Cannot record 2 programs simultaneously

[TomPyd]

Hi.
I know I've posted this before but I cannot find the original to update.
I have a Hauppauge OpenCable Receiver Dual Tuner
Model: WinTV-DCR-2650 with a cable card.
I can record programs fine, but if I schedule 2 simultaneous recordings I only get partial programs even though it shows recording. Opening the recorded program shows only a few minutes on each. Monday night, it recorded 36:42 on each program. The tuner then 'failed' to record 2 subsequent recordings at 9pm and 10pm respectively.

I tested it again today with 2 random shows at 7pm and it only recorded a couple of minutes of each one.

I also have an HD homerun and a usb tuner which are both fed from antenna. If I record 2 programs on 2 different tuners, it seems to work properly, but since my antenna signal is not as good as the cable signal, I would rather not have to do that.

I've attached the logs for each day.
Thanks and I apologize again for creating a new thread for this.

[mvallevand]

2015-11-04 05:51:54.770 [DEBUG][10] Requesting wake up for 'EPGWAKEUP-backup' at 11/4/2015 7:00 PM

Setting an EPG update time to be when you are recording is almost always a problem and you compound it by also doing some ATSC OTA EPG updates instead of getting those ones from EPG/

Martin

[TomPyd]

ok....that may explain why there was an issue at the 7pm test failure, but what happened mon night at 8pm?
I think there should be only one OTA update and that's because I did not take the time to find it in schedules direct as it is a weird kids station (QUBO?)

Thanks for looking.

[mvallevand]

ok....that may explain why there was an issue at the 7pm test failure, but what happened mon night at 8pm?

I suspect network or device errors, there were lots of connection errors not just at 8pm

Martin

[TomPyd]

Martin,
I went through the painstaking process of setting up media center and performed the same test of recording 2 programs at 7pm.
They both completed with no issues.
I am going to test it further and advise of the results.
Thanks again for looking into this.

btw....the cable card tuner is connected USB. the network HD homerun is one of the ATSC tuners connected to the antenna.
Tom

[mvallevand]

Martin,
I went through the painstaking process of setting up media center and performed the same test of recording 2 programs at 7pm.
They both completed with no issues.
I am going to test it further and advise of the results.
Thanks again for looking into this.

btw....the cable card tuner is connected USB. the network HD homerun is one of the ATSC tuners connected to the antenna.
Tom

What iI saw is the 9pm shows had errors but those errors could easily have started with the 8pm recordings.

Martin

[TomPyd]

An update....I have scheduled dual recordings multiple times in media center and it has succeeded every time.
The only issue I had was when I had forgotten to cancel an NPVR scheduled recording at 10pm Monday while I had scheduled a Media center recording for 10pm (only 1 event, not a dual).
They both only recorded for 9:56.
Last night I tested it again to make sure and no issues with media center.