Recording a Program that has Already Started

[LewE]

If I try to record a program that has already passed its start time, it seems that the only way to get PVRX2 to actually record the program is to Restart the Recording Service.

Is there any way to avoid having to do this?

[sub]

It should have no problems starting the recording mid way through without having to restart anything. I do it all the time.

Reproduce the problem then zip and attach the logs and I'll take a look.

[LewE]

It should have no problems starting the recording mid way through without having to restart anything. I do it all the time.

Reproduce the problem then zip and attach the logs and I'll take a look.

I have attached the log files. They are large because I set CONFIG to be in DEBUG mode to give you as much information as possible. There is also a TXT file which shows the timeline of when I took the various actions. I tried to take each action far enough apart so they would be easy to relate to the timeline.

Before I rebooted the computer at the begining of the timeline, I deleted all previous logs and the ZIP file contains all files that were in the LOG directory after the test.

[sub]

It appears to be happening because PVRX2.exe is unable to communicate with GBPVRRecordingService.exe, to tell it to reload the recording list. This will be because you have some firewall software getting in the way of this communication.

[LewE]

It appears to be happening because PVRX2.exe is unable to communicate with GBPVRRecordingService.exe, to tell it to reload the recording list. This will be because you have some firewall software getting in the way of this communication.

Thanks for the quick response.

I assume that both problems (the entry in TV Guide not updating to show it in the red color and the program not beginning to record) are due to the same issue.

I tried changing the settings for PVRX2 and GBPVRREcordingService and it didn't make a difference. I then tried it with the firewall disabled so it would block nothing and it still had the problem.

I will keep trying to see if the firewall is doing this.

[LewE]

It appears to be happening because PVRX2.exe is unable to communicate with GBPVRRecordingService.exe, to tell it to reload the recording list. This will be because you have some firewall software getting in the way of this communication.

If it were a firewall issue, wouldn't it also happen if I try to select/record a program that starts in the future?

[sub]

Restarting the recording service causes the it to reload the recording list. It'll also reload it from time to time automatically. Its only more time critical when you want to start a recording instantly.

Its definitely the problem I mentioned. The error is pretty clear in the logs:

2008-02-23 07:12:15.639 ERROR [1] Unexpected error: GBPVR.Backend.Common.GbpvrException: Failed to communicate with the Recording Service.

[LewE]

Thans for the clarification.

I'll keep experimenting with the firewall settings.

[HtV]

sorry sub, I just noticed the error you mentioned was not at the time the recording was started.
At the start-time of the recording (7.09) there was this error:

Code:

2008-02-23 07:09:27.171 ERROR [1] Unexpected error: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host
Server stack trace:
   at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Receive(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size, SocketFlags socketFlags)
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.SocketStream.Read(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size)
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.SocketHandler.ReadFromSocket(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 count)
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.SocketHandler.BufferMoreData()
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.SocketHandler.Read(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 count)
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.SocketHandler.ReadAndMatchFourBytes(Byte[] buffer)
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Tcp.TcpSocketHandler.ReadVersionAndOperation(UInt16& operation)
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Tcp.TcpClientSocketHandler.ReadHeaders()
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Tcp.TcpClientTransportSink.ProcessMessage(IMessage msg, ITransportHeaders requestHeaders, Stream requestStream, ITransportHeaders& responseHeaders, Stream& responseStream)
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.BinaryClientFormatterSink.SyncProcessMessage(IMessage msg)
Exception rethrown at [0]:
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.HandleReturnMessage(IMessage reqMsg, IMessage retMsg)
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.PrivateInvoke(MessageData& msgData, Int32 type)
   at GBPVR.Backend.Common.IRecordingService.x79e3b364da249e5e()
   at GBPVR.Backend.Common.x396614b3dae3b1da.x43b9638dddee1aac(Int32 x70cd72e44179c0c2, DateTime x787497fc33be3c14, DateTime xe3f5c33dc7dd7900, Programme x5d1dc8495c0908a9, Int32 xc496bfae50bb26f7, Int32 xade76a5553fdbdd3, String xc83dcfb9cf32c5cd, Int32 xab9616c0fb092ed5, Int32 x5eba77118f416e8d, Int32 x02593956b6f4e64d, ReoccuringRecordingExtras x2d6df00a4709d230, IList& xfa2c1139e9bd361d)
   at GBPVR.Backend.Common.x396614b3dae3b1da.x43b9638dddee1aac(Int32 x70cd72e44179c0c2, DateTime x787497fc33be3c14, DateTime xe3f5c33dc7dd7900, Programme x5d1dc8495c0908a9, Int32 xc496bfae50bb26f7, Int32 xade76a5553fdbdd3, String xc83dcfb9cf32c5cd, Int32 xab9616c0fb092ed5, Int32 x5eba77118f416e8d, Int32 x02593956b6f4e64d, IList& xfa2c1139e9bd361d)
   at GBPVR.Backend.Common.x396614b3dae3b1da.x43b9638dddee1aac(Int32 x70cd72e44179c0c2, DateTime x787497fc33be3c14, DateTime xe3f5c33dc7dd7900, Programme x5d1dc8495c0908a9, Int32 xc496bfae50bb26f7, Int32 xade76a5553fdbdd3, String xc83dcfb9cf32c5cd, IList& xfa2c1139e9bd361d)
   at GBPVR.Backend.Common.x396614b3dae3b1da.x43b9638dddee1aac(Programme x5d1dc8495c0908a9, IList& xfa2c1139e9bd361d)
   at GBPVRX2.xb654004a5183e7df.handlePopupCallback(Object popup, String command)
   at GBPVRX2.Popups.xce4851a7361cb73d.GetRenderList()
   at GBPVRX2.xb654004a5183e7df.GetRenderList()
   at GBPVRX2.MenuTask.xd2a3a83a17aec615.GetRenderList()
   at GBPVRX2.x0061b801bdf12d35.xdb012c437aec4a40(Boolean xd23bf32f3b17e3be)
   at GBPVRX2.xb979ad394703258e.xfb409e85bd292293(String[] xf18a926310372520)

I noticed there are a lot of plugins being loaded, could the problem be in there?

Hans