# Plex DVR Recordings fail immediately after they begin

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-dvr-recordings-fail-immediately-after-they-begin/533447>\
**Category:** Live TV & DVR\
**Tags:** livetv-dvr\
**Created:** [January 27, 2020, 3:31am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-dvr-recordings-fail-immediately-after-they-begin/533447 "2020-01-27T03:31:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![dezurtdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@dezurtdog](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dezurtdog)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 3:31am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-dvr-recordings-fail-immediately-after-they-begin/533447/1 "2020-01-27T03:31:25Z")

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Immediately after recording begins, it fails. My tuner is the HD homerun Quattro. Logs attached

[Plex Media Server Logs\_2020-01-26\_20-22-34 2.zip](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/5EjI06hlDm6btnGKZ8btQOckf8S.zip) (4.6 MB)

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**Author:** ![pl\_5309](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2bfe46/32.png) [@pl\_5309](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pl_5309)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-dvr-recordings-fail-immediately-after-they-begin/533447/2 "2020-01-27T14:06:57Z")

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Change your trans-coder directory to be the same as your TV directory.

```auto
Jan 26, 2020 20:00:00.071 [10781] WARN - Low disk space: 28GB source file, 11.05GB capacity, 3.41GB available on "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.plexapp.mediaserver.smb/cache/Transcode/Sessions"
Jan 26, 2020 20:00:00.071 [10781] ERROR - Grabber: Not enough free space in "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.plexapp.mediaserver.smb/cache/Transcode/Sessions"

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-dvr-recordings-fail-immediately-after-they-begin/533447/3 "2020-04-26T14:07:04Z")

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