dankargo
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- Joined
- May 11, 2014
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- Brentwood, UK
- My Satellite Setup
- 90cm Motorised
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- Brentwood
Hi guys,
Tonight I attempted to record the Eurovision Song Contest feed on 10E using my Openbox V8S receiver. It was 4:2:2 so I gathered I could record and watch back on a PC. Shortly after I started recording the box kept coming up with 'Too slow to record' messages although the recording was still going so I thought I'd wait and see.
When I checked the recording on my PC, its incredibly blocky in both sound and vision - even though the signal was perfectly fine. It looks like it couldn't cope with the 36 Mbps video bitrate and 1920x1080 full HD.
The external hard drive I used was a Transcend 1TB 2.5 inch USB 3.0 (5400rpm) which just plugs into the USB port. I haven't ever had issues with this before, even recording full HD channels. Now, the USB port on the Openbox is only USB 2.0. What would likely be at fault here, the drive or the receiver?
A friend suggested I buy an external hard drive that is powered by the mains supply and is at least 7200rpm, which should give it some more power to write the huge data stream but I worry that I may face the same result and be out of pocket by £60.
Tonight I attempted to record the Eurovision Song Contest feed on 10E using my Openbox V8S receiver. It was 4:2:2 so I gathered I could record and watch back on a PC. Shortly after I started recording the box kept coming up with 'Too slow to record' messages although the recording was still going so I thought I'd wait and see.
When I checked the recording on my PC, its incredibly blocky in both sound and vision - even though the signal was perfectly fine. It looks like it couldn't cope with the 36 Mbps video bitrate and 1920x1080 full HD.
The external hard drive I used was a Transcend 1TB 2.5 inch USB 3.0 (5400rpm) which just plugs into the USB port. I haven't ever had issues with this before, even recording full HD channels. Now, the USB port on the Openbox is only USB 2.0. What would likely be at fault here, the drive or the receiver?
A friend suggested I buy an external hard drive that is powered by the mains supply and is at least 7200rpm, which should give it some more power to write the huge data stream but I worry that I may face the same result and be out of pocket by £60.