SOLVED: MyTV Timeshift Freeze

[portal user]

Area: Media Portal Program
MediaPortal Version: 0.2.0.0 RC2 (2005-12-16)
MediaPortal Skin: BlueTwo
Windows Version: Windows XP (SP2)
.NET CLR Version: 2.0.50727
DirectX Version: 4.09.00.0904 (9.0c)
Audio Codec: NVIDIA Audio Decoder
Video Codec: NVIDIA Video Decoder
CPU Type: AMD Athlon 64 3200+
Memory: 1 GB
Motherboard: A8N-SLI Premium (ASUSTeK Computer INC.)
TV Card Model: FireDTV DVB-C
TV Card Type: -
TV Card Driver: -
Video Card Model: Nvidia Geforce 6600 (128 MB)
Video Card Driver: -
Video Card Resolution: 1280x1024
Video Render Type: VMR9
Audio Card Model: Realtek AC'97 Audio
Audio Card Driver: -
Synopsis::

When using Timeshift the picture freezes at some point.
It happens randomly it seems, but usualy its frozen within 45 minuttes.

I have tried a fresh clean install *reformat* but it didnt help me.

Please Media portal Gurus help !

[portal user]

My guess is that it has to do with the VMR9Helper: playing->repaint entry.

Best Regards


23-01-2006 21:19:51 RecordertartViewing off:TV3+ True True done
23-01-2006 21:19:51 Playlistplayer.StartFile(D:\Recordings\card1\live. tv)
23-01-2006 21:19:51 g_Player.Play(D:\Recordings\card1\live.tv)
23-01-2006 21:19:51 StreamBufferPlayer:play D:\Recordings\card1\live.tv
23-01-2006 21:19:51 VMR9: now active
23-01-2006 21:19:51 add filter:NVIDIA Video Decoder to graph
23-01-2006 21:19:52 added filter:NVIDIA Video Decoder to graph
23-01-2006 21:19:52 add filter:NVIDIA Audio Decoder to graph
23-01-2006 21:19:52 added filter:NVIDIA Audio Decoder to graph
23-01-2006 21:19:52 got pins
23-01-2006 21:19:52 got pin#0VR Out - 1
23-01-2006 21:19:52 render ok
23-01-2006 21:19:52 got pin#1VR Out - 2
23-01-2006 21:19:52 render ok
23-01-2006 21:19:52 DVBDemuxer:receiving DVB packets
23-01-2006 21:19:52 playingFalse radio:False
23-01-2006 21:19:53 DVBGRAPHBDA:Got PMT version:1
23-01-2006 21:19:55 g_Player.OnStarted() D:\Recordings\card1\live.tv media:TV
23-01-2006 21:19:55 PlaneScene: video WxH : 768x576
23-01-2006 21:19:55 PlaneScene: video AR : 768:576
23-01-2006 21:19:55 PlaneScene: screen WxH : 350x260
23-01-2006 21:19:55 PlaneScene: AR type : Original
23-01-2006 21:19:55 PlaneScene: PixelRatio : 1
23-01-2006 21:19:55 PlaneScene: src : (0,0)-(768,576)
23-01-2006 21:19:55 PlaneScene: dst : (301,107)-(648,367)
23-01-2006 21:19:55 VMR9Helper: playing->repaint
23-01-2006 21:19:55 VMR9Helper: repaint->playing 51
23-01-2006 21:29:44 VMR9Helper: playing->repaint

[portal user]

Hi,
Many views but no replys.
Am I really alone with this problem?
Being completly stuck I would appreciate any hint or advice.

Bets Regards

Portal User

[tomtom21000]

I had the same problem and detected that my harddrive partition was full, leaving only 500kb, so mp froze within seconds when trying to write the ts-data.
I have enough space again and mp runs again.
but i am not completely sure if this was the core problem because it froze once again after that but I did not watch much tv lately.

tomtom

[portal user]

Thanks,
I am afraid have lots of free HD space.

May this be related to codecs or other TV setup?
Perhaps a CVS version is better?

Best Regards

[igalan]

Try using another video codec, like the Mpeg2Dec. I found that the Interlink Mpeg2 Codec that my Hauppaheg card installs also causes freezes after some time watching the TV. So I just use Mpeg2Dec with works perfectly well for me .

[portal user]

Thanks igalan,
I am now trying different codecs.
Hoping to find one that dont freezes myTV with timeshift.
Would be great to have purevideo working though.

Ill post when my tests are done.

[portal user]

Hi,
Have now tried following codecs:
- Mpeg2Dec Filter
- NVIDIA Video Decoder
- DScaler Mpeg2 Video Decoder
- CyberLink Video/SP Decoder

They all causes myTV to freeze when using timeshift. Same goes for recordings.
The only difference among above codecs is how long it takes before freezing.

What codec is recomended to use with FireDTV?

Best Regards

[igalan]

If Media Portal freezes during recordings while you're on the home screen with TV stopped (nothing is being played back), then the problem is somewhere else. In that case it won't matter much the codec, because AFAIK it's not being used for recording.

Because you've already tried with a clean install the next thing to look would be the drivers of the FireDTV; but I can't help you with that (I'm on analog), maybe other users of this same tuner can. Be aware that Media Portal is under heavy development, specially for DVB. I would contrast with the experience of other users with a similar setup.

[portal user]

Thank you so much for your help.

The problem is now solved.

It turned out that using a different firewire-port did the trick.


Best Regards