More Missed Recordings - Different Symptoms (1 Viewer)

[jameson_uk]

TV-Server Version: 1.0
MediaPortal Version: 1.0
MediaPortal Skin: Blue3 Wide
Windows Version: XP Pro - SP3
CPU Type: Intel E4500 2x2.2Ghz
HDD: WD green 500Gb
Memory: 2Gb DDR2-6400
Motherboard: ASUS P5KPL-VM
Video Card: ATI Radeon 3650
Video Card Driver: Catalyst 8.11
Sound Card: CMedia 8738 Generic Card
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver: Dogber's Drivers 1.2.2
1. TV Card: Pinnacle 7010ix
1. TV Card Type: Dual DVB-S and Dual DVB-T
1. TV Card Driver: Latest
2. TV Card:
2. TV Card Type:
2. TV Card Driver:
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec: NVidia
MPEG2 Audio Codec: NVidia
h.264 Video Codec: PowerDVD 7
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Freeview (DVB-T)
HTPC Case: Antec Fusion
Cooling: Scythe Mini-Ninja
Power Supply: Antec 300W
Remote: MCE
TV: Sony 32v2000
TV - HTPC Connection: VGA

Been basically trying to soak test MP and get it to record left right and center going into and coming out of S3 standby.

Over the weekend I was away and left it to record about 15 programmes. It suucessfully recorded about 10 but seems to have died at some point and never sorted itself out. When I got back machine was in standby (should have been recording) and when I tried to go in and delete recordings it said I couldn't. Had to reboot at which point everything worked and recording kicked in (50 mins into an hour programme)

Typically the few recordings it missed were the ones I (and more importantly the other half) actually wanted to watch.

A couple of odd things I noticed.

in error.log (in bak) I have

2009-01-17 03:06:10.031250 [14]: card: unable to connect to slave controller at:PVR

plus lots of

2009-01-17 18:12:20.203125 [PowerEventThread]: TV service PowerEventThread: Exception: System.InvalidOperationException: Collection was modified; enumeration operation may not execute.
   at System.ThrowHelper.ThrowInvalidOperationException(ExceptionResource resource)
   at System.Collections.Generic.List`1.Enumerator.MoveNext()
   at TvService.Service1.OnPowerEvent(PowerEventType powerStatus)
   at TvService.Service1.PowerEventThreadWndProc(IntPtr hWnd, UInt32 msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam)
   at TvService.Service1.GetMessageA(MSG& msg, IntPtr hWnd, Int32 uMsgFilterMin, Int32 uMsgFilterMax)
   at TvService.Service1.PowerEventThread()

I have queried the latter before without any response but the top one is something I have not seen before.

The main odd thing however is that the TV log just seems to end (only have bak file now). The PC was set to wakeup at 21:00 and I get

2009-01-17 20:56:01.515625 [PowerScheduler Waiter]: PowerScheduler: OnResume
2009-01-17 20:56:10.015625 [PowerEventThread]: TV service PowerEventThread 30
2009-01-17 20:56:10.078125 [WinController exit thread]: WindowsController: ExitWindows performed, result: True
2009-01-17 20:56:10.078125 [PowerEventThread]: TV service PowerEventThread 30
2009-01-17 20:56:14.437500 [20]: PowerScheduler: RegisterRemote tag: 23, uris: http://localhost:31458/8815a28f_4975_40c9_a2fd_477603aa04b0/8ofcj54sm4pkdqncinvxsi0m_1.rem, http://localhost:31458/8815a28f_4975_40c9_a2fd_477603aa04b0/8ofcj54sm4pkdqncinvxsi0m_1.rem
2009-01-17 20:56:39.453125 [20]: PowerScheduler: User input detected at 1/17/2009 8:56:14 PM
2009-01-17 20:58:17.250000 [23]: PowerScheduler: UnregisterRemote StandbyHandler 23
2009-01-17 20:58:17.250000 [23]: PowerScheduler: UnregisterRemote WakeupHandler 23

but then nothing else. In tv.log the next entry is

2009-01-18 21:04:37.640625 [PowerEventThread]: TV service PowerEventThread 30

when I switched the machine back on and nothing in between.

More odd is the PC not working on resume and needing a reboot. Going into live TV I was getting the timeshifting can't be started popup but according to the tv log the server tuned in quite happily. Also when I was trying to delete the programmes that did record I was getting an error popup saying I couldn't. It was however writing logs at this point and when I rebooted at 21:17 everything starts working and the machine realises it is missing a recording and starts .

Things seem to be getting better but missing her recordings is not nice

I am not sure if this is a client issue but seems as the client logs just get restarted everytime there are no useful client logs in here

 

[jameson_uk]

no-one looked or are the logs useless??

This is kind of important to me. Missing recordings is very likely to result in me ditching MP as I can not live with the grief from the misses

 

[huckster2]

I too see the TV service PowerEventThread: Exception: System.InvalidOperationException errors in the TV log. MP is set to wake up at 6pm and record the news, even though I often get home in time, so I sit and watch the PC waiting for it to come to life and it doesn't.