Can't start HD channels directly (1 Viewer)

Spooky

MP Donator
  • Premium Supporter
  • February 14, 2005
    1,187
    47
    void 4tl
    Home Country
    Austria Austria
    UPDATE: updating the Firmware of the FloppyDTV fixed that problem, at least on my system so far.


    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


    Whenever TV is not running in MediaPortal and I want to start an HD channel (720p or 1080i) directly, I get the error
    Could not start timeshift.
    Could not start graph.
    (or something similar, translating from german). However, when I start an SD channel, it starts just fine and when I change to an HD channel after that, the HD channels work without any issues too.

    I can reproduce this error reliably every time on 2 different systems. This is my setup:

    Server:
    • Win XP SP2
    • AMD Athlon X2 4850e
    • Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-DS2H
    • 4 GB RAM
    • TV Server 1.0.2
    • FloppyDTV S2

    Client 1:
    • Windows Vista 32 Home Premium
    • Dell XPS M1330
    • GeForce 8400M GS
    • T7250
    • 2 GB RAM
    • Media Portal 1.0.2
    • using CoreAVC 1.9.5.0

    Client 2:
    • Win XP SP2
    • AMD Athlon X2 4850e
    • Gigabyte GA-MA78GPM-DS2H
    • 4 GB RAM
    • Media Portal 1.0.2
    • using CoreAVC 1.9.5.0


    I have attached fresh logs for each test on each machine. The test went as follows:
    • started ORF 1 HD - error
    • started Astra HD+ - error
    • started ORF 1 - works
    • started ORF 1 HD - works

    I have looked into the logs a bit myself. The MediaPortal.log does not show any errors:
    Code:
    2009-07-12 16:42:46.503341 [Info.][MPMain]: TVHome.ViewChannelAndCheck(): View channel=ORF 1 HD
    2009-07-12 16:43:01.529341 [Info.][MPMain]: TVHome.ViewChannelAndCheck(): View channel=ASTRA HD+
    2009-07-12 16:43:23.657341 [Info.][MPMain]: TVHome.ViewChannelAndCheck(): View channel=ORF1
    The TsReader.log only shows information after the SD channel was successfully set up. However, in the tv.log of the server I can find this:
    Code:
    2009-07-12 16:42:55.593750 [12]: WaitForPMT: Waiting for PMT.
    2009-07-12 16:43:05.593750 [12]: WaitForPMT: Timed out waiting for PMT after 10,015625 seconds. Increase the PMT timeout value?
    This is after the first channel switch to ORF 1 HD. After that, the TV Server continues it's usual business, by fetching the EPG of other channels, until I try to switch to Astra HD+, where the same thing is shown in the log as mentioned above. After switching to an SD channel (ORF 1) and then to ORF 1 HD, everything works and the log shows this:
    Code:
    2009-07-12 16:43:43.078125 [12]: WaitForPMT: Waiting for PMT.
    2009-07-12 16:43:43.218750 [4]: subch:0 OnPMTReceived() True
    Suddenly, PMT is received. Whatever PMT is ;). Increasing the PMT value does not help.

    Why is this happening? Btw. this error happened in 1.0.0 and 1.0.1 as well, but I didn't test it as thoroughly yet, since I was hoping that it might get fixed in the future.
     

    Spooky

    MP Donator
  • Premium Supporter
  • February 14, 2005
    1,187
    47
    void 4tl
    Home Country
    Austria Austria
    Hm, no suggestions?

    I guess I'll try to make a complete, clean reinstall of the TV Server.
     

    Spooky

    MP Donator
  • Premium Supporter
  • February 14, 2005
    1,187
    47
    void 4tl
    Home Country
    Austria Austria
    Unfortunately reinstalling the TV Server didn't help :(. I made a complete, clean reinstall, using the 3rd uninstall option, dropping the database, manually searching for any left over files, reinstalling it, rescanning for channels and reconfiguring everything from scratch. But no luck.
     

    Spooky

    MP Donator
  • Premium Supporter
  • February 14, 2005
    1,187
    47
    void 4tl
    Home Country
    Austria Austria
    I just set up a completely new HTPC for a friend, and have the same problem there. The hardware is very similar to my server:
    • Win XP SP3
    • AMD Phenom II X3 2.5 GHz (Heka)
    • Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-UD2H
    • 4 GB RAM
    • MediaPortal/TV Server 1.0.2
    • FloppyDTV S2
    It's a single seat installation. But the error looks like it's more a TV-Server issue anyway, maybe a bug in MediaPortal 1.x.x with the FloppyDTV.
     

    Spooky

    MP Donator
  • Premium Supporter
  • February 14, 2005
    1,187
    47
    void 4tl
    Home Country
    Austria Austria
    Only ORF 1 HD is, but it happens with any HD channel, no matter if 720p or 1080i, encrypted or unencrypted.
     

    didl27

    Portal Member
    June 20, 2009
    11
    0
    Home Country
    Germany Germany
    same issue here

    Hi !

    I posted a similar issue some weeks ago, but still not solved.:( :
    https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/allgemein-350/hd-kanaele-unable-start-graph-66861/

    Same symptom: SD channels are fine, but no HD channels are shown.
    Same error in UI: Unable to start graph ...
    Same error-message in log-file->timeout

    Looks like a serious general bug to me.
    I´m also highly interested to find a solution with the community.

    Thanks,

    -Didl
     

    Spooky

    MP Donator
  • Premium Supporter
  • February 14, 2005
    1,187
    47
    void 4tl
    Home Country
    Austria Austria
    Yeah, looks like the same error from the logs. But I am able to play any HD channel once any other channel is actually running prior to that. Are you unable to play HD channels at all?
     

    Users who are viewing this thread

    Top Bottom