My old rig (see footer) recorded flawlessly (as .avi's).
My new rig (see footer too) is more than twice as powerful, but consistently messes up recordings (as .mpg's):
This happens on about 1/2 of my new recordings.
Because of this, I can't fast-forward or rewind through them. Comskip also can't handle them.
Both rigs use the same IDE HDDs, and show that they are running in Ultra DMA Mode 5.
The HDDs on the new rig share a disk cable (Primary channel: master & slave). The CD-ROM drive is alone on the other disk cable (Secondary channel) as it runs much slower (Ultra DMA Mode 2). The system & swapfile partitions are on the Master HDD. The recording are being made onto the Slave HDD.
CPU usage is <5% during recordings. I don't know whether it's momentarily peaking at 100% during recordings or whether it's an I/O bottleneck issue.
Questions:
Thanks for any help you can offer!
My new rig (see footer too) is more than twice as powerful, but consistently messes up recordings (as .mpg's):
- dropped frames occur--losing ~5 seconds at a time, several times during an hour-long recording
- even worse, the time-codes get messed up--a 60-minute recording will get listed as, say, 10 minutes long with the time-code restarting at zero several times during the show
This happens on about 1/2 of my new recordings.
Because of this, I can't fast-forward or rewind through them. Comskip also can't handle them.
Both rigs use the same IDE HDDs, and show that they are running in Ultra DMA Mode 5.
The HDDs on the new rig share a disk cable (Primary channel: master & slave). The CD-ROM drive is alone on the other disk cable (Secondary channel) as it runs much slower (Ultra DMA Mode 2). The system & swapfile partitions are on the Master HDD. The recording are being made onto the Slave HDD.
CPU usage is <5% during recordings. I don't know whether it's momentarily peaking at 100% during recordings or whether it's an I/O bottleneck issue.
Questions:
- Is there a log file that may help diagnose the problem?
- Is there a way to change the type of recording format to something more robust? (.ts?)
Thanks for any help you can offer!
[SIZE="1"]System (that I'm trying to get working): Intel 2.4GHz | 1 GB RAM | 500 GB + 500 GB, 7200rpm | On-board Intel Video | Hauppauge PVR-500 Dual-Tuner | Hauppauge MediaMVP-1000, Rev H2, Firmware v2.04 | XP Home, SP3 | GB-PVR 1.4.7 | SQLite database[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]Previous System (that just died): Pentium III Tualatin 1200 | 768MB | 500 GB + 320 GB, 7200rpm | ATI AIW 8500DV | Hauppauge PVR-500 Dual-Tuner | Hauppauge MediaMVP-1000, Rev H2, Firmware v2.04 | XP Pro, SP2 | GB-PVR 1.0.16 | SQLite database[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]Previous System (that just died): Pentium III Tualatin 1200 | 768MB | 500 GB + 320 GB, 7200rpm | ATI AIW 8500DV | Hauppauge PVR-500 Dual-Tuner | Hauppauge MediaMVP-1000, Rev H2, Firmware v2.04 | XP Pro, SP2 | GB-PVR 1.0.16 | SQLite database[/SIZE]