Glitchy radio (unlistenable)

[pierremenard]

MediaPortal Version: 2.1.0.0 Rev 11705
MediaPortal Skin:
Windows Version: Windows XP SP2
CPU Type: Intel Celeron 2Ghz
HDD: Maxtor Dmax10 160gb Sata2
Memory: 2 x 256 MB
Motherboard: MSI Hetis 865GV
Motherboard Chipset: Intel 865
Motherboard Bios: AMI Bios 5.1
Video Card: Onboard Intel 865
Video Card Driver: Latest
Sound Card: Onboard Realtek through SPDIF
Sound Card AC3: SPDIF
Sound Card Driver: Latest
1. TV Card: Pinnacle 310i
1. TV Card Type: Analog (not used) - DVB-T
1. TV Card Driver: 1.3.3
2. TV Card:
2. TV Card Type:
2. TV Card Driver:
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec: MPV
MPEG2 Audio Codec: MPA
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case: MSI Hetis
Cooling:
Power Supply: MSI Hetis
Remote: Pinnacle 310i Remote
TV: Wall Projector
TV - HTPC Connection: Composite (VGA)


Since SVN of 3-4 days ago, it's not possibile to listen to analog radio. The sound is very glitchy and very often interrupted.

In task manager I can see that there's a processor overwork, due -I think- do coding and decoding of signal, since I've got a software encoding card (as you can see).

Anyway, I tried to disable animation, thinking this could be the source of my problem (2 weeks ago I had no problem in listening to radio). But it did not solve the problem.

So I try to get the remote graph, and look if there were problem there. Graphedit show me 2 remote graph:

- The first -expected- of analog radio, with a %audio coder% and a %video coder% and then an output to my sound card
- The second -unexpected- of dvbt. But tv was off

These are my questions:

- Is it ok to have a graph active for dvbt even if tv is off? Could this explain the impossibility of listening to radio?
- Is it ok to have a %video coder% active in the graph when I listen to radio (and there's no video, of course)?

Thank you very much for your attention and very apprecieted work!

F.

p.s. moreover, a feature request. While there's no possibility of timeshifting & recording of analog radio, is it necessary to have the audio signal coded and then decoded?

[Sergi Pinyol]

Try using the driver 3xHybrid.sys version 1.3.3.1 downloaded from Terratec site
(PTV 380 WHQL Driver). Simply replace the file and reboot.

[rtv]

do that ^^

Is it ok to have a graph active for dvbt even if tv is off

yes - since MP "caches" all available graphs for faster startup.

Please also try to deactivate the gui render thread in general setup.

[pierremenard]

Originally Posted by rtv

do that ^^


yes - since MP "caches" all available graphs for faster startup.

Please also try to deactivate the gui render thread in general setup.

Changing the driver lead to a "unable to create graph for this device" for the analog part of the 310i (in setup), while dvbt seems to be unaffected.
I tried to de-activate the thread, but nothing changed... seems I have to change my pc

F.