bug in PowerScheduler02 ???(in MP0100) (1 Viewer)

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Anonymous

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Hi fred,
today i made a longer test with your really great Powerscheduler02 in the new MP01000!

My experiment in EPG-Programming (recording values Start:-1 Min End:+5 Min)
right out of the EPG i programmed the following
1st) 16:00-16:15 ZDF... (worked all best! dvr-ms ok!!!)
2nd) 16:30-17:00 ARD... and directly after that(wanted to see how it works :twisted: )...
3rd) 17:00-18:00 VOX... (both messed up, both dvr-ms only 2k size????)
4th) 19:15-19:45 Kabel... (messed up, dvr-ms only 2k size???)
5th) 21:15-21:45 RTL.... (worked all best!!!!!dvr-ms ok!!!)
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See here the MediaPortal.log (just the important parts, and i also did some comments!)


>>>My first EPG-Prog was 16:00-16:15 ZDF heute......
>>>The Result: Recorded 0:21 with 703.302kb dvr-ms and all ok, like it should be!!!


6.11.2004 15:58:21 PowerScheduler: Wakeup timer expired
26.11.2004 15:58:21 PowerScheduler: next scheduled recording starttime: 26.11.2004 16:29:00
26.11.2004 15:58:21 PowerScheduler: Set wakeup timer at 26.11.2004 16:28:00
26.11.2004 15:58:23 PowerScheduler: System powerup detected
26.11.2004 15:58:23 PowerScheduler: Shutdown timer activated, automatic shutdown in 3 minutes
26.11.2004 15:58:48 app.Reset()
26.11.2004 15:58:50 OnDeviceReset()
26.11.2004 15:58:50 load calibration800x600.xml
.......................

