First 5 min missing, finally saw it happen!

[shaggykevv]

Originally Posted by Opus4

There is a FAQ:

My recordings are missing the first 5 minutes. How do I fix that?

And, there are a couple beta files you should be using with the 2250:

SageTV Beta for Windows: DShowCapture.dll and TSSplitter.ax

- Andy

Appears to have worked like a charm! I had the beta files already installed but had failed to change the seeker/fast_mux_switch=false setting since I was new to sageTV at the time I did the fix and had no idea where the properties were (it was easy to find!) Thanks Andy!

[hemicuda]

This is the 2nd NASCAR race on ABC that's started later than my padding. By that I mean I've got an extra 40min of red at the start of the program than I should. There are also 6 0MB files for the show. The 7th finally started recording and that one has issues. I can't seem to skip to "Live" which is a couple of minutes past the last commercial. Soon as I can get the service shut down I'm going to install the latest release for the HDHR and see if there might be a conflict w/ the new tssplitter.

No other recordings seem to have had issues this week. just this one (two).

[Ryokurin]

I was hoping that the latest beta would fix this, but it still occurs. even with the latest beta I still occasionally see the 5 minute bug sometimes, if the circumstances are correct, and yes the registry trick has been applied.

It doesn't happen every time, but say that at 7pm you have two or more recordings scheduled to start, and you are currently watching one of the channels that will be recorded next. when 7 hits, that channel will go dark for 2-7 minutes, and the other recording will go as planned. It happens very rarely (maybe once a month), so I've never been able to capture enough info other than this for a problem report, except that if you are lucky enough to be watching a upcoming recording channel on a tuner that sage wants to use to record something else, then the black out never occurs and both recordings will go on as planned.

[mguebert]

Originally Posted by Ryokurin

I was hoping that the latest beta would fix this, but it still occurs. even with the latest beta I still occasionally see the 5 minute bug sometimes, if the circumstances are correct, and yes the registry trick has been applied.

It doesn't happen every time, but say that at 7pm you have two or more recordings scheduled to start, and you are currently watching one of the channels that will be recorded next. when 7 hits, that channel will go dark for 2-7 minutes, and the other recording will go as planned. It happens very rarely (maybe once a month), so I've never been able to capture enough info other than this for a problem report, except that if you are lucky enough to be watching a upcoming recording channel on a tuner that sage wants to use to record something else, then the black out never occurs and both recordings will go on as planned.

I finally got this corrected on my machine, by replacing the mpdemux.ax and dshowcapture.dll, and tsplitter.ax files with the beta versions and set the seeker/fast_mux=false in the properties file. I had to set this on both the client and the server.

No more problems with back to back recordings or watching live tv. It has completely cured the problems for me. When watching live tv, when the program would change from one to another the video would freeze. The only way to get around it was to press stop on the remote and then go into the guide and click watch on the new program and then all would be fine until the next program change. When recording back to back programs on the same channel, the first five minutes would always be missing. The strange thing is this never showed in the logs.

Anyway, replacing the files and setting the switch fixed all of it.

[pilotguy7ca]

I've noticed that I'm sometimes experiencing the missing 5 minute issue with my r5000 units. I already have the seeker/fast_mux=false setting and was wondering if the beta files do anthing for these units. I'm running v6.4.8 and this is when I started noticing it happen every few days.

[djseto]

I just upgraded to v6.5 today and tonight, I lost the first 5 minutes of 24. I've made the changes recommended in this thread.

Does anyone at SageTV actually know what's causing this and how to fix this? This is extremely annoying...

[spacecadet]

Originally Posted by djseto

I just upgraded to v6.5 today and tonight, I lost the first 5 minutes of 24. I've made the changes recommended in this thread.

Does anyone at SageTV actually know what's causing this and how to fix this? This is extremely annoying...

I know this is no help, but I've always felt like the root cause of this is poor signal quality. I never had problems on my system until RCN rearranged the QAM stations (and in the process took bandwidth away from them). With the lower signal quality on RCN's rearranged lineup, I used to get this issue all the time. About 6 months ago, I switched to Verizon Fios (where the signal quality is perfect) and I have never seen this problem again.

