MediaPortal SVN-Snapshot:-05-09-2008 19-58h - Revision:19069

[Bram]

MediaPortal Skin: BT
Windows Version: Windows XP SP3 (up to date)
CPU Type: Intel C2D E6750 @ 3.6Ghz
HDD: 2.5 TB total Maxtor/WD
Memory: 4GB @ 1066 (Corsair XMS)
Motherboard: ASUS P5Ke Wifi
Video Card: NVIDIA 8800GTS 512MB
Video Card Driver: Latest beta
Sound Card: Soundblaster X-Fi Fatality Platinum
Sound Card Driver: Latest official
1. TV Card: Hauppage HVR-2200
1. TV Card Type: Hybride
1. TV Card Driver: Latest
MPEG2 Audio Codec: PowerDVD
HTPC Case: Koolance Water Chilled
Power Supply: 650 Watt
Remote: Microsoft IR remote
TV: Samsung SyncMaster 226cw @ 1680x1050


My Happage HVR-2200 card still isn't working with this version. I've installed the fix mentioned in the first post and reported this problem about five times, with no response. Is there anything I can do to help fix this....besides posting my logs every time I mention this problem?

[me!!]

MediaPortal Skin: BT wide
Windows Version: XP
CPU Type: Core2 2.66Ghz
HDD: 500GB + 2GB Ramdisk
Memory: 4GB (3.2GB accesible)
Video Card: NVIDIA 7600GS
Sound Card: X-Fi
1. TV Card: FloppyDTV C/CI
1. TV Card Type: DVB C
2. TV Card: FloppyDTV C/CI
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Quickline
Remote: MCE Remote
TV: 720p Projector
TV - HTPC Connection: HDMI


Hi

Since I installed this SVN after every EPG-Grabber run TV-Server hung.
I identified (one of?) the channels that cause this and ran the following test while only this one was selected for EPG grabbing (see logs attached)
1. Start setupTV
2. Click Refresh EPG
3. State Shows Grabbing EPG (StarTV)
4. State Show Idle
5. SetupTV freezes
6. Close and reopen SetupTV
7. Start Timshift or Previev (or use Mediaportal for that)
8. SetupTV & TVserver freeze (or Mediportal)
9. Stopping TVservice takes ages

I never grabbed DVB-C EPG for this channel with previous SVN's, so i can't tell if it is a new Bug

This is my first involvement here so tell me if you need anything more

Me!!

[doornjoostje]

Originally Posted by grubi

@doornjoostje

Just a wild guess. What about FloppyDTV firmware. Which version are you running?

grubi.

Hi Grubi,
I didn't have the latest driver for the firmware.
The new version 1.4.0 in stead of 1.3.0.
For now it works, let try, if I got any blue screens these coming days.
Thanks already, I hope is does the trick.

Originally Posted by jensnasholm

dornjooste,

Did you start getting the bluescreens after upgrading to MP 1.0 RC1 or did you have this earlier as well? I have started to get random bsod's as well, but have not connected it to the MP upgrade until when i read your post. In all honesty i have no idea why it is suddenly bsod'ing but until now i have looked at hw issues...but maybe it is MP that is causing it. In my minidump the responsible process is mediaportal.exe...but the debugging results are inconclusive with no drivers or other hardware mentioned.

We both run similar setups, see my profile, so maybe we can resolve this together.

Cheers,
Jens

Hi Jens,
This might just help you also!
Just try it!

[doornjoostje]

I've got the blue screen again.
Trying to re-install the operating system (mce 2005) tomorrow.
Hope that helps.

[jensnasholm]

Doornjoooste,

Thanks for helping out...but i am already running the latest drivers and firmware...after spending some hours looking through forums i have now placed and order for a more powerful PSU, as it seems the bsod i am getting is quite likely due to lack of power... and also seeing that the current PSU is the most noisy thing on my HTPC, i have a good reason to purchase a new one...and getting it approved by the bank... read wife! :-) :-)


Will let you know what happened as soon as i have it up and running with the new PSU.


Cheers,
jens

[doornjoostje]

Hi Jens,

Before you do, can you exactly describe your problem?
When does it occur?
Since when?
Did your system ever run without blue screens?

Did you re-install your OS?

Grtz,
Joost

[doornjoostje]

I found a site where it is explained how to check what happened after a blue screen, most of you will probably know this, but for me its new:
http://blogs.msdn.com/ndis/archive/2...-of-death.aspx

You can see what driver is causing the troubles.
I will check later on tonight, when I'm at home.

[mrbenji]

I'm experiencing a really, really strange new issue with this SVN.

For the past two mornings I've walked into my living room and noticed the HD light on my HTPC flashing like crazy. Turning my TV on I've noticed the red record dot displaying in the corner of the MP menu, even though nothing should have been recording (last recording was night before).

I checked the TV streams display, and on the first morning saw all three of my tuners recording something... actually, two were on the same channel. I was in a rush, so I just rebooted the HTPC, noted that the tuners were inactive, then left for work.

