"The tuner being used for LiveTV is no longer available"

[johnsonx42]

no improvement to my situation, thanks for the try though. The recording that started at 18:30 killed LiveTV, and was supposed to end at 19:00 but is still running. I restarted Live TV at 18:44, I can see the new logging from the patch.

Code:

2010-08-19 18:29:41.972 [DEBUG][5] Renew lease ok (0x5F20001) 2010-08-19 18:29:52.041 [DEBUG][5] Renew lease ok (0x5F20001) 2010-08-19 18:30:00.043 [DEBUG][6] Scheduled recording is supposed to start on tuner currently being used for live tv. Need to look for alternative tuner. 2010-08-19 18:30:00.052 [DEBUG][6] Found alternative tuner. 2010-08-19 18:30:00.052 [DEBUG][6] Moving from: Hauppauge WinTV 885 BDA Tuner/Demod (ATSC) 2010-08-19 18:30:00.052 [DEBUG][6] Moving to: WinTV HVR-950 BDA Tuner (ATSC) 2010-08-19 18:30:00.185 [DEBUG][6] About to start recording (4867): F:\Recordings\Who Wants to Be a Millionaire\Who Wants to Be a Millionaire_20100819_18301900.ts 2010-08-19 18:30:00.185 [INFO][6] DigitalRecorder.StartStream(F:\Recordings\Who Wants to Be a Millionaire\Who Wants to Be a Millionaire_20100819_18301900.ts) 2010-08-19 18:30:00.212 [DEBUG][6] Switching BDA graph to tune: <tuning> <type>ATSC</type> <locator> <physical_channel>9</physical_channel> </locator> <service_id>1</service_id> <tsid>297</tsid> <service_type>1</service_type> </tuning> 2010-08-19 18:30:01.588 [DEBUG][6] locked=1, present=1, strength=-2000, quality=84 (took 16ms to check) 2010-08-19 18:30:01.590 [INFO][6] DigitalRecorder.StartStream() allocated handle: 0x2 2010-08-19 18:30:01.609 [DEBUG][6] Temp at 8/19/2010 6:30:11 PM 2010-08-19 18:30:01.609 [DEBUG][6] Started recording (4867:F:\Recordings\Who Wants to Be a Millionaire\Who Wants to Be a Millionaire_20100819_18301900.ts) 2010-08-19 18:30:01.754 [DEBUG][6] No C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts\ParallelProcessing.bat 2010-08-19 18:30:02.104 [DEBUG][5] Renew lease failed (0x5F20001) 2010-08-19 18:30:02.104 [DEBUG][5] liveHandleRenewalTime contains 1 handles: 2010-08-19 18:30:02.105 [DEBUG][5] - 0x5F20001 2010-08-19 18:30:02.647 [INFO][3] DigitalRecorder.StopStream() handle: 1 2010-08-19 18:44:16.623 [DEBUG][13] StartStream(6939:KTTV DT) 2010-08-19 18:44:16.623 [DEBUG][13] looking for capture source 2010-08-19 18:44:16.623 [DEBUG][13] checking: Hauppauge WinTV 885 Video Capture 2010-08-19 18:44:16.623 [DEBUG][13] enabled and present 2010-08-19 18:44:16.623 [DEBUG][13] does not have channel 2010-08-19 18:44:16.623 [DEBUG][13] checking: WinTV HVR-950 Capture 2010-08-19 18:44:16.623 [DEBUG][13] enabled and present 2010-08-19 18:44:16.623 [DEBUG][13] does not have channel 2010-08-19 18:44:16.623 [DEBUG][13] checking: Hauppauge WinTV 885 BDA Tuner/Demod (ATSC) 2010-08-19 18:44:16.623 [DEBUG][13] enabled and present 2010-08-19 18:44:16.623 [DEBUG][13] has channel 2010-08-19 18:44:16.623 [DEBUG][13] live tv is not possible 2010-08-19 18:44:16.623 [DEBUG][13] checking: WinTV HVR-950 BDA Tuner (ATSC) 2010-08-19 18:44:16.623 [DEBUG][13] enabled and present 2010-08-19 18:44:16.623 [DEBUG][13] has channel 2010-08-19 18:44:16.623 [DEBUG][13] live tv is possible 2010-08-19 18:44:16.623 [INFO][13] DigitalRecorder.StartStream(LIVE&F:\live-KTTV DT-2426.ts) 2010-08-19 18:44:16.623 [INFO][13] Creating BDA graph 2010-08-19 18:44:16.630 [DEBUG][13] Using tuner WinTV HVR-950 BDA Tuner (1) 2010-08-19 18:44:16.638 [DEBUG][13] About to auto detect capture filter 2010-08-19 18:44:16.646 [DEBUG][13] Got capture filter. 2010-08-19 18:44:16.646 [DEBUG][13] Added capture filter 2010-08-19 18:44:16.646 [DEBUG][13] Connected Tuner to Capture 2010-08-19 18:44:16.662 [DEBUG][13] Graph filter list: 2010-08-19 18:44:16.662 [DEBUG][13] - BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter 2010-08-19 18:44:16.662 [DEBUG][13] - MPEG-2 Demultiplexer 2010-08-19 18:44:16.662 [DEBUG][13] - NPVR TS Mon 2010-08-19 18:44:16.662 [DEBUG][13] - Capture 2010-08-19 18:44:16.662 [DEBUG][13] - Tuner 2010-08-19 18:44:16.662 [DEBUG][13] - Network Provider 2010-08-19 18:44:16.662 [INFO][13] About to start BDA graph 2010-08-19 18:44:16.662 [DEBUG][13] Starting graph... 2010-08-19 18:44:20.341 [DEBUG][13] About to tune BDA graph: <tuning> <type>ATSC</type> <locator> <physical_channel>11</physical_channel> </locator> <service_id>3</service_id> <tsid>299</tsid> <service_type>1</service_type> </tuning> 2010-08-19 18:44:20.662 [DEBUG][13] locked=1, present=1, strength=-27, quality=79 (took 78ms to check) 2010-08-19 18:44:20.677 [INFO][13] DigitalRecorder.StartStream() allocated handle: 0x3 2010-08-19 18:44:20.677 [DEBUG][13] Live TV handle: 0x5F40003 2010-08-19 18:44:30.759 [DEBUG][5] Renew lease ok (0x5F40003) 2010-08-19 18:44:40.817 [DEBUG][5] Renew lease ok (0x5F40003)

