Machine Spec, Is it Man Enough

srhutch · 2008-11-10, 11:10 PM

I Have been using my GBPVR server with one DVB-S card for a weeks or so with no issues. Installed second card today, now recordings are pixelating and breaking up.

I am assuming this is because my system is not man enough, or do I need to tweak some settings.

The recordings are all stored on a seperate physical drive to the os and GBPVR, and the server is not used for any other purpose other than recording and serving a PCH.

I have attached my log files and config.xml if they offer any help

thanks, Steve

stustunz · 2008-11-10, 11:22 PM

it should be ok maybe you have a weak signal into the cards or a bad cable,check connections

steeb · (This post was last modified: 2008-11-11, 12:32 AM by steeb.)

I would concur,

that system should easily support what you are asking it to do.

Just to check this pixelation is happening if you try from the server as well?

Steeb

srhutch · 2008-11-11, 06:37 AM

stustunz Wrote:it should be ok maybe you have a weak signal into the cards or a bad cable,check connections

I know the signal and cables are OK as I ave been using on two seperate machines without issue.

JonnyCam · 2008-11-11, 06:21 PM

Could it be an IRQ sharng problem with the 2 cards?

ilovejedd · 2008-11-11, 11:26 PM

Out of curiosity, is this happening to all your recordings?

Had a similar problem with some overlapping recordings (pixelation, etc). It turned out it was due to comskip running after one recording has finished and the hard drive was thrashing to keep up. Just a thought.

stustunz · 2008-11-11, 11:35 PM

make sure your drive has ultra dma enabled sometimes they can reset to slow if there are read errors

srhutch · 2008-11-13, 01:58 PM

ilovejedd Wrote:Out of curiosity, is this happening to all your recordings?

Had a similar problem with some overlapping recordings (pixelation, etc). It turned out it was due to comskip running after one recording has finished and the hard drive was thrashing to keep up. Just a thought.

Could be, although I have disabled ComSkip under the processing tab and Misc tab it still seems to be running as the text files are produced.

Perhaps I need to remove the apps from the GBPVR directory as well.

***sub*** · 2008-11-13, 02:04 PM

srhutch Wrote:Could be, although I have disabled ComSkip under the processing tab and Misc tab it still seems to be running as the text files are produced.

Perhaps I need to remove the apps from the GBPVR directory as well.

You've probably created (or installed) a PostProcessing.bat that runs comskip.

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