United Kingdom
This is an odd problem but it caused me a few headaches until I found out how/why it happened.
I have recorded something on the DVB-T Freeview (using the TV server not ForTheRecord which doesn't know about what cards are/can do) card, it is recording.
Watching live TV (yes - sorry but true) on the first DVB-S card on Sky. TV freezes (mentioned in another forum report and logs posted).
OK, not critical what it is recording so reboot the PC.
...Now when I go to look at the TV I was watching before it comes up saying something like card locked, channel scrambled etc.
For information, spent ages rescanning channels etc. before I realised what it REALLY means is -
The recording has nicked the card that I was using to watch TV - even although the channel is available on the DVB-T card!
Now just like ForThe Record doesn't know I don't know how to stop TVServer from taking any card it wants. Not only that but I couldn't work out how to stop the recording either!
It is not even close to being a show stopper - the daily freezes are FAR more important, but it might be significant in some other scenario too.
So far my [long suffering] spouse has put up with the niggles that moving from TiVo to MediaPortal has thrown up but I must admit we sometimes use VLC since that has NEVER frozen - either on the same PC or another one (which MediaPortal playback HAS done).
TV-Server Version: RC2
MediaPortal Version: RC2
MediaPortal Skin: Blue Wide
Windows Version: XP Pro SP3 + patched
CPU Type: AMD Sempron 2400
HDD: 250GB
Memory: 2GB DDR
Motherboard: MSI
Video Card: Nvidia FX5200
Video Card Driver:
Sound Card: on board
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: FloppyDTV-T
1. TV Card Type: DVB-T
1. TV Card Driver: N
2. TV Card: FloppyDTV-S2
2. TV Card Type: DVB-S
2. TV Card Driver: N
3. TV Card: FloppyDTV-S2
3. TV Card Type: DVB-S
3. TV Card Driver: N
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec: NVidia Platinum
MPEG2 Audio Codec: NVidia Platinum
h.264 Video Codec:
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Sky
HTPC Case: Cheap - desktop
Cooling: Zalman Flower
Power Supply: QuietPC
Remote: Microsoft MCE
TV: Toshiba Regza
TV - HTPC Connection: DVI -> HDMI + Stereo phonos
I have recorded something on the DVB-T Freeview (using the TV server not ForTheRecord which doesn't know about what cards are/can do) card, it is recording.
Watching live TV (yes - sorry but true) on the first DVB-S card on Sky. TV freezes (mentioned in another forum report and logs posted).
OK, not critical what it is recording so reboot the PC.
...Now when I go to look at the TV I was watching before it comes up saying something like card locked, channel scrambled etc.
For information, spent ages rescanning channels etc. before I realised what it REALLY means is -
The recording has nicked the card that I was using to watch TV - even although the channel is available on the DVB-T card!
Now just like ForThe Record doesn't know I don't know how to stop TVServer from taking any card it wants. Not only that but I couldn't work out how to stop the recording either!
It is not even close to being a show stopper - the daily freezes are FAR more important, but it might be significant in some other scenario too.
So far my [long suffering] spouse has put up with the niggles that moving from TiVo to MediaPortal has thrown up but I must admit we sometimes use VLC since that has NEVER frozen - either on the same PC or another one (which MediaPortal playback HAS done).
TV-Server Version: RC2
MediaPortal Version: RC2
MediaPortal Skin: Blue Wide
Windows Version: XP Pro SP3 + patched
CPU Type: AMD Sempron 2400
HDD: 250GB
Memory: 2GB DDR
Motherboard: MSI
Video Card: Nvidia FX5200
Video Card Driver:
Sound Card: on board
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: FloppyDTV-T
1. TV Card Type: DVB-T
1. TV Card Driver: N
2. TV Card: FloppyDTV-S2
2. TV Card Type: DVB-S
2. TV Card Driver: N
3. TV Card: FloppyDTV-S2
3. TV Card Type: DVB-S
3. TV Card Driver: N
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec: NVidia Platinum
MPEG2 Audio Codec: NVidia Platinum
h.264 Video Codec:
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Sky
HTPC Case: Cheap - desktop
Cooling: Zalman Flower
Power Supply: QuietPC
Remote: Microsoft MCE
TV: Toshiba Regza
TV - HTPC Connection: DVI -> HDMI + Stereo phonos