6kb file intermittantly created???

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Hi,

I'm getting intermittent 6kb files created for some recordings. The is also a 2nd full file created, so the recording was performed, however GB-PVR's interface tries to play the 6kb file hence I have to go and manually delete it so it picks it up. Note in particular the "Recording is unusually small" message in the logs below.

Ideas on how to stop this 6kb file being created?

Code:

22/11/2006 9:30:00 PM.203    VERBOSE    [6]    BDARecordingSource about to start recording  oid:1 channel:T:C12,226500,0,0,7~P:576~V:2314~A:2315~L:eng(AC3)~PMT:258~LCN:20~TXT:2316~N:>ABC HDTV
22/11/2006 9:30:01 PM.796    VERBOSE    [6]    Programme is now recording
22/11/2006 9:30:01 PM.796    VERBOSE    [6]    RecordingFactory.save()
22/11/2006 9:30:01 PM.828    VERBOSE    [6]    Save(): Updated existing scheduled recording
22/11/2006 9:30:01 PM.859    VERBOSE    [6]    Adding E:\GB-PVR\recordings\The Glass House\The Glass House_20061122_21352205.dvr-ms to parallel processing queue
22/11/2006 9:30:01 PM.859    VERBOSE    [6]    RecordingFactory.getExtrasForGroup(1)
[B]22/11/2006 9:30:26 PM.906    INFO    [6]    Recording is unusually small. Giving second chance: E:\GB-PVR\recordings\The Glass House\The Glass House_20061122_21352205.dvr-ms  (5824)
[/B]22/11/2006 9:30:26 PM.906    VERBOSE    [6]    Stopping recording
22/11/2006 9:30:26 PM.906    VERBOSE    [6]    Stopping recording oid:1
22/11/2006 9:30:27 PM.625    VERBOSE    [6]    Restarting recording
22/11/2006 9:30:27 PM.656    VERBOSE    [6]    BDARecordingSource about to start recording  oid:1 channel:T:C12,226500,0,0,7~P:576~V:2314~A:2315~L:eng(AC3)~PMT:258~LCN:20~TXT:2316~N:>ABC HDTV
22/11/2006 9:30:59 PM.046    VERBOSE    [6]    Checking signal status on Twinhan DVB-T (DVB-TV 878 Digital Tuner Driver):1
22/11/2006 9:30:59 PM.078    VERBOSE    [6]    Signal not locked. Trying re-lock...
22/11/2006 9:31:29 PM.187    VERBOSE    [6]    Checking signal status on Twinhan DVB-T (DVB-TV 878 Digital Tuner Driver):1
22/11/2006 9:31:59 PM.234    VERBOSE    [6]    Checking signal status on Twinhan DVB-T (DVB-TV 878 Digital Tuner Driver):1
22/11/2006 9:32:29 PM.296    VERBOSE    [6]    Checking signal status on Twinhan DVB-T (DVB-TV 878 Digital Tuner Driver):1
22/11/2006 9:32:59 PM.359    VERBOSE    [6]    Checking signal status on Twinhan DVB-T (DVB-TV 878 Digital Tuner Driver):1

More Info
[1] Files created:
* <name>-1.dvr-ms full_size
* <name>.dvr-ms 6kb

[2] I'm using the Microsoft DVR-MS (had to use this as cyberlink gave problems for me).

[3] Logs

recording service

[sub]

* <name>-1.dvr-ms full_size
* <name>.dvr-ms 6kb

This means that the device was initially unable to lock the signal, so no data was supplied to the DVR-MS mux. 6kb is the minimum size, containing zero data. After thirty seconds or so, the second chance logic kicked in, and tried to force the tuning and recording to start again - this time it succeeded and resulted in a recording.

[mixedup]

any suggestions re how to automatically delete the 6kb file?

[sub]

Sorry, no. There is no built in logic to remove it if this happens.

[mixedup]

was there any means to configure a call-out after the recording completes Sub? i.e. if I were to write my own script which was kicked off (and perhaps passed the name of the recording) I could look for recently created 6kb files and delete them?

[sub]

There is a PostProcessing.bat that is called after each recording, passing the filename as a parameter... but its not called for failed recordings. It will be called for the fullsize recording that completes after this initial 6k one.

[mixedup]

thanks Sub - sounds like if I'm really keen I could use this then

[mixedup]

hi Sub - I've just noted that after I delete the 6kb file that the larger file doesn't show up on GB-PVR in the lists. Is there a way to script this so that after I automate the deletion of the 6kb file this occurs? (ummmm...can't quite remember if I tried restarting GB-PVR...will try this tonight too)

[mixedup]

Sub,

I was working on a script to do a post recording clean up (i.e. it renames the *-1.* recording to the original (failed) recording).

I just realised this probably won't work for the situation where you want to start watching the recording whilst it is still being recorded.

Is there a way to script a change to the GB-PVR database to change the file it points to? e.g. VB script perhaps triggered ideally after the initial 6kb failed recording finished and the *-1.* good one starts? Or even just manually kicked off by one of the remote buttons in the situation when the issue has arisen (e.g. the script can initial do a sweep looking for a recent 6kb file)

Tks

[sub]

No, there is nothing built in that would help you do this. You're able to write your own software that updates the database though if you need to,