Weird problem only when recording Smallville

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I have tried recording Smallville from two different RTV units over the
last 3 weeks and each time it only records one minute and stops. There
are no programming conflicts and the machines have no problem recording
other shows. Any ideas?
 
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On Thu, 20 May 2004 09:57:30 GMT, "BruceR" <brNOSPAM@hawaii.com>
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>I have tried recording Smallville from two different RTV units over the
>last 3 weeks and each time it only records one minute and stops. There
>are no programming conflicts and the machines have no problem recording
>other shows. Any ideas?
>

The only ones I've ever had do that, were when there was no video from
the source. You get a "no video detected" error message. You could
check the source (s-video cables come loose more easily).

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On one machine it recorded for a few minutes and the other did give me a
No Video message. However, both machines recorded other shows both
before and after. It's not a cable outage because it happens every week
just for Smallville. Maybe it has something to do with Kryptonite ;)

From:Mark Lloyd
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> On Thu, 20 May 2004 09:57:30 GMT, "BruceR" <brNOSPAM@hawaii.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I have tried recording Smallville from two different RTV units over
>> the last 3 weeks and each time it only records one minute and stops.
>> There are no programming conflicts and the machines have no problem
>> recording other shows. Any ideas?
>>
>
> The only ones I've ever had do that, were when there was no video from
> the source. You get a "no video detected" error message. You could
> check the source (s-video cables come loose more easily).
>
> --
> Mark Lloyd
> http://go.to/notstupid
> http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com
>
> "It is a curious thing that every creed promises a
> paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for
> anyone of civilized taste." -- Evelyn Waugh
 
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On Thu, 20 May 2004 19:47:10 GMT, "BruceR" <brNOSPAM@hawaii.com>
wrote:

>On one machine it recorded for a few minutes and the other did give me a
>No Video message. However, both machines recorded other shows both
>before and after. It's not a cable outage

Power outage? If power came back on, you may find the rest of the show
in a different recording.

>because it happens every week
>just for Smallville. Maybe it has something to do with Kryptonite ;)
>

I have no trouble with that show.

>From:Mark Lloyd
>mlloyd@5xxxmail.com5xxx
>
>> On Thu, 20 May 2004 09:57:30 GMT, "BruceR" <brNOSPAM@hawaii.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I have tried recording Smallville from two different RTV units over
>>> the last 3 weeks and each time it only records one minute and stops.
>>> There are no programming conflicts and the machines have no problem
>>> recording other shows. Any ideas?
>>>
>>
>> The only ones I've ever had do that, were when there was no video from
>> the source. You get a "no video detected" error message. You could
>> check the source (s-video cables come loose more easily).
>>
>> --
>> Mark Lloyd
>> http://go.to/notstupid
>> http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com
>>
>> "It is a curious thing that every creed promises a
>> paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for
>> anyone of civilized taste." -- Evelyn Waugh
>

--
Mark Lloyd
http://go.to/notstupid
http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com

"It is a curious thing that every creed promises a
paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for
anyone of civilized taste." -- Evelyn Waugh
 
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Good thought but no power failure message from units and no indication
from my home automation system which logs power outages. It's a stumper!

From:Mark Lloyd
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> On Thu, 20 May 2004 19:47:10 GMT, "BruceR" <brNOSPAM@hawaii.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On one machine it recorded for a few minutes and the other did give
>> me a No Video message. However, both machines recorded other shows
>> both before and after. It's not a cable outage
>
> Power outage? If power came back on, you may find the rest of the show
> in a different recording.
>
>> because it happens every week
>> just for Smallville. Maybe it has something to do with Kryptonite ;)
>>
>
> I have no trouble with that show.
>
>> From:Mark Lloyd
>> mlloyd@5xxxmail.com5xxx
>>
>>> On Thu, 20 May 2004 09:57:30 GMT, "BruceR" <brNOSPAM@hawaii.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have tried recording Smallville from two different RTV units over
>>>> the last 3 weeks and each time it only records one minute and
>>>> stops. There are no programming conflicts and the machines have no
>>>> problem recording other shows. Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>
>>> The only ones I've ever had do that, were when there was no video
>>> from the source. You get a "no video detected" error message. You
>>> could check the source (s-video cables come loose more easily).
>>>
>>> --
>>> Mark Lloyd
>>> http://go.to/notstupid
>>> http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com
>>>
>>> "It is a curious thing that every creed promises a
>>> paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for
>>> anyone of civilized taste." -- Evelyn Waugh
>>
>
> --
> Mark Lloyd
> http://go.to/notstupid
> http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com
>
> "It is a curious thing that every creed promises a
> paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for
> anyone of civilized taste." -- Evelyn Waugh
 

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"BruceR" <brNOSPAM@hawaii.com> wrote in news:kM8rc.70$AN1.17
@twister.socal.rr.com:

> Good thought but no power failure message from units and no indication
> from my home automation system which logs power outages. It's a stumper!
>

It is obviously the krptonite causing your RTV to record only black <vbg>