26.11.2004 15:58:55 initialize skin
26.11.2004 15:58:55 load calibration800x600.xml
26.11.2004 15:58:55 window:MediaPortal.GUI.Home.HomeWindow init
26.11.2004 15:58:55 skin initalized
26.11.2004 15:58:55 DX9 size: 800x600
26.11.2004 15:58:55 video ram left:179200 KByte
26.11.2004 15:58:55 Register for MCE2005 remote#1
26.11.2004 15:58:55 Registered#1
26.11.2004 15:58:55 Register for MCE2005 remote#2
26.11.2004 15:58:55 Registered#2
26.11.2004 15:59:00 Recorder: time to record a program on channel:ZDF
26.11.2004 15:59:00 Recorder: find free capture card
26.11.2004 15:59:00 Recorder: found capture card:1 Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Capture
26.11.2004 15:59:00 Card:1 record new program on ZDF
26.11.2004 15:59:00 Card:1 start timeshifting :ZDF
26.11.2004 15:59:00 Card:1 timeshift to file:E:\Eigene Dateien\TV-Aufnahmen\card1\live.tv
26.11.2004 15:59:00 SinkGraph:confused:tartTimeShifting()
26.11.2004 15:59:00 SinkGraph:TuneChannel() tune to channel:4
26.11.2004 15:59:01 SinkGraph:confused:elect tvformat:None
26.11.2004 15:59:01 SinkGraph:Unable to select tvformat:None
26.11.2004 15:59:01 SinkGraph:TuneChannel() tuningspace:0 country:49 tv standard:pAL_B cable:True
26.11.2004 15:59:01 SinkGraph:confused:elect tvformat:pAL_B
26.11.2004 15:59:01 SinkGraph:TuneChannel() tuned to 62,3125 MHz. tvformat:pAL_B
26.11.2004 15:59:01 Capture.FixCrossbarRouting: tuner:True cvbs1:False cbs2:False svhs:False
26.11.2004 15:59:01 Set Crossbar routing. Tuner:True :confused:ystem.__ComObject
26.11.2004 15:59:01 Find crossbar:#0
26.11.2004 15:59:01 crossbar found:1
26.11.2004 15:59:01 crossbar:confused:ystem.__ComObject inputs:9 outputs:2
26.11.2004 15:59:01 check:0->0 / Video_Tuner->Video_VideoDecoder
26.11.2004 15:59:01 connect
26.11.2004 15:59:01 connect success
26.11.2004 15:59:01 check:1->0 / Video_Composite->Video_VideoDecoder
26.11.2004 15:59:01 check:2->0 / Video_Composite->Video_VideoDecoder
26.11.2004 15:59:01 check:3->0 / Video_Composite->Video_VideoDecoder
26.11.2004 15:59:01 check:4->0 / Video_SVideo->Video_VideoDecoder
26.11.2004 15:59:01 check:5->0 / Video_SVideo->Video_VideoDecoder
26.11.2004 15:59:01 check:6->1 / Audio_Line->Video_Composite
26.11.2004 15:59:01 check:7->1 / Audio_Line->Video_Composite
26.11.2004 15:59:01 check:8->1 / Audio_Tuner->Video_Composite
26.11.2004 15:59:01 connect
26.11.2004 15:59:01 connect success
26.11.2004 15:59:01 Find crossbar:#1
26.11.2004 15:59:01 no more crossbars.:0x80004005
26.11.2004 15:59:01 crossbar routing done
26.11.2004 15:59:01 mpeg2:add Videoanalyzer
26.11.2004 15:59:01 mpeg2:add streambuffersink
26.11.2004 15:59:01 mpeg2:confused:tartTimeshifting(E:\Eigene Dateien\TV-Aufnahmen\card1\live.tv)
26.11.2004 15:59:01 mpeg2:render graph
26.11.2004 15:59:01 mpeg2:render to :E:\Eigene Dateien\TV-Aufnahmen\card1\live.tv
26.11.2004 15:59:01 mpeg2:connect demux video out->analyzer in
26.11.2004 15:59:01 mpeg2:demux video out connected to analyzer
26.11.2004 15:59:01 mpeg2:analyzer out->stream buffer
26.11.2004 15:59:01 mpeg2:connected to streambuffer
26.11.2004 15:59:01 mpeg2:demux audio out->stream buffer
26.11.2004 15:59:01 mpeg2:audio out connected to streambuffer
26.11.2004 15:59:01 mpeg2:confused:et folder:E:\Eigene Dateien\TV-Aufnahmen\card1 filecount 6-8, fileduration:300 sec
26.11.2004 15:59:01 mpeg2:lock profile
26.11.2004 15:59:01 mpeg2:confused:tartTimeshifting() start mediactl
26.11.2004 15:59:02 mpeg2:confused:tartTimeshifting() started mediactl
26.11.2004 15:59:02 Card:1 start recording content:True
26.11.2004 15:59:02 Card:1 recording to file:E:\Eigene Dateien\TV-Aufnahmen\ZDF_heute - in Europa_200411261600p592.dvr-ms
26.11.2004 15:59:02 SinkGraph:confused:tartRecording(E:\Eigene Dateien\TV-Aufnahmen\ZDF_heute - in Europa_200411261600p592.dvr-ms True)
26.11.2004 15:59:02 mpeg2: Record : E:\Eigene Dateien\TV-Aufnahmen\ZDF_heute - in Europa_200411261600p592.dvr-ms True True
26.11.2004 15:59:02 mpeg2: recording started from 00:00:00 ago
26.11.2004 16:01:31 PowerScheduler: Shutdown process aborted - TVrecording in progress
26.11.2004 16:20:00 Card:1 stop recording
26.11.2004 16:20:00 SinkGraph:confused:topRecording()
26.11.2004 16:20:00 mpeg2: stop recording
26.11.2004 16:20:01 PowerScheduler: Hibernate system
......

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>>>2nd and 3rd EPG-Programm:A) 16:30-17:00 ARD and directly after this B) 17:00-18:00 VOX
>>>TV-Recorded:A) 0:21(16:29-17:00)-ARD.... all seems good, but recorded a dvr-ms file with only 2 kb??? followed by
B) 1:05(17:00)-VOX... all looks good in MP, but only recorded dvr-ms file with only 2 kb


6.11.2004 16:28:25 PowerScheduler: Wakeup timer expired
26.11.2004 16:28:25 PowerScheduler: next scheduled recording starttime: 26.11.2004 16:59:00
26.11.2004 16:28:25 PowerScheduler: Set wakeup timer at 26.11.2004 16:58:00
26.11.2004 16:28:27 PowerScheduler: System powerup detected
26.11.2004 16:28:27 PowerScheduler: Shutdown timer activated, automatic shutdown in 3 minutes
26.11.2004 16:28:29 app.Reset()
26.11.2004 16:28:30 OnDeviceReset()
26.11.2004 16:28:30 load calibration800x600.xml
26.11.2004 16:28:31 Load fonts from skin\butcher\fonts.xml
26.11.2004 16:28:31 fonts.InitializeDeviceObjects()
.............

