MyTV: TV-cards are loosing signal - TESTSCENARIO 1

[infinityloop]

UPDATE: 16.06.2006
The developers have started to fix this issue.
please use latest svn!!
then run throught the testplan and post your results with log's

Please also have a look at the ::2nd Testscenario:: for this issue


Testplan Info:

Version: final
last time edited: 09-06-2006
required Mediaportal Version: 0.2 RC4 with latest SVN-snapshot
Module: MyTV
Issue: TV-cards are loosing signal TESTSCENARIO 1

additional Preparations needed:

• installed Media Portal 0.2 RC4 with latest SVN-snapshot

Important:

1. Read this information before you start ::click::
2. please do not use the InterVideo codec for this test. switching more than 21 with this codec can lead to a VMR7 (or crash in quartz.dll). this issue is allready known.
3. change TV Channel MyTV at least 30 times

:::::::::Testplan Preparations:::::::::

in config -> television set:
----Video Codec Type & Version: MPV filter
----Audio Codec Type & Version: MPA filter

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info:

your hardware specification will be added automatically to your reply, please add following informations:

SVN-Snapshot: date of the SVN-Snapshot you use for testing

1. Start MediaPortal, go to MyTV and tune any tv-channel:
-----Picture is | black | stuttering | freezed | playing
-----Audio is | mute | stuttering | playing
-----notes:
2. switch the TV-Channel at least 30 times, or until "no signal" message.
-----got "no signal" message: | no | yes, after switch nr.X |
-----notes:

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please do not forget to attach the log file exported with the MP TestTool!

for testing

[nitro]

Windows Version: Windows XP SP2
CPU Type: Intel PentiumIV 2.0GHz
Memory: 2x256MB DDR
Motherboard: Dell Optiplex GX260
Motherboard Chipset: Intel i845G
Motherboard Bios: A02
Video Card: Radeon 9250
Video Card Driver: 6.14.10.6583
Sound Card: SoundMAX Integrated Audio
Sound Card AC3: no AC3
Sound Card Driver: 5.12.1.3538
1. TV Card: ComproDVB-T300
1. TV Card Type: DVB-T
1. TV Card Driver: 1.3.1.23
Video Codec: MPV
Audio Codec: MPA
Remote: Compro
TV: TEAC 68CM CRT
TV - HTPC Connection: Component

SVN-Snapshot: 05-29-2006--09-30

1. Start MediaPortal, go to MyTV and tune any tv-channel:
-----Picture is | playing
-----Audio is | playing
-----notes:
2. use timeshift to move forward and backward in the buffer:
-----Picture is | playing
-----Audio is | playing
-----notes:
3. switch the channel a few times:
-----Picture is | stuttering
-----Audio is | stuttering
-----notes: stuttering is corrected after about 3-5 seconds and then plays smoothly. then every 2-3 minutes a 0.5 second pause occurs and live TV continues
4. after at least 3 hours of running MyTV:
-----Picture is | playing
-----Audio is | playing
-----notes: as above, about every 2-3 minutes a slight stutter occurs but the live tv continues to play

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[Svorsken]

:::::::::Testplan Preparations:::::::::

in config -> television set:
----Cyberlink Video/SP Decoder (ATI)
----DScaler Audio Decoder

:::::::::Testplan start:::::::::

info: Have tryed Nero Video Decoder HD but that decoder shows black
screen with Playing Audio in timeshift.


