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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 761286" data-attributes="member: 82144">Hi meq123Sounds like you've had a bit of a torrid time getting MP working - I apologise. :sorry:Firstly, the reason why setting the PMT PID to 0 will work for timeshifting is that you've actually unwittingly turned on a debug feature that makes TV Server lookup the PMT PID in the PAT automatically each time you tune. Using the actual PMT PID is recommended because it should result in slightly faster channel changing, however some providers change the PMT PID occasionally so the debug feature does have its use.So that explains that part of the equation. The recording part is a mystery to me. Off the top of my head (I'm at work so I can't check) I would have thought that the same code path is used for tuning when recording as for tuning when timeshifting. I may be able to guess what is going on if you could post some TV Server logs of failed attempts to record. Otherwise, I'll have a look at the code when I get home in 2-3 hours...mm</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 761286, member: 82144"] Hi meq123 Sounds like you've had a bit of a torrid time getting MP working - I apologise. :sorry: Firstly, the reason why setting the PMT PID to 0 will work for timeshifting is that you've actually unwittingly turned on a debug feature that makes TV Server lookup the PMT PID in the PAT automatically each time you tune. Using the actual PMT PID is recommended because it should result in slightly faster channel changing, however some providers change the PMT PID occasionally so the debug feature does have its use. So that explains that part of the equation. The recording part is a mystery to me. Off the top of my head (I'm at work so I can't check) I would have thought that the same code path is used for tuning when recording as for tuning when timeshifting. I may be able to guess what is going on if you could post some TV Server logs of failed attempts to record. Otherwise, I'll have a look at the code when I get home in 2-3 hours... mm [/QUOTE]

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