Re: [Dorset] PVR disk formatting problems

2019-12-07 Thread PeterMerchant via dorset
On 04/02/2019 11:56, PeterMerchant via dorset wrote: On 04/02/2019 11:10, PeterMerchant via dorset wrote: My Humax 9150T PVR is starting to give problems on playback where it skips and hesitates and sometimes the sound is out of sync with the video. Yes it is quite old. I bought a second one

Re: [Dorset] PVR disk formatting problems

2019-02-04 Thread PeterMerchant via dorset
On 04/02/2019 11:10, PeterMerchant via dorset wrote: My Humax 9150T PVR is starting to give problems on playback where it skips and hesitates and sometimes the sound is out of sync with the video. Yes it is quite old. I bought a second one recently to use for a replacement hard disk, but it

Re: [Dorset] PVR disk formatting problems

2019-02-04 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Peter, > My  Humax 9150T PVR is starting to give problems on playback where it > skips and hesitates and sometimes the sound is out of sync with the > video. Yes it is quite old. Google suggests one cause is bad sectors that cause read delays/errors. Writing to those sectors will allow the

Re: [Dorset] PVR disk formatting problems

2019-02-04 Thread tda
Hi Peter On 04/02/2019 11:10, PeterMerchant via dorset wrote: My  Humax 9150T PVR is starting to give problems on playback where it skips and hesitates and sometimes the sound is out of sync with the video. Yes it is quite old. I bought a second one recently to use for a replacement hard

Re: [Dorset] PVR disk formatting problems

2019-02-04 Thread Ian Morris
I would speculate that the disk has hardware issues ... check the SMART data with smartctl. Out of sync audio is a classic sign of corruption on a DVB-T stream in my experience ... if disk is having a hard time and produces occasional read errors, DVB built in error correction might be making up

[Dorset] PVR disk formatting problems

2019-02-04 Thread PeterMerchant via dorset
My  Humax 9150T PVR is starting to give problems on playback where it skips and hesitates and sometimes the sound is out of sync with the video. Yes it is quite old. I bought a second one recently to use for a replacement hard disk, but it worked so well I put in use on the downstairs TV for