EPG Update Stutter (1 Viewer)

[Koenjer]

Hi There,

I started playing with mediaportal in 2009 and from that point on I have a annoying issue with the EPG.
I'm using my third mediacenter build right now and on all of the builds I had this issue.

When switching to a channel, is tunes OK within 3-4 seconds. After around 2-3 minutes the EPG updates itself and I have a major stutter, losing audio for a second and after that it runs fine for a very long time. But changing to a different channel will result in again after 2-3 minutes a major stutter.

Switching off the option "update EPG while timeshifting" solves the problem, but then my EPG is not updated enough and I get holes in my EPG.

The EPG is grabbed by the DVB-C TVcard.(floppyDTV)

I tried several options like:
- record timeshift in a Ramdisk
- Give the mySQL.exe a higher priority
- Give the tvservice.exe a higher priority

Nothing solves the issue. Even with XBMC as frontend the problem is still there.

Any one an idea how to solve this issue?

 

[zunixnuz]

I had a similar problem and created a bug report here:
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/dvb-epg-produce-one-short-tv-freeze.106620/
but no solution was founded, maybe because nobody reported the same problem.
Try to report your problem in the actual Bugreport section and also refer to my old thread.
Now i use Webgrap++ because DVB-EPG is not usable for me.

 

[Koenjer]

Hi Zunixnuz,

What kind DVB-C card do you use? Maybe it's related to the card itself. I'm using a Floppy DTV (firewire).

 

[zunixnuz]

I also use a Floppy DTV with firewire (see also my System Specs)
but i don't think that the card is the reason of the problem.

 

[Koenjer]

I also use a Floppy DTV with firewire (see also my System Specs)
but i don't think that the card is the reason of the problem.

well, looking at the amount of threads referring this problem, there are not a lot of people with this issue.
I also tried XBMC as front-end, XBMC is applying a 2-3second buffer on the TV stream. With XBMC I don't get a audio stutter but green colors for 2 seconds.

That's why I did the assumption there is something wrong with the card.