DVB Tuner issues -- zero length recordings

[daneo]

Hi Sub,

any suggestions would be appreciated. I keep getting (every once in a while) tuning failures that result in ZLRs.

Code:

18:50:00.191 VERB getSetting(BDADisableStatusChecks) 18:50:00.191 INFO BDARecorder:::StartRecording(Pinnacle PCTV 3010iX, 1, C:\GBPVR\Recordings\File.mpg, T:C22,482000,0,0,8~NID:12290~ONID:8468~TSID:514~P:517~V:593~A:594~L:deu~PMT:592~TXT:599~PCR:593~N:>Doku/KiKa) 18:50:00.193 VERB Checking tuning spaces 18:50:00.193 INFO TuningSpace ID:1 name: Local Analog Antenna 18:50:00.193 INFO TuningSpace ID:2 name: Local ATSC Digital Antenna 18:50:00.193 INFO TuningSpace ID:3 name: Local ATSC Digital Cable 18:50:00.193 INFO TuningSpace ID:4 name: Analog Auxiliary Input #1 18:50:00.193 INFO TuningSpace ID:5 name: Local Analog Cable 18:50:00.193 INFO TuningSpace ID:6 name: Local Digital Cable 18:50:00.193 INFO TuningSpace ID:7 name: Local DVB-T Digital Antenna 18:50:00.193 INFO TuningSpace ID:8 name: Local Analog FM Radio 18:50:00.193 INFO TuningSpace ID:9 name: Freestyle generic tuning space for STB 18:50:00.194 VERB Initializing DVB-T tuning request. 18:50:00.194 VERB tuning@1 18:50:00.194 VERB tuning@2 18:50:00.194 VERB tuning@3 18:50:00.194 VERB tuning@4 18:50:00.194 VERB tuning@5 18:50:00.195 VERB tuning@8 18:50:00.195 VERB SubmitTuningRequest(T:C22,482000,0,0,8~NID:12290~ONID:8468~TSID:514~P:517~V:593~A:594~L:deu~PMT:592~TXT:599~PCR:593~N:>Doku/KiKa) 18:50:00.195 VERB getSetting(BDASubmitTuningRequestAlways) 18:50:00.195 VERB BDASubmitTuningRequestAlways is true. Forcing... 18:50:00.195 VERB Submit-DVBT@T1 18:50:00.195 VERB Preparing Tuning Request 18:50:00.195 VERB Submit-DVBT@T2 18:50:00.195 VERB Submit-DVBT@T3 18:50:00.195 VERB Submit-DVBT@T4 18:50:00.195 VERB New tuning request submitted... 18:50:00.195 VERB Submit-DVBT@T5 18:50:00.195 VERB Getting current tuning request... 18:50:00.695 VERB Current CarrierFrequency=482000 18:50:00.695 VERB ServiceID: 517, PMT PID: 592, VPID: 593, APID: 594 18:50:00.695 VERB SubmitTuningRequest() complete 18:50:00.695 VERB ServiceID: 517, PMT PID: 592, VPID: 593, APID: 594 18:50:00.695 VERB getSetting(BDAMultiplexer) 18:50:00.695 VERB Preferred BDA Multiplexer: TS Mux 18:50:00.699 VERB getSetting(BDAEnabledMDPlugins) 18:50:00.711 VERB CheckTunerNodes() 18:50:00.711 VERB - KSNODE_BDA_RF_TUNER 18:50:00.711 VERB - KSNODE_BDA_COFDM_DEMODULATOR 18:50:00.711 VERB getSetting(BDAAutoDetectTuner) 18:50:00.712 VERB About to auto detect correct tuner filter 18:50:00.712 VERB Looking for associated filter 18:50:00.713 VERB - Pinnacle PCTV 3010iX BDA Digital Capture DVBT 18:50:00.715 VERB Successfully auto detected tuner filter: Pinnacle PCTV 3010iX BDA Digital Capture DVBT 18:50:00.715 VERB About to connect BDA Tuner and Capture filters 18:50:00.718 VERB ConnectPins: 'MPEG2 Transport' to 'MPEG-2 Stream' 18:50:00.724 VERB ConnectPins: 'MPEG2 Transport' to 'Input' 18:50:00.726 VERB ConnectPins: 'Output' to 'MPEG-2 Stream' 18:50:00.728 VERB Deleting PIN: 003 18:50:00.728 VERB Deleting PIN: 004 18:50:00.728 VERB Deleting PIN: 005 18:50:00.728 VERB Deleting PIN: 006 18:50:00.728 VERB Deleting PIN: 007 18:50:00.728 VERB Deleting PIN: 008 18:50:00.728 VERB Deleting PIN: 009 18:50:00.728 VERB Deleting PIN: 010 18:50:00.728 VERB Deleting PIN: 011 18:50:00.728 VERB Deleting PIN: 012 18:50:00.728 VERB