can't record analog suddenly

[pBS]

seems i can't record analog channels recently...but i can watch them....?
livetv works fine for same show, but any i try to record comes back with error on length..
any ideas?
logs attached

error:

2009-12-07 03:09:57.567 VERBOSE [5] BDARecordingSource about to start recording oid:1 channel: file:E:\mpg\Dick Tracy\Dick Tracy_20091207_02000430.mpg
2009-12-07 03:09:57.692 ERROR [5] Error starting recording: System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Length cannot be less than zero.
Parameter name: length
at System.String.InternalSubStringWithChecks(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length, Boolean fAlwaysCopy)
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, Int32 commonInterface)
at NativeUtilities.BDARecorder.StartRecording(String cardType, Int32 board, String filename, IntPtr hwnd, ChannelTuning channelTuning, Int32 lnbLOF1, Int32 lnbSwitch, Int32 lnbLOF2, Int32 diseqc, Boolean powered, Int32 commonInterface)
at GBPVR.Backend.Common.BDARecordingSource.startRecording(IRecordingSourceConfiguration config, Int32 qualitySetting, String filename, ChannelTuning channelTuning, Int32 minutes, Boolean useStreamingEngineIfAvailable)
at GBPVR.RecordingService.x93f60a55016d55c4.xcba1f05fb5a46d5f()
2009-12-07 03:09:57.895 VERBOSE [5] RecordingStatus is now RecordingStatus.RECORDING_IN_PROGRESS
2009-12-07 03:09:57.895 VERBOSE [5] RecordingFactory.save()

[pBS]

aha, i had deleted a capture source, but i don't think it ever completed fully, as it was still trying to use the deleted one...
it showed up nowhere in config, and i couldn't find any traces of it in db...
i think it was just the order of cap sources that never adjusted..source was gone but none of the recordings or epg was updated not to point to it...

anyhow, i just went into each capture source and ok'd out, noticing the disk activity after..
and that fixed it...maybe a refresh of all capture sources is needed upon changes?

i tried everything, epg updates, emptying it, reboots, livetv worked so i know it knew how to access cap card...puzzling..

all is well now tho....phew...