2013-03-11, 05:56 PM
For those using HDHomeRun dual and possibly having issues with skip and ff/rw not functioning properly with some recordings, I seem to have solved it by using the HDHomerun config utility and selecting generic ATSC/QAM as application rather than NPVR. Seems counter-intuitive, I know, but before selecting that, every FOX affiliate ATSC or QAM recording of some length I made, as well as some ABC ones, would hang or lock on a skip, precluding the use of comskip. Will monitor - seems to work reliably now. Have not tried any other HDHR application profiles yet to see if others would work as well or better. I think the channels in question were recorded with ts files that contained timing errors - and now they are not!
On to the questions:
Lately I have noticed that if I watch a recording while that recording is still in progress, I will be "kicked-out" of the playback stream when the recording ends as scheduled (in my case 2mins after program end). I do have comskip enabled "on the fly" which is to say, it generates commercial info via edl file during recording. Is this why playback is stopped - and/or can that be avoided?
Other question - do "AV"-specific hard drives offer better performance on PC pvr apps or only on dedicated DVR hardware? Should it matter much if one spools live timeshift files to another volume or physical device than the one used for recording?
Thanks all!
On to the questions:
Lately I have noticed that if I watch a recording while that recording is still in progress, I will be "kicked-out" of the playback stream when the recording ends as scheduled (in my case 2mins after program end). I do have comskip enabled "on the fly" which is to say, it generates commercial info via edl file during recording. Is this why playback is stopped - and/or can that be avoided?
Other question - do "AV"-specific hard drives offer better performance on PC pvr apps or only on dedicated DVR hardware? Should it matter much if one spools live timeshift files to another volume or physical device than the one used for recording?
Thanks all!