Re: Schedule dual tuners

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Microsoft MVP - Windows Media Center
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"Schvarak" <Schvarak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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AHA!!! That's sorta what I thought the answer should be (I misread someone
else's post which explains the stupid question). I did the AMD driver
update,
and that did correct all those timing issues I was having. If you have
seen
my dual tuner card post and have a recommendation, I sure would appreciate
it. Thanks

"Gary Tsang" wrote:

First off, if you have an AMD X2 CPU, you have to get the AMD X2 CPU
driver,
otherwise, recorded and live tv will have issues (related to have the
time
indices are encoded). Any recordings made prior to the installation of
the
AMD X2 CPU driver will have issues, because the botched time index is
already written to file.

For more information about that issue, see
AMD X2 CPU Issues with Live/Recorded TV in Media Center
http://jtsang.blogspot.com/2006/06/amd-x2-cpu-issues-with-liverecorded-tv.html

As for recording sports events that go over time, Media Center will go
only
by what is in the Guide. If the sports event goes over time, Media
Center
won't know about it. In your scenario, the sports recording would stop
at
the time the guide says it would stop, and cold case would start
recording
at its scheduled time, regardless of the actual content of the signal
that
is broacasted.

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Gary Tsang
http://www.gtsang.com

Microsoft MVP - Windows Media Center
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"Schvarak" <Schvarak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Ok, then please explain what I read in another thread. Say a football
game
goes way over it's scheduled time (As CBS does every Sunday--putting
the
rest
of their schedule a half hour behind for the whole night. If I use the
guide
to schedule Cold Case to be recorded. Will MCE know that it is late and
still
record it? And if I scheduled the program after Cold Case too. Would
that
also record? ( I'm talking one tuner now cuz that's all I have. I
intend
to
get a dual tuner card. From what you're saying is that MCE will
schedule
the
tuners automatically in a dual tuner setup? I tried to record Die
Another
Day
(3 hours) It recorded all 3 hours and 57 minutes of it????? I KNOW the
movie
really didn't run that long, but that's what it said. MCE started
acting
funny after 2 hrs 51 mins (Stopped playback every 12 seconds) I
installed
the
AMD Dual core Driver and I recorded a 1 hour program last night and got
exactly 1 hour. Previously it was maybe 68 mins or more. In those
cases,
the
DVD I created shut down completely on my standalone player and the file
stalled every 12 seconds in Media Center. I haven't tried to record a
longer
program yet. but hopefully the driver installation solved those
problems.

"Gary Tsang" wrote:

Recordings would continue until the stop time.

If you have one tuner, and the stop time doesn't overlap with the
start
time, the same tuner would be used to record both shows. If they
overlap,
either i) it will use the next available tuner to record the show, or
ii)
it
will not be able to record the show if there are no tuners available.

--
Gary Tsang
http://www.gtsang.com

Microsoft MVP - Windows Media Center
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp


"Schvarak" <Schvarak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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How does MCE differentiate which tuner is scheduled for which TV
show
to
record? I.E. how does one schedule a program that is supposed to
start
at
the
same time as another program ends (on different channels). I take it
that
the
recording doesn't stop until the first program is actually finished?
I
sure
wish there was an adequate user guide. The one I have is terribly
inadequate.








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