empty or or no .ts file when recording (1 Viewer)

[willemx]

TV-Server Version: RC-3
MediaPortal Version: RC-3
MediaPortal Skin: Blue 3
Windows Version: XP Pro SP3
CPU Type: Intel Core 2 6400 2.14GHz
HDD: 3 x WDC3200KS
Memory: 2 GB
Motherboard: ASUS P5W DH Deluxe
Video Card: NVIDEA GeForce 7600 GS
Video Card Driver: 6.14.11.7824
Sound Card: Realtek on MB
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver: 5.10.0.5247
1. TV Card: FireDTV DVB-S2
1. TV Card Type: DVB-S
1. TV Card Driver: 5.0.1.0
2. TV Card: FireDTV DVB-S2
2. TV Card Type: DVB-S
2. TV Card Driver: 5.0.1.0
3. TV Card: Terratec Cinergy 2400i
3. TV Card Type: dual DVB-T
3. TV Card Driver: 1.1.0.283
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec: ffdshow
MPEG2 Audio Codec: ffdshow
h.264 Video Codec: ffdshow
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Astra 19, Astra 23, Astra 28, Hotbird, KPN Digitenne
HTPC Case: Antec P180
Cooling: Antec
Power Supply: Antec
Remote:
TV: Eizo HD2441W
TV - HTPC Connection: DVI

Frequently (but not always) the .ts file of a recording has a filesize of 0 bytes or is missing alltogether. The corresponding .xml file is always ok.
For example: in the attached tv.log the .ts file for the recorded program "Beyond Tomorrow - - 2008-11-24 - 8_00.ts" (recorded at around 07:55 on 2008-11-24) is 0 bytes long.
I am using a setup with a dedicated tv-server (see system specs).
I can see nothing special about this recording in the log files. Can anyone point me in the right direction ?

 

[Gryvel]

Same problem here

Hi,

Did you solve this? I'm also getting 0 kb .ts files now and then for scheduled recordings. Very annoying.

 

[willemx]

The problem has gone away now, but I didn't really "solve" anything and I am afraid it is still lurking in the background and could come back any time...
I suspect it has something to do with a CAM problem and/or my setup:

The CAM problem could be that occasionally a CAM stops working spontaneously (I have read somewhere in other threads that you need to reset your CAM now and then (I don't know when exactly)). My tvserver is allways on, so the CAMs will never be reset unless I turn the server off manually and this is what I do now about once every week.

The setup problem could be related to my DVBS cards / LNB configuration. My tvserver has 2 DVBS2 cards, connected via a DISEQC switch to 4 LNB's. Some LNB's are dual LNB's, but not all. That means that not all satelite channels can be received by both cards. I have not found a way in MP server setup to specify exactly which card can receive which channel and with what DISEQC code. Actually I think that MP cannot handle this situation.
I am planning to replace all single LNB's by dual LNB's and add another DISEQC switch so that each DVBS card can have the same channel setup.

hope this helps a bit ?

BTW, see also:
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...erver-90/recordings-fail-empty-ts-file-53480/

Willem

 

[jhb]

And you are not having the same problem that I reported in this (https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...cordings-fail-empty-ts-file-53480/index2.html) thread?

When I removed the encrypted channels from the card without CAM it solved it. I now managed to get encryoted channels on the card after a re-scan (not the encrypted channel I tried to record, but another one) and the problem is back...

 

[willemx]

jhb: Yes, I think I have (had) the same problem. As I stated in my previous post I have recently replaced all single LNB's by dual LNB's so now both cards have access to the same channels. All my recordings are now fine; I never had a 0-byte .ts file since.