id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc,mlocked 8707,ASCII NULL (\0) in metadata can cause Live TV to fail and recordings to disappear from mythfrontend,glemsom@…,Stuart Auchterlonie,"The EPG might fail if cells in the ""program"" table contains '\0'.[[BR]] If the ""program"" table contains '\0', this might happen:[[BR]] 1: EPG in liveTV is unable to shuffle between channels - when it hits a channel containing \0 in subtitle or description - it will exit with ""irrecoverable recorder error"" 2: ""Manage Recordings"" displays a question-mark, if it hits \0.[[BR]] Example to determine if your database contains \0 in subtitle, in the ""program"" table:[[BR]] {{{ echo -e ""USE mythconverg\nSELECT chanid,title,subtitle FROM program WHERE subtitle LIKE '\\\0';"" | /usr/bin/mysql -umythtv -p }}} The \0 can be removed like:[[BR]] {{{ echo -e ""USE mythconverg\nUPDATE program SET subtitle = 'none' WHERE subtitle LIKE '\\\0';"" | /usr/bin/mysql -umythtv -p }}} In my case, my database gets filled with '\0' when using EIT for EPG.[[BR]] Maybe the EIT scanner is actually the problem here? This is tested using mythtv-0.23-fixes@25423",defect,closed,major,0.23-fixes,MythTV - EIT,0.23-fixes,medium,Fixed,EPG eit \0,,0