[mythtv-users] recordings fail without any errors logged

Mon Apr 25 03:40:51 UTC 2011

At 10:14 PM 4/23/2011, Mache Creeger wrote:
>At 10:04 PM 4/23/2011, Mache Creeger wrote:
>>> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
>>> > [ mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Matt Garman
>>> > Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2011 10:01 PM
>>> > To: Discussion about MythTV
>>> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] recordings fail without any errors logged
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Neil Cooper
>>> > <neilcoo at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>> > > I'm getting exactly the same issues too.
>>> > >
>>> > > My card is a Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 so its not a
>>> > homerun-specific problem.
>>> > >
>>> > > I did notice that for some reason certain shows have the
>>> > problem more often than other shows.
>>> > >
>>> > > It may be my imagination but it also appears more likely to
>>> > happen with 1080p digital shows than 720p or analog.
>>> >
>>> > So what do you do about it?  Just live with it?
>>> >
>>> > I have two more cases where it happened:
>>> >
>>> > Fringe - "The Plateau": http://pastebin.com/wiUdajfj
>>> >
>>> > House - "Paternity": http://pastebin.com/s2hmdz8k
>>> >
>>> > For House, there are actually some errors: "frame sync error"
>>> > and "Unknown audio decoding error".  This is unique; the
>>> > others I've posted don't have ANY errors (at least none that
>>> > I can see).
>>> >
>>> > Why does MythTV not even create a file?  It's not like I have
>>> > zero byte files - I have NO FILE at all.
>>> >
>>> > It's extremely frustrating; worst of all, the wife acceptance
>>> > factor is plummeting.  Sort of like the recent "everyday i
>>> > have ot make sure myth worked the day before" thread.
>>> >
>>> > Any more hints or suggestions?  Should I file a bug report?
>>> >
>>> > Thanks,
>>> > Matt
>>>
>>>Seems like discussion on this kind of stopped alltogether. I am a new 2250
>>>owner and can confirm that with the latest drivers I can record 1 analog and
>>>one digital at the same time.  I can record 2 analog at the same time, but
>>>any attempt to record 2 digital at the same time resorts in the second
>>>recording becoming a 0 byte file.  I set debug=1 on the saa7164 module to
>>>see if that garnered any information but I get nothing from that setting
>>>being logged when the recordings start.
>>>
>>>This being said, I am on a 2.6.35 kernel and do get notices that the drivers
>>>are backported etc.
>>>
>>>Does anyone have this card working with the latest drivers (i.e. with analog
>>>support) that is successfully recording 2 digital recordings at a time?  If
>>>so, can you tell me what kernel you are using and perhaps what mythtv
>>>distribution?
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>>
>>>Tim
>>
>>I am having the same problem with my system.
>>
>>hdhomerun with most recent firmware.
>>mythtv-backend-0.24-270.fc13.i686
>># uname -r
>>2.6.34.8-68.fc13.i686
>>
>>4 disk RAID5 in XFS (3TB)
>>
>>3GB memory
>>
>>My family is getting very grumpy. Any ideas?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>-- Mache
>
>Here are the logs
>
>2011-04-22 15:00:02.142 TVRec(1): Changing from None to RecordingOnly
>2011-04-22 15:00:02.157 TVRec(1): HW Tuner: 1->1
>2011-04-22 15:00:02.193 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free 
>Space: 3.0 GB w/freq: 14 min
>2011-04-22 15:00:02.206 Started recording: "PBS NewsHour": channel 
>1009 on cardid 1, sourceid 1
>2011-04-22 15:00:02.216 scheduler: Started recording: "PBS 
