Had an odd issue with my Quad yesterday. The Quad was setup to record two 1 hour shows (both at the same time), recordings were fine but both were split into 2 chunks (40mins & 20 mins). I understand that a bad signal can cause this, but the weather was absolutely clear. And there was no power loss that I can see. Given the clear weather and no power loss I don’t understand what could have caused this behavior. Any ideas?
The only time I’ve ever seen this behavior (happens only very rarely) is when a severe storm passes through the area, but this was definitely not the case this time.
An airplane can disrupt the antenna. So can a passing truck. The weather affecting OTA is not only the weather around your immediate area but the weather around the broadcast towers. A lot of stations are changing their antennas due to the repack; in my area ABC has been intermittently interrupted as the antenna crew works. Two summers ago, I experienced OTA disruption for two hours one day as a crew worked on some electrical equipment (transformers and cables) on my street.
Another possibility is a reboot for some reason. Unfortunately since the uptime isn’t available the only way to see if this is the case is to let Tablo support look at the log files.
I had issues with my Tablo dual LIte, worked great for a few weeks, then random reboots - segmented recordings. Support “claimed” my HD was going bad. Tried a different one, same problem. All test showed no problem with first drive, transferred files - no drive issues, exported show via tablo - no drive issues.
I factory reset (not recommending) connected first drive and worked as expected since Oct.
Another possibility, a difficult to determine generic tablo drive issue.