[DXLog.net - Support] Contest recorder and corrupt log

[Kresimir Kovarik]

Hi all.

For any case, I will also add few lines in the code, so in case when mp3
files are corrupted, it will not fail with log opening and other operations.

73,
Chris - 9A5K


On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 2:15 AM Nick Lekic <nick.ve3ey at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Tim
>
> For the time being I ended up disabling the USB on my K3s altogether and
> instead using the RS232 port for rig control.   Another factor I wanted to
> mention is the powered USB hub my other sound card used by the contest
> recorder was plugged into.  Looks like it didn’t like that – especially
> after the Windows 7 reboot.
>
> Not enough number of USB ports on the laptop for everything.
>
> I plugged the sound card (Tascam) directly to the laptop’s USB port and
> things seem to work now but more testing is needed.
>
>
> 73
> Nick VE3EY
>
>
> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>
> From: Timothy Coker
> Sent: November 5, 2018 2:17 PM
> To: Nick Lekic; Dxlog Support
> Subject: Re: [DXLog.net - Support] Contest recorder and corrupt log
>
> I have the same problem on one of my Windows 10 / K3 computers and not the
> other Windows 10 / K3 setup. I run SO2R / 2 computer here with DXLog on
> both computers.
>
> Just FYI as a data point. I’ve given up on DXLog audio recording on the
> one computer and have no problem on the other.
>
> Tim / N6WIN
>
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
> On Monday, November 5, 2018, 10:25, Nick Lekic <nick.ve3ey at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> While trying to configure the contest recorder in the latest DXlog I
> somehow managed to corrupt the log.    Two of them actually.
>
> Now, whenever I attempt to launch either one of these logs the following
> exception is thrown out:    “MPEG audio header not found”.  At that point
> DXLog hangs and the only recourse is to kill the process from the task
> manager.  At this point even if I disable the recorder or restart the
> laptop, the logs are no longer accessible.
>
> Chris:  is there a way to salvage them?    These are dummy logs but if
> this happens in the middle of CQ WW I am in trouble :-)
>
> The problem appears to be related to K3s internal sound USB codec.  One
> radio is K3s and another radio is a classic K3.    I have attached an
> external USB sound (Sound Blaster)card so that I can feed the audio from
> both radios into a stereo line in input and use the Contest Recorder .  I
> don’t need the USB codec sound card as it does not help with the audio
> source from the other radio.
>
> The K3s USB audio codec for some reason will override any recording device
> I select from the contest recorder.  This is not a DXlog problem.
>
> I think I corrupted the log by trying to switch the default sound cards in
> the control panel while the recorder was still running.  Obviously I won’t
> be doing that any longer but I would like to find out how to recover the
> logs if by accident something like this happens again.
>
> 73. Nick
> VE3EY
>
>
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>
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>
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