It's almost like if the signal is bad at the moment when Sage tries to tune, then it is unable to lock on to the channel (or whatever) and so tries to retune again after 5 minutes.

I know this is anecdotal (and probably not terribly helpful), but I thought I would weigh in with my experience.

[Ryokurin]

The only thing I can get from it is that it has something to do with multiple recordings starting at the same time. One surefire way that I recently figured out triggered it was if say you have two digital recordings starting at the same time, and you happen to to be watching one of the channels that are set to record, except you are using a tuner that the program wants to use to record another show. The chances are high that when its showtime, the new recording will go black. It dosn't matter if you tell it to switch the channel on time, or stay where it is, one of the shows will lose 5 minutes, typically the one you are watching. I got around that by making sure I wasn't watching anything before a recording starts.

Now, I added a 3rd hvr-1600, and the problem only occurs when three digital recordings are starting at the same time. Does not matter if a show is being watched or not. Just like the previous its not a 100% guarantee that it will occur, but it seems to always be certain shows, like tonight, I'm almost 100% certain that it will lose 5 minutes of the show "Life" I'm going to enable the logging feature, and hopefully it will show something interesting.

[jphipps]

Did you notice if the JVM memory was max out at the time. I had the issue before, and I happened to stumble on that it was out of memory at the time that the recordings were missing the beginning...

Thanks,
Jeff

[Ryokurin]

That's something I hope the log will pick up. I won't be around when it happens, The only other day I can check that I can typically expect it to happen is Monday where it seems to always fails on Heroes (FOX and CBS are fine) The only other thing I can think of is something with the hvr-1600 as most of the posts seem to have that in common.

Morning edit: Crap for once it didn't happen! Good that it didn't but its almost like crying wolf. Well, this morning since jphipps brought it up I'm going to try to up the JVM heap to see if it does it anytime next week. I'll bump it if anything happens.

[djseto]

I dont think JVM memory is a problem. I've got 3GB of Memory on the machine and I changed the JVM heap to 512MB. That being said, I work for a company that makes software for monitoring Java based applications. If I can figure out where Java is called in a config file, I can add our "hook" into the JVM to do some deep level monitoring at the code level...

[djseto]

This hasn't happened in months, but since I upgraded to 6.5, this has happened twice this week. Coincidence? Maybe.

Are the "beta" drivers referred to in the earlier part of this thread now the drivers shipping with 6.5?

[Ryokurin]

Originally Posted by djseto

This hasn't happened in months, but since I upgraded to 6.5, this has happened twice this week. Coincidence? Maybe.

Are the "beta" drivers referred to in the earlier part of this thread now the drivers shipping with 6.5?

Are you talking about the directshow dll? Yes, that's been in for a while.

I forgot that Thursday is also a busy night and just noticed that it happened yesterday on Grey's Anatomy, unfortunately I wasn't logging so I missed it. At least I don't think it a JVM memory leak, Its kind of high currently at 311mb/409mb/616mb (I set the registry tag to 592mb) but that may be because I was placeshifting to check currently. I'll keep an eye on it Monday to see how it is during a recording monday along with a log. I swear I'm going to get this down.

[OttoNP]

Man, I can not believe this is still a problem!!

Hello Mcfly (Sage)!!

I'm 99% the issue for me is reception, when I used the HDHR on comcast for QAM I never get it; however, I get it completely randomly on my hvr-1600 with antennas.

At the least, why in the freaking world will Sage wait 5 min to try to retune it? Can I change this? It would be a great way to confirm it...

[Ryokurin]

I've been working with them on this for the past couple of weeks. Its seems to be pretty tough to nail down. Just realize they are aware and its not being ignored.

[OttoNP]

Right, but if you look at this thread it stated in 1/2008. Myself and others had submitted reports on it probably 6 months before that!

At the least I would have expected a change to make it retune in less than 5 min increments!!

[djseto]

I know there is a very old thread on this, but I figured I'd start a new one because now I have a log file to show. Last night, Lost and American Idol were both set to record at 9pm on each of my HVR-1600s. American Idol recorded fine, but Lost was missing the first 5 minutes. Since I had debug logging enabled, here is the output. I hope someone can finally pinpoint the issue. If it is a reception issue, then why does Sage wait 5 minutes to try again?

