MyTV: TV-cards are loosing signal - TESTSCENARIO 1

[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: 91.31 Release Date: June 23, 2006
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
Audio Codec: Nvidia
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: 2006-06-17
FloppyDTV Firmware: 1-1-1-B23850

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1. Start MediaPortal, go to MyTV and tune any tv-channel:
-----Picture is playing
-----Audio is playing
-----notes:Test started with "C More HD channel" a test channel for HDTV.
2. switch the TV-Channel at least 30 times, or until "no signal" message.
-----got "no signal" message: None, works perfect.
-----notes: " a couple of channels hadnt start broadcasting yet, but didnt get a "no signal" message. Just black screen and mute sound.
Not sure if I`m all that happy with the new Nvidia driver.
Picture quality seems a bit "down" compared to the previous driver.

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[hoppy]

Windows Version: Windows XP Pro SP2
CPU Type: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+
Memory: 1GB PC3200 (Kingston)
Motherboard: Shuttle FT20 (proprietary)
Motherboard Chipset: ATi Radeon XPRESS 200 + ULi 1573
Motherboard Bios: FT20S018
Video Card: ATi Radeon X800
Video Card Driver: 8.252.0.0
Sound Card: Realtek High Definiation Audio (Onboard)
Sound Card AC3: Not sure, none I would say.
Sound Card Driver: 5.10.0.5116
1. TV Card: FloppyDTV
1. TV Card Type: DVB-S
1. TV Card Driver: Driver version: BDA 4.2.0
2. TV Card: Twinhan VisionDTV PCI
2. TV Card Type: DVB-T
2. TV Card Driver: 1.2.3.8
Video Codec: MPV
Audio Codec: MPA
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Sky (with Dragon CAM) for DVB-S, UK Freeview for DVB-T
HTPC Case: Shuttle ST20G5
Power Supply: Silent X 240W
Remote: FloppyDTV
TV: LG RZ-32LZ55
TV - HTPC Connection: DVI

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info:

SVN-Snapshot: mediaportal-svn-06-24-2006--01-02

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

I thought that I'd gather some logs for you developers and continued testing even though I'd got the no signal message. I'm back with the latest SVN. Here is a log of my activity, a "v" at the end of the line denotes the visionDTV tuner and a "f" at the end denotes the floppyDTV.

1 - ok v
2 - ok v
3 - ok v
4 - ok v
5 - ok f
6 - no sig f
7 - didn't get the no signal message, but have stutering audio, no video, f
8 - ok f
9 - ok f
10 - ok f
11 - no sig f
12 - no sig f
13 - ok v
14 - ok v
15 - ok v
16 - no sig - audio played for 5 secs, no video f
17 - no sig f
18 - no sig - sutering audio, no video, f
19 - ok f
20 - ok f
21 - ok f
22 - ok f
23 - ok v
24 - ok f
25 - ok f
26 - ok v
27 - no sig f
28 - no sig f
29 - no sig f
30 - ok v
31 - no sig - have horrible noise like half a second of audio being repeated every second - after 20 seconds have very corrupted video, see attached picture. Got no signal again after about a minuite.
32 - no sig, still have horrible noise. This now requires me to run myTheatre to fix the floppyDTV.


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[Broceliande]

hey petteram !

FloppyDTV Firmware: 1-1-1-B23850

Happy to see you could downgrade it

-----got "no signal" message: None, works perfect.

He he , we do like such reports.

Not sure if I`m all that happy with the new Nvidia driver.
Picture quality seems a bit "down" compared to the previous driver.

Mpod reported that too... don't remember the reason, however

[Broceliande]

Hoppy , as i-loop reported it , you should downgrade your floppy fw to 1-1-1.
The lastest fw release is buggy with MP. I believe that Infiny loop posted in this forum about that.

[hoppy]

Windows Version: Windows XP Pro SP2
CPU Type: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+
Memory: 1GB PC3200 (Kingston)
Motherboard: Shuttle FT20 (proprietary)
Motherboard Chipset: ATi Radeon XPRESS 200 + ULi 1573
Motherboard Bios: FT20S018
Video Card: ATi Radeon X800
Video Card Driver: 8.252.0.0
Sound Card: Realtek High Definiation Audio (Onboard)
Sound Card AC3: Not sure, none I would say.
Sound Card Driver: 5.10.0.5116
1. TV Card: FloppyDTV
1. TV Card Type: DVB-S
1. TV Card Driver: Driver version: BDA 4.2.0
2. TV Card: Twinhan VisionDTV PCI
2. TV Card Type: DVB-T
2. TV Card Driver: 1.2.3.8
Video Codec: MPV
Audio Codec: MPA
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Sky (with Dragon CAM) for DVB-S, UK Freeview for DVB-T
HTPC Case: Shuttle ST20G5
Power Supply: Silent X 240W
Remote: FloppyDTV
TV: LG RZ-32LZ55
TV - HTPC Connection: DVI

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info:

SVN-Snapshot: mediaportal-svn-06-17-2006--23-16

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

After petterams reported success with the snapshot from the 17th I'd thought I'd give it a go. Its much, much beter here is what I found:

2 - video is frozen, no audio. Waiting 20 seconds and timeshifting back 15 seconds resolves this. f
13 - didn't actaully change channel... replayed the buffer from the previous channel and then stopped, you can timeshift in this buffer. f
21 - picture is frozen. After 20 or so seconds and timeshift forward and back, but the just get a single frame, it dosn't actaully play. f
26 - blank screen, no audio, didn't get the no-signal message and the channel should be broadcasting. after about 35 seconds started getting stuttering audio. This channel dosn't require the CI, could this all be a CI issue? After a further 30 seconds, start getting stuttering video as well. f
28 - same as 26 (same channel) f
30 - no sig! same channel as 26 and 28. get stutering audio after 30 seconds.




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[hoppy]

Hi Broceliande, I have already downgraded, I-loop asked me to in a PM about a week or two ago.

[petteram]

Quote:


-----got "no signal" message: None, works perfect.

He he , we do like such reports.

Does the logs make any sence? What happend to SVN later than 06-17?

[Broceliande]

Petteram , there was a difference from 06-17 until 03-22. PMT wasn't always sent.
As it seems it must be for dvb-s, i undid that pmt changes : all svn after 06-23 should be ok. Could you test the very last one, for example?
Also , there were many svns on 06-17 (many changes that day) , wich one did you use for this report ?

[hoppy]

Broceliande,

I have already tried the latest SVN build (mediaportal-svn-06-24-2006--01-02) and it was not good for the floppyDTV. I've submitted to test reports on this build as well.

Maybe it was something else?

[petteram]

Broceliande:

Petteram , there was a difference from 06-17 until 03-22. PMT wasn't always sent.
As it seems it must be for dvb-s, i undid that pmt changes : all svn after 06-23 should be ok. Could you test the very last one, for example?
Also , there were many svns on 06-17 (many changes that day) , wich one did you use for this report ?

Its the 2006-06-17 23:15
Some rare stutter is the only matter.....