Schedule problems: multiple same and short b/c overlap

[thedave2]

I am using the late August release, as I don't see what I am about to describe listed in the latest (Sept 10?) patch / release. I have only one tuner and use MC2XML. My system is XP MCE2005.

1. Multiple recordings of the same show at the same time.

I initially set to record some shows once per week, same time slot. Then I saw they were on many times in different time slots, so I set to record all times on the same channel. Or something like that. The main thing is that there were no 'once only' type recordings, just two different multiple ways of selecting the same show on the same channel, on different days and time slots.

So I look and see that the show is actually recorded twice, at the same time. And post processed twice. The only difference is the file name. The first ins named zzzz_yyyy.ts and the second is named zzzz_yyyy_0.ts.

To fix, I delete the entire schedule. Then I set the show to record any and all times, same channel, keep the last 8. This seems to cure it. But this should have not been a problem if the first place.

See the Recording log at:
2011-09-06 18:59:00.640 [DEBUG][7]


2. Short recordings. Very short, like 3 minutes.

This happens when back-to-back recordings are scheduled on the same channel. I have the default pre/post padding times. The first starts recording and then when the second pre-padding time starts, the first ends (?), the second starts, but when the firsts post-padding time is up, the second show is ended.

For example:
AAA: 6:00 to 6:30
BBB: 6:30 to 7:00

5:59: AAA starts recording
6:29: BBB starts recording
6:32: BBB stops recording

See the Recording log at:
2011-09-08 17:59:00.093 [DEBUG][7]

Dave

[bienson]

Hi Dave: I don't have exact steps proof as you do, but I think I've run into this same type of situation also at times. I don't know either, but as you pointed out seems like the 1st recording ends up truncating the second. It doesn't seem to happen all the time.

I've got dual tuner (old silicon dust HDHomerun). I was recording several shows on a single channel, and had 1 min. pre and 2 min post recording as default. And d*mn it lost recording of a show. It's happened me a couple of randomn times. I'm wondering if it might be due to my tuner setup, that my 2nd tuner may not be setup to take advantage when it comes to this overlap.

I also don't know if NPVR has smarts to take a single stream in this scenario and just pipe it to two different files (thus only requiring that one tuner).

I'm running NextPVR 2.2.6 on windows 7 64-bit with HDHomerun 2 tuners. My signature is wrong