I hope the patched helped Martin's situation with analog...

[sub]

2010-08-19 18:30:00.043 [DEBUG][6] Scheduled recording is supposed to start on tuner currently being used for live tv. Need to look for alternative tuner.

Yeah, I suspect this is something else. Thanks for checking though.

[mvallevand]

I hope the patched helped Martin's situation with analog...

Partly. It fixed 4 similar and repeatable use cases but there are still issues. I now have problems when NextPVR hangs when the graph stops, and it is not restricted to analog.

Martin

[johnsonx42]

sub, any progress on this issue as logged in post 41 (and first reported in post 14)? I wouldn't bug you for anything less than an every-day headache, which this is. The problem is not so much the part where LiveTV dies when a recording starts, that's mere inconvenience. But the recording that starts in that situation then runs on forever, and I have to reboot the machine to stop it. Presumably fixing the first part would resolve the second.

[sub]

sub, any progress on this issue as logged in post 41 (and first reported in post 14)? I wouldn't bug you for anything less than an every-day headache, which this is. The problem is not so much the part where LiveTV dies when a recording starts, that's mere inconvenience. But the recording that starts in that situation then runs on forever, and I have to reboot the machine to stop it. Presumably fixing the first part would resolve the second.

I just took a look now. I havnt really tested it, but give this patch a go. Hopefully it'll address that specific scenario around moving a recording to an alternative tuner when live tv is in use.

[johnsonx42]

Success!