26.11.2004 16:28:41 initialize skin
26.11.2004 16:28:42 load calibration800x600.xml
26.11.2004 16:28:42 window:MediaPortal.GUI.Home.HomeWindow init
26.11.2004 16:28:43 skin initalized
26.11.2004 16:28:43 DX9 size: 800x600
26.11.2004 16:28:43 video ram left:179200 KByte
26.11.2004 16:28:43 Register for MCE2005 remote#1
26.11.2004 16:28:43 Registered#1
26.11.2004 16:28:43 Register for MCE2005 remote#2
26.11.2004 16:28:43 Registered#2
26.11.2004 16:29:00 Recorder: time to record a program on channel:ARD
26.11.2004 16:29:00 Recorder: find free capture card
26.11.2004 16:29:00 Recorder: found capture card:1 Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Capture
26.11.2004 16:29:00 Card:1 record new program on ARD
26.11.2004 16:29:00 Card:1 start timeshifting :ARD
26.11.2004 16:29:00 SinkGraph:TuneChannel() tune to channel:1
26.11.2004 16:29:00 SinkGraph:confused:elect tvformat:None
26.11.2004 16:29:00 SinkGraph:Unable to select tvformat:None
26.11.2004 16:29:01 SinkGraph:TuneChannel() tuned to 48,3125 MHz. tvformat:pAL_B
26.11.2004 16:29:01 Card:1 start recording content:True
26.11.2004 16:29:01 Card:1 recording to file:E:\Eigene Dateien\TV-Aufnahmen\ARD_alfredissimo!_200411261630p291.dvr-ms
26.11.2004 16:29:01 SinkGraph:confused:tartRecording(E:\Eigene Dateien\TV-Aufnahmen\ARD_alfredissimo!_200411261630p291.dvr-ms True)
26.11.2004 16:29:01 mpeg2: Record : E:\Eigene Dateien\TV-Aufnahmen\ARD_alfredissimo!_200411261630p291.dvr-ms True True
26.11.2004 16:29:01 mpeg2: recording started from 00:00:00 ago
26.11.2004 16:31:35 PowerScheduler: Shutdown process aborted - TVrecording in progress
26.11.2004 16:58:00 PowerScheduler: Wakeup timer expired
26.11.2004 16:58:00 PowerScheduler: next scheduled recording starttime: 26.11.2004 19:14:00
26.11.2004 16:58:00 PowerScheduler: Set wakeup timer at 26.11.2004 19:13:00
26.11.2004 16:59:00 Recorder: time to record a program on channel:VOX
26.11.2004 16:59:00 Recorder: find free capture card
26.11.2004 16:59:00 no capture cards are available right now for recording

........>>>>>>>>>>> every second the same about 1 minute .........

