Recording Problem

[joh3004]

I've noticed that some of my recordings have errors. Although the file contains all of the data, I am able to only watch the first couple minutes or so. However, if I watch all the way to the end and then rewind, every other skip backward shows a different "stream" of recording. If I find the correct stream I can watch the show all the way to the end, but i cannot skip forward. That causes the stream to end.

What is also interesting is that during playback the timer goes up 5 seconds at a time instead of 1. Yet, the video playback doesn't seem like it is skipping.

I tried opening the file with windows meda player and it says that the video is only 2 minutes 32 seconds long.

In addition to check if the problem was with the tuner card I went through all the recordings by each tuner card and didn't find any consistency in the errors.

Anybody else have a similar problem?

Ps. I was using the latest beta version of sage and just upgraded to version 4, I hope that solves the problem. Tell me what you think...

[joh3004]

Ok, after switching to ver. 4 I'm still having the same problem. I'm using the original stv with no customizations imported. The only add in I'm using is the webserver.

[Narflex]

We'll need more info on your recording setup.

Go into Setup->System Information. Then hit 'Info' (Ctrl+I). That'll create a file called SystemInfo.txt in your SageTV folder. Post that file here.

[joh3004]

Here is the file. I appreciate the help!

[joh3004]

Should I submit this problem on the bug submission form? It doesn't seem to be a very prevelent problem

[Opus4]

Since there haven't been any ideas so far, I would contact tech support.

- Andy

[joh3004]

I have contacted tech support, will update you on what they say.

[joh3004]

they contacted me back and said that they currently don't have a solution, but are working on one. Am I the only one with this problem? Or do other people have it as well?

Do you think this is the same problem? http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14051

[joh3004]

Ok, its been more than a week now and i still have the problem. I've been tweaking things even swapping out cards and nothing has resolved this problem. Is nobody else having the same problem?

[JREkiwi]

You are not alone.

I have the same problem too, since changing from a PVR 250 to a PVR 500

What I have discovered is that it appears to be a driver problem.

Other people with earlier driver version were complaining of corruptions on recordings over 25 mins. Running driver version 23258 I was only having corruption on recordings over 50 mins.

Today I have upgraded to version 23297, and will see how that goes

John

[DavidFeinzeig]

I have had the same problem with my Fusion 3 hd card. I've been using my PVR250s for a year with a previous version with no problems at all. I recently upgraded to v 4 and added in the Fusion 3 and a couple of my recordings have been screwy. The time increments by 2 or 3 seconds at a time, even though playback is at 1x. The problem is that when the time index hits 30/60 minutes the playback stops even though Sage hasnt hit EOF. Once I play the file in media player it plays normally, to the end. So it seems like it must be a Sage playback problem and not a Sage TS recording problem?

Dave

[joh3004]

It's nice to know that I am not alone. Tell me how the driver update goes.

Quote:
"Once I play the file in media player it plays normally, to the end. So it seems like it must be a Sage playback problem and not a Sage TS recording problem?"

My recordings don't seem to work in media player either, so on my end it seems to be a recording problem.

[joh3004]

I have this problem less frequently and have learned to live with it, but am still having this problem and I've updated to the newest version of Sage. Any solutions yet?

[Opus4]

Perhaps that's this issue with Hauppauge tuners from the FAQ:
During playback, the timeline advances several seconds for each second of actual playback. How can I fix this?

- Andy