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Audio video distortion when watching TV for a few minutes
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<blockquote data-quote="Mercbac" data-source="post: 259499" data-attributes="member: 48233"><p><strong>TV-Server Version</strong>: </p><p><strong>MediaPortal Version</strong>: 1.0.0.0 RC1</p><p><strong>MediaPortal Skin</strong>: Spinsafe Revolve</p><p><strong>Windows Version</strong>: Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP1</p><p><strong>CPU Type</strong>: Intel E6550</p><p><strong>HDD</strong>: WD GP 500GB</p><p><strong>Memory</strong>: 2GB DR2</p><p><strong>Motherboard</strong>: Asus P5B Deluxe</p><p><strong>Video Card</strong>: 8600GT passive cooling</p><p><strong>Video Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>Sound Card</strong>: </p><p><strong>Sound Card AC3</strong>: </p><p><strong>Sound Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>1. TV Card</strong>: FloppyDTV S2</p><p><strong>1. TV Card Type</strong>: </p><p><strong>1. TV Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>2. TV Card</strong>: FloppyDTV S2</p><p><strong>2. TV Card Type</strong>: </p><p><strong>2. TV Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>3. TV Card</strong>: </p><p><strong>3. TV Card Type</strong>: </p><p><strong>3. TV Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>4. TV Card</strong>: </p><p><strong>4. TV Card Type</strong>: </p><p><strong>4. TV Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>MPEG2 Video Codec</strong>: </p><p><strong>MPEG2 Audio Codec</strong>: </p><p><strong>h.264 Video Codec</strong>: </p><p><strong>Satelite/CableTV Provider</strong>: </p><p><strong>HTPC Case</strong>: Silverstone GD01MXB</p><p><strong>Cooling</strong>: </p><p><strong>Power Supply</strong>: Corsair HX620</p><p><strong>Remote</strong>: Logitech Harmony 885</p><p><strong>TV</strong>: </p><p><strong>TV - HTPC Connection</strong>: </p><p></p><p>After my initial happiness with the RC1 install I am now seeing the same issue that plagued my 0.2.3.0 + SVN 2008-03-14 install. After watching TV for at most a few minutes, small red and yellow rows of squares start appearing through the image. This increases until most of the image is just distortion. The audio also starts squeaking and stuttering. The ultimate result is that any attempt to watch any TV channel gives the error message:</p><p>"Unable to start timeshifting - Unknown error occured".</p><p>It definitely looks like a poor signal, but when I disconnect the coax cable from my satellite dish and plug it back into my Topfield tuner it works like a charm, perfect image and audio quality.</p><p></p><p>I have switched back from using EVR to VRM9, tried both MPV and DScaler for video codecs, but no effect. When playing any .avi files it works fine too.</p><p></p><p>Logs are attached, and I hope someone can help me figure out why this is happening. WAF is going down rapidly this way....</p><p></p><p>EDIT: It could be that there is a driver issue for my FloppyDTV-S2 tuners under Vista Ultimate SP1 32-bit. After a shutdown and power-off (completely via PSU) the tuners are shown in device manager as a "61883 class device" with a "Code 10" error saying the device could not be started....</p><p></p><p>Is there anyone who has tried this tuner on Vista SP1 ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mercbac, post: 259499, member: 48233"] [b]TV-Server Version[/b]: [b]MediaPortal Version[/b]: 1.0.0.0 RC1 [b]MediaPortal Skin[/b]: Spinsafe Revolve [b]Windows Version[/b]: Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP1 [b]CPU Type[/b]: Intel E6550 [b]HDD[/b]: WD GP 500GB [b]Memory[/b]: 2GB DR2 [b]Motherboard[/b]: Asus P5B Deluxe [b]Video Card[/b]: 8600GT passive cooling [b]Video Card Driver[/b]: [b]Sound Card[/b]: [b]Sound Card AC3[/b]: [b]Sound Card Driver[/b]: [b]1. TV Card[/b]: FloppyDTV S2 [b]1. TV Card Type[/b]: [b]1. TV Card Driver[/b]: [b]2. TV Card[/b]: FloppyDTV S2 [b]2. TV Card Type[/b]: [b]2. TV Card Driver[/b]: [b]3. TV Card[/b]: [b]3. TV Card Type[/b]: [b]3. TV Card Driver[/b]: [b]4. TV Card[/b]: [b]4. TV Card Type[/b]: [b]4. TV Card Driver[/b]: [b]MPEG2 Video Codec[/b]: [b]MPEG2 Audio Codec[/b]: [b]h.264 Video Codec[/b]: [b]Satelite/CableTV Provider[/b]: [b]HTPC Case[/b]: Silverstone GD01MXB [b]Cooling[/b]: [b]Power Supply[/b]: Corsair HX620 [b]Remote[/b]: Logitech Harmony 885 [b]TV[/b]: [b]TV - HTPC Connection[/b]: After my initial happiness with the RC1 install I am now seeing the same issue that plagued my 0.2.3.0 + SVN 2008-03-14 install. After watching TV for at most a few minutes, small red and yellow rows of squares start appearing through the image. This increases until most of the image is just distortion. The audio also starts squeaking and stuttering. The ultimate result is that any attempt to watch any TV channel gives the error message: "Unable to start timeshifting - Unknown error occured". It definitely looks like a poor signal, but when I disconnect the coax cable from my satellite dish and plug it back into my Topfield tuner it works like a charm, perfect image and audio quality. I have switched back from using EVR to VRM9, tried both MPV and DScaler for video codecs, but no effect. When playing any .avi files it works fine too. Logs are attached, and I hope someone can help me figure out why this is happening. WAF is going down rapidly this way.... EDIT: It could be that there is a driver issue for my FloppyDTV-S2 tuners under Vista Ultimate SP1 32-bit. After a shutdown and power-off (completely via PSU) the tuners are shown in device manager as a "61883 class device" with a "Code 10" error saying the device could not be started.... Is there anyone who has tried this tuner on Vista SP1 ? [/QUOTE]
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