playing back a recorded 4.2.2 stream on Sunday...

[ManikM]

on sunday, i recorded the TNA PPV feed onto USB disk ....i went to watch it back last night but it was pixelating and jumping all over the place, and generally un watchable.

i tried the playback on my PC, same thing.

does this device have problems playing back 4.2.2 DVB-S2 feeds ??

high bitrate!? it wasnt even in HD.

[slegs]

No but recording high bitrate to USB can be a problem. Jumpiness is in the recordign not the playback

[ManikM]

thanks for your feedback.

strange one then - do you mean that if it was an affected "feed" \ problematic recording - i would see the problem when i hit record? would it affect the live playing of the feed too?

[slegs]

no just the recording...the recording to USB cant keep up with the live DVB stream

[FME_fta]

Azbox really doesn't like slow (write speed) USB sticks.
You should use an external hard drive (2.5" or 3.5") for the recordings.

[ManikM]

Azbox really doesn't like slow (write speed) USB sticks.
You should use an external hard drive (2.5" or 3.5") for the recordings.

thanks it was a USB disk actually.

it was ok on another 4.2.2 feed, maybe the bit rate was just too high, i will SCART it out to my DVD recorder next time.

[oregon]

thanks it was a USB disk actually.

it was ok on another 4.2.2 feed, maybe the bit rate was just too high, i will SCART it out to my DVD recorder next time.

Let us know if you encounter "copy protected" message on your dvd recorder. Its a long-standing Azbox bug. And most annoying.

[digihoe]

If you have a prem+ I would suggest you opt for an internal HDD, the internal HDD does not suffer from not enough speed...

[FME_fta]

thanks it was a USB disk actually.

it was ok on another 4.2.2 feed, maybe the bit rate was just too high, i will SCART it out to my DVD recorder next time.

Well, as we know the fw is not reliable enough some times it will record ok, other times it won't.

I tried to record 5 minutes from Astra HD channel into my USB HDD (11-13Mbits/sec) and it recorded without a single error, but some other times I'm not so lucky.