Wed 4/22 20:59:16.591 Disk Space Bar Update complete
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.020 Seeker awoken
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.021 MemStats: Used=79MB Total=95MB Max=532MB
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.022 MARK 1 currRecord=null enc=Hauppauge WinTV 418 Video Capture clients=[] ir=false
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.023 Seeker in AUTOMATIC mode nextRecord=FA[stationID=16011 MotoGP Racing time=Sun 4/26 18:00:00.000 dur=1:00:00] nextTTA=334799978
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.023 newRecord=null
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.024 NOTHING TO RECORD FOR NOW...
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.024 MARK 1 currRecord=null enc=Hauppauge WinTV 418 TS Capture clients=[] ir=false
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.024 Seeker in AUTOMATIC mode nextRecord=A[2512728,2512701,"Lost",19586@0422.21:00,62] nextTTA=0
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.025 newRecord=A[2512728,2512701,"Lost",19586@0422.21:00,62]
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.025 Change in record to another show. Entering device record mode. - LATER
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.025 MARK 1 currRecord=null enc=Hauppauge WinTV 418 TS Capture #2 clients=[] ir=false
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.026 Seeker in AUTOMATIC mode nextRecord=A[2512850,2512828,"American Idol",20430@0422.21:00,60] nextTTA=0
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.026 newRecord=A[2512850,2512828,"American Idol",20430@0422.21:00,60]
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.027 Change in record to another show. Entering device record mode. - LATER
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.027 MARK 1 currRecord=null enc=Hauppauge WinTV 418 Video Capture #2 clients=[] ir=false
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.027 Seeker in AUTOMATIC mode nextRecord=null nextTTA=9223372036854775807
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.028 newRecord=null
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.028 NOTHING TO RECORD FOR NOW...
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.028 Change in record to another show. Entering device record mode. - NOW
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.028 Seeker.startRecord(Hauppauge WinTV 418 TS Capture A[2512728,2512701,"Lost",19586@0422.21:00,62], currTime=Wed 4/22 21:00:00.022) currRecord=null switch=false
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.030 Setting up MMC video for recording new show & tuning channel conn=Hauppauge WinTV 418 TS Capture Digital TV Tuner
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.030 Not using desired quality setting of Default because the capture device doesn't support it
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.031 Using quality setting "MPEG2 Max Quality" for recording
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.031 Seeker resetting the encoder because it'll pass the max duration
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.032 VideoStorage for new file: D:\SageTV Videos - Use All
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.033 MediaFile created subfile:D:\SageTV Videos\Lost-LostTheStoryoftheOceanic6-2512728-0.mpg MediaFile[id=2569886 A[2512728,2512701,"Lost",19586@0422.21:00,62] host=sagetv encodedBy=Hauppauge WinTV 418 TS Capture WSBDT format=MPEG2-PS 0:00:00 0 kbps []]
