[Elphel-support] problems with the HDD

Mon Jan 30 07:45:20 PST 2012

ok, thank for the fast answer. Your explanation makes a lot of sense.
Now i can record again from camogmgui

but i cant find were to set fps or shutter in the camcv, but now it
lets me to capture in HD at 13fps...

elphelvision gets the streaming but remains writing 0byte files even
with the resolutions changed,
but i find something strange...
if i delete autosave.config and start elphelvision, it doesnt show me
the stream (the no-video image is there) but then the recording is
working correctly (but without stream)...

i send you the two config files as i think some value is making all
this, but i cant find it...

I know elphelvision is a different project, but as the issues with the
hdd where also in camogm i did know where to look...
must i open an issue in the bugtracker?

it is common for the camogm not to update the hdd status?

thanks again

2012/1/30 Sebastian Pichelhofer <sebastian.pichelhofer at gmail.com>:
> HI Carlos
>
> Good to see you are starting your hands-on with the camera ;)
>
>
> ElphelVision is an Apertus product not an official Elphel one (I know
> the name is especially confusing....we might have to rename it). So
> the correct place to report bugs is:
> http://bugs.apertus.org/thebuggenie/index.php
>
> The md5s are written by the Apertus in-camera scripts after recording
> finished (under normal conditions).
>
> If the datarate is too high the circbuffer will immediately overflow
> not writing anything to disk ( but the mov/jpeg header - which would
> explain the few bytes you reported). This can be the case if JPEG
> quality ratio is too high.
>
>
> Since the camera returns to its default state after it has been
> rebooted can you please test if everything works fine when you try
> recording with a freshly booted camera with these settings applied in
> camvc:
> 1920x1088
> 25fps
> RGB color mode
> 80% jpeg quality
>
> Why PHP and filezilla cannot see the files would need some further
> investigation....
>
>
> Regards Sebastian
>
> On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 13:43, Carlos Padial <palidoestudio2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I am in the first days with the 353 and i have been recording some
>> videos the last two days
>> and the hdd has been working right, but with some issues when camogm
>> mount the devices.
>>
>> At first it doesnt recognice the device one each three times... then i
>> started using elphelvision, the first time i start elphelvision, it
>> doesn't recognice the hdd,
>> but then i restart elphelvision and everything works. I managed to
>> record some videos correctly. Also from camogm when it recognices the
>> hdd.
>>
>> After that i tried some strange combinations of fps and resolutions
>> (in elphelvision) and the mov files become blank...
>> it creates a lot of mov files without md5 file, and the same size.
>> also strange md5 files over md5 files... like
>>
>> 1327874552_117892.mov
>> 1327874552_117892.mov.md5
>> 1327874552_117892.mov.md5.md5
>> 1327874552_117892.mov.md5.md5.md5
>>
>> now i cannot record with elphelvision, even sometimes it starts
>> recording from the very start of the application...
>>
>> camogm no more detects the hdd. but it lets me to create folders...
>> then it remains showing "nothing mounted" and nothing behind...
>> if i use the php file browser i cant see the folder just created... if
>> i use filezilla ftp i cant see it.
>> but if i use telnet the folder is there...
>>
>> It also happens with movies in camogmgui, i can record (the UI changes
>> to Record and so)
>> but mov files are created, always with 784 bytes and ogm's with
>> 145bytes, and no signal.
>>
>> when Streaming the camera works properly.
>>
>> I tried to format the hdd, following the wiki
>> http://wiki.elphel.com/index.php?title=HDD_Format
>> i dont know what to do in step 3.
>>
>> my cat /proc/partitions says:
>>
>> $ cat /proc/partitions
>> major minor  #blocks  name
>>
>>   3     0  117220824 hda
>>   3     1  117220820 hda1
>>  31     0     131072 mtdblock0
>>  31     1        256 mtdblock1
>>  31     2       7936 mtdblock2
>>  31     3      24576 mtdblock3
>>  31     4      81920 mtdblock4
>>  31     5      12288 mtdblock5
>>
>> i followed the wiki without any special commands in step3 and it seems
>> to work , but im not sure.
>> how can i chek the disk? ¿why i cannot see some files in the php
>> browser or filezilla?
>>
>> the disk doesn seems to be damaged, as i can use it to copy files from
>> ftp, it seems  to work right.
>>
>> but all videos are mov files 784 bytes and ogm's 145bytes, and black :(
>>
>> what do you think?
>>
>> thanks in advance.
>> carlos padial.
>>
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