As far as I'm aware, there is no hardware decoding when using 1080i material. 1080p will be fine but apparently Microsoft didn't include 1080i DXVA acceleration.
BlackGold BGT3620 DVB-T2 card - Where are the HD channels? (4 Viewers)
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As far as I'm aware, there is no hardware decoding when using 1080i material. 1080p will be fine but apparently Microsoft didn't include 1080i DXVA acceleration.
- July 15, 2010
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The EPG grabbing shouldn't really make any difference unless the host computer is significantly lacking in RAM or CPU or something, and it isn't something that is done constantly anyway. Is there any particular reason you're wanting to try the PowerDVD codecs?
Honestly I don't think the issue is codec related anyway if it's "shut down" channels that cause the problem; it could conceivably be an innate problem with MP, or something to do with how your tuner/driver handles "empty" streams. As I understand it, the video/audio decoding occurs when a stream which uses that type of encoding is detected (hence why switching between HD and SD channels works despite the different codecs). For "shut down" channels there generally isn't a video or audio stream (although often there is an MHEG stream which on set-top-boxes display a "this channel is shut down" message, but that's not related to the video/audio codecs and MP doesn't support MHEG anyway), so no codec is used.
EDIT: Also, the fact that you are having the same issue on two different clients certainly suggests that it could be something server-side.
Honestly I don't think the issue is codec related anyway if it's "shut down" channels that cause the problem; it could conceivably be an innate problem with MP, or something to do with how your tuner/driver handles "empty" streams. As I understand it, the video/audio decoding occurs when a stream which uses that type of encoding is detected (hence why switching between HD and SD channels works despite the different codecs). For "shut down" channels there generally isn't a video or audio stream (although often there is an MHEG stream which on set-top-boxes display a "this channel is shut down" message, but that's not related to the video/audio codecs and MP doesn't support MHEG anyway), so no codec is used.
EDIT: Also, the fact that you are having the same issue on two different clients certainly suggests that it could be something server-side.
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Power DVD 11 is the only codec I know that supports the Intel Core i CPU's for hardware video decoding the LAV one doesn't at the moment. I would use PowerDVD for the x264 codec for live TV and LAV for the LiveTV ACC LATM/LOAS codec.
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Hi m0t0k0
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Unfortunately this is normal right now - TV Server is not able to detect that the channel is off air. You should be able to reduce the delay by reducing the "wait for timeshifting file" setting in the "timeshifting" section of TV Server configuration. A value as low as 2 or 3 seconds may be safe but trial and error will be required. We hope to fix detection of off air channels properly in the future but right at the moment there is just too much other stuff to do.
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The audio is fine just the vid people have reported success with this video codec I just dont know how to get a copy of it. Can I liberate a copy of it from the free trial?
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I think Shark007 codec pack has PowerDVD11 and an unlocked version of SAF may have it as well not looked at it for a while so not to sure.
OK so I tried installing the PowerDVD11 trial but this still did not give me the ability to select PDVD11 for TV.
So tried uninstalling Power DVD and then registering the 2 codecs in system32 using regsvr32 filename.ax but it would not work
Installed Shark007 this gave me the ability to use PDVD11 I did a quick couple minutes test and video seemed much smoother no artifacting and the occasional freeze
I decided to use graphedit to see if it was correctly being selected and as such had to register the propage.dll which if found worked by placing it in the system folder not system32
But as shark007 installed so much other codecs and crud on my system I decided to remove it (this deleted LAV from my system as well as it is included in the pack as well)
So reinstalled LAV registered the PDVD1 codecs selected them in MePo and played HD TV
But I'm back to where is was before its all blocky
Ran graphedit which confirms MS codec is being used again for vid.
So I think PDVD11 will not completely fix my problems but will go a good way in that direction, but not I have borked my system by installing shark007 and Power DVD 11.
I think I will either have to try forcing PDVD11 via filter tweaker or do a fresh install
I would try just registering the PDVD11 codecs on my other machine but its not accessible right now as I'm building a desk
When searching the forum for entries about continuity errors I found this thread
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...stuttering-corrupted-streaming-live-tv-91214/
From reading it sounded really hopeful but right near the end it is said that the patch is included in 1.2.0 beta
I assume it means that the build I'm using 1.2.2 should already have this implemented?
So tried uninstalling Power DVD and then registering the 2 codecs in system32 using regsvr32 filename.ax but it would not work
Installed Shark007 this gave me the ability to use PDVD11 I did a quick couple minutes test and video seemed much smoother no artifacting and the occasional freeze
I decided to use graphedit to see if it was correctly being selected and as such had to register the propage.dll which if found worked by placing it in the system folder not system32
But as shark007 installed so much other codecs and crud on my system I decided to remove it (this deleted LAV from my system as well as it is included in the pack as well)
So reinstalled LAV registered the PDVD1 codecs selected them in MePo and played HD TV
But I'm back to where is was before its all blocky
Ran graphedit which confirms MS codec is being used again for vid.
So I think PDVD11 will not completely fix my problems but will go a good way in that direction, but not I have borked my system by installing shark007 and Power DVD 11.
I think I will either have to try forcing PDVD11 via filter tweaker or do a fresh install
I would try just registering the PDVD11 codecs on my other machine but its not accessible right now as I'm building a desk
When searching the forum for entries about continuity errors I found this thread
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...stuttering-corrupted-streaming-live-tv-91214/
From reading it sounded really hopeful but right near the end it is said that the patch is included in 1.2.0 beta
I assume it means that the build I'm using 1.2.2 should already have this implemented?
I would say yes as I'm getting the same problems on two clients one running i3 2100 HD2000 and one with i7 920 with 295GTX
I do have a huge check list of things to try tonight which I wave written up from browsing these forums
fresh MePo server/client install
sorting my codecs (I have not installed any codecs on the server as there is no need for this? Its not playing any media just streaming)
Trying a RAMdisk
make tvservice.exe a scanning exception
make streaming/recording folders a scanning exception
check .ts files are a scanning exception
edit TV card properties to "stop" not "pause" card
Tryin not using RSTP for streaming TV
Record a show and play it back in another player
I do have a huge check list of things to try tonight which I wave written up from browsing these forums
fresh MePo server/client install
sorting my codecs (I have not installed any codecs on the server as there is no need for this? Its not playing any media just streaming)
Trying a RAMdisk
make tvservice.exe a scanning exception
make streaming/recording folders a scanning exception
check .ts files are a scanning exception
edit TV card properties to "stop" not "pause" card
Tryin not using RSTP for streaming TV
Record a show and play it back in another player
You could also try using UNC paths (instead of RTSP) for TV - see https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/general-support-51/tvplugin-avoiding-rtsp-multiseat-mode-test-plz-36735/index27.html#post809720 (this changes the client config - the server is unchanged)
Tony