26.11.2004 16:59:59 Recorder: time to record a program on channel:VOX
26.11.2004 16:59:59 Recorder: find free capture card
26.11.2004 16:59:59 no capture cards are available right now for recording
26.11.2004 17:00:00 Recorder: time to record a program on channel:VOX
26.11.2004 17:00:00 Recorder: find free capture card
26.11.2004 17:00:00 check if a capture card is post-recording
26.11.2004 17:00:00 no capture cards are available right now for recording
26.11.2004 17:00:01 Recorder: time to record a program on channel:VOX
26.11.2004 17:00:01 Recorder: find free capture card
26.11.2004 17:00:01 check if a capture card is post-recording
26.11.2004 17:00:01 Recorder: capture card:1 Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Capture was post-recording. Now use it for recording new program
26.11.2004 17:00:01 Card:1 stop recording
26.11.2004 17:00:01 SinkGraph:confused:topRecording()
26.11.2004 17:00:01 mpeg2: stop recording
26.11.2004 17:00:01 Card:1 record new program on VOX
26.11.2004 17:00:01 Card:1 start timeshifting :VOX
26.11.2004 17:00:01 SinkGraph:TuneChannel() tune to channel:27
26.11.2004 17:00:01 SinkGraph:confused:elect tvformat:None
26.11.2004 17:00:01 SinkGraph:Unable to select tvformat:None
26.11.2004 17:00:02 SinkGraph:TuneChannel() tuned to 224,3125 MHz. tvformat:pAL_B
26.11.2004 17:00:02 Card:1 start recording content:True
26.11.2004 17:00:02 Card:1 recording to file:E:\Eigene Dateien\TV-Aufnahmen\VOX_Pretender_200411261700p02.dvr-ms
26.11.2004 17:00:02 SinkGraph:confused:tartRecording(E:\Eigene Dateien\TV-Aufnahmen\VOX_Pretender_200411261700p02.dvr-ms True)
26.11.2004 17:00:02 mpeg2: Record : E:\Eigene Dateien\TV-Aufnahmen\VOX_Pretender_200411261700p02.dvr-ms True True
26.11.2004 17:00:02 mpeg2: recording started from 00:00:00 ago
26.11.2004 17:00:03 Recorder: time to record a program on channel:ARD
26.11.2004 17:00:03 Recorder: find free capture card
26.11.2004 17:00:03 no capture cards are available right now for recording
26.11.2004 17:00:04 Recorder: time to record a program on channel:ARD
26.11.2004 17:00:04 Recorder: find free capture card
26.11.2004 17:00:04 no capture cards are available right now for recording

.....>>>> as before now looking for capture cards for about 5 Minutes, every second<<< ......

26.11.2004 17:04:56 no capture cards are available right now for recording
26.11.2004 17:04:58 Recorder: time to record a program on channel:ARD
26.11.2004 17:04:58 Recorder: find free capture card
26.11.2004 17:04:58 no capture cards are available right now for recording
26.11.2004 17:04:59 Recorder: time to record a program on channel:ARD
26.11.2004 17:04:59 Recorder: find free capture card
26.11.2004 17:04:59 no capture cards are available right now for recording
26.11.2004 18:05:00 Card:1 stop recording
26.11.2004 18:05:00 SinkGraph:confused:topRecording()
26.11.2004 18:05:00 mpeg2: stop recording
26.11.2004 18:07:48 PowerScheduler: Hibernate system
.............
 
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Anonymous

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my test continues.....

>>> 4th EPG-Program: 19:15-19:45 Kabel....
>>> Recorded TV: 0:36 (19:14-19:50) diplayed in MP seemed ok, but MP recorded another time a dvr-ms file with only 2 kb???


26.11.2004 19:13:24 PowerScheduler: Wakeup timer expired
26.11.2004 19:13:24 PowerScheduler: next scheduled recording starttime: 26.11.2004 21:14:00
26.11.2004 19:13:24 PowerScheduler: Set wakeup timer at 26.11.2004 21:13:00
26.11.2004 19:13:26 PowerScheduler: System powerup detected
26.11.2004 19:13:26 PowerScheduler: Shutdown timer activated, automatic shutdown in 3 minutes
26.11.2004 19:13:29 app.Reset()
26.11.2004 19:13:31 OnDeviceReset()
26.11.2004 19:13:31 load calibration800x600.xml
26.11.2004 19:13:31 Load fonts from skin\butcher\fonts.xml
26.11.2004 19:13:31 fonts.InitializeDeviceObjects()

................

