TS HD recordings are junk

bizztizz · 2009-04-02, 02:29 PM

I posted over in Hardware also, but maybe someone over here has some ideas too --

I have been having issues with my (HD) recordings skipping around a lot, randomly freezing, and being altogether crappy, as well as from time to time still getting the crazy timeline issue (I've applied all known patches). I fed one into TS Doctor and I have LOTS of missing packets. I checked my OTA signal strength and everything looks just fine there... is it possible I'm losing packets due to a small cache on my hard drive? It's not happening on EVERY recording, probably about 75% of them though.

Anything I download plays back perfectly, so I'm wondering if my hard drive is having a hard time writing all the data it's getting while recording...? My current hard drive has an 8mb cache - will a 32mb get me to where I need to be? Any thoughts are appreciated....
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imagn · 2009-04-02, 02:37 PM

bizztizz Wrote:I posted over in Hardware also, but maybe someone over here has some ideas too --

I have been having issues with my (HD) recordings skipping around a lot, randomly freezing, and being altogether crappy, as well as from time to time still getting the crazy timeline issue (I've applied all known patches). I fed one into TS Doctor and I have LOTS of missing packets. I checked my OTA signal strength and everything looks just fine there... is it possible I'm losing packets due to a small cache on my hard drive? It's not happening on EVERY recording, probably about 75% of them though.

Anything I download plays back perfectly, so I'm wondering if my hard drive is having a hard time writing all the data it's getting while recording...? My current hard drive has an 8mb cache - will a 32mb get me to where I need to be? Any thoughts are appreciated....
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I would zip and attached you logs from the devnz/gbpvr folder so others can take a look. Also wondering if you have tried sofware Happuages wintv to see if you get similar recording, this may deterime if its a software or hardware issue. Also may be worthwhile checking to see if other drivers would help, but to be honest it sounds like a signal issue, is this OTA/QAM/Analog feed?

bizztizz · 2009-04-02, 02:44 PM

It is OTA, I can do QAM as well, but signal strength is a little weaker... I will give WinTV a spin and also post my logs this evening, good call.

bizztizz · 2009-04-03, 12:13 AM

logs are posted here if anyone can take a look

http://forums.gbpvr.com/showpost.php?p=3...ostcount=6

***sub*** · 2009-04-03, 12:33 AM

Is live tv ok on those channels?

Does WinTV produce good recordings on those channels?

bizztizz · 2009-04-03, 12:35 AM

Live TV is great on every channel... I don't have WinTV installed, but I'll put it on and try it this evening....

***sub*** · 2009-04-03, 01:04 AM

Also check if it makes any difference if you use the TS Mux vs DVR-MS Mux.

bizztizz · 2009-04-03, 01:08 AM

For some odd reason DVR-MS doesn't work for me - I get blank recordings... TS or Cyberlink have worked for me though

***sub*** · 2009-04-03, 01:10 AM

Quote:TS or Cyberlink have worked for me though

See if the problem is present with both of those then.

pcrosley · 2009-04-03, 03:41 AM

bizztizz Wrote:I have been having issues with my (HD) recordings skipping around a lot, randomly freezing, and being altogether crappy, as well as from time to time still getting the crazy timeline issue (I've applied all known patches). I fed one into TS Doctor and I have LOTS of missing packets. I checked my OTA signal strength and everything looks just fine there... is it possible I'm losing packets due to a small cache on my hard drive? It's not happening on EVERY recording, probably about 75% of them though.

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I've had the same problem just this week, but only with 1 channel (C4 DVB in NZ).

I recorded 2 episodes of The Daily Show this week that both froze, stuttered and skipped ahead. On the same day (about the same time) I also recorded a show from TVNZ6 (Insiders Guide) and it played back perfectly.

When C4 misbehaved I could skip back to the same point and get a few more seconds out of it, but then it would misbehave again.

I went back to recording that off Sky because of WAF.

I didn't think to keep those broadcasts and analyse them further, but will look into it more while waiting to see what others figure out here!

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