Calling all MP New Zealanders (Both of you!!) (26 Viewers)

[mcraenz]

I'm getting a of lot hanging in TVServer which causes MP to crash. Rolling back, got visitors coming, will have a proper go later. It should also be noted that my hardware is pathetic! xp2500+9800!

 

[dman_lfc]

Cyberlink works for your NZ streams here so if you have a decent GPU then it will use the HW acceleration and not tax your CPU as much.

DMAN

 

[handya]

has anyone got tv3 goin?
i had to downgrade svn as the latest one kept on crashing the tvserver

 

[MARKFNZ]

I have TV3 and C4 working intermittently. They both use the HE-AAC audio stream, which has only just started to work with the new bundled Monogram AAC codec. I've fed-back the info I have to the guys which are working on this, and hopefully they can find the source of the issue and get it working 100%. TVNZ6, TVNZ7, and Sports Extra also use HE-AAC and have the same issue. You'll likely get frozen video and no audio.

We're close....

Is there any chance a developer can update the latest SVN with the correct DVBT.XML info for the New Zealand trials? Both Media Portal and TV Server when updated only have 1 frequency, and so they need updating any time a new scan is done. The correct info should be as follows:

<country name="New Zealand - Auckland (trials)">
<carrier frequency="538000" bandwidth="8"></carrier>
<carrier frequency="570000" bandwidth="8"></carrier>
<carrier frequency="666000" bandwidth="8"></carrier>
<carrier frequency="674000" bandwidth="8"></carrier>
<carrier frequency="690000" bandwidth="8"></carrier>
</country>


Thanks!

Mark

 

[dman_lfc]

Tuning params updated

DMAN

 

[MARKFNZ]

Good news! There is now an update to the Monogram AAC decoder which seems to fix the issues with switching AAC channels. See my post in the HE-AAC support (DVB-T) thread for details.

I can now use TVE3 and MP to play and switch all the current DVB-T test channels in Auckland

 

[dman_lfc]

Good news! There is now an update to the Monogram AAC decoder which seems to fix the issues with switching AAC channels. See my post in the HE-AAC support (DVB-T) thread for details.

I can now use TVE3 and MP to play and switch all the current DVB-T test channels in Auckland

Great!
It's included in build 17751 or later.

DMAN

 

[eXDee]

This is really just a general question and the answers somewhere, but what rate are these DVB-T streams at? When played off the TV server to a MP Client over a 100mbit LAN, will it lag, or run smoothly?

Also ive made a thread for this but i'd like a NZ specific response for these DVB-T streams, will a P4 3ghz (northwood, s478) + ATI 9600XT + 1gb of ram cope? It decodes .ts sample streams fairly smoothly with Cyberlinks codec, but what about live ones? Mediaportal is great and i use it for videos, but im trying to see if the hardware upgrade for HD will be too much. Its a 478/AGP board so if I upgrade 1 thing I pretty much have to do it all, unless you buy older tech which is more expensive.

 

[mcraenz]

but what rate are these DVB-T streams at? When played off the TV server to a MP Client over a 100mbit LAN, will it lag, or run smoothly?

I think around 10mbps? so yes 100mbps will be fine.

will a P4 3ghz (northwood, s478) + ATI 9600XT + 1gb of ram cope?

I doubt it, not for painless continuous playback. I'm in a similar position I'll be doing a technology refresh in next couple of months.

 

[dman_lfc]

This is really just a general question and the answers somewhere, but what rate are these DVB-T streams at? When played off the TV server to a MP Client over a 100mbit LAN, will it lag, or run smoothly?

Also ive made a thread for this but i'd like a NZ specific response for these DVB-T streams, will a P4 3ghz (northwood, s478) + ATI 9600XT + 1gb of ram cope? It decodes .ts sample streams fairly smoothly with Cyberlinks codec, but what about live ones? Mediaportal is great and i use it for videos, but im trying to see if the hardware upgrade for HD will be too much. Its a 478/AGP board so if I upgrade 1 thing I pretty much have to do it all, unless you buy older tech which is more expensive.

Buy an AGP ATI HD2600XT card and you're sorted. The CyberLink codec will use the H.264 GPU acceleration capabilities.

DMAN