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<blockquote data-quote="EditBear" data-source="post: 874018" data-attributes="member: 123530">SOLVED!The cue came when I noticed that if I moved the MediaPortal Timeshift folder from my C: drive onto my D: Drive, then the video freezes and audio dropouts reduced substantially i.e. the red line still dipped and frames were still dropped - but this occurred only every few minutes instead of every few seconds!So I ordered a new SSD and now my lines are completely flat indefinitely!The problem was due to a faulty Kingston V Series 128Gb SSD.&nbsp;The read/write strain induced by having the Timeshift folder on the same drive as Windows must have slowed down the tuner data flow from the PCie Blackgold card – causing the glitches.But even having moved the Timeshift folder off from the Kingston – windows must have not been able to run well enough to eliminate all glitches.With a replacement Corsair 120GB Force 3 SSD the problem has completely gone away.With the Kingston SSD, I could not watch a blueray using TMT5 as the stuttering was aweful, now with a replacement Corsair SSD, the picture and sound are rock steady.One happy Bear!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EditBear, post: 874018, member: 123530"] [U][B]SOLVED![/B][/U] The cue came when I noticed that if I moved the MediaPortal Timeshift folder from my C: drive onto my D: Drive, then the video freezes and audio dropouts reduced substantially i.e. the red line still dipped and frames were still dropped - but this occurred only every few minutes instead of every few seconds! So I ordered a new SSD and now my lines are completely flat indefinitely! [B]The problem was due to a faulty Kingston V Series 128Gb SSD.[/B] The read/write strain induced by having the Timeshift folder on the same drive as Windows must have slowed down the tuner data flow from the PCie Blackgold card – causing the glitches. But even having moved the Timeshift folder off from the Kingston – windows must have not been able to run well enough to eliminate all glitches. With a replacement Corsair 120GB Force 3 SSD the problem has completely gone away. With the Kingston SSD, I could not watch a blueray using TMT5 as the stuttering was aweful, now with a replacement Corsair SSD, the picture and sound are rock steady. One happy Bear! [/QUOTE]

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