Deleting PIN: 013 18:50:00.728 VERB Deleting PIN: 014 18:50:00.728 VERB Deleting PIN: 015 18:50:00.728 VERB Deleting PIN: 016 18:50:00.728 VERB Deleting PIN: 017 18:50:00.728 VERB Deleting PIN: 018 18:50:00.728 VERB Deleting PIN: 019 18:50:00.728 VERB Deleting PIN: 020 18:50:00.728 VERB Deleting PIN: 021 18:50:00.728 VERB Deleting PIN: 022 18:50:00.729 VERB Deleting PIN: 023 18:50:00.729 VERB Deleting PIN: 024 18:50:00.729 VERB Deleting PIN: 025 18:50:00.729 VERB Deleting PIN: 026 18:50:00.729 VERB Deleting PIN: 027 18:50:00.729 VERB Deleting PIN: 028 18:50:00.729 VERB Deleting PIN: 029 18:50:00.729 VERB Demux filter has the following default output pins: 18:50:00.729 VERB - 1: has media type: {455F176C-4B06-47CE-9AEF-8CAEF73DF7B5} {E9DD31A3-221D-4ADB-8532-9AF309C1A408} 18:50:00.729 VERB - 2: has media type: {455F176C-4B06-47CE-9AEF-8CAEF73DF7B5} {C892E55B-252D-42B5-A316-D997E7A5D995} 18:50:00.729 VERB - 3: has media type: {73646976-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71} {E06D8026-DB46-11CF-B4D1-00805F6CBBEA} (VIDEO) 18:50:00.729 VERB - 4: has media type: {73647561-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71} {E06D802B-DB46-11CF-B4D1-00805F6CBBEA} (AUDIO) 18:50:00.729 VERB - 5: has media type: {455F176C-4B06-47CE-9AEF-8CAEF73DF7B5} {E436EB8E-524F-11CE-9F53-0020AF0BA770} 18:50:00.729 VERB getSetting(BDAUsePsiParser) 18:50:00.729 VERB getSetting(BDAEnableDvbSubtitles) 18:50:00.729 VERB getSetting(EPGProcessingMode) 18:50:00.732 VERB getSetting(BDAAutoMapPids) 18:50:00.737 VERB SetDvbSubtitlePids(0,594,0,0) 18:50:00.737 VERB getSetting(PreferredSubtitleLanguage) 18:50:00.737 VERB getSetting(SecondarySubtitleLanguage) 18:50:00.737 VERB getSetting(TvShape) 18:50:00.737 VERB PCR PID is set to VID PID 18:50:00.737 VERB Creating Audio pin mapped to PID 594 (MPEG1 Layer 2) 18:50:00.737 VERB getSetting(BDAUseCachedSequenceHeaders) 18:50:00.737 VERB Creating MPEG-2 Video pin mapped to PID 593 18:50:00.740 VERB ConnectPins: 'Video' to 'Input' 18:50:00.740 VERB getSetting(EnableTeleText) 18:50:00.740 VERB hwnd = NULL 18:50:00.740 VERB previewMode = false 18:50:00.740 VERB About to connect recording graph to mux 18:50:00.740 VERB Using GB-PVR TS Mux (via TS Mon) 18:50:00.740 VERB Target filename: C:\GBPVR\Recordings\File.ts 18:50:00.741 VERB getSetting(BDAAlwaysAddTIFAndSections) 18:50:00.769 VERB Starting graph... 18:50:01.143 VERB BDARecorder::StartRecording() finished(1) 18:50:01.143 VERB SubmitTuningRequest(T:C22,482000,0,0,8~NID:12290~ONID:8468~TSID:514~P:517~V:593~A:594~L:deu~PMT:592~TXT:599~PCR:593~N:>Doku/KiKa) 18:50:01.143 VERB getSetting(BDASubmitTuningRequestAlways) 18:50:01.143 VERB BDASubmitTuningRequestAlways is true. Forcing... 18:50:01.143 VERB Submit-DVBT@T1 18:50:01.143 VERB Preparing Tuning Request 18:50:01.143 VERB Submit-DVBT@T2 18:50:01.143 VERB Submit-DVBT@T3 18:50:01.143 VERB Submit-DVBT@T4 18:50:01.406 VERB New tuning request submitted... 18:50:01.406 VERB Submit-DVBT@T5 18:50:01.406 VERB Getting current tuning request... 