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Media center randomly fails to record
I record TV shows OTA on a PC I built and use exclusively for that purpose. I have the national news set to record at 5:30 PM and the local news set to record at 6:00 PM. The national news did not record, though history shows it did and I see a little tile where it should be. When I look for the file though, it is only 512 KB rather than the 3 gig or so it should be. The local news, set to record on the same channel ( NBC 3.1) with the same tuner, is perfect. Another show also failed to record on the same channel later in the evening. I am recording on an external drive via USB, if that has any impact.
Last week I went to watch a show after not viewing for a few days and saw multiple record failures, different channels and tuners. I thought the cause was the fact that the guide appeared to have "updated" and "fixed" itself at some point. I had previously deleted channel 49.1 FOX (which I can't receive) and use channel 31.2 (which I can). It is actually the same station but transmitted on 31.2 on the southern part of the viewing area. Anyway, the deleted channel (49.1) had miraculously and wrongly been resurrected. I thought this was likely a conflict and just made sure every FOX show was set to record on 31.2 only. Unfortunately, this was not the fix.... at least not totally.
I understand there may be a problem with the FOX station but that doesn't explain the record failures on other stations. I am at a loss...