Audio starts to stutter and skip in MyTV (1 Viewer)

[seco]

Almost every time I'm watching TV normally, after a random amount of time the audio begins to stutter&skip and finally if I don't do anything, no sound can be heard at all. If I go to MyTV menu and click TV off and back on, it solves the problem but sometimes this has to be done twice or more to get audio working correctly.

I've tried to configure audio settings in Television like different decoder or audio device but it doesn't solve the problem. I'll try to provide more information if needed, I think the same problem has caused also that some of my recordings have failed totally.

TV-Server Version:
MediaPortal Version: SVN 15659
MediaPortal Skin: BlueTwo Wide
Windows Version: Windows XP Professional 32-bit
CPU Type: AMD Athlon X2 4600+
HDD: Seagate 320GB 7200.10 & 2xSamsung T166 500GB
Memory: 2GB
Motherboard: Asus M2N-E
Motherboard Chipset: nForce 570
Motherboard Bios:
Video Card: Geforce 7900GT
Video Card Driver: Forceware 162.18
Sound Card: Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS
Sound Card AC3: SPDIF passthrough
Sound Card Driver: 5.12.4.1196
1. TV Card: FireDTV DVB-C
1. TV Card Type: DVB-C
1. TV Card Driver: FireDTV BDA 3.1
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: Cyberlink 7.x
MPEG2 Audio Codec: AC3Filter with SPDIF passthrough
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case:
Cooling:
Power Supply:
Remote: FireDTV remote control
TV:
TV - HTPC Connection:

 

[ronilse]

Hi,
Attach your MediaPortal.log to your post, it's easier to tell where errors happens

Regards
Roy

 

[gibman]

In the configuration section for TV please verify that you have the audio renderer device set up as "default directsound device"...

/Gibman

 

[seco]

I already tried setting the audio renderer device to "Default DirectSound device", "SB Audigy 2 ZS" and "DirectSound: SB Audigy 2 ZS" (or something like that) but none of these worked correctly, the problem stayed.

I'll post more logs as soon as I can

 

[claireknight]

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http://www.viewmy.tv is a good site to start off with, its free and easy to use with lots of channels.

enjoy



TV-Server Version:
MediaPortal Version:
MediaPortal Skin:
Windows Version:
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HDD:
Memory:
Motherboard:
Motherboard Chipset:
Motherboard Bios:
Video Card:
Video Card Driver:
Sound Card:
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card:
1. TV Card Type:
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:
MPEG2 Audio Codec:
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case:
Cooling:
Power Supply:
Remote:
TV:
TV - HTPC Connection:

 

[seco]

Here are some more logs.

Tonight the whole Mediaportal just hang when watching TV and my computer rebooted automatically. When I started Mediaportal and tried to turn on TV, audio was missing. I restarted Mediaportal but it didn't help. After restart of my computer audio was back, but it still doesn't always go on when I turn TV on, sometimes I have to put the TV on, off and back on twice or more.

 

[seco]

Ok, I've managed to solve the problem:

In Capture Card settings for my FireDTV-C I have to DISABLE hardware PID and set card priority to 5, after this the problem is gone.

If hardware PID is enabled and card priority is 10, the stuttering problem occurs.

This also affects the channel scan:

When PID is enabled and card priority is 10, the scan finds only 6-10 channels
When PID is disabled and card priority is 5, the scan finds all the channels it should, almost 100 of them

Is this a MP or capture card related problem? I've sent the report also to FireDTV support forum. I think this is a serious issue to those who don't know what causes this kind of problems.

Edit: I have yet to test if this is caused only because of the PID setting, or only because of the priority, or both.