18:50:01.906 VERB Current CarrierFrequency=482000 18:50:01.906 VERB ServiceID: 517, PMT PID: 592, VPID: 593, APID: 594 18:50:01.906 VERB SubmitTuningRequest() complete 18:50:01.915 VERB locked=0 present=0 strength=80 quality=0 18:50:01.915 VERB getSetting(ListGraphFilters) 18:50:01.915 VERB Graph contains the following filters: 18:50:01.915 VERB - BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter 18:50:01.916 VERB - GB-PVR Flow Status 18:50:01.916 VERB - GB-PVR DVB Subtitles 18:50:01.916 VERB - GB-PVR PSI Parser 18:50:01.916 VERB - MPEG-2 Demultiplexer 18:50:01.916 VERB - GB-PVR TS Mon 18:50:01.916 VERB - Pinnacle PCTV 3010iX BDA Digital Capture DVBT 18:50:01.916 VERB - Pinnacle PCTV 3010iX BDA DVBT Tuner 18:50:01.916 VERB - Microsoft DVBT Network Provider 18:50:01.916 VERB getSetting(SaveGraphFiles) 18:50:01.916 VERB Demux filter has the following default output pins: 18:50:01.916 VERB - 1: has media type: {455F176C-4B06-47CE-9AEF-8CAEF73DF7B5} {E9DD31A3-221D-4ADB-8532-9AF309C1A408} 18:50:01.916 VERB - 5: has media type: {455F176C-4B06-47CE-9AEF-8CAEF73DF7B5} {E436EB8E-524F-11CE-9F53-0020AF0BA770} 18:50:01.916 VERB - Audio: has media type: {73647561-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71} {00000050-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71} (AUDIO) 18:50:01.916 VERB PID: 594 (252) 18:50:01.916 VERB - DVBSubtitles: has media type: {455F176C-4B06-47CE-9AEF-8CAEF73DF7B5} {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000} 18:50:01.916 VERB - PSI: has media type: {455F176C-4B06-47CE-9AEF-8CAEF73DF7B5} {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000} 18:50:01.916 VERB PID: 0 (0) 18:50:01.916 VERB PID: 1 (1) 18:50:01.916 VERB PID: 16 (10) 18:50:01.916 VERB PID: 17 (11) 18:50:01.916 VERB PID: 18 (12) 18:50:01.916 VERB PID: 592 (250) 18:50:01.916 VERB - Video: has media type: {73646976-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71} {E06D8026-DB46-11CF-B4D1-00805F6CBBEA} (VIDEO) 18:50:01.916 VERB PID: 593 (251) 18:50:01.916 VERB BDARecorder::StartRecording() finished 18:50:25.197 VERB SubmitTuningRequest(T:C22,482000,0,0,8~NID:12290~ONID:8468~TSID:514~P:517~V:593~A:594~L:deu~PMT:592~TXT:599~PCR:593~N:>Doku/KiKa) 18:50:25.197 VERB getSetting(BDASubmitTuningRequestAlways) 18:50:25.197 VERB BDASubmitTuningRequestAlways is true. Forcing... 18:50:25.197 VERB Submit-DVBT@T1 18:50:25.197 VERB Preparing Tuning Request 18:50:25.197 VERB Submit-DVBT@T2 18:50:25.197 VERB Submit-DVBT@T3 18:50:25.197 VERB Submit-DVBT@T4 18:50:25.455 VERB New tuning request submitted... 18:50:25.455 VERB Submit-DVBT@T5 18:50:25.455 VERB Getting current tuning request... 18:50:25.955 VERB Current CarrierFrequency=482000 18:50:25.955 VERB ServiceID: 517, PMT PID: 592, VPID: 593, APID: 594 18:50:25.955 VERB SubmitTuningRequest() complete 20:10:30.515 VERB BDARecorder::StopRecording() 20:10:30.515 VERB StopRecording()@1 20:10:31.841 VERB StopRecording()@2 20:10:31.841 VERB StopRecording()@3 20:10:31.841 VERB StopRecording()@4 20:10:31.841 VERB StopRecording()@5 20:10:31.841 VERB StopRecording()@6 20:10:31.841 VERB StopRecording()@7 20:10:31.841 VERB StopRecording()@8 20:10:31.841 VERB BDARecorder::StopRecording() finished

[sub]

18:50:01.915 VERB locked=0 present=0 strength=80 quality=0

It looks like the device failed to lock onto a signal.

[daneo]

Well, yeah -- I saw that -- do you have any suggestions on why it would/could happen intermittently?

Thanks,
Dane

[sub]

To be honest, no not really. The only obvious answer is to improve the signal if you can, but I know that is often not easy. You may be finding weather conditions etc could sometimes make a marginal signal to weak to lock.