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.035 Added:MediaFile[id=2569886 A[2512728,2512701,"Lost",19586@0422.21:00,62] host=sagetv encodedBy=Hauppauge WinTV 418 TS Capture WSBDT format=MPEG2-PS 0:00:00 0 kbps [] D:\SageTV Videos\Lost-LostTheStoryoftheOceanic6-2512728-0.mpg, Seg0[Wed 4/22 21:00:00.032-Wed 12/31 19:00:00.000]]
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.036 Seeker channel string=3-2-1
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.037 autotune0 digital tuner 'Hauppauge WinTV 418 TS Capture-0' num=3-2-1 (ver 3.1)
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.037 Splitter Filter set output mpeg2 format 
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.146 Connecting capture Filters. (@device:pnp:\\?\pci#ven_14f1&dev_5b7a&subsys_74440070&rev_00#4&dc268a3&0&4080#{fd0a5af4-b41d-11d2-9c95-00c04f7971e0}\{e851bfaf-aeda-493c-a817-73b527c0b765})
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.146 Network not specified, Try Network type ATSC
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.147 Setup ATSC BDATuningSpace (3  0)
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.320 LoadTuneTable ATSC
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.321 Failed loading frq file Hauppauge WinTV 418 TS Capture-0-ATSC.frq
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.707 try connect BDA tuner 'Hauppauge WinTV 418 BDA Tuner' (@device:pnp:\\?\pci#ven_14f1&dev_5b7a&subsys_74440070&rev_00#4&dc268a3&0&4080#{71985f48-1ca1-11d3-9cc8-00c04f7971e0}\{e01e1072-3df3-4c23-b99f-6a27a7cc7cd2}) to ATSC
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.708 checking mfr vendor, '14f1' '14f1' (class:2, 3)
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.844 CAM:Setup PMT dump CapInfo:0x290383e8
Wed 4/22 21:00:00.844 Capture filters are connected
Wed 4/22 21:00:02.543 DONE: autotune0 hr=0x0 locked:0
Wed 4/22 21:00:02.544 setEncodingProperties0 688096232 MPEG2 Max Quality
Wed 4/22 21:00:02.545 Set encoding property audiooutputmode to 0
Wed 4/22 21:00:02.545 Set encoding property audiocrc to 0
Wed 4/22 21:00:02.545 Set encoding property gopsize to 15
Wed 4/22 21:00:02.545 Set encoding property videobitrate to 12000000
Wed 4/22 21:00:02.546 Set encoding property inversetelecine to 0
Wed 4/22 21:00:02.546 Set encoding property closedgop to 0
Wed 4/22 21:00:02.546 Set encoding property vbr to 0
Wed 4/22 21:00:02.546 Set encoding property outputstreamtype to 0
Wed 4/22 21:00:02.546 Set encoding property width to 720
Wed 4/22 21:00:02.546 Set encoding property height to 480
Wed 4/22 21:00:02.547 Set encoding property audiobitrate to 384
Wed 4/22 21:00:02.547 Set encoding property audiosampling to 48000
Wed 4/22 21:00:02.547 Set encoding property disablefilter to 1
Wed 4/22 21:00:02.547 Set encoding property medianfilter to 3
Wed 4/22 21:00:02.547 Set encoding property fps to 30
Wed 4/22 21:00:02.548 Set encoding property ipb to 0
Wed 4/22 21:00:02.548 Set encoding property deinterlace to 0
Wed 4/22 21:00:02.548 Set encoding property aspectratio to 1
Wed 4/22 21:00:02.548 setupEncoding0 called for 688096232 'Hauppauge WinTV 418 TS Capture-0' (ver 1.0)
Wed 4/22 21:00:02.549 QAM:Got capture drv info for QAM mfg:'Hauppauge' Hauppauge WinTV 418 TS Capture-0