SVN-Snapshot: mediaportal-svn-05-31-2006--01-02

1. Start MediaPortal, go to MyTV and tune any tv-channel:
-----Picture is: playing
-----Audio is: playing
-----notes:
2. use timeshift to move forward and backward in the buffer:
-----Picture is: ERROR MP shutdown (not happend before)
-----Audio is
-----notes: I was pressing the Pause button on my remote
3. switch the channel a few times:
-----Picture is: playing
-----Audio is: playing
-----notes:
4. after 55 min. of running MyTV:
-----Picture is: black
-----Audio is: off
-----notes: This happend after 55 min. its often do this under the fist hour

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[speedorhaste]

:::::::::Testplan start:::::::::

info:

Windows Version: Windows XP SP2
CPU Type: AMD Athlon 64 3200+
Memory: 1x512MB DDR
Motherboard: A8V Deluxe (ASUSTeK Computer Inc.)
Motherboard Chipset: K8T800P
Motherboard Bios: AMI 1017.002
Video Card: Radeon 9550 (256 MB)
Video Card Driver: 6.14.10.6546
Sound Card: Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA (R) Audio Controller
Sound Card AC3: no AC3 used
Sound Card Driver: Realtek 5.10.0.5530
1. TV Card: DNTV Live! LP BDA DVB-T
1. TV Card Type: DVB-T
1. TV Card Driver: Renura Enterprises 2.61.0.3
Video Codec: MPV
Audio Codec: MPA
Satelite/CableTV Provider: none
HTPC Case: PC only
Power Supply: Generic
Remote: none
TV: IBM LCD Monito
TV - HTPC Connection: Sub-D

SVN-Snapshot: 3 June 2006 1.00 am

1. Start MediaPortal, go to MyTV and tune any tv-channel:
-----Picture is playing
-----Audio is playing
-----notes:
2. use timeshift to move forward and backward in the buffer:
-----Picture is playing
-----Audio is playing
-----notes: time shift occurring smoother than ever previously experienced
3. switch the channel a few times:
-----Picture is playing
-----Audio is playing
-----notes: Channel change takes approximately 10 seconds - no worse than usual
4. after 7 hours of running MyTV:
-----Picture is stuttering
-----Audio is stuttering
-----notes: stuttering first occured after an hour and a half. Fixed stuttering by pausing and recommencing play. Stuttering reoccurred several times during the 7 hour test

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[trannel]

Windows Version: XP PRO 2002 SP 2
CPU Type: Intel P 3.6 GHz
Memory: 2 GByte DDR533
Motherboard: DELL XPS4
Motherboard Chipset: DELL XPS4
Motherboard Bios: DELL XPS4
Video Card: RADEON X850XT PE
Video Card Driver: 8.162.0.0
Sound Card: Audigy 2 ZS
Sound Card AC3: Audigy 2 ZS
Sound Card Driver: 5.12.8.1164
1. TV Card: Twinhan Cab-CI
1. TV Card Type: DVB-C
1. TV Card Driver: 1.2.3.8
2. TV Card:
2. TV Card Type:
2. TV Card Driver:
Video Codec: MPV
Audio Codec: MPA
Satelite/CableTV Provider: ComHem
HTPC Case:
Power Supply: DELL XPS4
Remote:
TV: SAMSUNG M51 42 LCD
TV - HTPC Connection: VGA D-SUB

SVN-Snapshot: 02-06-2006

1. Start MediaPortal, go to MyTV and tune any tv-channel:
-----Picture is playing
-----Audio is playing
-----notes:
2. use timeshift to move forward and backward in the buffer:
-----Picture is playing
-----Audio is playing
-----notes:
3. switch the channel a few times:
-----Picture is freezed
-----Audio is | mute
-----notes: MediaPortal completely locked up, i had to Ctrl-Alt-Del and end the "No responding" Media portal. The lock up happened when i got a "no signal" on one channel and tried to switch away from that channel.

