Was watching a show that I had a pass on DVR that was airing live. I was about 30 mins behind when I started, suddenly it stopped and said recording was interrupted. It doesn't appear that it restarted to record it? Should it have?
Also, is there a way to hit record and keep recording it manually? Every time I tried it wanted me to edit the pass.
Just got channels and love it, but this is the first time I have run into this so I was just wondering about it.
If the stream goes away (for any number of reasons), the recording will be "interrupted". If the stream comes back, it will resume, but will be missing some of the show. If the stream does not come back, there is nothing to resume.
At least, that is how it works for me.
What you should be looking for is why the interruption happened.
The interruption happened because of a power flicker in the house. Hopefully that won’t happen again. Thanks for the response.
I highly suggest investing in a UPS for your server.
Good idea. Thanks!
A power glitch can effect many electronic devices in your house. It is not uncommon to have to reset not only your server, but your modem and router as well. If you are thinking of adding a UPS, remember these other components as well.
It is also possible (but less likely) that the internet feed to your house was interrupted.
I find a UPS to be more used to insure your data ... not to run a full-blown DVR as you said you would require a UPS on multiple devices.... tuners routers etc ...
I find it necessary to put the whole system (cellular modems, router, DVR server, HDHomerun tuner, NAS, etc) except for the clients, all on a single UPS. They're all in one location in the corner of my basement. Keeps the whole thing running during those occasional "blips" in line power. It's annoying enough that I have to reset a couple of alarm clocks in the house and the clock on the microwave oven, I don't want to have to restart everything else and maybe deal with a recording that was dumped by the glitch. The system just keeps on running as long as the UPS remains up. Since it's a 1500 VA unit, it will last long enough for me to get a backup generator going if I have to.
What's best for a given household varies of course, but thought I'd add a couple of comments since I live in a remote, rural area subject to frequent outages and fluctuations.
I'll echo a couple of the above comments regarding using UPS units to insure minimal recording interruptions, particularly if power outages or fluctuations are more than an occasional event.
If you're interested in a system that's as robust as possible, multiple UPS units are needed. One or two should cover your infrastructure (servers, routers, switches, APs, cameras and the like), and then individual units for key locations where TVs and streaming devices are located.
Beyond that though, I find that orchestrating those UPS units is the key -- meaning the setup needs parameters. These include how long after the switch to battery before an orderly shutdown begins, and how long after power returns before systems are booted-up.
The best designed setups require zero user intervention, with equipment powering down and up again whether you're home or not. I extended a couple of existing open source projects based on docker versions of apcupsd, apcupsd-cgi and Grafana to meet my own needs -- which have since been downloaded from Docker Hub thousands of times.
A few APC UPS units, with an SBC running off a USB port on each, and you pretty quickly turn power outage chaos into order!
Around here many power outages are less than 15 seconds (some less than 3). It helps not to have everything crash just for a random glitch. The UPS on my server has an old worn out battery that will only run the system for about 3 minutes, but that saves me a lot of grief.
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