Black screen on TV Recording (1 Viewer)

jvb

Portal Member
February 15, 2005
14
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UK
Area: My TV
MP Version: 0.2.0.0 RC2 CVS of 06/02/2002
Skin: mce
Windows Version: XP Home SP2
CPU Type: AMD Athlon 64 2800+
Memory: 512Mb PC3200
Motherboard Chipset: Biostar 210P SFF
Video Card: ATI Radeon 9250
Video Card Driver: Catalyst 5.11 (display driver version 6.14.10)
Video Card Resolution: Any, e.g. 720*576
Video Render Type: Problem occurs with any render type
Video Codec Type & Version: problem occurs with any codec, e.g. MPeg2Dec
Audio Codec Type & Version: DScaler
TV Card: Hauppague WinTV Nova-T (newer version)
TV Card Type: DVB
TV Card Driver: 2.1

For many recordings I make (about 30% of the time), when playing back the recording it suddenly goes to a black screen at some point. Sound continues but you get no picture at all. If you use the slider or fast forward then you get to a point a few minutes later when it automatically winds back to the same point in the recording, so it is impossible to see the rest of the programme.

WAF factor is down at the moment because its invariably a trashy American series that goes wrong! :(

Is anyone else having this problem?
 

laeb66

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March 20, 2005
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Sweden
jvb said:
Area: My TV
MP Version: 0.2.0.0 RC2 CVS of 06/02/2002
Skin: mce
Windows Version: XP Home SP2
CPU Type: AMD Athlon 64 2800+
Memory: 512Mb PC3200
Motherboard Chipset: Biostar 210P SFF
Video Card: ATI Radeon 9250
Video Card Driver: Catalyst 5.11 (display driver version 6.14.10)
Video Card Resolution: Any, e.g. 720*576
Video Render Type: Problem occurs with any render type
Video Codec Type & Version: problem occurs with any codec, e.g. MPeg2Dec
Audio Codec Type & Version: DScaler
TV Card: Hauppague WinTV Nova-T (newer version)
TV Card Type: DVB
TV Card Driver: 2.1

For many recordings I make (about 30% of the time), when playing back the recording it suddenly goes to a black screen at some point. Sound continues but you get no picture at all. If you use the slider or fast forward then you get to a point a few minutes later when it automatically winds back to the same point in the recording, so it is impossible to see the rest of the programme.

WAF factor is down at the moment because its invariably a trashy American series that goes wrong! :(

Is anyone else having this problem?

Yes I have a problem with recording on CVS 08-02-06...
I run on a later obr now 09-02-06 And everything works fine again...
Checked my logs and find that it was a problem feb 06..
 

tklon

Portal Pro
September 3, 2004
353
6
Germany
Home Country
Germany Germany
Area: Media Portal Program
MP Version: all cvs after mediaportal-cvs-01-31-2006--19-18
Skin: mce / BlueTwo
Windows Version: XP Pro SP2
CPU Type: AMD Athlon XP-M 2400+
Memory: 2x256MB DDR400
Motherboard Chipset: VIA KM400 on a Soltek SL-75MIV2-L
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon 9600 Atlantis 128MB
Video Card Driver: Catalyst 6.1
Video Render Type: VMR9
Video Codec Type & Version: InterVideo Video Decoder
Audio Codec Type & Version: InterVideo Audio Decoder
TV Card: Hauppauge WinTV PVR 250
TV Card Type: hardware
TV Card Driver: hcw2_3b_23102pp2
Optional Log: -
Optional References: -

I have a similar problem with all february cvs versions.

Since the first days I use mp, I'm running my HTPC with the resolution of 720x576. Beginning with mediaportal-cvs-02-01-2006--19-57 I have the follwing problems:

1. No picture in myTV, only sound
2. No picture in myVideos, only sound (for all file types, also avi)
3. Strange looking program symbols in epg

Here's the picture of the epg:
epg_error.jpg

In the packedgfx files in the skin folders the symbols look ok.

I already discussed the problem in the chat and pasted my logs there. But if you need them here is a logs.zip containing all files . There is no error.log.

If I switch the resolution to 640x480 or 800x600 everything works again.

If I copy mediaportal-cvs-01-31-2006--19-18.rar to mp folder everything works again with 720x576.
 

jawbroken

Portal Pro
August 13, 2005
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Home Country
Afghanistan Afghanistan
Sounds like a serious bug. As I am running my HTPC at 720x576 this concerns my (I am running 30/1 at the moment but was thinking about updating). Perhaps this deserves its own thread in a bug forum or the like? I am not sure.
 

tklon

Portal Pro
September 3, 2004
353
6
Germany
Home Country
Germany Germany
Hensley: Thank you for confirming that bug. First I thought the bug would be a problem with mp and my radeon 9600, but it doesn't look like that now, since you have a GeForce FX 5200.

jawbroken: Please upgrade to the lastest cvs and give it a try. Make a backup copy of your mp folder to go back to your old version easily, if you have that problem too. That's no problem. When I copy cvs-2006-01-31 into my mp folder the problem is not there anymore. It would be nice if you could test and confirm that bug. If so, please post your configuration here. Thank you.

Sorry for not posting in the bugs section. I thought it would be related to the problem jvb has.
 

jvb

Portal Member
February 15, 2005
14
0
UK
I do get a picture, but only for part of the recording, when it suddenly loses the picture but the sound continues. Not sure if this is the same problem as tklon but I am using 720*576 so it could be related. Also, I think the problem tends to occur around the time adverts are broadcast, so it might be to do with an aspect ratio change or something like that.

I haven't noticed any problems in my EPG either.

I've updated my CVS but since its intermittent I can't be sure whether its gone away or not yet.
 

tklon

Portal Pro
September 3, 2004
353
6
Germany
Home Country
Germany Germany
jawbroken said:
tklon: I tried the latest CVS build and TV worked fine, picture and sound.

Thank you, I posted the bug now in the forum of the mp Test Group:
http://mediaportal.elite-squad.net/forum/showthread.php?t=384

ronilse posted this reply there:
ronilse said:
I've had this to, had to remove Calibration"something".xml from MP folder, was something with the pixelratio.

I will try this when I'm back home again. I post if it works.
 

tklon

Portal Pro
September 3, 2004
353
6
Germany
Home Country
Germany Germany
Nice. It's working again! :)

I deleted calibration720x576.xml. After starting mp again I enterd the settings plugin to calibrate the screen again. I needed to switch the apect ration with the s key in myTV and myVideos after that to get picture again.

Probably this line in calibration720x576.xml is causing the problem:

<entry name="pixelratio">0,9999999</entry>

After the new calibration this value is 1 now.
 

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