[mythtv-users] 0 Byte recording files when starting live TV andchanging channels

[Michael T. Dean]

On 03/20/2012 05:52 PM, Joe Nyland wrote:
> On 20 Mar 2012, at 16:11, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>
>> Out of curiosity, can you try increasing (a lot) your tuning and signal
>> timeouts for your capture cards in mythtv-setup.  Set them way up
>> high--like 7000/10000ms or more--and see if you still get a "lingering"
>> 0B file.  http://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/10097#comment:2
>
> I've just upped my timeouts to 7000/10000 as you suggested.
>
> I tried watching live TV from one frontend. The 0B file was there for 
> a few minutes (approx 3-5 mins), then disappeared, both from the list 
> of files and from the list of recordings in MythWeb too. Changing 
> channels did not cause a 0B file to be created. -- great...
>
> I closed and re-opened MythFrontend, opened live TV, 0B was not created.
>
> I opened live TV on another frontend, on a different channel. I'm 99% 
> sure this was the point when the 0B file was created again. 
> Unfortunately, this 0B file has not been deleted yet (after 25 minutes)

And that other channel was recorded using the same card/input?

How many capture cards do you have, and what types?  Are you sure you've 
increased the timeouts on all of them?  (And note that different types 
may need different timeouts).

Also, please test (with various timeouts) revisions after aad0ac533 
(from about 2 days ago).

Thanks,
Mike