Wed 4/22 21:00:02.549 QAM: Hauppauge QAM interface found (3) hr=0x0 at Hauppauge WinTV 418 TS Capture-0 
Wed 4/22 21:00:02.549 QAM:supported tag:HauppaugeQAM
Wed 4/22 21:00:02.549 QAM: Hauppauge QAM Setup mod: 23 for ATSC Air, (3, hr=0x0) at Hauppauge WinTV 418 TS Capture-0 
Wed 4/22 21:00:02.550 Encoding to file D:\SageTV Videos\Lost-LostTheStoryoftheOceanic6-2512728-0.mpg
Wed 4/22 21:00:02.550 setupEncoding0 Trace27 
Wed 4/22 21:00:02.550 setupEncoding0 Trace28 
Wed 4/22 21:00:02.551 startEncoding0 called for 'Hauppauge WinTV 418 TS Capture-0'
Wed 4/22 21:00:03.749 GetBroadcastStandard ATSC for device:'Hauppauge WinTV 418 TS Capture-0'
Wed 4/22 21:00:03.749 Change in record to another show. Entering device record mode. - NOW
Wed 4/22 21:00:03.750 Seeker.startRecord(Hauppauge WinTV 418 TS Capture #2 A[2512850,2512828,"American Idol",20430@0422.21:00,60], currTime=Wed 4/22 21:00:00.022) currRecord=null switch=false
Wed 4/22 21:00:03.750 Setting up MMC video for recording new show & tuning channel conn=Hauppauge WinTV 418 TS Capture #2 Digital TV Tuner
Wed 4/22 21:00:03.751 Not using desired quality setting of Default because the capture device doesn't support it
Wed 4/22 21:00:03.751 Using quality setting "MPEG2 Max Quality" for recording
Wed 4/22 21:00:03.751 Seeker resetting the encoder because it'll pass the max duration
Wed 4/22 21:00:03.752 VideoStorage for new file: D:\SageTV Videos - Use All
Wed 4/22 21:00:03.753 MediaFile created subfile:D:\SageTV Videos\AmericanIdol-2512850-0.mpg MediaFile[id=2569887 A[2512850,2512828,"American Idol",20430@0422.21:00,60] host=sagetv encodedBy=Hauppauge WinTV 418 TS Capture #2 WAGADT format=MPEG2-PS 0:00:00 0 kbps []]
Wed 4/22 21:00:03.754 Added:MediaFile[id=2569887 A[2512850,2512828,"American Idol",20430@0422.21:00,60] host=sagetv encodedBy=Hauppauge WinTV 418 TS Capture #2 WAGADT format=MPEG2-PS 0:00:00 0 kbps [] D:\SageTV Videos\AmericanIdol-2512850-0.mpg, Seg0[Wed 4/22 21:00:03.752-Wed 12/31 19:00:00.000]]
Wed 4/22 21:00:03.756 Seeker channel string=6-5-1
Wed 4/22 21:00:03.757 autotune0 digital tuner 'Hauppauge WinTV 418 TS Capture-1' num=6-5-1 (ver 3.1)
Wed 4/22 21:00:03.758 Splitter Filter set output mpeg2 format 
Wed 4/22 21:00:03.759 Connecting capture Filters. (@device:pnp:\\?\pci#ven_14f1&dev_5b7a&subsys_74440070&rev_00#4&dc268a3&0&4880#{fd0a5af4-b41d-11d2-9c95-00c04f7971e0}\{e851bfaf-aeda-493c-a817-73b527c0b765})
Wed 4/22 21:00:03.760 Network not specified, Try Network type ATSC
Wed 4/22 21:00:03.760 Setup ATSC BDATuningSpace (3  0)
Wed 4/22 21:00:03.763 LoadTuneTable ATSC
Wed 4/22 21:00:03.764 Failed loading frq file Hauppauge WinTV 418 TS Capture-1-ATSC.frq
Wed 4/22 21:00:04.102 try connect BDA tuner 'Hauppauge WinTV 418 BDA Tuner' (@device:pnp:\\?\pci#ven_14f1&dev_5b7a&subsys_74440070&rev_00#4&dc268a3&0&4080#{71985f48-1ca1-11d3-9cc8-00c04f7971e0}\{e01e1072-3df3-4c23-b99f-6a27a7cc7cd2}) to ATSC
Wed 4/22 21:00:04.103 checking mfr vendor, '14f1' '14f1' (class:2, 3)
Wed 4/22 21:00:04.110 Didn't find TS pin in BDA tuner (ATSC).
Wed 4/22 21:00:04.110 Capture filter input pin mediatype clsid ({E436EB83-524F-11CE-9F53-0020AF0BA770}).
Wed 4/22 21:00:04.111 Can't connect Tuner to Capture Filter (ATSC).
Wed 4/22 21:00:04.447 try connect BDA tuner 'Hauppauge WinTV 418 BDA Tuner' (@device:pnp:\\?\pci#ven_14f1&dev_5b7a&subsys_74440070&rev_00#4&dc268a3&0&4880#{71985f48-1ca1-11d3-9cc8-00c04f7971e0}\{e01e1072-3df3-4c23-b99f-6a27a7cc7cd2}) to ATSC