26.11.2004 19:13:42 initialize skin
26.11.2004 19:13:42 load calibration800x600.xml
26.11.2004 19:13:43 window:MediaPortal.GUI.Home.HomeWindow init
26.11.2004 19:13:43 skin initalized
26.11.2004 19:13:43 DX9 size: 800x600
26.11.2004 19:13:43 video ram left:179200 KByte
26.11.2004 19:13:43 Register for MCE2005 remote#1
26.11.2004 19:13:43 Registered#1
26.11.2004 19:13:43 Register for MCE2005 remote#2
26.11.2004 19:13:43 Registered#2
26.11.2004 19:14:01 Recorder: time to record a program on channel:Kabel
26.11.2004 19:14:01 Recorder: find free capture card
26.11.2004 19:14:01 Recorder: found capture card:1 Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Capture
26.11.2004 19:14:01 Card:1 record new program on Kabel
26.11.2004 19:14:01 Card:1 start timeshifting :Kabel
26.11.2004 19:14:01 SinkGraph:TuneChannel() tune to channel:30
26.11.2004 19:14:01 SinkGraph:confused:elect tvformat:None
26.11.2004 19:14:01 SinkGraph:Unable to select tvformat:None
26.11.2004 19:14:01 SinkGraph:TuneChannel() tuned to 245,3125 MHz. tvformat:pAL_B
26.11.2004 19:14:01 Card:1 start recording content:True
26.11.2004 19:14:01 Card:1 recording to file:E:\Eigene Dateien\TV-Aufnahmen\Kabel_King Of Queens_200411261915p141.dvr-ms
26.11.2004 19:14:01 SinkGraph:confused:tartRecording(E:\Eigene Dateien\TV-Aufnahmen\Kabel_King Of Queens_200411261915p141.dvr-ms True)
26.11.2004 19:14:01 mpeg2: Record : E:\Eigene Dateien\TV-Aufnahmen\Kabel_King Of Queens_200411261915p141.dvr-ms True True
26.11.2004 19:14:01 mpeg2: recording started from 00:00:00 ago
26.11.2004 19:16:34 PowerScheduler: Shutdown process aborted - TVrecording in progress
26.11.2004 19:50:00 Card:1 stop recording
26.11.2004 19:50:00 SinkGraph:confused:topRecording()
26.11.2004 19:50:00 mpeg2: stop recording
26.11.2004 19:52:39 PowerScheduler: Hibernate system
............
 
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Anonymous

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last part of test...

>>> 5 th EPG-Progam: 21:15-21:45 RTL....
>>> Recorded TV: 0:36 (21:14-21:50) and this time all went as it should be: dvr-ms with 1.207.497 kb and so playable!!!!
:?:

6.11.2004 21:13:25 PowerScheduler: Wakeup timer expired
26.11.2004 21:13:25 PowerScheduler: next scheduled recording starttime: 26.12.2004 21:13:25 ----> :?:
26.11.2004 21:13:25 PowerScheduler: Set wakeup timer at 26.12.2004 21:12:25 ----> :?:
26.11.2004 21:13:27 PowerScheduler: System powerup detected
26.11.2004 21:13:27 PowerScheduler: Shutdown timer activated, automatic shutdown in 3 minutes
26.11.2004 21:13:27 PowerScheduler: next scheduled recording starttime: 26.12.2004 21:13:27 ----> :?:
26.11.2004 21:13:27 PowerScheduler: Set wakeup timer at 26.12.2004 21:12:27 ----> :?:
26.11.2004 21:13:31 app.Reset()
26.11.2004 21:13:33 OnDeviceReset()
26.11.2004 21:13:33 load calibration800x600.xml

............

26.11.2004 21:14:00 Recorder: time to record a program on channel:RTL
26.11.2004 21:14:00 Recorder: find free capture card
26.11.2004 21:14:00 Recorder: found capture card:1 Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Capture
26.11.2004 21:14:00 Card:1 record new program on RTL
26.11.2004 21:14:00 Card:1 start timeshifting :RTL
26.11.2004 21:14:00 SinkGraph:TuneChannel() tune to channel:19
26.11.2004 21:14:00 SinkGraph:confused:elect tvformat:None
26.11.2004 21:14:00 SinkGraph:Unable to select tvformat:None
26.11.2004 21:14:00 SinkGraph:TuneChannel() tuned to 168,3125 MHz. tvformat:pAL_B
26.11.2004 21:14:00 Card:1 start recording content:True
26.11.2004 21:14:01 Card:1 recording to file:E:\Eigene Dateien\TV-Aufnahmen\RTL_Nikola_200411262115p141.dvr-ms
26.11.2004 21:14:01 SinkGraph:confused:tartRecording(E:\Eigene Dateien\TV-Aufnahmen\RTL_Nikola_200411262115p141.dvr-ms True)
26.11.2004 21:14:01 mpeg2: Record : E:\Eigene Dateien\TV-Aufnahmen\RTL_Nikola_200411262115p141.dvr-ms True True
26.11.2004 21:14:01 mpeg2: recording started from 00:00:00 ago
26.11.2004 21:16:35 PowerScheduler: Shutdown process aborted - TVrecording in progress
26.11.2004 21:50:00 Card:1 stop recording
26.11.2004 21:50:00 SinkGraph:confused:topRecording()
26.11.2004 21:50:00 mpeg2: stop recording
26.11.2004 21:50:25 PowerScheduler: Hibernate system
......


