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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 808438" data-attributes="member: 82144"><p><strong>Re: Avermedia A825 dual tuner - occasionally stops one tuner when starting the other </strong></p><p></p><p>Hi feizex</p><p></p><p>Lots of comments for you...</p><p></p><p>First, I think it is a tuner hardware or signal problem. I mean it is clear that TV Server is not intentionally stopping the recording - that would be logged. It is fully possible that tuning one channel on one tuner can cause interference for the other tuner, and that can be channel dependent - see --><a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/general-support-51/qam-record-problem-logs-help-please-96972/" target="_blank">here</a><-- as an example. The continuity errors in the TsWriter log indicate that there is signal corruption in the stream received from the tuner and given that your signal strength and quality are 100/100 I wonder if your signal is too strong (not that I would read too much into the signal stats). I note that some tuner drivers "fight" stream corruption while others just give up like your tuner appears to be doing (it is the tuner driver that is silently stopping the stream being written to the recording file).</p><p></p><p>Your options are basically to try to change the characteristics of the signal received by the tuner, either by changing the antenna position/orientation, amplifier, attenuator or band pass filter. There is no guarantee that it will help and without professional equipment and knowledge you're going to be really lucky if you find something that works. If you can afford it, get a professional in to check the signal quality and level and perform tests while he/she is there to see if any adjustments to signal strength either up or down can improve the situation. Otherwise you might have to live with it or buy another tuner...</p><p></p><p>mm</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 808438, member: 82144"] [b]Re: Avermedia A825 dual tuner - occasionally stops one tuner when starting the other [/b] Hi feizex Lots of comments for you... First, I think it is a tuner hardware or signal problem. I mean it is clear that TV Server is not intentionally stopping the recording - that would be logged. It is fully possible that tuning one channel on one tuner can cause interference for the other tuner, and that can be channel dependent - see -->[URL="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/general-support-51/qam-record-problem-logs-help-please-96972/"]here[/URL]<-- as an example. The continuity errors in the TsWriter log indicate that there is signal corruption in the stream received from the tuner and given that your signal strength and quality are 100/100 I wonder if your signal is too strong (not that I would read too much into the signal stats). I note that some tuner drivers "fight" stream corruption while others just give up like your tuner appears to be doing (it is the tuner driver that is silently stopping the stream being written to the recording file). Your options are basically to try to change the characteristics of the signal received by the tuner, either by changing the antenna position/orientation, amplifier, attenuator or band pass filter. There is no guarantee that it will help and without professional equipment and knowledge you're going to be really lucky if you find something that works. If you can afford it, get a professional in to check the signal quality and level and perform tests while he/she is there to see if any adjustments to signal strength either up or down can improve the situation. Otherwise you might have to live with it or buy another tuner... mm [/QUOTE]
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