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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 1157213" data-attributes="member: 82144">Hi JonathanSorry I haven't responded to your previous posts. Massive information overload!In short...The common causes of continuity errors in the TsWriter log files are:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Bad signal strength and/or quality. Too strong; too weak; noisy... all sorts of possibilities. 
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<li data-xf-list-type="ol">HDD overload. Usually some flavour of security software causing problems by scanning the MediaPortal and/or TV Server folders (particularly the time-shifting and recording folders). Sometimes the HDD is just highly fragmented and/or almost full.</li>
</ol>If you haven't got a signal problem then consider the HDD possibility. There are other possibilities too such as overheating components and DPC latency issues (low level PC driver stuff) that could be checked if you are convinced both signal and HDD are okay.About signal problems...Do not pay much if any attention to PC tuner signal readings. They're unlikely to show transient (short, random, bursty) signal problems like the ones you're describing, because often they're low resolution (ie. the smallest change may be 10, 15 or even 20%) and they're averaged over time. So, they don't prove that your signal strength or quality are okay.Regards,mm</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 1157213, member: 82144"] Hi Jonathan Sorry I haven't responded to your previous posts. Massive information overload! In short... The common causes of continuity errors in the TsWriter log files are: [LIST=1] [*]Bad signal strength and/or quality. Too strong; too weak; noisy... all sorts of possibilities. [*]HDD overload. Usually some flavour of security software causing problems by scanning the MediaPortal and/or TV Server folders (particularly the time-shifting and recording folders). Sometimes the HDD is just highly fragmented and/or almost full. [/LIST] If you haven't got a signal problem then consider the HDD possibility. There are other possibilities too such as overheating components and DPC latency issues (low level PC driver stuff) that could be checked if you are convinced both signal and HDD are okay. About signal problems... Do not pay much if any attention to PC tuner signal readings. They're unlikely to show transient (short, random, bursty) signal problems like the ones you're describing, because often they're low resolution (ie. the smallest change may be 10, 15 or even 20%) and they're averaged over time. So, they don't prove that your signal strength or quality are okay. Regards, mm [/QUOTE]

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