Connection to TV-server broken (1 Viewer)

[hassegubben]

After installing two new Floppydtv-c/ci with cams I can not get the tv-server to work. If I de-select the two cards and disconnect the firewire cable, the tv-server seems to work. I did a complete uninstall of MP and database, re-installed the floppydtv drivers (v5.7), MP and database. Did not help. I don't know what to do now.

Logs attached
















MediaPortal Version: MP 1.1.2
MediaPortal Skin: Blue3 wide
Windows Version: Win XP pro SP3
CPU Type: Intel Q9450 2,66GHz
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 500 GB IDE, Samsung T166 500GB SataII
Memory: Corsair XMS2 DHX 4GB
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 Ultimate
Video Card Driver: Catalyst 8.11
Sound Card: Realtek ALC889
Sound Card AC3: MB inbuilt optical out
Sound Card Driver: Realtek HD Audio v2.01
1. TV Card: Hauppauge PVRUSB2 MCE
1. TV Card Type: Analog
1. TV Card Driver: WinTV 4.6b
2. TV Card: Hauppauge HVR-2200
2. TV Card Type: Analog, dual tuner
2. TV Card Driver: WinTV 4.6b
3. TV Card: Hauppauge NOVA-T-500 HD
3. TV Card Type: DVB-T
3. TV Card Driver: WinTV 4.6b
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec: ATI avivo
MPEG2 Audio Codec: MPA
h.264 Video Codec: ATI avivo
Satelite/CableTV Provider: cable/COMHEM
HTPC Case: Antec P182B
Cooling: Noctua NH-U12P
Power Supply: Corsair HX620
Remote: Microsoft Remote Keyboard & Remote
TV: Panasonic 42PV60 plasma
TV - HTPC Connection: VGA

 

[ravenrocks]

First of all I suggest you update your specifications.
For Floppydtv to work properly you need to use the legacy firewire-drivers as suggested by digitaleverywhere.

 

[hassegubben]

That was one of my concerns - what prerequisites apply when installing floppydtv for XP SP3? The legacy firewire drivers only apply to win 7, don't they? This is a quote from Digital Everywhere's support web page:

"- Windows 7 users should always use the 1394 OHCI controller "legacy" driver!!! Read the document included in the setup for details."

 

[ravenrocks]

Oh, sorry, I see now that you have xp and not win7.
I really have no idea, can you explan what happens(or not).

 

[hassegubben]

I have installed two new floppydtv. Arrived from Germany last week, so I guess the latest firmware must be installed from the factory. The newest driver v5.7 was used. I scanned all channels in the TV server config with one of the floppydtv cards and mapped all found channels to both cards. I can preview all channels, even the pay tv channels. Works fine. But as soon as I start the MP client, the "connection to tv server broken" is shown. I tried to record a channel from the MP client, the same channel I had previously previewed from the TV server config, but there was nothing recorded. There were four empty recorded items (one for each time I had pressed OK after the "TV-server broken connection" was shown).

Update: Added FireDTVSupport Tool Report as attachment. Hopefully someone can see if there is something wrong with the installaton.

 

[ravenrocks]

Have you tried the cards in FireDTV-Viewer? In that case we can eliminate mediaportal from the equation.

 

[hassegubben]

Will do that tonight. What I thought was strange was the fact that I watched the channel from MP tv server config - Preview and it worked fine. But as soon as I started the MP client the tv server shut down. And one of the logs is FULL of discontinuity errors...

 

[hassegubben]

FireDTV Viewer:
Scan channels - OK all found
EPG: OK channel name, start and end time shown
Tune to channel:OK
View channel: Not OK. Random noises and some random shown blocks only.

 

[hassegubben]

Can someone with experience from FloppyDTV PLEASE have a look at the attached status of my configuration and suggest a solution? I only see some blocks and no sound in Firedtv viewer.

 

[ravenrocks]

Are u using the bda-drivers? Mce wont work.