ do not
 properly capture VBI data on PVR-250 and PVR-350 cards.

2010-02-05 21:00:59.923 RecBase(1:/dev/video0):
GetKeyframePositions(31,9223372036854775807,#0) out of 3
2010-02-05 21:01:11.575 TVRec(1): HW Tuner: 1->1
2010-02-05 21:01:12.792 ret_pid(0) child(12733) status(0x0)
2010-02-05 21:01:13.793 ret_pid(0) child(12733) status(0x0)
2010-02-05 21:01:14.794 ret_pid(0) child(12733) status(0x0)
2010-02-05 21:01:15.795 ret_pid(0) child(12733) status(0x0)
Excessive channel change retries, commanded 206 got 13
2010-02-05 21:01:16.796 ret_pid(0) child(12733) status(0x0)
2010-02-05 21:01:16.909 ret_pid(12733) child(12733) status(0xff00)
2010-02-05 21:01:16.910 ChannelBase: external tuning program exited with
error 255
2010-02-05 21:01:16.911 TVRec(1) Error: Failed to set channel to 206.
Reverting to kState_None
2010-02-05 21:01:16.913 TVRec(1): Changing from Watching WatchingLiveTV to
None
2010-02-05 21:01:16.915 Unknown type, recording width was 0
2010-02-05 21:01:18.653 MainServer::ANN Playback
2010-02-05 21:01:18.654 adding: katlian as a client (events: 0)
2010-02-05 21:01:18.684 MainServer::ANN Playback
2010-02-05 21:01:18.688 adding: katlian as a client (events: 0)
2010-02-05 21:01:18.690 TVRec(1): Changing from None to Watching
WatchingLiveTV
2010-02-05 21:01:18.694 TVRec(1): HW Tuner: 1->1
2010-02-05 21:01:19.741 ret_pid(0) child(12738) status(0x0)
2010-02-05 21:01:20.065 ret_pid(12738) child(12738) status(0x0)
2010-02-05 21:01:20.066 External Tuning program exited with no error
2010-02-05 21:01:20.149 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free Space:
2.0 GB w/freq: 15 min

This happens when watching livetv and trying to switch channels.  I also see
similar errors when scheduled recordinngs fail.  Thanks again for any ideas.


On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 11:27 PM, Nick Morrott <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 2 February 2010 08:23, Bob Gamble <kiksadiweb at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Still no solution to the below.  Other errors in addition to "Canceled
> > recording.  Recorder failed" include:
> > Error: Failed to set channel to 241. Reverting to kState_None
> > This error can happen when watching livetv and trying to change channels
> > using my remote.  I will also get "excessive retries" errors
> intermittently.
>
> You may get additional debug info if you add the "record,channel,file"
> logging options to your backend's logfile whilst you are investigating
> this problem.
>
> You could also check the syslog after boot to make sure the two
> PVR-350 cards are being detected correctly and are finding and loading
> the correct firmware, and check dmesg during recordings to make suer
> there are no kernel-related messages being emitted.
>
> Cheers,
> Nick
>
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