Channel 9 doesn't display no signal detected (1 Viewer)

[Alvinder]

MediaPortal Version: 0.2.2 Latest SVN
MediaPortal Skin: Default
Windows Version: Windows XP Professional sp2
CPU Type: Pentium D
HDD: 250 G
Memory: 1024 G
Motherboard: ASUS PDL5VM
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Video Card: ASUS 6600GT
Video Card Driver: NVIDIA
Sound Card: On Board AC882..
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1. TV Card: DVICO Dual Digital
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Hi,

I am having strange problem.

On Channel 9 the tuner is not able to lock the card.

Not sure what's wrong. I am sure its something to do with my configuration.

I have attached the log files.

Also its taking a long time to display other channels.


Please help.

 

[Taipan]

On Channel 9 the tuner is not able to lock the card.
Also its taking a long time to display other channels.

These two observations suggest that your DVB signal strength and quality are marginal, or inadequate. Where are you lated and what type of TV antenna are you using?

 

[Alvinder]

Signal is 85%+. I am able to view that channel with the software provided with the card.

 

[Taipan]

The next possibility is that Autotune has collected incorrect data (usually the frequency) - can you go into MediaPortal Setup -> Television -> TV Card -> Edit and check the frequencies recorded for each channel. You can find the correct frequencies for your area here.

 

[Alvinder]

Thanks for your help.

After i have fixed the frequency it worked.

Any help for slow channel change will really help.

thanks

 

[Taipan]

Any help for slow channel change will really help.

What do you call "slow" - typically, how many seconds does MP take to change channels (with timeshifting off)?

 

[Taipan]

OK, I just had a look at your MediaPortal.log file and it looks like channel changes take about 10+ seconds, which is slow ...

There seem to be 2 points of delay:-

5 seconds is lost here

2007-02-22 20:49:18.850712 [Info.][6]: DVBGraph:StartViewing(). : ac3=True
2007-02-22 20:49:23.557480 [Info.][6]: DVBGraph:TuneChannel() tune to channel:10

and another 3 seconds here

2007-02-22 20:49:23.577508 [Info.][6]: DVBGraphBDA:SubmitTuneRequest() frequency:219500 kHz Bandwidth:7 ONID:4116 TSID:1538, SID:1569
2007-02-22 20:49:26.702001 [Info.][13]: planescene: PresentImage()

Unfortunately, I don't know why ....

There are a few postings here from owners of Dvico cards with slow channel changes, but I don't think any of them have been resolved yet.

What version of the Dvico BDA drivers are you using? Are they the latest?