Wed 4/22 21:00:04.447 checking mfr vendor, '14f1' '14f1' (class:2, 3)
Wed 4/22 21:00:04.455 CAM:Setup PMT dump CapInfo:0x1778ad8
Wed 4/22 21:00:04.455 Capture filters are connected
Wed 4/22 21:00:06.154 DONE: autotune0 hr=0x0 locked:0
Wed 4/22 21:00:06.154 setEncodingProperties0 24611544 MPEG2 Max Quality
Wed 4/22 21:00:06.154 Set encoding property audiooutputmode to 0
Wed 4/22 21:00:06.155 Set encoding property audiocrc to 0
Wed 4/22 21:00:06.155 Set encoding property gopsize to 15
Wed 4/22 21:00:06.155 Set encoding property videobitrate to 12000000
Wed 4/22 21:00:06.155 Set encoding property inversetelecine to 0
Wed 4/22 21:00:06.155 Set encoding property closedgop to 0
Wed 4/22 21:00:06.156 Set encoding property vbr to 0
Wed 4/22 21:00:06.156 Set encoding property outputstreamtype to 0
Wed 4/22 21:00:06.156 Set encoding property width to 720
Wed 4/22 21:00:06.156 Set encoding property height to 480
Wed 4/22 21:00:06.156 Set encoding property audiobitrate to 384
Wed 4/22 21:00:06.157 Set encoding property audiosampling to 48000
Wed 4/22 21:00:06.157 Set encoding property disablefilter to 1
Wed 4/22 21:00:06.157 Set encoding property medianfilter to 3
Wed 4/22 21:00:06.157 Set encoding property fps to 30
Wed 4/22 21:00:06.157 Set encoding property ipb to 0
Wed 4/22 21:00:06.157 Set encoding property deinterlace to 0
Wed 4/22 21:00:06.158 Set encoding property aspectratio to 1
Wed 4/22 21:00:06.158 setupEncoding0 called for 24611544 'Hauppauge WinTV 418 TS Capture-1' (ver 1.0)
Wed 4/22 21:00:06.159 QAM:Got capture drv info for QAM mfg:'Hauppauge' Hauppauge WinTV 418 TS Capture-1
Wed 4/22 21:00:06.159 QAM: Hauppauge QAM interface found (3) hr=0x0 at Hauppauge WinTV 418 TS Capture-1 
Wed 4/22 21:00:06.159 QAM:supported tag:HauppaugeQAM
Wed 4/22 21:00:06.160 QAM: Hauppauge QAM Setup mod: 23 for ATSC Air, (3, hr=0x0) at Hauppauge WinTV 418 TS Capture-1 
Wed 4/22 21:00:06.160 Encoding to file D:\SageTV Videos\AmericanIdol-2512850-0.mpg
Wed 4/22 21:00:06.161 setupEncoding0 Trace27 
Wed 4/22 21:00:06.161 setupEncoding0 Trace28 
Wed 4/22 21:00:06.161 startEncoding0 called for 'Hauppauge WinTV 418 TS Capture-1'
Wed 4/22 21:00:07.316 GetBroadcastStandard ATSC for device:'Hauppauge WinTV 418 TS Capture-1'
Wed 4/22 21:00:07.318 RootFile=D:\ fstype=NTFS fileLength=0
Wed 4/22 21:00:07.318 RootFile=D:\ fstype=NTFS fileLength=0
Wed 4/22 21:00:07.319 VF processing job null nPlayin=true
Wed 4/22 21:00:07.320 Saving properties file to C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\Sage.properties
Wed 4/22 21:00:07.320 isRec=false rd=3597610 base=605435
Wed 4/22 21:00:07.321 VF thread is now waiting for 0:49:51.925
Wed 4/22 21:00:07.350 Checking video directories for new files
Wed 4/22 21:00:07.353 Diskspace checking is running
Wed 4/22 21:00:07.353 Verifying existence of all TV media files in database fixDurs=false avoidArchive=true
Wed 4/22 21:00:07.356 Enforcing keep at most limits for the files...
Wed 4/22 21:00:07.356 Seeker clearing unwanted and partial files...
Wed 4/22 21:00:07.358 needFreeSize = 2.925 GB currFreeSize=394.68859392 GB
Wed 4/22 21:00:07.359 Seeker waiting for 61 mins.
Wed 4/22 21:00:07.568 AVINF:(bytes:240) Hauppauge WinTV 418 TS Capture-1 AV-INF|f=MPEG2-PS;br=15448000;[bf=vid;f=MPEG2-Video;fps=59.940060;fpsn=60000;fpsd=1001;ar=1.777778;arn=16;ard=9;w=1280;h=720;lace=0;index=0;tag=e0;main=yes];[bf=aud;f=AC3;sr=48000;br=448000;ch=6;index=1;tag=bd-81010002;lang=eng ;main=yes];
