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<blockquote data-quote="jestermgee" data-source="post: 312688" data-attributes="member: 68298">I've had the exact same issues...I am (and have been for weeks) in the process of tracking down the issue myself as it seems quicker than asking for help :sOne thing I have noticed is that mediaportal will fragment the absolute f@ck out of your HDD when it timeshifts and records programs. I analized a full 320GB HDD of recordings and the drive suffered 99% fragmentation. My next test will be to install another drive and set timeshift files to one drive and recordings to another. I have read this will create other issues when you decide to record a show that is timeshifting but something has to be done.Mega fragmentation &quot;may&quot; affect the video stream since what you watch live seems to actually be read from the timeshift buffer. So I guess in theory, if the timeshift buffer was being fragmented quite a bit then it could stutter... The only thing I find wrong with that theory though is the data rate of a SATA2 HDD is something like 3GBs which is miles above the datarate of a TS stream.I have defragged and re-structured my HDD data and removed all my old recordings and still get stuttering from time to time. After a computer restart it seems more stable and recordings don't seem affected, its the playback that seems to suffer though I have had some recordings that will begin missing small segments from time to time.I am still hunting for a decent answer to this one.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jestermgee, post: 312688, member: 68298"] I've had the exact same issues... I am (and have been for weeks) in the process of tracking down the issue myself as it seems quicker than asking for help :s One thing I have noticed is that mediaportal will fragment the absolute f@ck out of your HDD when it timeshifts and records programs. I analized a full 320GB HDD of recordings and the drive suffered 99% fragmentation. My next test will be to install another drive and set timeshift files to one drive and recordings to another. I have read this will create other issues when you decide to record a show that is timeshifting but something has to be done. Mega fragmentation "may" affect the video stream since what you watch live seems to actually be read from the timeshift buffer. So I guess in theory, if the timeshift buffer was being fragmented quite a bit then it could stutter... The only thing I find wrong with that theory though is the data rate of a SATA2 HDD is something like 3GBs which is miles above the datarate of a TS stream. I have defragged and re-structured my HDD data and removed all my old recordings and still get stuttering from time to time. After a computer restart it seems more stable and recordings don't seem affected, its the playback that seems to suffer though I have had some recordings that will begin missing small segments from time to time. I am still hunting for a decent answer to this one. [/QUOTE]

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