[mythtv-users] Zero byte recordings... sometimes.

[James S. White]

This is an ivtv isssue. I switched to axboe's ivtv driver
(ivtv-031118A-0.12.tar.bz2) and the zero byte files went away.

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James S. White                      GAPS Incorporated
james at jameswhite.org                Electrical Engineer - Etc.
http://www.jameswhite.org           Caffeine is my anti-drug.
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"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance" - Derek Bok

On Sun, 16 Nov 2003, James S. White wrote:

> I have a Dual-PVR-250 Pundit System Running debian/unstable
> I am running mythtv checked out from CVS on Nov 12th @ 1400 GMT
> The ivtv driver I'm using was checked out shortly before.
>
> cat /dev/video0 > test0.mpg
> cat /dev/video1 > test1.mpg
>
> work as expected, but periodically mythtv is producing 0 byte recordings.
>
> -rw-r--r--    1 mythtv   mythtv          0 Nov 16 19:00 1002_20031116190000_2003
> 1116193000.nuv
>
> I cant see what might be causing this: any Ideas?
>
> /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log:
> [snip]
> 2003-11-16 18:59:31 Started recording "Charmed" on channel: 1016 on cardid: 2, s
> ourceid 1
> 2003-11-16 18:59:31 Changing from None to RecordingOnly
> Sent 0 to device cable
> Sent 1 to device cable
> Sent 6 to device cable
> 2003-11-16 19:00:00 Changing from RecordingOnly to None
> 2003-11-16 19:00:00 Found changes in the todo list.
> 2003-11-16 19:00:03 Started recording "The Simpsons" on channel: 1002 on cardid:
>  1, sourceid 1
> 2003-11-16 19:00:03 Changing from None to RecordingOnly
> Input #0, mpeg, from '/var/lib/mythtv/1003_20031116180000_20031116190000.nuv':
>   Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg1video, 480x480, 29.97 fps
>   Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 384 kb/s
> Sent 0 to device cable
> Sent 0 to device cable
> Sent 2 to device cable
> 2003-11-16 19:11:01 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> 2003-11-16 19:11:01 adding: tuxvo as a player 0
> [end]
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> James S. White                      GAPS Incorporated
> james at jameswhite.org                Electrical Engineer - Etc.
> http://www.jameswhite.org           Caffeine is my anti-drug.
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance" - Derek Bok
>
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