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The_Stig

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    Hi, since a few weeks I have a huge problem with discontiuties in the log which lead to failed recordings. Usually these discontinuities start after a while of the recording. Attached a log of today where it happend. Recording started at around 6pm and stopped working at around 7.10pm.

    Anyone with an idea why These discontinuities start after a while?

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    The_Stig

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    @mm1352000, maybe you with an hint. An additional Information. I recently moved my server into the basement. New cabling now and DVB-C strength and quality show 100%. Is it a possible that a too strong signal leads to these kind of problems?
     

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    @mm1352000, maybe you with an hint. An additional Information. I recently moved my server into the basement. New cabling now and DVB-C strength and quality show 100%. Is it a possible that a too strong signal leads to these kind of problems?

    The logs don't agree:

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    [2018-03-03 17:59:27,963] [Log    ] [scheduler thread] [INFO ] - **************************************************
    [2018-03-03 17:59:27,963] [Log    ] [scheduler thread] [INFO ] - ***** SIGNAL LEVEL: 74, SIGNAL QUALITY: 49 *****
    [2018-03-03 17:59:27,963] [Log    ] [scheduler thread] [INFO ] - **************************************************

    Was the '100%' figure from MP logs or an external signal testing meter?

    You might find that the signal quality varies from channel to channel.
     

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    Nice catch. The 100% was from SetupTV‘s manual control section. So maybe its that I have to increase the quality?

    Do you have any idea why these discontinuities do happen only unregularly?
     

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    Update: done some creative cabling and having each 74 % now, according to log. lets see if it helps.
     

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    Hi :)
    It can be HDD related write, so you need to watch what HDD is in use when it happen too and disable AV software because it can that too :p
     

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    Is it a possible that a too strong signal leads to these kind of problems?
    Yes.

    So this should not be a problem too I guess?
    Spin up/down of standard HDDs can affect read/write for all drives. So, you may be using SSD for time-shifting... but any HDD spin up/down can delay read/write to the SSD. That's my experience anyway. I'm not saying that's the problem in this case.

    I recently moved my server into the basement. New cabling now
    In my opinion something related to this is almost certainly the cause. If the only thing that changed was the cabling then you are right to look at signal strength/quality.

    Do you have any idea why these discontinuities do happen only unregularly?
    To you it may appear random, but there is always an underlying reason. Your task is to find it.

    The 100% was from SetupTV‘s manual control section.
    Don't trust such readings for cases like this. They're updated too slowly to show transient (jittery/fast) signal issues.
     

    The_Stig

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    The old team together...nice to see you chaps around here. And big thanks to all of your input.

    - In my server there is no HDD, so no spin down in any case.
    - I tried to remember when I moved server to basement and when first recording problems began. I now think I did move my server around november 2017 and first problems began january 2018. So maybe/probably not related. What I did now is to order an adjustable damper to play around with the signal strength. Currently I am having these problem when signal in log shows 100% each and when signal shows around 75% each. Trying to get in the 90s with these adjustable damper. Although I understand that these levels aren‘t really trustworthy.
    - What I did change in the time from were recordings got weird were my routers and repeaters. But as the server is recording onto local ssd this shouldn‘t be a problem? All other network devices are working fine. But I am recording to a network folder onto my server (e.g. //server/recordings/). Maybe I should change this to „C:/recordings“? Could this be helpful to try to exclude network stuff from possible problems?
    - Otherwise I could try to record onto an USB-Stick. Is this in general reliable enough or too slow?
    - Last guess: the card is a hugely old FireDTV - chance of a defect device is not very low I guess. But how to figure this out?

    Much text, but maybe any of you experts with ideas?!? Every answer much appreciated.
     

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