recording says Failed, can't de;ete it

[Wakalaka]

Given I've not seen any other reports of it, its probably not worth doing anything.

If that's the case, then I'd agree with you. At least I learned something new! I can always write my own C# app to scan the RECORDING_SCHEDULE table for entries with a blank filename field, then delete that entry. If I do this, would you want it on the wiki to possibly entice people into breaking their gbpvr.db3 file? :eek:

[sub]

If I do this, would you want it on the wiki to possibly entice people into breaking their gbpvr.db3 file? :eek:

You're welcome to put it on the wiki if you want.

[designjah]

I have the same issue - cannot delete failed recordings from within GBPVR. There is no trace of the offending recording in the recorded tv folder. Trying to delete from the built-in recordings screen, not a plugin. Any ideas for a fix?

running v. 0.97.13 on xp pro sp2

[sub]

Post the logs so we can see if its the same thing as described above.

[designjah]

Sorry, should've known better. Long time lurker, rookie poster.
These are the logs in the gbpvr directory. I hope these are what you're looking for.

Thanks for your time.

[sub]

I dont think its the same error, since you get a different error message in your logs.

Do you have a <DeleteAdditionalExtensions> setting in your config.xml? If so, what is it set to?

[designjah]

Nope. There is no <DeleteAdditionalExtensions> setting in config.xml. I have never modified config.xml manually, so it should be "stock."

[short_thumb]

I have had the same problem with several recordings. They say "failed" but I cannot delete them. All of the failed recordings are with recurring recordings. What are the steps I need to take to delete these? It looks like I need to create some blank dummy files so they can be deleted. How do I set up GBPRV to point to the blank file names?

BTW...Great application! Nice to see .NET put into an excellent consumer product.

[short_thumb]

Oops. I should have posted a log. I'll post one later today. Sorry about that.

[short_thumb]

Here is what my log file looks like when I try to delete one of the failed recordings. In this case, I tried an episode of Spongebob.

7/27/2007 5:56:27 PM.937 VERBOSE [1] RecordingFactor.DeleteSheduledRecording()
7/27/2007 5:56:28 PM.656 ERROR [1] Failed to delete recording: System.ArgumentException: String cannot be of zero length.
Parameter name: oldValue
at System.String.Replace(String oldValue, String newValue)
at GBPVR.Backend.Common.x396614b3dae3b1da.x6c589677bfc57f6b(ScheduledRecording xe41d2b9d98dc1269)
7/27/2007 5:56:28 PM.656 VERBOSE [1] PlaybackPositionManager.deleteLastPlaybackPosition(SpongeBob SquarePants)