Recording adjacent shows on same channel

[siliconaudio]

I have two DVB-S cards in my PVR. I don't have multi-record enabled in PVRX2, because I prefer to record to .mpg files.

Back when I had only one DVB-S card, if two adjacent programmes on the same channel were scheduled to record, even with pre & post padding, I would get two files each with the required padding at both ends. PVRX2 was cleverly recording to two files from the same stream where the post padding of programme 1 overlapped the pre padding of programme 2.

Now that I have 2 DVB-S cards, when padding overlaps on two adjacent programmes on the same channel, the 2nd tuner gets tied up to record the 2nd programme, meaning that no tuner is available to watch another channel.

My wish is that PVRX2 is smart enough to employ the same technique that it uses when only one card is in the PVR and record overlapping programmes on the same channel with only one card. This would leave the other tuner free for watching/recording other programmes.

GBPVR is awesome and the only way I watch TV now that I'm out in the country with no decent terrestrial coverage. Keep up the good work, sub, and I will keep up the donations :p

[martint123]

Back when I had only one DVB-S card, if two adjacent programmes on the same channel were scheduled to record, even with pre & post padding, I would get two files each with the required padding at both ends. PVRX2 was cleverly recording to two files from the same stream where the post padding of programme 1 overlapped the pre padding of programme 2.

I have never seen that happen at all without multirecord being enabled.

[sub]

Martin123 is correct - its never done that.

Sorry, but thats not going to be possibe when recording .mpg files. You do get this functionality when using the TS Mux with multi-recording enable.

[siliconaudio]

Believe me, I had only one card installed for about a year and all my recordings are .mpg. I got all the pre & post padding on both recordings if the programmes were adjacent on the same channel. I have only ever used the ATI or Cyberlink mux, so I know I never had multi-record enabled.

You may not have intentionally coded it this way, but it worked! Just to be clear, I'm talking about two programmes, one after the other on the same channel. Due to the padding settings, both recordings shared the same content during the padding overlap (i.e. recording 1 would have end end of programme 1, some ads, and the beginning of programme 2 - recording 2 would have the end of programme 1, the same ads, and then programme 2).

Now I'm gonna have to go back to one DVB-S tuner just to test and prove to myself I'm not crazy

[sub]

Trust me, you definitely did not have this.

[siliconaudio]

Trust me, you definitely did not have this.

Oh, God, better call the men in the white coats to take me away then

Tell you what, though... I'm going to double check this and if it turns out I'm right, I'm gonna make you buy me a beer :p

[HtV]

You haven't been using a plugin/utility from Zehd? This plugin did exactly what you described.

Hans

[martint123]

I'm gonna make you buy me a beer :p

Or you've been having too many already

[LewE]

You haven't been using a plugin/utility from Zehd? This plugin did exactly what you described.

Hans

That would be the ZBack2Back utility. See http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Utility/ZBack2Back

[HtV]

That's the one I meant.