Do I have the nova-t-500 standby problem? (log snippet)

[martint123]

I was doing a bit of testing this morning and it looks like I may have the nova-t-500 "death from standby" problem.
I'd set it to record something or other that was coming up and let it drop into standby (I normally leave the box running) and at the time it came out of standby but went off again shortly after.

Does the snippet from the log indicate that the nova is not responding??

cheers
Martin

p.s. is the RecordingStatus.RECORDING_COMPETED spelling a deliberate mistake?

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p.s. is the RecordingStatus.RECORDING_COMPETED spelling a deliberate mistake?

This is correct. It sets the status to "completed" because it was unable to start the recording, and it doesnt want the system to continue to monitor the recording's progress. "Completed" does not mean to "completed successfully"

Code:

06/01/2007 09:59:00.125 INFO [5] Found new programme requiring recording: Mrs Beeton's Flying Picnic
06/01/2007 09:59:00.125 VERBOSE [5] Changing to channel (GBPVR.Backend.Common.NullTunerController): 53
06/01/2007 09:59:00.125 VERBOSE [5] Requesting IRecordingSource to start recording: J:\gbpvr\Mrs Beetons Flying Picnic\Mrs Beetons Flying Picnic_20070106_10001030.mpg
06/01/2007 09:59:00.125 VERBOSE [5] BDARecordingSource about to start recording  oid:1 channel:T:C60,786000,0,0,8~NID:12317~ONID:9018~TSID:20480~P:22208~V:301~A:302~L:eng~PMT:703~LCN:11~N:>SKY THREE
[b]06/01/2007 09:59:00.968 ERROR [5] Error starting recording: Failed to locate configured BDA capture device[/b]
06/01/2007 09:59:01.000 ERROR [5] Error starting recording:    at NativeUtilities.BDARecorder.StartRecording(String cardType, Int32 board, String filename, IntPtr hwnd, ChannelTuning channelTuning, Int32 lnbLOF1, Int32 lnbSwitch, Int32 lnbLOF2, Int32 diseqc, Boolean powered, Boolean previewMode)
   at NativeUtilities.BDARecorder.StartRecording(String cardType, Int32 board, String filename, IntPtr hwnd, ChannelTuning channelTuning, Int32 lnbLOF1, Int32 lnbSwitch, Int32 lnbLOF2, Int32 diseqc, Boolean powered)
   at GBPVR.Backend.Common.BDARecordingSource.startRecording(IRecordingSourceConfiguration config, Int32 qualitySetting, String filename, ChannelTuning channelTuning, Int32 minutes, Boolean useStreamingEngineIfAvailable)
   at GBPVR.RecordingService.x93f60a55016d55c4.xcba1f05fb5a46d5f()
06/01/2007 09:59:01.203 VERBOSE [5] Checking signal status on Hauppauge Nova-DT #1 DVB-T:1
[b]06/01/2007 09:59:01.203 VERBOSE [5] RecordingStatus is now RecordingStatus.RECORDING_COMPETED[/b]
06/01/2007 09:59:01.203 VERBOSE [5] RecordingFactory.save()
06/01/2007 09:59:01.281 VERBOSE [5] Save(): Updated existing scheduled recording
06/01/2007 09:59:01.281 VERBOSE [5] RecordingFactory.loadSchedule()
06/01/2007 09:59:01.281 VERBOSE [5] getValue cached value: /settings/AutoRemoveMissingRecordings : true
06/01/2007 09:59:01.328 VERBOSE [5] getValue cached value: /settings/CheckForRenamedRecordings : true

If you post the GBPVRRecordingService.exe-native.log I might be able to tell you a bit more about why its failing after standby.

[martint123]

Thanks the rapid response. I've rebooted too many times and the native log has rolled round. I'll set a couple more up and post both logs again.
Isn't it wierd how microsoft just knows you're sat watching and waiting for it to go into standby and refuses!.

Re the RecordingStatus.RECORDING_COMPETED - I was refering to what looked like a missing L in completed? .

Martin

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Ah, right. Skim reading again - sorry.

[martint123]

Well it's just recorded 4 programs from out of standby with no problem. Hopefully it may be the tweak I did to device manager to prevent Windows from powering off the device in standby. The Nova-t-500, although a PCI card, is a USB device, so that may be it.
It it recurs, I'll post the logs to bump the thread.

Thanks again.
Martin

[martint123]

OK, because I didn't want trouble at home, I've been leaving the machine up and running. As there was a program the kids wanted that was repeated later the next day I tried putting it in standby last night.

It failed to record out of standby - I'm guessing it is a hardware/driver problem.
Logs attached. Programme was Due South running from 06:30 to 07:20 (I have 4 mins pre-padding.

Oddly there is no sign of the failed recording - no 0-length file, nothing in 'pending' as failed - I can find no trace of it except in the logs.

Watching live TV using that tuner fails as well until the machine is rebooted.

regards
Martin

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06:29:01.000 VERBOSE FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: Nova-DT DVB-T Tuner (Dev1 Path0)

The drivers for the device werent present at the time it needed to record.

[martint123]

Many thanks again for the quick response sub.

The drivers for the device werent present at the time it needed to record.

Oh dear, I guess "weren't present" also includes died, crashed, failed to respond?.

I'd appreciate it, if you have a second or two, to glance at the 2nd set of logs attached from today.

At 1540 to 1640 it managed to catch the repeat of the show missed early in the morning and recorded it fine. But at 1700 to 1800 it failed to record 'Flog it', this time there was a 0 length file and the recording showed up as ok in recordings and whats new. Machine had been sat doing nothing all afternoon, power-saving disabled.

I get the feeling that DVB-t, DBA seems a little more "fragile" than the PVR150, I may reverse my move of putting the nova-t at the 'top' of the source list.

many thanks,
Martin

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At 1540 to 1640 it managed to catch the repeat of the show missed early in the morning and recorded it fine. But at 1700 to 1800 it failed to record 'Flog it', this time there was a 0 length file and the recording showed up as ok in recordings and whats new. Machine had been sat doing nothing all afternoon, power-saving disabled.

This recording did not suffer from the same fate as the one above. It looks like this show you tried to record was on the "UKTV Style" channel, which seems to be an encrypted channel. Is it one of the topup tv channels rather than a freeview channel?

You can probably record this channel via a multidec plugin and a smartcard reader, but otherwise not.

I get the feeling that DVB-t, DBA seems a little more "fragile" than the PVR150, I may reverse my move of putting the nova-t at the 'top' of the source list.

In my experience it can be as stable, but there is a lot more variability in the devices or the quality of their drivers. I think the Nova-T-500 is a bit newer, and still suffers from a few problems.

[martint123]

It looks like this show you tried to record was on the "UKTV Style" channel, which seems to be an encrypted channel. Is it one of the topup tv channels rather than a freeview channel?

Oh dear, I feel a right pillock now :o When I was tuning in/mapping channels, it must have been on a free-to-view promo or something. It does appear to be one of the topupTV lineup. I'll just kill it off from DVB-t as it is available on the Sky package I have.

Sorry to have taken up your time on something so stupid.

Martin