Thanks for replying to this post. I am trying your suggestions, though I'm unsure how to add the logging options. <div>I still have problems with failed recordings. However moving the card has made my fans stop working so hard. </div>
<div>I suppose the chassis was getting too warm so it was kicking the fans on at times. Here are some errors I am </div><div>still getting and have been getting for quite some time:<div><br></div><div><div>2010-02-05 21:00:56.802 MainServer::ANN Playback</div>
<div>2010-02-05 21:00:56.802 adding: katlian as a client (events: 0)</div><div>2010-02-05 21:00:56.804 TVRec(1): Changing from None to Watching WatchingLiveTV</div><div>2010-02-05 21:00:56.808 TVRec(1): HW Tuner: 1->1</div>
<div>2010-02-05 21:00:57.710 ret_pid(12717) child(12717) status(0x0)</div><div>2010-02-05 21:00:57.711 External Tuning program exited with no error</div><div>2010-02-05 21:00:57.818 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free Space: 2.0 GB w/freq: 15 min</div>
<div> *********************** WARNING ***********************</div><div> ivtv drivers prior to 0.10.0 can cause lockups when </div><div> reading VBI. Drivers between 0.10.5 and 1.0.3+ do not </div><div> properly capture VBI data on PVR-250 and PVR-350 cards.</div>
<div><br></div><div>2010-02-05 21:00:59.923 RecBase(1:/dev/video0): GetKeyframePositions(31,9223372036854775807,#0) out of 3</div><div>2010-02-05 21:01:11.575 TVRec(1): HW Tuner: 1->1</div><div>2010-02-05 21:01:12.792 ret_pid(0) child(12733) status(0x0)</div>
<div>2010-02-05 21:01:13.793 ret_pid(0) child(12733) status(0x0)</div><div>2010-02-05 21:01:14.794 ret_pid(0) child(12733) status(0x0)</div><div>2010-02-05 21:01:15.795 ret_pid(0) child(12733) status(0x0)</div><div>Excessive channel change retries, commanded 206 got 13</div>
<div>2010-02-05 21:01:16.796 ret_pid(0) child(12733) status(0x0)</div><div>2010-02-05 21:01:16.909 ret_pid(12733) child(12733) status(0xff00)</div><div>2010-02-05 21:01:16.910 ChannelBase: external tuning program exited with error 255</div>
<div>2010-02-05 21:01:16.911 TVRec(1) Error: Failed to set channel to 206. Reverting to kState_None</div><div>2010-02-05 21:01:16.913 TVRec(1): Changing from Watching WatchingLiveTV to None</div><div>2010-02-05 21:01:16.915 Unknown type, recording width was 0</div>
<div>2010-02-05 21:01:18.653 MainServer::ANN Playback</div><div>2010-02-05 21:01:18.654 adding: katlian as a client (events: 0)</div><div>2010-02-05 21:01:18.684 MainServer::ANN Playback</div><div>2010-02-05 21:01:18.688 adding: katlian as a client (events: 0)</div>
<div>2010-02-05 21:01:18.690 TVRec(1): Changing from None to Watching WatchingLiveTV</div><div>2010-02-05 21:01:18.694 TVRec(1): HW Tuner: 1->1</div><div>2010-02-05 21:01:19.741 ret_pid(0) child(12738) status(0x0)</div>
<div>2010-02-05 21:01:20.065 ret_pid(12738) child(12738) status(0x0)</div><div>2010-02-05 21:01:20.066 External Tuning program exited with no error</div><div>2010-02-05 21:01:20.149 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free Space: 2.0 GB w/freq: 15 min</div>
<div><br></div><div>This happens when watching livetv and trying to switch channels. I also see similar errors when scheduled recordinngs fail. Thanks again for any ideas.</div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 11:27 PM, Nick Morrott <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:knowledgejunkie@gmail.com">knowledgejunkie@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On 2 February 2010 08:23, Bob Gamble <<a href="mailto:kiksadiweb@gmail.com">kiksadiweb@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Still no solution to the below. Other errors in addition to "Canceled<br>
> recording. Recorder failed" include:<br>
> Error: Failed to set channel to 241. Reverting to kState_None<br>
> This error can happen when watching livetv and trying to change channels<br>
> using my remote. I will also get "excessive retries" errors intermittently.<br>
<br>
</div>You may get additional debug info if you add the "record,channel,file"<br>
logging options to your backend's logfile whilst you are investigating<br>
this problem.<br>
<br>
You could also check the syslog after boot to make sure the two<br>
PVR-350 cards are being detected correctly and are finding and loading<br>
the correct firmware, and check dmesg during recordings to make suer<br>
there are no kernel-related messages being emitted.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Nick<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
--<br>
Nick Morrott<br>
<br>
MythTV Official wiki: <a href="http://mythtv.org/wiki/" target="_blank">http://mythtv.org/wiki/</a><br>
MythTV users list archive: <a href="http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users" target="_blank">http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users</a><br>
<br>
"An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest." - Benjamin Franklin<br>
</font><div><div></div><div class="h5">_______________________________________________<br>
mythtv-users mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a><br>
<a href="http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users" target="_blank">http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</a><br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div>