TV-Server Version: TVEngine3 Snapshot 08-10-2007 01-22h Revision 15494
MediaPortal Version: MediaPortal SVN-Snapshot: 08-10-2007 00-59h - Revision:15494
MediaPortal Skin: default
Windows Version: WinXP SP2 (32-bit) with all latest Windows Updates
CPU Type: AMD X2 AM2
HDD: 300GB Seagate
Memory: 1GB DDR2 (dual channel)
Motherboard: BioStar TA690G AM2
Motherboard Chipset: AMD/ATI 690G integrated chipset
Motherboard Bios: latest
Video Card: NA
Video Card Driver: Catalyst 7.7 (latest)
Sound Card: Realtek HD (integrated onto mobo)
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: Terratec 2400
1. TV Card Type: dual DVB-T
1. TV Card Driver: latest
MPEG2 Video Codec: MPV
MPEG2 Audio Codec: MPA
Satelite/CableTV Provider: freeview (UK DVB-T)
HTPC Case: Antec
Cooling: standard (keeps everything very cool - those new Athlon X2 chips run cool)
Power Supply:
Remote: MCE
TV: SD CRT fed
TV - HTPC Connection: composite video
DB: MySQL 5.0.45
Over the past week, I have had to install WinXP 3 times on my HTPC. The first two times I installed XP, my HTPC crashed so badly that it corrupted WinXP. Both of these "catastrophic" crashes happened when the HTPC awoke from S3 standby (with MP running). After waking up, the system seemed normal for a second and then completely froze. The system stopped responding to the keyboard so I tried logging in via Remote Desktop but the HTPC wouldn't even respond to pings. I did a hard reset. When the system booted, WinXP took about 5 minutes to load and then was unusable (really, REALLY sluggish). So I formatted the HD and re-installed XP and MP.
I'm now running the latest SVN version of MP without TV-Server and the system seems healthy so far (and I've tried a few waking-from-standby tests).
I'm afraid I don't have any logs because the system wasn't healthy enough to retrieve the logs after the crashes! I'm sorry this bug report is so vague - I expect it's fairly useless to the devs but I wanted to flag up this issue anyway. I'm 90% certain the problem was caused by TV-Server (or maybe the TV-Server client plug-in). As far as I can tell, this isn't a hardware issue (i.e. the CPU never gets above about 30 degrees C and the computer is 100% stable when not running MP). I wonder if anyone else has experienced this problem?
MP (without TV-Server) seems to be working for me and I'm loving it - thanks so much for all the time and effort you've all been putting into the project. I'm sorry this bug report is so unpleasant!
Thanks,
Jack
MediaPortal Version: MediaPortal SVN-Snapshot: 08-10-2007 00-59h - Revision:15494
MediaPortal Skin: default
Windows Version: WinXP SP2 (32-bit) with all latest Windows Updates
CPU Type: AMD X2 AM2
HDD: 300GB Seagate
Memory: 1GB DDR2 (dual channel)
Motherboard: BioStar TA690G AM2
Motherboard Chipset: AMD/ATI 690G integrated chipset
Motherboard Bios: latest
Video Card: NA
Video Card Driver: Catalyst 7.7 (latest)
Sound Card: Realtek HD (integrated onto mobo)
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: Terratec 2400
1. TV Card Type: dual DVB-T
1. TV Card Driver: latest
MPEG2 Video Codec: MPV
MPEG2 Audio Codec: MPA
Satelite/CableTV Provider: freeview (UK DVB-T)
HTPC Case: Antec
Cooling: standard (keeps everything very cool - those new Athlon X2 chips run cool)
Power Supply:
Remote: MCE
TV: SD CRT fed
TV - HTPC Connection: composite video
DB: MySQL 5.0.45
Over the past week, I have had to install WinXP 3 times on my HTPC. The first two times I installed XP, my HTPC crashed so badly that it corrupted WinXP. Both of these "catastrophic" crashes happened when the HTPC awoke from S3 standby (with MP running). After waking up, the system seemed normal for a second and then completely froze. The system stopped responding to the keyboard so I tried logging in via Remote Desktop but the HTPC wouldn't even respond to pings. I did a hard reset. When the system booted, WinXP took about 5 minutes to load and then was unusable (really, REALLY sluggish). So I formatted the HD and re-installed XP and MP.
I'm now running the latest SVN version of MP without TV-Server and the system seems healthy so far (and I've tried a few waking-from-standby tests).
I'm afraid I don't have any logs because the system wasn't healthy enough to retrieve the logs after the crashes! I'm sorry this bug report is so vague - I expect it's fairly useless to the devs but I wanted to flag up this issue anyway. I'm 90% certain the problem was caused by TV-Server (or maybe the TV-Server client plug-in). As far as I can tell, this isn't a hardware issue (i.e. the CPU never gets above about 30 degrees C and the computer is 100% stable when not running MP). I wonder if anyone else has experienced this problem?
MP (without TV-Server) seems to be working for me and I'm loving it - thanks so much for all the time and effort you've all been putting into the project. I'm sorry this bug report is so unpleasant!
Thanks,
Jack