MINI Recording freezes after 1 minute

chief77

Newbie
Hi, I recently signed up to an IPTV provider and the service is great except for one thing. I can't record!

My picture is perfect on all channels but whenever I try to record a programme it will be fine for 2 mins and then the picture will freeze and the recording will stop. This happens every single time.

I have a 500gb external hd plugged into the back of my edision os mini and it is initialised, mounted, swap file etc. Recording and Timeshift settings are set correctly also. Anybody have any idea why I can't record. It's driving me mad! Thanks.
 
You dont need swapfile on the better boxes ,is your hdd by usb only or externally powered?
usb or hdd need to be setup ext3 - ext4 to be used correctly,not sure with iptv but cable and sat one can record.
 
I had a USB Toshiba 500G happily connected to my mini for quite a few months,
Are you recording the same channel you are watching,?
If not, does your IPTV sub allow recording a 2nd channel,?

EDIT : what sort of internet speed do you have,? It may not be fast enough for 2 streams at once.
 
If not, does your IPTV sub allow recording a 2nd channel,?
With this in mind, ask your IPTV provider to add multiroom to your sub for 24 hours as your are trying to record IPTV. If it works you will be happy to pay the difference for multiroom.

I have found that without a multiroom sub, it will work from a timer with the box in standby and sometimes when you change to a sat / cable channel before the recording starts.
 
I had a USB Toshiba 500G happily connected to my mini for quite a few months,
Are you recording the same channel you are watching,?
If not, does your IPTV sub allow recording a 2nd channel,?

EDIT : what sort of internet speed do you have,? It may not be fast enough for 2 streams at once.
I have speeds of about 30mb. I tried recording an iptv station and then changing to a satellite station immediately but that didn't work either. Not sure if provider allows recording a second channel.
 
go into your storage device when you add your usb you have to initialise it and then gives you the option ext3 - ext4 which is needed for recordings.
If you check your mounts--mount manager your usb should have
Type ext4 R/W correct protocol for recording.
 
Yes, just checked. The usb is ext4 R/W. It seems my IPTV provider does allow recording a second channel as well. I've just been in the help group and everybody else using the service has no problem recording (the majority of them seem to have zgemma boxes though. One other guy is having the same problem as me and he too has an os mini? Coincidence?
 
Alright. Thanks for your help men. I'll ask provider about multiroom tomorrow and see if that fixes it. Goodnight!
 
try woosh builds or willow ...i found ipab is behind with some plugins and that...i moved to both mentioned not a problemo ..runs sweet..xtrend and my pals have os mini and mega ..flying machines lol..zgemmas run abit slower but do the job ..but its everybodys on preferance dosent take long tae reflash pal
 
Maybe setup a usb and see if that records as i have seen more posts of passports not recording but adding a usb powered one works.
 
mate you don't need multiroom to record , when you press record on the required iptv channel , immediately get out of iptv , and go into a freeview channel on 28.2 , as long as you only view freeview channels on 28.2 ,your iptv selected channel will stay recording .
 
mate you don't need multiroom to record , when you press record on the required iptv channel , immediately get out of iptv , and go into a freeview channel on 28.2 , as long as you only view freeview channels on 28.2 ,your iptv selected channel will stay recording .
Tried that babs but still no joy. It just records blank and says there is 1079 minutes still left to view. Very frustrating!
 
sorry mate works for me everytime , only other thing I can suggest as was mentioned above already is a multiroom sub.
 
sorry mate works for me everytime , only other thing I can suggest as was mentioned above already is a multiroom sub.
Thanks. I saw this as a solution online to my problem but I'm afraid to try it in case I muck the whole thing up. Does this post make any sense to people?

"Hi I finally figured out how to sort out the blank recording issue and I hope this fix can be used to sort other twin tuner problems people are having.

Here is a guide explaining what you need to do.

1. Go into menu, TSpanel,Softcams and check your CCcam version if it is 2.1.3 then this should work.

2.If CCcam 2.3.0 is installed highlight it and press start the indicator should turn from red to green.

If CCcam 2.3.0 is not listed then press install ( blue button ) and highlight it in the list and then install.When it is loaded into Softcams follow step 2.

3.Exit out of the menus and reboot.

4.When it has started up again go back into Softcams and check that CCcam 2.3.0 is still green and exit menu.

Your box should now have a fully functional twin tuner setup allowing you to watch and record any channel you have access to."
 
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