[mythtv-users] Zero-length recordings

[Jeffrey Ratcliffe]

I set up my FE/BE combo about a year ago with Mythbuntu 12.04 and Myth
0.25. I had a couple of false starts setting up both the hardware and
the software.

I reported getting random zero-length recordings to this list. The
suggestion[1] was to delete all video sources, reconfigure them and
rescan for channels. I didn't have the tuits at the time, but when I
did, the zero-length recordings continued.

Over Christmas, I finally found time to upgrade to 0.27 (really flawless
process - thanks to all - it only took me ~30 minutes, and most of that
what download time). I had hoped that this might fix the problem - but no.

When the recording fails, live TV doesn't work either.

On occasion, when a recording has been important enough to me to check
as they start, continual reboots were enough to get things going.

The system shuts itself down and wakes automatically, so it often
reboots several times a day. It often seems that either all or none of
the recordings fail between a pair of adjacent reboots and the problem
doesn't seem to be channel-dependent.

I don't think the problem is the backend crashing as reported on the
wiki[2], as the frontend can still access it.

Any suggestions?

Regards

Jeff

[1] http://www.mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2013-March/348210.html

[2] http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Zero_length_recordings

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