A coupe of general questions.. (1 Viewer)

[Freak]

Hi peoples...

I currently have Media Portal setup to record from the 2nd DVB-T Tuner, and to Watch TV on the 1st DVB-T Tuner... This all seems to work well for the most part.

I notice however when watching TV while recording a show that Timeshift is always activated. Is this meant to happen? Why?

And also is it possible with MP to setup both to watch and record TV, so i can record two programs at once. (I assume so, but haven't tried as yet) What happens if i give them both a priority of 10? Any trouble?

I also notice that because i have a dual core, i need to set the affinty the CPU-0 so no jerkyness and stutters happen... Any chance MP will set the affinty for itself in future versions?

Thanks for any help..
Cheers,

 

[mbuzina]

As for what I know, you may allow MP to do "whatever it wants" (rec & watch on both cards) and it will usually figure out if what you want is possible or not.

Especially when you start using TVE0.3 (the Client/Server TV in Beta), you will even be able to "consume" more than just 2 channels, because it can record / show all channels on a single transponder (I guess 2-3 for DVB-T, but not sure, depends if SDTV or HDTV).

To your Timeshift question: If you record the same show you are watching, then you are "timeshifting" (just a second or two).

For Dual Core: I don't know.

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

I also notice that because i have a dual core, i need to set the affinty the CPU-0 so no jerkyness and stutters happen... Any chance MP will set the affinty for itself in future versions?

If this is a AMD X2 then download the updated driver from the amd website as apparently the processor can cause stuttering video in xp when idling (setting affinity overcomes this anyway).

 

[Freak]

As for what I know, you may allow MP to do "whatever it wants" (rec & watch on both cards) and it will usually figure out if what you want is possible or not.

Especially when you start using TVE0.3 (the Client/Server TV in Beta), you will even be able to "consume" more than just 2 channels, because it can record / show all channels on a single transponder (I guess 2-3 for DVB-T, but not sure, depends if SDTV or HDTV).

To your Timeshift question: If you record the same show you are watching, then you are "timeshifting" (just a second or two).

For Dual Core: I don't know.

Thanks for the replies guys, I will setup the 2nd tuner to watch and record today... Thanks..

Please don't rub it in about TVE0.3 as it's never going to work for me, i've spent a week trying to get it to work, but it just doesn't scan channels or work like MP does.

I found someone with same card and problem in a link from 15months previous,
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/..._capture-t23750.html?t=23750&highlight=Svideo
So i don't think TVE0.3 will ever work for me sadly.

So i'm stuck with MP, and lack PIP and lots of other goodies..

With the Timshifiting, i believe it's a bug....
If i have DVBT2 to record, and DVBT1 to play, why should it Timeshift at all....

Thanks for your reply, much appreciated....

PS.... I Do use the AMD Dual core optimizer, however it seems most of the DVB-T applications only like using 1 core. I think it must be a directshow problem with multithreading or something...

Anyway thanks guys....

 

[Freak]

Another question if i may....

I just updated my WEBEPG, it now has all my shows for next week.

However i notice in my scheduled items, where i have a running, "Record Everytime On this Channel" That it hasn't picked up next weeks episodes... (No Red Circle in the schedule)

Will it by next week?, or will i have to manually make another record everytime for the show again, when i update my WEBEPG. If so this seems totally useless to me?

 

[DalaNorth]

I've also experienced some problems with my AMD x2 (stuttering DVB-C) even with the latest dual-core optimizer and AMD drivers. Simple fix is to download RunFirst.exe and modify the shortcut so that RunFirst executes MediaPortal. This way affinity is automatically set to CPU 1 on startup.