Thanks for the help on my earlier topic wrt failed recordings fixed with the purchase of a newer tuner card.
Now I get fewer failed recordings, and the ones that do fail are usually due to signal lock issues. I fiddled with the antenna angle just now so we'll see if that fixed
Anyhow, that said -- occasionally I'll be watching Live TV and hit "R" to toggle record. It seems like the program records successfully (from where I began watching, of course), but is marked as failed in the backend, even though it recorded through to the end of the scheduled time.
Is this a bug or was there a misconfiguration on my end? TIA.
On the fly recordings marked as failed
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Re: On the fly recordings marked as failed
Digital TV broadcast modulation is almost immune to multipath (COFDM n carriers & low symbol rate) so you could ditch the directional yagi style antenna & use a ganged array flat panel style.
Get the same gain but much wide input angles. Multipath is your friend.
Gang n panels together & will out perform almost any directional antenna.
If you had been watching LiveTV before the "recording" started you would have recorded all of the program.
Failed & damaged recordings are set by rules on PTS continuity errors & gaps & missing bits at the ends.
Can't recall if LiveTV "recording" with beginning missing is failed or damaged or both..
Get the same gain but much wide input angles. Multipath is your friend.
Gang n panels together & will out perform almost any directional antenna.
If you had been watching LiveTV before the "recording" started you would have recorded all of the program.
Failed & damaged recordings are set by rules on PTS continuity errors & gaps & missing bits at the ends.
Can't recall if LiveTV "recording" with beginning missing is failed or damaged or both..
Re: On the fly recordings marked as failed
Oh, I've never heard those terms before... I use an AntennasDirect DB4e, which has a fairly wide angle. It's just that I was literally pointing it at the middle of the lake (instead of towards Toronto, Ontario) because I misjudged where I was supposed to be pointing to
Anyhow, appreciate the insight on the recordings issue.
Anyhow, appreciate the insight on the recordings issue.
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Re: On the fly recordings marked as failed
Your antenna is a ganged array & should work fine as long as it is mounted high enough off the ground.
There's an online tool for checking the profile & signal strength estimates
http://www.heywhatsthat.com/profiler.html
Can change the height of the Tx & Rx.
There's an online tool for checking the profile & signal strength estimates
http://www.heywhatsthat.com/profiler.html
Can change the height of the Tx & Rx.