Channel lag and many other problems

[myB0B]

TV-Server Version: rc1
MediaPortal Version: rc1
MediaPortal Skin: blue two
Windows Version: 2003 server / XP SP2 PRO
CPU Type: athlonXP2400 / E6750
HDD: 320Gb / 320Gb
Memory: 512Mb / 2Gb
Motherboard:
Motherboard Chipset:
Motherboard Bios:
Video Card: NVIDIA 8800GTS for client
Video Card Driver:
Sound Card:
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: win TV NOVA DVB-T USB
1. TV Card Type: DVB-T
1. TV Card Driver:
2. TV Card:
2. TV Card Type:
2. TV Card Driver:
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec: FFDSHOW
MPEG2 Audio Codec: FFDSHOW
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case:
Cooling:
Power Supply:
Remote:
TV:
TV - HTPC Connection: LAN

hi,
since many svn (don't remember when) tv channel with only mpeg2 audio lag
all channels with ac3 are working well

I also have many problems with MPV/MPA : select ffdshow in tv settings but still render with MPV/PMA (graphedit)

navigation in tvguide is realy too slow (i have only 18 channels, i can't imagine wath it could be if a have a DVB-S card with 400 channels) !

changing channel is not showing waiting animation since many svn

zapping to an encrypted channel is very very slow and back to last clear channel is not working (in france some channel have clear/encrypt time zone)

i love MP but globaly MP is slow (too slow) and still not possible to use like this for many people !

last question : why RC1 show a non support message with windows 2003 server on start ? (sorry but i can't change my server os)

[tourettes]

How about posting one bug per post? Posting multiple bugs in one forum post will cause the thread become a mess (same goes for the forum).

Only a quick comment on one of the issues you posted (too lazy to reply on all of those).

changing channel is not showing waiting animation since many svn

Thats currently by design.

[Paranoid Delusion]

select ffdshow in tv settings but still render with MPV/PMA (graphedit)

FFDShow Tryouts is not a recommended mpeg2 codec, fine to add as postproccessing using raw though.

This already asked today.

navigation in tvguide is realy too slow (i have only 18 channels, i can't imagine wath it could be if a have a DVB-S card with 400 channels) !

Check cpu use, some people have had problems with corrupt db's and other things causing this.

[infinityloop]

moved to support forum bc this is nowhere near a bugreport.

Originally Posted by myB0B

last question : why RC1 show a non support message with windows 2003 server on start ? (sorry but i can't change my server os)

because Microsoft does not release DirectShow and BDA hotfixes which are required to run any HTPC application properly.

if it works for you then you have luck, if not that we can not help.
since we cant fix WIndows bugs

[myB0B]

How about posting one bug per post? Posting multiple bugs in one forum post will cause the thread become a mess (same goes for the forum).

sorry for all questions in bad place, my english i not really good

changing channel is not showing waiting animation since many svn

Thats currently by design.

It's a pity : starting watching tv is too long without a visual indicator and if changing a channel is 1sec longer than another i'm still thinking my computer or MP is crash ? not really user friendly

FFDShow Tryouts is not a recommended mpeg2 codec, fine to add as postproccessing using raw though.

i can anderstand that but not recommanded is not the same as not working

navigation in tvguide is realy too slow (i have only 18 channels, i can't imagine wath it could be if a have a DVB-S card with 400 channels) !

Check cpu use, some people have had problems with corrupt db's and other things causing this.

what DB ? i use mysql db with wampserver on my 2003 server... cpu usage seem to be normal on MP client (around 22% when navigate in tvguide)

last question : why RC1 show a non support message with windows 2003 server on start ? (sorry but i can't change my server os)

because Microsoft does not release DirectShow and BDA hotfixes which are required to run any HTPC application properly.

if it works for you then you have luck, if not that we can not help.
since we cant fix WIndows bugs

maybe i'm not anderstanding all but in client/server architecture tvserver3 works well on 2003 server... if i miss something please explain me (MP client is not running on 2003 server)


i'm not a .net developer so i can't help but i'm a php developer and lan administrator so i think MP1 is not able to work fine on a client/server architecture (i think it did not been designed to operate like that - Tell me if I am wrong)

I hope you think about it for the development of MP2 because mediacenter evolution is very fast and demand is high in this direction (multi-room, touchscreen control, fast and user friendly for all, ...)

best regards

myB0B

[infinityloop]

Originally Posted by myB0B

maybe i'm not anderstanding all but in client/server architecture tvserver3 works well on 2003 server... if i miss something please explain me (MP client is not running on 2003 server)

1. your TV-cards are in the Win2003Server PC
2. TV-Server is on the Win2003Server PC
3. the TV-Server has to build DirectShow graphs on the Win2003Server PC for timeshifting/recording/streaming TV Channels
4. the TV-Server has to access the TV-Cards which use BDA drivers on the Win2003Server PC

Microsoft does not release hotfixes for BDA drivers nor directshow for ServerOS'es

i hope that clean now why we do not support win2003server?

Originally Posted by myB0B

i'm not a .net developer so i can't help but i'm a php developer and lan administrator so i think MP1 is not able to work fine on a client/server architecture (i think it did not been designed to operate like that - Tell me if I am wrong)

erm... so just because it doesnt work for you it is generally broken?
interesting logic......

i have multiseat and singleseat systems running @ home without any issues.
from all the support i do in reallife and in forums i can tell you that the main reasons for problems are
a.) fucked up windows installation (i.e. install every codec you can download from the i-net)
b.) user errors
c.) bad / faulty hardware /drivers

[canarygsr]

Sorry if this is off topic, I thought the server just captures the stream for DVB-T,
what does this actualy mean? "the TV-Server has to build DirectShow graphs on the Win2003Server PC for timeshifting/recording/streaming TV Channels"

[tourettes]

Originally Posted by canarygsr

Sorry if this is off topic, I thought the server just captures the stream for DVB-T,
what does this actualy mean? "the TV-Server has to build DirectShow graphs on the Win2003Server PC for timeshifting/recording/streaming TV Channels"

Yep, it's a little bit off topic but as the answer is gojng to be pretty short... Server uses directshow graph to get the stream from BDA drivers (and all data processing is done via directshow filters).

[myB0B]

ok i understand better the tvserver3
surely my problems come from 2003server - will try
is it possible to run it on a virtual machine like vmware ?

i have multiseat and singleseat systems running @ home without any issues.
from all the support i do in reallife and in forums i can tell you that the main reasons for problems are
a.) fucked up windows installation (i.e. install every codec you can download from the i-net)
b.) user errors
c.) bad / faulty hardware /drivers

a) all windows (with official licence) correctly install with all updates (codec = WINDVD7 + FFDSHOW)
b) maybe late at night
c) how to be sure 100%