PVR or Recording Not Working

[Paul Hobkirk]

Briefly, I have The Classic, and I have an SD Card added for extra storage, which is working fine.

IF I try to record Live TV for instance, by pressing record whilst watching a TV show, the REC gets set, evident in the message and on the program guide, everything points to a successful recording;

ALSO IF I go to Program Guide, and set a Recording in the future, the recording requests gets saved, the GUIDE indicates that the show is set to record.

HOWEVER:
IN both cases above, the Recordings are not successful in that when I go to PVR Recordings, it is always empty.   Never been able to record, not onces.

Any ideas?

Cheers, Paul

[Emporium]

First of all, I do NOT recommend using an SD card.  Your card may be fast, etc.. but no idea what speeds the card slot is on these boxes.  The SD card slot is often used for disaster recovery/flashing the unit.  Too many people have had issues using the SD card slot for PVR, that I don't recommend it.  I would recommend using a good quality USB 3 stick, and if possible, format it on a PC, in exFAT format (that way there is no 4GB file size limitation).  then once installed on your box, make sure you go into PVR settings, and ensure that the recording destination is the new USB storage location.  Obviously you can run these tests with any spare USB stick you have lying around for now.

Also, please post the Firmware (ex: V202xxxxx) and software version ( 5.0.xxx) that is installed on your box (can find it in the updates screen).

 

 

 

[Polaybuzz]

Also, for me having 2 connections makes my recordings more successful. 

[nbs.]

I don't have issues with either mac or xc

[Polaybuzz]

22 hours ago, nbs. said:

I don't have issues with either mac or xc

What about sd card? Is USB stick really better? I really like the SD card slot because it makes the STB  compact...

[Emporium]

10 minutes ago, Polaybuzz said:

What about sd card? Is USB stick really better? I really like the SD card slot because it makes the STB  compact...

I hear you.  I have not tried it on the newer boxes, but I never had good luck with SD cards on older boxes, regardless of how good they are, or even if the cards were high endurance type.

I use USB drives similar to these, and they are super compact, name brand and fast.   And you barely notice them sticking out.

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0BY2WH7QB

And you also have these:
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07D7PDLXC
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B083ZS4HYD

Most decent USB will be faster than most SD cards.  And there is no spec provided on the speed that the boxes SD slot operates at.  Sure you can get super fast cards, but if the slot is not designed for speed, it won't help.  It's like putting a USB3 stick, into a USB1 slot.  You won't get USB3 speeds out of it.

 

[Polaybuzz]

Yes I agree the latest compact USB stick are really small that I may start using them. I will test the writing speed of my classic SD card slot with a testing app when I get a chance.

If I get 15 MB/s it would be great since even a regular 4k 30fps movie is around 3MB/s.

[dishuser]

10 minutes ago, Polaybuzz said:

Yes I agree the latest compact USB stick are really small that I may start using them. I will test the writing speed of my classic SD card slot with a testing app when I get a chance.

If I get 15 MB/s it would be great since even a regular 4k 30fps movie is around 3MB/s.

4k is over 25

[Polaybuzz]

9 minutes ago, dishuser said:

4k is over 25

Yes you are right, 3 MBps is 25Mbps.

[Emporium]

And it doesn't matter if it can do 25MB/s.  It all depends if it can do it in a steady stream without hiccups.

Also, you say 25Mbps, but it will depend on the compression and codec.  4K @ 30fps in h.264 can often be 40 to 45Mbps (and is the sweetspot for a nice clean stream).  Now if done with AVC/h265, things change again.

 

[dishuser]

that's why I said over 25

I only get about 48 of the 50 I pay for...lol

during the day when everyone is connected I would only download a 4k not stream it live

and I was referring to mbps