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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 1232286" data-attributes="member: 82144">Sorry, missed your log files until now.First impressions are interesting.Continuities start at 9:38 PM on 18 October. At that time you have 3 active recordings:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">tuner 3 - SBS ONE HD 8:01 PM-9:29 PM Sunshine [your post record setting is 30 minutes, so this actually stops at 9:59 PM] 
</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">tuner 4 - TEN HD 8:09 PM-10:42 PM The Wrong Girl 9 
</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">tuner 5 - 9HD Sydney 8:11 PM-9:48 PM Doctor Doctor - Final</li>
</ul>Note that the start of the continuities does not correlate with the start or end of any of these recordings. That's really important, because it means that whatever is causing this is external to MediaPortal's TV Server.The network traffic associated with 3 Australian DVB-T streams is going to be roughly 70 Mbps. At that level there's a very real risk of hitting network link limits for older wireless and 100 Mbps wired network links. It wouldn't take very much other traffic (downloads, other streams etc.) to tip you over the limit.Anyway, given that the cause appears to be external to MediaPortal's TV Server, it's not easy for me to offer any additional insight. My advice would be: when you notice the problem happening, do the maths on the network bandwidth. Each live TV or recording stream to TV Server requires approximately 23 Mbps... and don't forget to factor in the other programs which might be using your network at the time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 1232286, member: 82144"] Sorry, missed your log files until now. First impressions are interesting. Continuities start at 9:38 PM on 18 October. At that time you have 3 active recordings: [LIST] [*]tuner 3 - SBS ONE HD 8:01 PM-9:29 PM Sunshine [your post record setting is 30 minutes, so this actually stops at 9:59 PM] [*]tuner 4 - TEN HD 8:09 PM-10:42 PM The Wrong Girl 9 [*]tuner 5 - 9HD Sydney 8:11 PM-9:48 PM Doctor Doctor - Final [/LIST] Note that the start of the continuities does not correlate with the start or end of any of these recordings. That's really important, because it means that whatever is causing this is external to MediaPortal's TV Server. The network traffic associated with 3 Australian DVB-T streams is going to be roughly 70 Mbps. At that level there's a very real risk of hitting network link limits for older wireless and 100 Mbps wired network links. It wouldn't take very much other traffic (downloads, other streams etc.) to tip you over the limit. Anyway, given that the cause appears to be external to MediaPortal's TV Server, it's not easy for me to offer any additional insight. My advice would be: when you notice the problem happening, do the maths on the network bandwidth. Each live TV or recording stream to TV Server requires approximately 23 Mbps... and don't forget to factor in the other programs which might be using your network at the time. [/QUOTE]

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