SageTV always recording?

[mlbdude]

Originally Posted by ih574

I just upgraded from 2.0 to 2.1. In 2.0, I could right-click on the screen of something that was "Watch Now." I got the option "Close File." Choosing "Close File" stopped the program, returned me to the menu, and stopped recording. Going back to "LiveTV Guide," there were no colored borders around the show I was watching. Also, the file size in Windows Explorer stopped incrementing. This behavior was especially useful to stop recording when I was finished viewing live TV and didn't want to record anymore. It was also useful when I wanted to be sure the Sage Server was not using my single tuner. Therefore, I was free to use a remote client without the concern that the tuner was in use by some recording on the sever.

With 2.1, the "Close File" Option is still there but it never stops recording. The best I can do is wait out the recording on whatever I chose to "Watch Now" or turn off and restart Sage. Why doesn't 2.1 just work like 2.0 did? 2.0 seemed to be the most intuitive way.

Tom C.

, or mess around with "Mark Watched

What your describing could be a bug. First make sure you are not running in Service mode. Then if that fixes it make sure to submit a bug report.

[edbmdave]

Originally Posted by DRM2PVR

Thank you Andy! Changing the NTFS partition over to a 64k cluster formatting solved the glitching problems entirely. So well, that I'm tempted to try running this on a P2 550 (theres nothing worse than having a stack of antiquated hardware begging to be used for something). Also, thanks for linking the Hauppauge remote help in your signature - it answered my next curiosity as well. Of all the HTPC forums I've posted to for product support, this is definately the most responsive and knowledgable!

Can someone tell me how to change the cluster size to 64K on an NTFS volume? I can not find anywhere to do it short of reformating a drive.

Even then when you install XP it doesn't ask, it assumes a 4k cluster. How do you install and get it to format the drive for 64K?

thanks.

[stanger89]

You may be able to with a 3rd party tool like Acronis Partition Expert (now part of Disk Director).

I know my version (Partition Expert 2003) will let you change cluster size on the fly, but not on NTFS.

But you don't want to change a "normal" drive, 64k clusters are a huge waste if you have a bunch of small files (<64k).

[Opus4]

You can use Partition Magic to resize the clusters too w/o losing your data to a reformat.

stanger89: what do you mean by "on the fly" -- w/o requiring a reboot, reformat, or what?

- Andy

[edbmdave]

I have been unable to get Partition Magic (8.0) to do this on an existing NTFS partition. It always ends with a 1681 error but no specifics. Followed all the Documentation and knowledge base articiles on the error, but have dead ended. It will not do it w/o providing a 1681 error message.

If someone knows another way...?

[stanger89]

Originally Posted by Opus4

stanger89: what do you mean by "on the fly" -- w/o requiring a reboot, reformat, or what?

All of the above