Can't Play Back Recording (1.3.7)

[sfrasernz]

I have seen this particular problem a few times now. A scheduled program starts to be recorded and I try to start watching it from the Pending Recordings screen about 15 minutes into the program. When I select Play GBPVR hangs for about 30 seconds before I can move around the menus again. If I leave the recording to finish I end up with an empty (zero byte) .ts file so it appears as though the recording is lost.

This happened last night while recording Heroes on TV3 at 8:30pm. I have attached the log files. I did notice this Unexpected Error in the pvrx2.log when trying to playback the file.

Code:

2008-11-26 20:43:31.090    VERBOSE    [1]    About to play file: D:\Recordings\Heroes\Heroes_20081126_20302130.ts
2008-11-26 20:43:43.293    ERROR    [1]    Unexpected error: System.Exception: Failure playing back file
   at NativeUtilities.MediaHelper.playVideoFile(String filename, Form form)
   at GBPVRX2.Players.x6a72974b4271f25b.x6c3843e006813d60(String x555fc8ac0bf47dac)
   at GBPVRX2.Players.x977e0aa739bd29d7.x826e5d374a1e5ab9(String x08ae7e3cf7a53434, String xfd3291a7ebc13c43, String x555fc8ac0bf47dac, Int32 xf26801b263fa79ba)
   at GBPVRX2.xc8bec4ab98c5a6c5.handlePopupCallback(Object popup, String command)
   at GBPVRX2.Popups.xce4851a7361cb73d.GetRenderList()
   at GBPVRX2.BaseButtonListUiTask.GetRenderList()
   at GBPVRX2.MenuTask.x1c55deafde32e1eb.GetRenderList()
   at GBPVRX2.x0061b801bdf12d35.xdb012c437aec4a40(Boolean xd23bf32f3b17e3be)
   at GBPVRX2.xb979ad394703258e.xfb409e85bd292293(String[] xf18a926310372520)

[sfrasernz]

Bump - This happened again last night trying to record House. Is anybody else seeing this symptom? i.e. recording ends up being zero bytes

[sub]

What capture device do you have?

Do you have multi-record enabled, and was there any other recordings happening at the same time?

[mmatheny]

I saw something like this - there were actually 2 recordings in my TVRecordings folder, one correct size, one zero bytes. And to top it off, it seems the database pointed to the zero byte file for the recording! I just copied the good file to the Videos folder to watch. Would be nice if Sub could add a built in routine to add videos to the built-in database.

[sfrasernz]

I'm using an HVR-2200 and multirecord is enabled.

Last night Coronation Street (TV1 7:30pm-8:30pm) would have been ending as House (TV3 8:30pm-9:30pm) was starting.

[sub]

It might worth running with multi-record disabled for a bit to see if the problem persists.

[sfrasernz]

Ok will do and will let you know if it resolves the problem. I'll miss the multi-record feature tho....its a really great feature

Thanks

[mmatheny]

How many channels do you have in the .x range? Only one in clearQAM in Houston.

[sfrasernz]

How many channels do you have in the .x range? Only one in clearQAM in Houston.

I think we use different broadcasting standards in New Zealand.

[JonnyCam]

I just copied the good file to the Videos folder to watch. Would be nice if Sub could add a built in routine to add videos to the built-in database.

An easier way for the future might be to add the recordings directory to the video library.
I think the bug has been mentioned a few times on the forum where the recording logic realises that the file is zero bytes and restarts it - but the db still points to the original file.