Code:

2010-08-24 13:59:29.276 [DEBUG][15] Renew lease ok (0x5F20001) 2010-08-24 13:59:39.373 [DEBUG][16] Renew lease ok (0x5F20001) 2010-08-24 13:59:49.503 [DEBUG][3] Renew lease ok (0x5F20001) 2010-08-24 13:59:59.562 [DEBUG][14] Renew lease ok (0x5F20001) 2010-08-24 14:00:00.352 [DEBUG][6] Scheduled recording is supposed to start on tuner currently being used for live tv. Need to look for alternative tuner. 2010-08-24 14:00:00.360 [DEBUG][6] Found alternative tuner. 2010-08-24 14:00:00.360 [DEBUG][6] Moving from: Hauppauge WinTV 885 BDA Tuner/Demod (ATSC) 2010-08-24 14:00:00.360 [DEBUG][6] Moving to: WinTV HVR-950 BDA Tuner (ATSC) 2010-08-24 14:00:00.439 [DEBUG][6] About to start recording (5495): F:\Recordings\All in the Family\All in the Family_20100824_14001430.ts 2010-08-24 14:00:00.439 [INFO][6] DigitalRecorder.StartStream(F:\Recordings\All in the Family\All in the Family_20100824_14001430.ts) 2010-08-24 14:00:00.439 [INFO][6] Creating BDA graph 2010-08-24 14:00:00.447 [DEBUG][6] Using tuner WinTV HVR-950 BDA Tuner (1) 2010-08-24 14:00:00.459 [DEBUG][6] About to auto detect capture filter 2010-08-24 14:00:00.466 [DEBUG][6] Got capture filter. 2010-08-24 14:00:00.469 [DEBUG][6] Added capture filter 2010-08-24 14:00:00.472 [DEBUG][6] Connected Tuner to Capture 2010-08-24 14:00:00.489 [DEBUG][6] Graph filter list: 2010-08-24 14:00:00.489 [DEBUG][6] - BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter 2010-08-24 14:00:00.489 [DEBUG][6] - MPEG-2 Demultiplexer 2010-08-24 14:00:00.489 [DEBUG][6] - NPVR TS Mon 2010-08-24 14:00:00.489 [DEBUG][6] - Capture 2010-08-24 14:00:00.489 [DEBUG][6] - Tuner 2010-08-24 14:00:00.489 [DEBUG][6] - Network Provider 2010-08-24 14:00:00.490 [INFO][6] About to start BDA graph 2010-08-24 14:00:00.490 [DEBUG][6] Starting graph... 2010-08-24 14:00:04.192 [DEBUG][6] About to tune BDA graph: <tuning> <type>ATSC</type> <locator> <physical_channel>32</physical_channel> </locator> <service_id>2</service_id> <tsid>231</tsid> <service_type>1</service_type> </tuning> 2010-08-24 14:00:04.556 [DEBUG][6] locked=1, present=1, strength=-22, quality=10 (took 63ms to check) 2010-08-24 14:00:04.557 [INFO][6] DigitalRecorder.StartStream() allocated handle: 0x2 2010-08-24 14:00:04.558 [DEBUG][6] Temp at 8/24/2010 2:00:14 PM 2010-08-24 14:00:04.558 [DEBUG][6] Started recording (5495:F:\Recordings\All in the Family\All in the Family_20100824_14001430.ts) 2010-08-24 14:00:04.651 [DEBUG][6] No C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts\ParallelProcessing.bat 2010-08-24 14:00:09.626 [DEBUG][14] Renew lease ok (0x5F20001) 2010-08-24 14:00:19.691 [DEBUG][14] Renew lease ok (0x5F20001) 2010-08-24 14:00:29.753 [DEBUG][14] Renew lease ok (0x5F20001)

Thanks sub!

[sub]

Great.

[johnsonx42]

And a quick followup, as expected the recording that started at 2:00pm stopped on time at 2:30pm.

This bug seems completely squashed.

[mikenl]

After a fresh windows 7 X86 Ultimate install i'm seeing this error. Npvr Ver. 1.5.31
Sometimes i can zap once, most of the times none, resulting in the error.
The logs show a signal quality of 25 ? maybe that is related ?
I have progdvb installed, wich works correct for all channels, when i scan a transponder there i see for 1/4 of a second signal quality 25% after that it jumps to 100%
Logs are attached.

Thanks,
Mike

[johnsonx42]

Certainly a completely different cause for the error than the other issues in this thread... it looks like the first stream died for some reason after about 20 seconds, so it started a new stream, but then NextPVR didn't try to renew the new handle for an entire minute by which time NRecord had already expired the handle. At first I thought when it went from handle 140001 to 140002 it was a channel change, but then I realized both were on the same channel. Way above my pay grade, only sub knows the answer to this one.