>NewsHour": channel 1009 on cardid 1, sourceid 1
>2011-04-22 15:01:05.536 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free 
>Space: 3.0 GB w/freq: 14 min
>2011-04-22 15:15:05.585 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free 
>Space: 3.0 GB w/freq: 14 min
>2011-04-22 15:19:22.300 UPnpMedia: BuildMediaMap VIDEO scan starting 
>in :/opt/dvdlib:
>2011-04-22 15:19:22.333 UPnpMedia: BuildMediaMap Done. Found 131 objects
>2011-04-22 15:29:05.631 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free 
>Space: 3.0 GB w/freq: 14 min
>2011-04-22 15:43:05.676 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free 
>Space: 3.0 GB w/freq: 14 min
>2011-04-22 15:49:26.348 UPnpMedia: BuildMediaMap VIDEO scan starting 
>in :/opt/dvdlib:
>2011-04-22 15:49:26.382 UPnpMedia: BuildMediaMap Done. Found 131 objects
>2011-04-22 15:57:05.714 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free 
>Space: 3.0 GB w/freq: 14 min
>2011-04-22 15:59:00.435 TVRec(1): Changing from RecordingOnly to None
>2011-04-22 15:59:00.491 Updating status for "PBS NewsHour" on cardid 
>1 (Tuning => Recorder Failed)
>2011-04-22 15:59:00.501 Reschedule requested for id 0.
>2011-04-22 15:59:00.743 Preview Error: Encountered problems running 
>'/usr/bin/mythpreviewgen --size 0x0 --chanid 1009 --starttime 
>20110422150000  > /dev/null
>'
>2011-04-22 15:59:00.981 Scheduled 97 items in 0.5 = 0.01 match + 0.46 place
>2011-04-22 15:59:00.990 scheduler: Scheduled items: Scheduled 97 
>items in 0.5 = 0.01 match + 0.46 place
>2011-04-22 15:59:01.591 MainServer::ANN Monitor
>2011-04-22 15:59:01.601 adding: DEN as a client (events: 0)
>2011-04-22 15:59:01.613 MainServer::ANN Monitor
>2011-04-22 15:59:01.621 adding: DEN as a client (events: 1)
>2011-04-22 15:59:01.631 ProgramInfo(1009_20110422150000.mpg), Error: 
>GetPlaybackURL: '1009_20110422150000.mpg' should be local, but it 
>can not be found.
>2011-04-22 15:59:01.642 MainServer::ANN Playback
>2011-04-22 15:59:01.650 adding: den as a client (events: 0)
>2011-04-22 15:59:01.670 MainServer::HandleAnnounce FileTransfer
>2011-04-22 15:59:01.678 adding: den as a remote file transfer
>2011-04-22 15:59:01.688 ProgramInfo(1009_20110422150000.mpg), Error: 
>GetPlaybackURL: '1009_20110422150000.mpg' should be local, but it 
>can not be found.
>2011-04-22 15:59:01.702 ERROR: LocalFilePath unable to find local 
>path for '1009_20110422150000.mpg', found 
>'GetPlaybackURL/UNABLE/TO/FIND/LOCAL/FILE/ON/XX.YY.COM/1009_20110422150000.mpg' 
>instead.
>2011-04-22 15:59:01.710 RingBuf() Error: RingBuffer::RingBuffer(): 
>Failed to open remote file ()
>2011-04-22 15:59:01.726 QueryBasename found no entry for 0 @ 
>2011-04-22T15:59:01
>2011-04-22 15:59:01.734 QueryBasename found no entry for 0 @ 
>2011-04-22T15:59:01
>QFileInfo::absolutePath: Constructed with empty filename
>2011-04-22 15:59:01.835 RingBuf() Error: Seek(0, SEEK_SET) Failed
>                         eno: Bad file descriptor (9)
>2011-04-22 15:59:01.856 RingBuf() Error: Seek(0, SEEK_SET) Failed
>                         eno: Bad file descriptor (9)
>2011-04-22 15:59:01.875 RingBuf() Error: Seek(0, SEEK_SET) Failed
>                         eno: Bad file descriptor (9)
>2011-04-22 15:59:01.895 RingBuf() Error: Seek(0, SEEK_SET) Failed
>                         eno: Bad file descriptor (9)
>2011-04-22 15:59:01.920 RingBuf() Error: Seek(0, SEEK_SET) Failed
>                         eno: Bad file descriptor (9)
>2011-04-22 15:59:01.939 RingBuf() Error: Seek(0, SEEK_SET) Failed
>                         eno: Bad file descriptor (9)

Myth has stopped recording all together. Any ideas?

-- Mache
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