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ebf · Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 133

I had good luck getting pyTiVo going this weekend, thanks to help from this forum. However, in the past couple of days, I cannot transfer 50%+ of the files I attempt, including ones that transfered fine this weekend!

I tried three ~30 minute avi files just now... I can select the video, request a transfer and get the "start playing" confirmation, but when I go look for the video in Now Playing, it is there for about 30-60 seconds before it dissappears. I checked the To Do List History and the transfers have all failed with: "This program was not transferred onto this DVR because the file was larger than expected or because the file was corrupted." I gave up on my soaps for today and then tried a ~90 minute movie and that started transferring fine. So, I do not think it is a free space issue. (Although, I do only have one item in my Recently Deleted folder, but 89 items in my Suggestions.)

I have pre-caching and hack83 turned on. Once the trouble started, I turned on debugging and here's what might be the relevant part of the debug log:

ebf · Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 133

I restarted my TiVo.Net service and I can successfully transfer the same file without issue. I wonder if it is something with the ffmpeg settings? Both tools are using their own copies of ffmpeg. I have not changed the settings for either from the defaults.

wgw · Joined: 06 Jan 2008 Posts: 284

Can you post more info from your debug.txt file. I don't see the line starting with "transcode.56 [transcode] ffmpeg command is ". could you also post the part containing "pytivo session started" followed by the printout of your pytivo.conf file.

ebf · Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 133

There is nothing in the debug file about "ffmpeg command" or "session started"! The full file (with pre-cache) is 1.3 mb. I'm going to turn off pre-cache and restart the service. I'll post that smaller log in a bit.

BTW, I have the Windows Installer version of pyTiVo installed. I restarted the computer this evening, and my attempts have been the same.

My config file:

wgw · Joined: 06 Jan 2008 Posts: 284

Have you always had a share pointing to the root directory H:\? I thought sharing the root used to be a problem unless I'm thinking of Tivo Desktop.

ebf · Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 133

wgw · Joined: 06 Jan 2008 Posts: 284

Just in case, try changing that share to H:\Soaps and try transferring The Fowlers again.

ebf · Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 133

krkeegan · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:28 am Post subject:

Hmm odd.

wgw, do we know why root folders cause issues?

wgw · Joined: 06 Jan 2008 Posts: 284

krkeegan · Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 2:49 am Post subject:

hmm, i don't think it is a hack83 issue. I will look into this tomorrow.

wgw · Joined: 06 Jan 2008 Posts: 284

JonMikelV · Joined: 23 Feb 2008 Posts: 51

I know pretty much nothing of the pyTiVo code but in my own coding the stuff I end up dealing with on root file paths in Windows includes:
- Drive root folder doesn't include "." & ".." items in Dir lists
- Checking if folder "C:" exists fails (I forget if "C:\" checks work)
- For UNC shares checking if "\\MachineName" exists fails (gotta be at least \\MachineName\ShareName)

Thanks & keep up the great work!

krkeegan · Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 3:27 am Post subject:

OK I fixed this bug and posted it in my repo. It will be included in an update of the windows installer tonight.

It took me a while but it is caused by normpath which returns the following

C:\My Videos\ => C:\My Videos
C:\ => C:\

Root folders have trailing slashes while the rest does not. pyTivo then deleted the leading slash in the part_path to the file. Now it checks for a leading slash and adds one if necessary.