/trannel

[simmo]

Windows Version: WinXP Pro SP2
CPU Type: AMD64 K8 754
Memory: 1GB Geil
Motherboard: MSI K8TM-ILSR
Motherboard Chipset: VIA K8T800
Motherboard Bios: MSI
Video Card: ATI RADEON 9550 AGP
Video Card Driver: 6.14.0010.6542
Sound Card: Realtek AC97 Audio
Sound Card AC3: Realtek AC97 Audio
Sound Card Driver: 5.10.0000.5760
1. TV Card: DVICO DVB-T Plus
1. TV Card Type: DVB-T
1. TV Card Driver: 3.30.01
2. TV Card:
2. TV Card Type:
2. TV Card Driver:
Video Codec: MPV Filter
Audio Codec: MPA Filter
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case:
Power Supply:
Remote:
TV:
TV - HTPC Connection:

:::::::::Testplan Preparations:::::::::

in config -> television set:
----Video Codec Type & Version: MPV filter
----Audio Codec Type & Version: MPA filter

:::::::::Testplan start:::::::::

SVN-Snapshot: svn-06-03-2006--20-05

1. Start MediaPortal, go to MyTV and tune any tv-channel:
-----Picture is | playing
-----Audio is | playing
-----notes: video stuttering every two seconds or so with MPV TV Defaults. Set de-interlace to auto. Now OK. Tests performed with new settings. Never had this problem ever before. Always used "best" previously.
2. use timeshift to move forward and backward in the buffer:
-----Picture is | playing
-----Audio is | playing
-----notes: smoothest it has ever been.
3. switch the channel a few times:
-----Picture is | playing
-----Audio is | playing
-----notes: some channels returned "no signal detected" but OK after some 10sec or so. More evident when timeshift is on.
4. after 8hrs minimum hours of running MyTV:
-----Picture is | playing
-----Audio is | playing
-----notes: recorded a three hour program during this time without any problems except a few "stutters" in video.

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[Aquarius]

Windows Version: Windows XP SP2
CPU Type: AMD Athlon 2500
Memory: 2x256MB CORSAIR TWINX
Motherboard: ASUS A7N8X
Motherboard Chipset: NFORCE2
Motherboard Bios: 10.1
Video Card: Radeon 9600SE
Video Card Driver: CATALYST 5.7: 6.14.10.6553
Sound Card: onboard nVIDIA mcp-t
Sound Card AC3: ( no AC3)
Sound Card Driver: 4.42
1. TV Card: PVR350
1. TV Card Driver: 1.18.21.23257
Video Codec: MPV
Audio Codec: MPA
Remote: MCE
TV: ( none )
TV - HTPC Connection: (none)


SVN-Snapshot: mediaportal-svn-06-04-2006--14-26

Timeshifting ON:

1. Start MediaPortal, go to MyTV and tune any tv-channel:
-----Picture is | playing
-----Audio is | playing
-----notes:

2. use timeshift to move forward and backward in the buffer:

----Picture is playing
-----Audio is playing
-----notes:

3. switch the channel a few times:

----- Picture is | playing, some small stuttering at the beginning. Guess its

normal.
----- Audio is | playing

-----notes: stuttering is corrected after about 3-5 seconds and then plays

smoothly.


4. after 5:44 hours of running MyTV:

-----Picture is playing
-----Audio is playing

-----notes: PERFECT !!!

[imported_TFD]

Windows Version: XP pro5.1.26 SP2
CPU Type: Intel P4 2.4Ghz
Memory: 1 GB
Motherboard: ASRock P4I45D
Motherboard Chipset:
Motherboard Bios: AMI P2.20
Video Card: NVIDIA Geoforce MX 440
Video Card Driver: 6.14.10.8421
Sound Card: C-Media AC97
Sound Card AC3: no AC3
Sound Card Driver: 5.12.1.49
1. TV Card: Hauppage MCE500
1. TV Card Type: analog
1. TV Card Driver: 2.0.43.24108
2. TV Card: Hauppage MCE500
2. TV Card Type: analog
2. TV Card Driver: 2.0.43.24108
Video Codec: MPV
Audio Codec: MPA
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case:
Power Supply:
Remote: MCE
TV: JVC
TV - HTPC Connection:


:::::::::Testplan Preparations:::::::::

in config -> television set:
----Video Codec Type & Version: MPV filter
----Audio Codec Type & Version: MPA filter

:::::::::Testplan start:::::::::

info:


