Three annoying bugs in MP ...

ecsfang · 2006-03-31, 06:21

Hi,

First, thanks for all the effort that has been brought into MP! I'm really impressed!

I have been using MP for quite a while, I'm not an advance user, but uses MP to watch DVB. This is a program under heavily development, so bugs comes and goes, but there are three things that annoys me, and I have not seen any comments or suggestions about these in the forums. (Apart from the first one, that has been confirmed a long time ago, but it is still present :-().

With the other ones I have tried to find anything unusual in the logs, but nothing has cought my eye so far.

1. MP crashes when resizeing the window in MyTV (this bug has been present since I first started to test MP (this has also been reported before in the forum)

2. When watching TV, the picture every now and then disappears (after 5-20 minutes), and a dialog (No signal) pops up. Normaly the picture is restored after some 10-20 seconds, but sometimes I have to change channels to restore the picture. But when recording this never happens (i.e. the recorded program is 100% ok, no matter how long it is). I have good reception, and using the Pinnacle Media Center works fine (for viewing that is ;-)).

3. When watching TV, sometimes MP freezes totally when opening the dialog to change channel (e.g. in full screen mode and right click the mouse, MP often freezes when clicking on one of the menu options). 50% of the times I have to kill MP through the taskmanager.

Regards,
Thomas
Area: Media Portal Program
MediaPortal Version: 0.2.0.0 RC3$CVS-26.03.2006- 1:04:28,93 
 (2006-03-26)
MediaPortal Skin: mce
Windows Version: Windows XP (SP2)
.NET CLR Version: 2.0.50727
DirectX Version: 4.09.00.0904 (9.0c)
Audio Codec: MPEG/AC3/DTS/LPCM Audio Decoder
Video Codec: GPL MPEG-1/2 Decoder
CPU Type: Intel Pentium 4 - 3.00GHz
Memory: 1 GB
Motherboard: Blazer (ASUSTeK Computer INC.)
TV Card Model: Pinnacle PCTV 300i
TV Card Type: DVB-T (Hybrid)
TV Card Driver: 1.3.2.0
Video Card Model: RADEON 9800 PRO
Video Card Driver: 6.14.10.6517
Video Card Resolution: 1280x1024
Video Render Type: Overlay
Audio Card Model: Creative Audigy Audio Processor (WDM)
Audio Card Driver: -
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Taipan · 2006-03-31, 06:39

Hi Thomas,

point 1 - I can't comment on, as I never have a need to resize MP with TV on.

point 2 - I thought had been fixed? I notice that you have a fairly recent CVS installed - maybe it is worth trying a CVS after this weekend to see if you still get this? It is an issue that only seems to effect some users... :?

point 3 - I have never experienced this, and can't recall seeing any bug reports on this issue.
Does it also occur with other skins?
Have you applied all the fixes and patches listed under "Tips & Tricks"?
Is your video driver the latest available?
Is that the only OSD that causes MP to freeze?

2006-03-31, 06:21	#1 (permalink)
ecsfang Portal Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Sweden Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Three annoying bugs in MP ... Hi, First, thanks for all the effort that has been brought into MP! I'm really impressed! I have been using MP for quite a while, I'm not an advance user, but uses MP to watch DVB. This is a program under heavily development, so bugs comes and goes, but there are three things that annoys me, and I have not seen any comments or suggestions about these in the forums. (Apart from the first one, that has been confirmed a long time ago, but it is still present :-(). With the other ones I have tried to find anything unusual in the logs, but nothing has cought my eye so far. 1. MP crashes when resizeing the window in MyTV (this bug has been present since I first started to test MP (this has also been reported before in the forum) 2. When watching TV, the picture every now and then disappears (after 5-20 minutes), and a dialog (No signal) pops up. Normaly the picture is restored after some 10-20 seconds, but sometimes I have to change channels to restore the picture. But when recording this never happens (i.e. the recorded program is 100% ok, no matter how long it is). I have good reception, and using the Pinnacle Media Center works fine (for viewing that is ;-)). 3. When watching TV, sometimes MP freezes totally when opening the dialog to change channel (e.g. in full screen mode and right click the mouse, MP often freezes when clicking on one of the menu options). 50% of the times I have to kill MP through the taskmanager. Regards, Thomas Area: Media Portal Program MediaPortal Version: 0.2.0.0 RC3$CVS-26.03.2006- 1:04:28,93 (2006-03-26) MediaPortal Skin: mce Windows Version: Windows XP (SP2) .NET CLR Version: 2.0.50727 DirectX Version: 4.09.00.0904 (9.0c) Audio Codec: MPEG/AC3/DTS/LPCM Audio Decoder Video Codec: GPL MPEG-1/2 Decoder CPU Type: Intel Pentium 4 - 3.00GHz Memory: 1 GB Motherboard: Blazer (ASUSTeK Computer INC.) TV Card Model: Pinnacle PCTV 300i TV Card Type: DVB-T (Hybrid) TV Card Driver: 1.3.2.0 Video Card Model: RADEON 9800 PRO Video Card Driver: 6.14.10.6517 Video Card Resolution: 1280x1024 Video Render Type: Overlay Audio Card Model: Creative Audigy Audio Processor (WDM) Audio Card Driver: - Synopsis::

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2006-03-31, 06:39	#2 (permalink)
Taipan Portal Tester Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,949 Thanks: 4 Thanked 15 Times in 15 Posts Country: My System	Hi Thomas, point 1 - I can't comment on, as I never have a need to resize MP with TV on. point 2 - I thought had been fixed? I notice that you have a fairly recent CVS installed - maybe it is worth trying a CVS after this weekend to see if you still get this? It is an issue that only seems to effect some users... :? point 3 - I have never experienced this, and can't recall seeing any bug reports on this issue. Does it also occur with other skins? Have you applied all the fixes and patches listed under "Tips & Tricks"? Is your video driver the latest available? Is that the only OSD that causes MP to freeze?