[mythtv-users] Disappearing recordings?

[Nick Wilson]

>
> Nick Wilson wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've had this problem happen a few times now and I'm not sure exactly
> > what is going on. One show in my scheduled recordings appears to
> > record ok during the day according to the logs, but is completely
> > absent from the recordings list by the time we get home later in the
> > day (it's one of my fiancee's soap operas). This is now the third or
> > fourth time that this has happened.
> >
> > I can see from the backend logs that the schedule kicked off the
> > recording at the right time (All My Children, starting at 11:58am).
> >
> > 2007-10-01 11:57:29.165 TVRec(1): ASK_RECORDING 1 29 0
> > 2007-10-01 11:57: 34.584 Received: CANCEL_NEXT_RECORDING 0
> > 2007-10-01 11:58:02.516 Started recording: All My Children: channel
> > 2815 on cardid 1, sourceid 2
> > 2007-10-01 11:58:02.522 TVRec(1): HW Tuner: 2->1
> > 2007-10-01 11:58:03.218 Finished recording Without a Trace "4.0":
> > channel 1040
> > 2007-10-01 11:58:03.268 Recreating channel...
> > 2007-10-01 11:58:03.300 DVBChan(0) Warning: Symbol Rate setting (0) is
> > out of range (min/max:5056941/10762000)
> > 2007-10-01 11:58:03.336 DVBChan(0) Warning: Symbol Rate setting (0) is
> > out of range (min/max:5056941/10762000)
> > 2007-10-01 11:58:03.527 Finished recording Without a Trace "4.0":
> > channel 1040
> >
>
> This looks like you did not successfully tune the channel and its
> recording at a symbol rate of zero. When this happens, you wind up with
> no file but the log thinks its recorded. Troubleshoot your tuning issue.



Thanks, I wasn't sure what that message meant.  Doing a bit more research it
looks like turning my ringbuffer size down may help (I had it turned up
while trying to fix some other issue but it's probably making this problem
worse).  I've noticed that this particular card model has a lot of issues
with switching between HD and SD capture.  I've already set my dvb_timeout
to 0 in my module options (per recommendations on the pchdtv forums) but
it's still not as stable as I'd like.

I'll try turning my ringbuffer down when I get home tonight and see if that
makes any noticeable improvement.

Thanks!

-Nick
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