A few issues i'm having

[Geon106]

Okay, i've got a few problems i've been having with Media Portal.

1. MP 0.2.2 isn't stable for me, i run it but when I go to My TV i get a BSOD, its not just My TV but some other functions crash too. So i'm using 0.2.1 for now. What could it be?

2. TV Broadcasts stutter, now you'd think the hotfix would sort that, and it did, but its doing it again, now just in MP but in the Tuner application as well. This might be adware/viruses etc that may be on the system.

3. I can't pick up ITV or Channel 4, yet i can on my Freeview STB, and running the aerial straight into the tv gets both channels.

4. Is there an easy way to start my games through MP other than the My Programs function?

5. Is there any way i can control MP with my TV Tuner remote? The only buttons which work are Up[also channel up] Down[Also channel down] Left [Also volume down] Right [also volume up] and another button on the remote which looks like a enter button lol.

Thanks in advance

MediaPortal Version: 0.2.1
MediaPortal Skin: BlueTwo/RealMP
Windows Version: Windows XP Pro
CPU Type: AMD Sempron 2800+
HDD: Barracuda 120GB IDE
Memory: 1GB DDR 333Mhz
Motherboard: A-Bit K7
Motherboard Chipset: VIA
Motherboard Bios: Phoenix
Video Card: nVidia GeforceFX 6600 GTOC
Video Card Driver: nVidia Forceware 9
Sound Card: Realtek AC'97 Onboard 5.1
Sound Card AC3: AC3/Coaxial
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: KWorld DVBT 100
1. TV Card Type: Digital Video Broadcast Terrestrial
HTPC Case: JDI LAN Carry Case
Cooling: Fans and Heatsinks
Power Supply: 250 Watt Micro ATX
Remote: PS Dual Shock Game Controller/TV Tuner Remote
TV: Sony 24" Widescreen CRT
TV - HTPC Connection: S-Video

[Taipan]

Originally Posted by Geon106

1. MP 0.2.2 isn't stable for me, i run it but when I go to My TV i get a BSOD, its not just My TV but some other functions crash too. So i'm using 0.2.1 for now. What could it be?

Most likely a bad hardware driver - highly unlikely to be MediaPortal itself. Next time it happens, you need to grab the BSOD error message and the MediaPortal.log file - they will give you the best clues as to the culprit. My guess would be that its your video card drivers?

Originally Posted by Geon106

2. TV Broadcasts stutter, now you'd think the hotfix would sort that, and it did, but its doing it again, now just in MP but in the Tuner application as well. This might be adware/viruses etc that may be on the system.

This sounds very much like the TV signal strength is marginal - hence the stutters. You need to get a stronger interference free signal to the antenna input of the TV card.

Originally Posted by Geon106

3. I can't pick up ITV or Channel 4, yet i can on my Freeview STB, and running the aerial straight into the tv gets both channels.

PC TV cards are generally not as sensitive as STDs or TVs, so when the signal is marginal, it will affect the PC TV card first ...

Originally Posted by Geon106

4. Is there an easy way to start my games through MP other than the My Programs function?

Sorry, I will have to pass on this one ....

Originally Posted by Geon106

5. Is there any way i can control MP with my TV Tuner remote? The only buttons which work are Up[also channel up] Down[Also channel down] Left [Also volume down] Right [also volume up] and another button on the remote which looks like a enter button lol.

You probably can get it to work if you use something like HIP or Girder to capture the other buttons and send them to MediaPortal. Best solution though is to buy a Microsoft remote ...

[Geon106]

Thanks