HDPVR and stopped recordings

[tvshowman]

Hi Sub,

I just wanted to report this coincidence.

Lastnight i was recorrding many shows without problem. I went into the guide and decided to cancel an upcoming show and didn't think much of it. I realized 10 minutes later that the light on the HDPVR was off so I thought hey that is short?? I went into the recordings menu and pvrx2 claims it is still recording and I checked the file and it was not getting bigger. I thought the HDPVR had crashed so I turned the power off and on again and went to bed. All my recordings went fine lastnight and when I woke up I thought maybe I triggered something in the guide? I was recording something I didn't want to lose but I thought I will give it a try as it was a long shot anyway/. So I went into the guide and removed some up coming recordings and nothing happened. All was fine so I forgot about it and 10 minutes later I realized the HDPVR light was out and the unit stopped recording and was reported to be recording in the recordings menu.

I tried to record a show in progress and cancel upcoming recordings and so far it is recording fine. I thought I should report it just in case.

Cheers

[persim]

I'm pretty sure every HDPVR user has had something like this happen, I know I have. Glitches and anomalies with this device appear to get better with each firmware update but the box isn't perfect, at least in my experience. The latest firmware appears to fix most issues but every once in a while, I still have to pull the plug on the unit and reset it. That always seems to "fix" everything. I have been pretty happy with it lately but every so often it will do something like that.

[beav_35]

tvshowman, I had that happen to me a week ago. GBPVR said that it was recording but the HD PVR had stopped recording. When the HD PVR used to freeze there was a second .ts file in the directory that was 0kb. That wasn't there this time. I also agree that a power toggle does seem to temperately fix everything.

[tvshowman]

hey thanks for the comments.

I just tried to delete a couple up and coming recordings and not much happened so after 5 minutes I decided to see what a conflict does in the guide and the hdpvr light went out and 20 seconds later came back on and I checked the file and the recording continued on after a slight glitch.

I tried to do it again with a conflict but it kept recording fine so who knows. I feel like I get great recordings as long as I don't mess with the guide when an HDPVR recording is in progress. It is only speculation and could mean nothing at all but so far so good.

I will keep an eye on the light and see if it goes out in the middle of any recordings when nothing is pressed in pvrx2 to see if it is just random hiccups.

Pretty cool that it continued on inside the file.

the hd recordings are pretty great!