Posts by L David Matheny

Quote:Originally Posted by andydrew So I assume you also believe that all should be well if the AF drive is formatted by the TIvX? If the TIvX formats and uses the AF drive so that all reads and writes start on 4096-byte boundaries,...

Quote:Originally Posted by andydrew Assuming the TViX runs some form of Linux this shouldn't be an issue. The drive was never manipulated with Windows XP since it was never connected to a computer nor cloned. It came right out of...

Quote:Originally Posted by Ron A caveat on the premiere line, in case this matters to you - note that it does not accept antenna input! only cable. I have no reason to talk you out of premiere, just wanted to make sure you know...

Quote:Originally Posted by Goes to 11 However---and here is where it gets interesting and confusing---on one of the two recordings from last night, and on several recordings made previously, after viewing the start of the recording...

Quote:Originally Posted by bleyer2 If this was a healthy PAL what should it do on startup? What lights flash first and how long? Does the fan stopping at same time lights go out mean anything? Does the splash screen appearing...

Quote:Originally Posted by bleyer2 Had one more idea. I disconnected the data cable to HDD, then powered up. Hangs. Then disconnected power cable to HDD, then powered up. Hangs. Logically this tells me the HDD is not the core...

Quote:Originally Posted by Michael1138 --- While playing a recorded show, if I bring up Tivo Central, is there a way to exit that screen without going to My Shows and choosing the show and hitting Resume? Seems like an awful lot of...

Quote:Originally Posted by videobruce So, re-formatting the drive has no effect, correct? No reformatting by the user will cause the drive to use unblocked 512-byte sectors instead of blocked 4096-byte sectors. And if such low-level...

Quote:Originally Posted by Goes to 11 Kei recommended using a Caviar Green (I think). Yes, they come out of the box with "advanced format" but my understanding is that once you reformat as NTFS, that becomes meaningless. The...

Quote:Originally Posted by BIGA$$TV From time to time episode numbers are crucial. I've recording some series out of order that have the same (limited) program information. So, it's really necessary to have the episode numbers to...