Any idea, why this is recording sometimes and sometimes not? :cry:
doit4u
 
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Anonymous

Guest
Thanks for your effort in testing, I really appreciate your work.

I have not made any testing myself using MP 0.1 yet. But I've used 0.0.0.13 together with the same version of PowerScheduler as in MP 0.1 experiencing no such problems. :roll:
Anyway I'm using the disable TVcard option since I'm not at all sure that the TVcard drivers like hibernation.

Reading your logs everything looks just fine so to me it looks like a driver/hibernation problem. I don't know if the TVRecorder in MP has changed much since 0.0.0.13 but if it has there is of course a possibility of a new bugs. These bugs would in that case show even if PowerScheduler was turned off.

Please let me know how things are going.

/ Fred
 

HenriM

Portal Pro
October 17, 2004
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Rijsbergen, The Netherlands
I have another issue with Powerscheduler. When I hibernate the computer myself, it will not wakeup. When I let MP (read Powerscheduler) hibernate it, then it wakeup again when a scheduled recording should start. What information do you need further to analyse this problem?

Further it would be a great addition if the time-out counter was visible on the Home screen of MP. This way I know when I can expect a power down. Further it gives me the possibility to see the status of the Powerscheduler.

Keep up the great work Fred! We really appreciate it.
 
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Anonymous

Guest
HenriM said:
I have another issue with Powerscheduler. When I hibernate the computer myself, it will not wakeup. When I let MP (read Powerscheduler) hibernate it, then it wakeup again when a scheduled recording should start. What information do you need further to analyse this problem?

Examine your mediaportal.log and look for rows like these. They will tell you what time MP is set to wake computer.
2004-11-27 16:13:29 PowerScheduler: next scheduled recording starttime: 2004-12-27 16:13:29
2004-11-27 16:13:29 PowerScheduler: Set wakeup timer at 2004-12-27 16:12:29

Also make sure you're using 0.2 version of PowerScheduler, since what you described was an issue in 0.1 beta 3 (0.0.0.13)
2004-11-27 16:13:19 PowerScheduler: version 0.2
2004-11-27 16:13:19 PowerScheduler: Settings loaded - wakeup 1, shutdown 3, mode Suspend - Forced
2004-11-27 16:13:19 PowerScheduler: Shutdown timer activated, automatic shutdown in 3 minutes
 
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Anonymous

Guest
fred said:
Thanks for your effort in testing, I really appreciate your work.

I have not made any testing myself using MP 0.1 yet. But I've used 0.0.0.13 together with the same version of PowerScheduler as in MP 0.1 experiencing no such problems. :roll:
Anyway I'm using the disable TVcard option since I'm not at all sure that the TVcard drivers like hibernation.

Reading your logs everything looks just fine so to me it looks like a driver/hibernation problem. I don't know if the TVRecorder in MP has changed much since 0.0.0.13 but if it has there is of course a possibility of a new bugs. These bugs would in that case show even if PowerScheduler was turned off.


Please let me know how things are going.

