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Originally Posted by mzemina  scythelt - To help the developers out - please provide more information when to state "very unstable." Could you fill out the template for your server and client computers? also provide more details regarding the unstable nature you are witnessing. |
Sure thing -
Client PC:
MediaPortal Version: 0.2-svn
MediaPortal Skin: BlueTwo-wide
Windows Version: XP-Pro SP2
CPU Type: Intel Core2Duo T5600
HDD: Seagate 250Gb
Memory: Corsair 1Gb
Motherboard: Abit IL-90MV
Motherboard Chipset:
Motherboard Bios:
Video Card: Intel GMA950
Video Card Driver:
Sound Card: Realtek TrueHD
Sound Card AC3: Optical
Sound Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec: DScaler5
MPEG2 Audio Codec: AC3Filter
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case: Antec Fusion
Cooling:
Power Supply: Antec 430w
Remote: Harmony 880
TV: Samsung R series 32"
TV - HTPC Connection: VGA
Server PC:
MediaPortal Version: 0.2-svn
MediaPortal Skin: BlueTwo-wide
Windows Version: XP-Pro SP2
CPU Type: AMD Athlon XP 1700+
HDD: Seagate 40Gb + Seagate 80Gb
Memory: Generic 256mb
Motherboard: ABit NF7
Video Card: Leadtek MX440
1. TV Card: DNTV Live Hybrid LP
1. TV Card Type: DVB-T
Power Supply: Standard ATX 230w
The two PCs are connected via a 100mbps wired connection via a router. Windows firewall on both client and server is turned OFF.
The behaviour I'm seeing involves seeking around the timeshift buffer and channel changing. If I go into MyTV and turn the tv "on", it works first go, like a charm. As soon as I try and go backwards or forwards within the timeshift buffer, the stream will start again for about 1sec, then freezes for about a minute - then finally resumes. Sometimes it never resumes the stream at all.
Much the same behaviour on channel changing - if I change the channel, it displays the new channel for about 1sec, then pauses for a minute or more, and eventually resumes playing the stream.
The side-effect of all this is that as soon as I change a channel, I'm waaaay behind livetv - and I can't "catch-up" as it were because if I seek to the end of the timeshift buffer, it pauses for a minute all over again.
I discovered somewhat of a workaround - if I change the channel, then when it pauses, I click the "TV ON" button in MyTV (so it turns the tv off), then click it again (turning the TV stream back on), it starts the stream of the channel virtually instantly.
In practical terms this bug makes it completely impractical to change channels, or move around the timeshift buffer in a pvr style. Recorded tv works very nicely, as does XMLTV and I've been using both of those features with success - but watching recorded tv is somewhat painful because I can't skip through the ads due to the 1-minute pauses.
So overall, it definitely doesn't pass the WAF test
I'm hopeful this problem will have a resolution soon - it is really the only thing that is stopping me from using the MyTV feature fulltime.
I'd have to wait till I get home to check what specific SVN build I'm using - but I have a recollection it's from mid-February.
Cheers.