SVN-Snapshot: 0.2.0.0 RC4$CVS-04.06.2006- 0:57:52,31 (2006-06-04)

1. Start MediaPortal, go to MyTV and tune any tv-channel:
-----Picture is | black |
-----Audio is | playing |
-----notes:
2. use timeshift to move forward and backward in the buffer:
-----Picture is | black |
-----Audio is | playing |
-----notes:
3. switch the channel a few times:
-----Picture is | black |
-----Audio is | playing |
-----notes:
4. after X (insert the value please, at least 6 hours) hours of running MyTV:
-----Picture is | black |
-----Audio is | playing |
-----notes:

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[imported_scubefr]

French member result : efradin

MediaPortal Version: 0.2.0.0 RC4$CVS-02.06.2006- 0:58:21,32
(2006-06-02)
MediaPortal Skin: mce
Windows Version: Windows XP (SP2)
.NET CLR Version: 2.0.50727
DirectX Version: 4.09.00.0904 (9.0c)
Audio Codec: MPA Decoder Filter
Video Codec: MPV Decoder Filter
CPU Type: AMD Athlon 64 3000+
Memory: 1 GB
Motherboard: A8V Deluxe (ASUSTeK Computer Inc.)
TV Card Model: PVR150 plus WinTV Nova-t
TV Card Type: -
TV Card Driver: -
Video Card Model: Nvidia Geforce 6600 GT (128 MB)
Video Card Driver: -
Video Card Resolution: 800x600
Video Render Type: VMR9
Audio Card Model: Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA (R) Audio Controller


SVN-Snapshot :02.06.2006

1. Start MediaPortal, go to MyTV and tune any tv-channel:
-----Picture is playing
-----Audio is playing
-----notes:
2. use timeshift to move forward and backward in the buffer:
-----Picture is playing
-----Audio is playing
-----notes:
3. switch the channel a few times:
-----Picture is playing
-----Audio is playing
-----notes:
4. after 20 minutes of running MyTV:
-----Picture is black
-----Audio is mute
-----notes: MP posts a message: loss of signal then the image returns normal but with regular freeze This occurs especially on TF1 and M6 (presence of freeze then loss of signal) That occurred once on France 3 with the same message and after I noted that values of the PID were given to 0

[petteram]

Windows Version: Windows XP SP2 Norwegian
CPU Type: P4 2.8GHz
Memory: 1024
Motherboard: MSI 848P Neo-V
Motherboard Chipset: Intel® 848P
Motherboard Bios:
Video Card: Gigabyte 6600GT silentpipe
Video Card Driver: 84.21
Sound Card: HDA Digital X-Mystique 7.1 Gold
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: FloppyDTV-S
1. TV Card Type: Hardvare
1. TV Card Driver: 4.2.0
Video Codec: Nvidia 1.02-196
Audio Codec: Nvidia 1.02-196
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Canal digital/Thor 2/3 at 1.0°W
HTPC Case: Silverstone LC13
Power Supply: Mist 500W
Remote: Microsoft MCE
TV: Fujitsu-Siemens Myrica 32" LCD
TV - HTPC Connection: DVI

SVN-Snapshot: 06-04-2006--01-01

1. Start MediaPortal, go to MyTV and tune any tv-channel:
-----Picture is: playing
-----Audio is: playing
-----notes:
2. use timeshift to move forward and backward in the buffer:
-----Picture is: playing
-----Audio is: playing
-----notes:
3. switch the channel a few times:
-----Picture is: freezing
-----Audio is: ditto
-----notes: this is the main problem. Can change channels a couple of times, but
it always freezes after some time. Turn off computer for 30sec. to get floppyDTV
to work again.
4. after 24 hours. of running MyTV:
-----Picture is: playing
-----Audio is: playing
-----notes: This has never been a problem. Can leave tv on for days.

I`m using Nvidia decoder for picture and sound, but changed to mpv
for this test. Results are the same.

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