@Michael:<br>Thank you for the suggestion. I will apply the updates as you indicated in your last post.<br><br>I have a follow up question with moving the recorded shows to the Video Library. I use the HDHR Prime for my recordings (CableCard req). Would I run into any viewing issues if I moved the shows into the Video Library? In the past, I tried (without success) to watch shows using vlc on my windows computer pointing directly to the files in /myth/shows2 (via samba). I successfully did this with OTA recordings, as well as with analog recordings from TWC. When I was unable to do it with FiOS, I figured it had something to do with the CableCard encryption. I'm just wondering if I'll run into a similar problem if I move certain shows into the Video Library.<br>
<br><br>@John:<br>For me, my biggest problem is the lack of free time to properly investigate the problem. It could be a multitude of things. Here's what I do know:<br><br>*) Both of the hard drives are old (2006). They are both SATA2, and are 7200RPM. hdparm tested them around 40-50MB/s<br>
*) The problem occurs randomly, when shows are recorded on the OS disk. LiveTV, and shows recorded on the 2nd hard drive are fine<br>*) When recording 3 shows at once, only the shows on the OS disk experience this pausing issue. However, the show itself is not recorded with it. So if I watch the show after it has finished recording, there are no pausing problem.<br>
*) I googled about the problem, and also reached out to the forums, which is where I talked with other people who experienced a similar problem. While I would like to use iotop to confirm their findings, I just haven't had time to do so.<br>
<br>-Robert<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 7:31 PM, John Morris <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jmorris@beau.org" target="_blank">jmorris@beau.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On Thu, 2012-12-27 at 15:57 -0500, Robert Dege wrote:<br>
<br>
> When watching certain shows that are actively recording, I experience<br>
> a 1 sec pause, every 5-7 seconds. It was determined that this was<br>
> caused by using the OS disk for recording shows (something about the<br>
> amount of IO generated by Mysql). I do not experience this pausing<br>
> problem when watching livetv, since livetv is stored on the other<br>
> disk.<br>
<br>
</div>I'd want to figure out exactly what is causing things to pause like<br>
that. Shouldn't be happening. I have everything on a single machine<br>
with a single drive and can be recording HD from all three tuners from<br>
my HDHR Prime and watching one of the recordings in progress or a<br>
different recording. When it is that busy I'll get an occasional audio<br>
glitch more often than I would on a quiet system but nothing bad.<br>
Especially when one of the recordings ends and commercial flagging<br>
starts I usually hear one quick glitch and the receiver's multi-channel<br>
audio light blinks like Suddenlink was inserting a local commercial.<br>
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