xtrend auto timer

It could affect it if you are getting your EPG from the internet (rytec etc) rather than on air, but so long as your receiver is still connected to the net then it wouldn't be causing the issue if it is still getting the EPG updates.

Not sure what could have caused it but a coulple of things to check would be the hard drive - maybe try to record something manually to see if this works, also look at your timer events to make sure autotimer is polling correctly and the HDD path is as it should be.

In the timer events that are set up by the autotimer, do the recording paths match that of your HDD?

So when you do a manual recording it works and records to /hdd/movie ? and when you set up autotimer it sets it up as a future event to record in /hdd/movie ? if you set up a recording without using the autotimer does this do the same and set up to record on the same path?- I assume the time and date are set correctly? When you go to watch the recorded items, it is set up from /hdd/movie and the manual recordings are there?

Another thing is it could be trying to record from a tuner or service that isn't working

if that is the case then i am wondering if it is more to to with a tuner config issue, because if you try to record from the channel you are watching it records. Are you on a twin tuner setup?

possibly is the issue then - have you looked at your tuner configuration to see that both tuners are as they should and checked the connections?

to check this further you can try in tuner config to disable one tuner and leave the other one enabled - for example if when you are watching telly and this is fine and you are using tuner A - try disabling this tuner leaving tuner B enabled. If tuner B is working then you have ruled out an issue with the tuner