/ Fred

Fred,
i did today some more tests and allways the same:
the first epg progammed record always good: started perfect from hybernate+recorded TV+back to hybernate ok!

then for the second TV-record Compi starts from hybernate and starts correctly, on time with the record!
But.....it does not stop recording on the wright time, and this confuses me! Let's see what i noticed with this second record:
-----TV programmed ---------------------show as info in recorded TV
1) 06:25-06:50 (start-1/stopp+5) 06:24-07:18 ??? and the file only 2 kb??? so nothing (MediaPlayer can't render Header!)
2) 13:30-14:00 (start-1/stopp+5) 13:29-14:48 ??? and the file only 2 kb??? "
:?:


And now the bad News, Fred:

I did the same experiment without your plugin (turned off), so MP was the whole time at MP-Home, and what i have to say: This time it worked; at the correct time and did the job it should do!

I tried it 2 times to verify, "multi EPG-programmed recordings!"
So first TV-show as before was ok and now looking at the second rec.:

-----TV programmed ---------------------show as info in recorded TV
1) 15:55-16:25 (start-1/stopp+5) 15:54-16:30 correct and playable dvr-ms
2) 17:15-17:25 (start-1/stopp+5) 17:14-17:30 produced a correct and playable dvr-ms



So do you want the Mediaportal logs? Any more test helpful?
And last Info: i tried it with/without each of your possible opptions (marked or unmarked) with no luck!

Fred, did you recorded some (3-5) EPG-programmed TV shows and checked if they really were playable, and with/for the correct time? Or did you just check the .log file?
does it make sence to go back to 00013 and try all again? Hmmm!


P.S.: And YES, i did a fresh install, and deleted before all and.........YES


P.P.S: Last but not least let me say, that your PowerScheduler is the most important and best plug for a professional HTPC, that MP will become; thanks to all the genius like you, thanks for sharing your time and work with us! (and sorry for my english, hope you understood! ;) )



EDIT: Just one more thing i noticed: after the TV-record was done, MP stayed with a permanent Disk-activity, just like the timeshifting is still in use! But, in all my tests (with and without your Plugin, i disabled the"watching TV" and "Timeshifting"! The Disk-activity stopped in that moment, i entered the TV-section, never before.....
 
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Anonymous

Guest
OK doit4u,

Yes, you're right about the timeshifting is on. :?
I don't know why, but the problem is that timeshifting occupies your TVcard. I can't tell if this is a new "feature" since 0.1 but I havn't seen it in 0.0.0.13 anyway.

I have my system set up like this and had it running flawlessly for more than a week:

I have a recording set up to record a program "Every time on this channel".
I used The Simpsons as a good examle for testings since it's rerunned about 4 times aday mon-fri on a certain Swedish channel.
And it works perfecly with MP 0.0.0.13 and PowerScheduler 0.2 (note 0.0.0.13 ships with 0.1 beta 3 which has some bugs) In between the EPG recordings I record other "once" programs and view whats been recorded.
I always have timeshifting off since my system (Via M-epia 1GHz) is a little low spec and stutters on timeshifting.
I also use the "disable TVcards" option.

When you tested with PowerScheduler off did you hibernate your system inbetween the recordings to simulate the shutdowns and powerups normaly made by powerscheduler?

Tomorrow (sunday) I will do some testings with MP 0.1 to see if there are any differences regarding timeshifting and powerscheduler.

Please continue testing.

/ Fred
 

gabbe

Portal Pro
August 8, 2004
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Hi fred,
Good work. I have some thoughts I want to share. Please make comments about them...
I'm not sure PS (PowerScheduler) handling hibernate etc in right way.
In my point of view it would be better if it works like this:

1/ If the user have done any input (keyboard, mouse) then PS should never suspend/hibernate automaticly. It's up to the user (or windows internal shut down timers) when he wants power off / hibernate / suspend. Many people (at least me) have other tasks ongoing sometimes (server, DC, whatsoever)
2/ If PS have waked up the computer for a task, then after the task have completed, PS should put it to the same sleepstate as it was in before. But only if the user don't have done any inputs (keyb, mouse).
3/ I think its better to kill MP before going to sleepstate, and start it after a resume (than any h/w shouldn't have any problem!). PS must take in care to start MP (other small exe) after a resume from hibernate or suspend. After a cold/warm boot it's up to the user to start MP throught "autostart".

regards /gabbe
 

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