Recent content by nick8571

I've tried doing exactly this many times, with no success. I haven't (yet) tried wading through the registry however. FWIW MP2 installs without any problems.

OK, just a quick post to confirm that after disabling the WMC scheduler and receiver services I've had two consecutive days of uninterrupted "Breakfast" recordings, so I think we really can put the issue to bed this time. I suppose not disabling the WMC services right from the start was a bit of...

Yes, Daybreak on ITV1 HD from 06:00 to 08:30 seems unaffected, even on its own. AFAIK the WMC scheduler service is supposed to run at system startup and keep running in the background, not to run as a scheduled task itself at specific times. I'm guessing it's misbehaving for some reason on my...

If it were that simple though, then in theory an alternative channel (eg ITV1 HD) recording on its own should be similarly affected, as it would also be using the higher priority tuner? That doesn't happen, it's *only* BBC1 HD, either in isolation or concurrently with something else. I'll put...

The TBS 6981 is a twin DVB-S2 tuner (both HD-capable) - I've even had "Daybreak" on ITV1 HD recording at the same time as "Breakfast" on BBC1 HD, and Daybreak carries on quite happily where Breakfast fails. Both recordings are scheduled to start at the same time (05:57), but Breakfast always...

Well, the recording stopped at 8:01 this morning according to the Breakfast on-screen clock, and I've got this in the system log: It's starting to look pretty conclusive, although it doesn't explain why *only* BBC1 HD is affected... maybe something weird about that particular transport stream...

OK, I'll do that tomorrow after I've confirmed (or not) another correlation between Media Center activity and the time at which TsWriter stops... errr... tswriting. I've had a quick look at the previous times I've reported failures, and there definitely seems to be a pattern, but it's not...

Oooh, that looks interesting, and the time matches... no, the MCE service isn't disabled, but it didn't seem to be causing a problem before, so I left it alone. Having said that, if there were a conflict, wouldn't it be expected to interrupt *any* MediaPortal recording at the time it kicks in...

No, what I meant is that the local news isn't transmitted *at all* on BBC1 HD - a couple of minutes before each hour and half-hour, the swimming hippopotami appear, with an on-screen message suggesting you switch from BBC1 HD to your paricular BBC regional channel if you want to see your local...

Yes, this is what has me banging my head against the wall - other HD programmes are fine, it's just this one channel at this one time which seems to be affected *so far*. Daybreak on ITV1 HD, which is broadcast at around the same time is fine (this is DVB-S, not S2 though I believe), and BBC1 HD...

Yep, the non-HD version on BBC1 West records fine, both on Freesat and Freeview (the latter from the Mendip transmitter). I don't have a DVB-T2 card, just the TBS6981 DVB-S2 and an old Hauppauge HVR-1300 (regular DVB-T).

I normally schedule the programme to record from 6:00am, and then skip through it for bits of interest when I have time to sit down for a cup of coffee, usually between 08.00 and 08:30. I haven't tried watching it "live" right from the beginning, but the other day I used the Manual Control...

That was clearly tempting fate, this morning the recording was truncated at 07:54 am (it was scheduled to run until 09:10 am). Interestingly, the last touch on the file (as shown in Explorer) was 09:10 am, but it was just two-thirds the size it should have been. I'm completely at a loss with...

Well, just to close this off, just before 6am yesterday I started recording BBC1 HD via the manual control screen and used CamStudio to record the output. The TS packet count stopped increasing at 07:10 am, but there was no drop in signal strength or quality, and nothing else happened to...

Gotcha. :) I guess ideally I'll need to keep a constant eye on the display to see what's happening at any given point - might be tricky as I'm generally chasing around a fair bit in the mornings, but I'll do my best. hmmm... when I hit "Record now" I get the submenu with the two choices...