2 channels in the same stream

[dannyv45]

Greetings,

I noticed somthing weired. I recorded a program in the .ts format and when I went to play the .ts file in VLC it was not the program I originally recorded but a completely different program on a different channel. So I bought the file into videoredo and looked at the streams and there were 2 streams in the file. The first was the stream on channel 9 then another on channel 5 (the one I originally recorded). This was not a problem as I can either use the angle button on the PCH remote to switch between streams or seperate them via videoredo.

I also noticed that if I record a WABC broadcast I get 4 streams all sub channels of WABC E.G wabc SD, wabc HD, wabc news and some other wabc channel.

My question is why did this happen?

Is there a way to prevent this (to save some hard drive space)?

I am very new to the PVR concept so please excuse my ignorence if these are stupid questions.

[soccerdad]

From what I know, a ts (transport stream) records all the information on that stream. If there are several channels on that stream, then you will record all at the same time. Now for dvb-s on gbpvr, I think it only records the specific channel and not everything in the transponder stream. I am not sure how a HDHomerun works but it seems that it is recording the entire stream. I think it may be some kind of a mux, demux or splitter issue. Look at this thread for more info.

[whurlston]

Sounds like you have GPVR configured to record the full transport stream. Run config.exe, go to the "Misc2" tab, change the BDA Multiplexer from "Full TS" to "TS Mux".

[soccerdad]

Sounds like you have GPVR configured to record the full transport stream. Ru config.exe, go to the "Misc2" tab, change the BDA Multiplexer from "Full TS" to "TS Mux".

Yea, that's what I was trying to say.... I knew it was one of those muxy thingies