Trying to record TV in MP, with no luck (1 Viewer)

[shackrock]

I am able to set up the recordings for shows without a problem. The scheduler looks like it's working. However, nothing ever gets recorded... Not really sure where to begin here, but I've tried about everything I can think of and still nothing will ever be recorded (even when I hit RECORD on live TV, I can hit stop, and the recording never shows up)... Anyone with ideas?

 

[RonD]

if you start TV ServerCofnig and select Recordings > Folders, what folder are you using for recordings?

Use a windows file explorer/browser to look at that folder do you see any recordings?

if you look at your TV Server log files "tv.log", do you see a recording start in the expected folder? for example I use L:\MePo\recordings

2012-10-20 13:08:12.732362 [scheduler thread(16)]: **************************************************
2012-10-20 13:08:12.742363 [scheduler thread(16)]: ***** SIGNAL LEVEL: 100, SIGNAL QUALITY: 75 *****
2012-10-20 13:08:12.751363 [scheduler thread(16)]: **************************************************
2012-10-20 13:08:12.759364 [scheduler thread(16)]: card: tuned user: scheduler254 subchannel: 0
2012-10-20 13:08:12.767364 [scheduler thread(16)]: user:scheduler254 add
2012-10-20 13:08:12.775365 [scheduler thread(16)]: Scheduler: MakeFileName() using "moviesformat" (_isSerie=False)
2012-10-20 13:08:12.781365 [scheduler thread(16)]: Scheduler : record to L:\MePo\recordings\College Football - 2012-10-20 - Stanford at California.ts
2012-10-20 13:08:12.788366 [scheduler thread(16)]: Recorder.start add audioVideoEventHandler
2012-10-20 13:08:12.793366 [scheduler thread(16)]: card: StartRecording 10 L:\MePo\recordings\College Football - 2012-10-20 - Stanford at California.ts

 

[shackrock]

I'm using: "Z:\" (it's a mapped network drive, and it's connected without a problem). I do have log items like that, here's some of the log that I just tried:

2012-10-20 16:41:37.079481 [scheduler thread(10)]: **************************************************
2012-10-20 16:41:37.089481 [scheduler thread(10)]: ***** SIGNAL LEVEL: 85, SIGNAL QUALITY: 94 *****
2012-10-20 16:41:37.168486 [scheduler thread(10)]: **************************************************
2012-10-20 16:41:37.179486 [scheduler thread(10)]: card: tuned user: scheduler9 subchannel: 1
2012-10-20 16:41:37.189487 [scheduler thread(10)]: user:scheduler9 add
2012-10-20 16:41:37.238490 [scheduler thread(10)]: Scheduler: MakeFileName() using "moviesformat" (_isSerie=False)
2012-10-20 16:41:37.265491 [scheduler thread(10)]: Scheduler : record to Z:\\College Football.ABC_WTVD-D1.2012-10-20.ts
2012-10-20 16:41:37.307494 [scheduler thread(10)]: Recorder.start add audioVideoEventHandler
2012-10-20 16:41:37.369497 [scheduler thread(10)]: card: StartRecording 6 Z:\\College Football.ABC_WTVD-D1.2012-10-20.ts
2012-10-20 16:41:37.398499 [scheduler thread(10)]: StartRecording to Z:\\College Football.ABC_WTVD-D1.2012-10-20.ts
2012-10-20 16:41:37.420500 [scheduler thread(10)]: subch:1 StartRecord(Z:\\College Football.ABC_WTVD-D1.2012-10-20.ts)
2012-10-20 16:41:37.459502 [scheduler thread(10)]: subch:1-1 tswriter StartRecording...
2012-10-20 16:41:37.475503 [scheduler thread(10)]: SetRecorderPids
2012-10-20 16:41:37.774520 [scheduler thread(10)]: Set video / audio observer
2012-10-20 16:41:37.851525 [scheduler thread(10)]: DVB subch:1 Started recording
2012-10-20 16:41:37.877526 [scheduler thread(10)]: card: WaitForRecordingFile - waiting _eventAudio & _eventVideo
2012-10-20 16:41:52.890385 [scheduler thread(10)]: card: WaitForRecordingFile - no audio was found after 15.0128587 seconds
2012-10-20 16:41:52.902386 [scheduler thread(10)]: card: Recording failed! 6 Z:\\College Football.ABC_WTVD-D1.2012-10-20.ts

 

[RonD]

hmm, not sure what to suggest, your log shows a problem finding audio from the channel. Does this channel work if you watch?

my log file shows the following and the tuner was returning audio/video in 0.06 secs, you see a 15 sec timeout

2012-10-20 13:08:12.812367 [scheduler thread(16)]: subch:0-0 tswriter StartRecording...
2012-10-20 13:08:12.817367 [scheduler thread(16)]: SetRecorderPids
2012-10-20 13:08:12.842369 [scheduler thread(16)]: Set video / audio observer
2012-10-20 13:08:12.852369 [scheduler thread(16)]: DVB subch:0 Started recording
2012-10-20 13:08:12.857370 [scheduler thread(16)]: card: WaitForRecordingFile - waiting _eventAudio & _eventVideo
2012-10-20 13:08:12.883371 [(22)]: PID seen - type = Audio
2012-10-20 13:08:12.888371 [(22)]: Recorder audioVideoEventHandler Audio
2012-10-20 13:08:12.895372 [(22)]: PID seen - type = Audio
2012-10-20 13:08:12.900372 [(22)]: Recorder audioVideoEventHandler Audio
2012-10-20 13:08:12.908372 [(22)]: PID seen - type = Video
2012-10-20 13:08:12.913373 [(22)]: Recorder audioVideoEventHandler Video
2012-10-20 13:08:12.919373 [scheduler thread(16)]: card: WaitForRecordingFile - video and audio are seen after 0.0620035 seconds
2012-10-20 13:08:12.925373 [scheduler thread(16)]: Scheduler: adding new row in db for title="College Football" of type="0"
2012-10-20 13:08:12.931374 [Channel state thread(5)]: Controller: DoSetChannelStates for 20 channels
2012-10-20 13:08:12.937374 [Channel state thread(5)]: ChannelStates.DoSetChannelStates took 10 msec
2012-10-20 13:08:12.944374 [scheduler thread(16)]: Scheduler: recList: count: 1 add scheduleid: 254 card: Silicondust HDHomeRun Tuner 10303662-0

 

[Jay_UK]

Hi there,

Chances are the issue is due to you using a mapped drive...

The drive mapping is only available to the user who is signed on... the TVService is running as a service account (different user), therefore the Z: drive wont be available.

You have two options:

Switch to a UNC
Get the TVservice to run as the logged on user (which has the Z: drive mapping)

J.

 

[shackrock]

yea, no problem with audio while watching.

So, I just changed to my C drive, and it looks like it worked... but the problem now is that comskip.exe takes up 100% CPU after the recording stops, and basically it hangs the entire system. If I could make that play a little nicer, I'd be able to test this out... ha!

 

[Jay_UK]

Hi there,

Comskip has settings where you can "throttle" it back...you have to edit the ini file.

You could also look at Comskipmonitor (plugin) in addition to the ini file change.

J.

 

[shackrock]

Good fixes everyone. I set the play_nice items in the .ini file for comskip (no more 100% CPU usage there). I also set the recording drive to be local, and now there are no issues (except for that my hard drive is very small! haha). Thanks!