This morning only one tuner was grinding away, but as I had a little more time I went ahead and closed MP, ran the test tool to grab my logs, then stopped and restarted my TvService.

When I restarted MP the record icon was off, and my streams window showed all tuners idle.

I then reinstalled the previous SVN, as my wife has also been complaining of unusual behavior (non-responsive full screen live TV window, mouse pointer visible in the viewing area). Sorry, guys -- "wife factor" is trumping all at the moment, so I'd rather avoid continuing to debug this unless you determine you need more data or a specific test. I will, however, check tomorrow morning to make sure this is only an issue I'm having with the 05-09 svn.

I haven't had a chance to figure out what the state of my recordings folder is today... when I checked morning before last, sure I'd be out of disk space, it seemed I didn't have much less space than I should have... although the log files on the previous night's recordings were all timestamped that morning.

As all my recording is in HD and I only have about 100GB or so free on my data drive I would certainly have filled up my drive had all three tuners been writing data to it all night, so I'm not sure what all the disk activity was. Hopefully the attached logs reveal something about what was going on... sorry I didn't have the time/foresight to capture logs on first morning, when all three tuners were going.

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TV-Server Version: 1.0 RC1 svn-05-09-2008
MediaPortal Version: 1.0 RC1 svn-05-09-2008
MediaPortal Skin: Monochrome 1.9.800
Windows Version: Vista Ultimate 64bit
CPU Type: AMD Phenom 9600 (Quad 2.3gHz)
HDD: Samsung HD501LJ Spinpoint T166 (500GB)
Memory: 4GB DDR2
Motherboard: ECS GeForce6100PM-M2
Motherboard Chipset: NVidia GeForce 6100 / nForce 430
Video Card: Sapphire HD3470 (ATI Radeon)
Video Card Driver: Latest
1. TV Cards: 3 Pinnacle PCTV HD PRO Sticks (a.k.a. PCTV 330e)
1. TV Card Type: USB "sticks" (3 of them)
1. TV Card Driver: Latest
MPEG2 Video Codec: MPV Decoder Filter
MPEG2 Audio Codec: ffdshow Audio Decoder
Satelite/CableTV Provider: None (OTA antenna)
HTPC Case: Antec Fusion 430 V2
Cooling: Scythe Ninja Mini CPU cooler + equipment cabinet is actively ventilated
Power Supply: Antec 430 Watt
Remote: Logitech Harmony 550, i-Rocks USB Remote Receiver.
TV: Olevia 237T
TV -> HTPC Connection: Sapphire HD3470 HDMI out

[doornjoostje]

Microsoft (R) Windows Debugger Version 6.9.0003.113 X86
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.


Loading Dump File [C:\Documents and Settings\Joost Verbeek\Desktop\minidump mce computer\Mini051208-05.dmp]
Mini Kernel Dump File: Only registers and stack trace are available

Symbol search path is: C:\WINDOWS\Symbols
Executable search path is:
Unable to load image ntoskrnl.exe, Win32 error 0n2
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for ntoskrnl.exe
Windows XP Kernel Version 2600 (Service Pack 2) UP Free x86 compatible
Product: WinNt, suite: TerminalServer SingleUserTS
Kernel base = 0x804d7000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0x805533a0
Debug session time: Mon May 12 22:35:21.093 2008 (GMT+2)
System Uptime: 0 days 0:02:05.690
Unable to load image ntoskrnl.exe, Win32 error 0n2
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for ntoskrnl.exe
Loading Kernel Symbols
.................................................. .................................................. ..............................
Loading User Symbols
Loading unloaded module list
..........
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for win32k.sys
************************************************** *****************************
* *
* Bugcheck Analysis *
* *
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Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.

BugCheck 1000007F, {8, 80042000, 0, 0}

Probably caused by : win32k.sys ( win32k!BltLnk+268 )

Followup: MachineOwner


I found out it is probably some kind of windows error.
So no driver issue with new digital everywhere floppy DVB drivers.

[jverdeyen]

Originally Posted by grubi

If you install this SVN and are using TVServer, WebEPG will no longer work.

The reason is quite simple. To make the overall directory structure more consistent the devs have moved some files for WebEPG from <programdir> to the <appdatadir>.

Follow these steps to fix your installation:

1.) Copy your WebEPG.xml file from <programfiles>\.....\WebEPG to <appdata>\.....\WebEPG
2.) Copy your xmltv.dtd file from <programfiles>\.....\xmltv to <appdata>\.....\xmltv
3.) Start TVServer config -> goto plugins -> xmltv -> change xmltv directory to <appdata>\.....\xmltv
4.) Start WebEPG.exe and wait until it is finished
5.) Press Import button in TVServer config -> plugins and see if all is working well.

HTH.
grubi.

I can't get this to work .. I'm using vista 64bit, but where exactly should I place the files? cheers,