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<blockquote data-quote="cewillis" data-source="post: 1111101" data-attributes="member: 106719">mm,Have more information, but no hard evidence. The problem recurred yesterday, but unfortunately, I didn't have time to get logs or the existing schedules. Here's the story.I had a program scheduled to record for 1 hr at 4 pm, and others later in the evening.I put in a DVD to have it ready to play later, but then decided I didn't want to chance missing the later recordings, so I took the DVD back out. This was about 1 pm.About 4:30, I discovered that the 4pm recording did not record. It was still in the displayed schedules, but not recording. I was able to schedule another recording (from the guide). Having no time to get logs at that time, I rebooted the computer.This tells me 3 things:1) The scheduler thread had not died or locked up (your speculation).2) This problem has nothing to do with the DVD actually playing (no DVD in the player).3) The problem has nothing to do with using the remote during playback (my speculation).But --- the only times I have ever seen a scheduled recording not start was when a DVD had been involved somehow since the last reboot.So what do you say -- this is some flaky thing with my configuration, and not worth pursuing further? Or should I keep trying to pin it down?I will probably update to W7 and some later MP version (2.? I hope) sometime next year.Cal</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cewillis, post: 1111101, member: 106719"] mm, Have more information, but no hard evidence. The problem recurred yesterday, but unfortunately, I didn't have time to get logs or the existing schedules. Here's the story. I had a program scheduled to record for 1 hr at 4 pm, and others later in the evening. I put in a DVD to have it ready to play later, but then decided I didn't want to chance missing the later recordings, so I took the DVD back out. This was about 1 pm. About 4:30, I discovered that the 4pm recording did not record. It was still in the displayed schedules, but not recording. I was able to schedule another recording (from the guide). Having no time to get logs at that time, I rebooted the computer. This tells me 3 things: 1) The scheduler thread had not died or locked up (your speculation). 2) This problem has nothing to do with the DVD actually playing (no DVD in the player). 3) The problem has nothing to do with using the remote during playback (my speculation). But --- the only times I have ever seen a scheduled recording not start was when a DVD had been involved somehow since the last reboot. So what do you say -- this is some flaky thing with my configuration, and not worth pursuing further? Or should I keep trying to pin it down? I will probably update to W7 and some later MP version (2.? I hope) sometime next year. Cal [/QUOTE]

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