Wed 4/22 21:00:07.577 Setting media file format for MediaFile[id=2569887 A[2512850,2512828,"American Idol",20430@0422.21:00,60] host=sagetv encodedBy=Hauppauge WinTV 418 TS Capture #2 WAGADT format=MPEG2-PS 0:00:00 0 kbps [] D:\SageTV Videos\AmericanIdol-2512850-0.mpg, Seg0[Wed 4/22 21:00:03.752-Wed 12/31 19:00:00.000]] to be [B@224c66
Wed 4/22 21:00:16.596 Updating Disk Space Bar
Wed 4/22 21:00:16.598 Got used/avail video diskspace
Wed 4/22 21:00:16.598 Calculate space required for upcomming manual/favourite airings for next 2 days and display
Wed 4/22 21:00:16.603 Calculate size of partial recordings
Wed 4/22 21:00:16.604 Found 2 partials using 16896000 bytes
Wed 4/22 21:00:16.607 VideoDiskspaceReqProportion: 0.3337654846164112
Wed 4/22 21:00:16.607 VideoDiskspaceFreeProportion: 0.21066260924392707
Wed 4/22 21:00:16.608 Disk Space Bar Update complete
Wed 4/22 21:00:59.910 Cleaning up orphaned auto compress files...
Wed 4/22 21:00:59.910 Scanning video directory D:\SageTV Videos
Wed 4/22 21:00:59.917 Scanning files to auto compress...
Wed 4/22 21:00:59.919 0 files to scan
Wed 4/22 21:00:59.919 AutoCompress generation waiting 5 minutes ...
Wed 4/22 21:01:05.215 Screen Saver Timeout expired....tv=true playin=true fs=true sleepy=false currSS=false
Wed 4/22 21:01:16.612 Updating Disk Space Bar
Wed 4/22 21:01:16.621 Got used/avail video diskspace
Wed 4/22 21:01:16.622 Calculate space required for upcomming manual/favourite airings for next 2 days and display
Wed 4/22 21:01:16.626 Calculate size of partial recordings
Wed 4/22 21:01:16.627 Found 2 partials using 119934976 bytes
Wed 4/22 21:01:16.630 VideoDiskspaceReqProportion: 0.34724576675169566
Wed 4/22 21:01:16.631 VideoDiskspaceFreeProportion: 0.21066251950937723
Wed 4/22 21:01:16.631 Disk Space Bar Update complete
Wed 4/22 21:01:54.107 Ministry is waiting for 180 sec
Wed 4/22 21:02:16.636 Updating Disk Space Bar
Wed 4/22 21:02:16.638 Got used/avail video diskspace
Wed 4/22 21:02:16.638 Calculate space required for upcomming manual/favourite airings for next 2 days and display
Wed 4/22 21:02:16.643 Calculate size of partial recordings
Wed 4/22 21:02:16.644 Found 2 partials using 232628224 bytes
Wed 4/22 21:02:16.647 VideoDiskspaceReqProportion: 0.34747079791210994
Wed 4/22 21:02:16.647 VideoDiskspaceFreeProportion: 0.2106623107042783
Wed 4/22 21:02:16.648 Disk Space Bar Update complete
Wed 4/22 21:03:16.654 Updating Disk Space Bar
Wed 4/22 21:03:16.656 Got used/avail video diskspace
Wed 4/22 21:03:16.656 Calculate space required for upcomming manual/favourite airings for next 2 days and display
Wed 4/22 21:03:16.660 Calculate size of partial recordings
Wed 4/22 21:03:16.661 Found 2 partials using 342484992 bytes
Wed 4/22 21:03:16.664 VideoDiskspaceReqProportion: 0.3476905818746446
Wed 4/22 21:03:16.665 VideoDiskspaceFreeProportion: 0.21066241338111405
Wed 4/22 21:03:16.665 Disk Space Bar Update complete

* merged *

[Opus4]

Did you know you can attach zipped files, or even text files if they aren't too large, instead of simply trying to post a log inline? I put [code] tags around the text so your post wasn't so long.

Have you checked this FAQ:

My recordings are missing the first 5 minutes. How do I fix that?

- Andy

[djseto]

Yeh. I've tried everything in those FAQ's. I've been dealing with this issue on and off for quite a while.

Do the logs indicate the problem?

[djseto]

really? NOBODY can help...?