TV-Server Version: 1.0 RC3
MediaPortal Version: 1.0 RC3
MediaPortal Skin: blue wide and blue normal
Windows Version: xp sp3 (x2)
CPU Type: AMD Athlon 4200 (on tv server)
HDD: 4 X 250 gb maxtor Sata 1s in 10 RAID + dedicated 7200 sataII drive for time shift + 80gb SataII for OS
Memory: 2gb DDR400
Motherboard: Gigabyte
Video Card: TV server has 7200GS, HTPC has onboard (DX9 compatible), Pornulator has HD4870X2 with 2gb ddr5 on board
Video Card Driver: all up to date, from nvidia site. (apart from ATI card obviously)
Sound Card: onboard (AC97) on all pc's
Sound Card AC3: opticcal SPDIF out on HTPC, standard stereo on pornulator
Sound Card Driver: latest
1. TV Card: Leadtek WinFast DTV1000 T in tv server
1. TV Card Type: DVB-T
1. TV Card Driver: latest
2. TV Card: + Compro DVB-T300 in tv server
2. TV Card Type: DVB-T hybrid
2. TV Card Driver: latest
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec: not sure, tried a few
MPEG2 Audio Codec: not sure
h.264 Video Codec: not sure
Satelite/CableTV Provider: none
HTPC Case: MSI Mega 180
Cooling: fan
Power Supply: 500w, not sure and 800W (Tv Server, MSI MEga 180 HTPC, Pornulator
Remote: MS MCER
TV: plasma connect via VGA running at 1024 768
TV - HTPC Connection: RGB (VGA-15 pin d sub)
ok, above is Mr Watchey, he likes to watch. He is a dedicated mediportal tv server in the study.
he is connected via a 100mb router to yhe HTPC: a MSI Mega 180 with a single stick of 1gb DDR400 ram and Pornulator who is a monster.
Everything works ok, weather, streaming music, video etc, all fine. Except when i try to use the tv.
very rarely it works, just, massive stuttering while it's windowed, then when i go full screen it's ok.
most of the time i get the first frame and nothing, sometimes i get video but no sound.
the first frame can be of the correct channel or just black.
Media portal does not hang, it is still responsive, just, about 1 sec between cursor movements, and if i turn off the tv it is responsive again but the network traffic persists, and doesn't stop until i restart MyWatchey (if i restart the client, MrWatchey continues to stream data).
The problem appears on both clients, the htpc and Pornulator so i deduce it's not an issue with the client.
i ran perfmon on Mrwatchey
Whilst tv on i get
Ave Disk Queue length 0.18
Pages per sec 22
% cpu time 1.7
looking at the network performance it sits at 5% whilst streaming.
I have tried:
using a dedicated disk for timeshift
dvbfix is installed
changing all maner of codecs on both clients
I only run one client at a time
only running with one tv card in (tried both cards)
Running without the doors on MrWatchey (in case heat was an issue)
havn't yet tried:
using a crossover cable rather than going through the router, but i think that will not be the problem as it plays movies fine.
Turning off windows firewall
Attached is the logs for the tv server. I cleaned out the logs. what you see here is startup, playing some music, then a client requesting a feed from abc2 at 21:10
i got a black screen for 10secs then vision came in very very very stutterery, sound was fine.
i went to full screen
it was much better maybe a little stuttering every 5 secs
I then brought up the in screen channel change via the mce remote and selected channel 7
it worked too, which was unusual
i switched to ABC1 and now no sound
Switched back to ABC2 still no sound (it had sound before)
turned the tv off and zipped up the logs
I notice MrWatchey is still showing a constant stream of network traffic despite the tv being off.
SO my issues are:
Sound drops and never comes back
Massive stuttering while the menu is up (in screen or windowed)
Mild to massive stuttering when it does work.
When i installed it, the autoscan worked ok with a signal strength of 75-100%
Let me know if you need any other details
MediaPortal Version: 1.0 RC3
MediaPortal Skin: blue wide and blue normal
Windows Version: xp sp3 (x2)
CPU Type: AMD Athlon 4200 (on tv server)
HDD: 4 X 250 gb maxtor Sata 1s in 10 RAID + dedicated 7200 sataII drive for time shift + 80gb SataII for OS
Memory: 2gb DDR400
Motherboard: Gigabyte
Video Card: TV server has 7200GS, HTPC has onboard (DX9 compatible), Pornulator has HD4870X2 with 2gb ddr5 on board
Video Card Driver: all up to date, from nvidia site. (apart from ATI card obviously)
Sound Card: onboard (AC97) on all pc's
Sound Card AC3: opticcal SPDIF out on HTPC, standard stereo on pornulator
Sound Card Driver: latest
1. TV Card: Leadtek WinFast DTV1000 T in tv server
1. TV Card Type: DVB-T
1. TV Card Driver: latest
2. TV Card: + Compro DVB-T300 in tv server
2. TV Card Type: DVB-T hybrid
2. TV Card Driver: latest
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec: not sure, tried a few
MPEG2 Audio Codec: not sure
h.264 Video Codec: not sure
Satelite/CableTV Provider: none
HTPC Case: MSI Mega 180
Cooling: fan
Power Supply: 500w, not sure and 800W (Tv Server, MSI MEga 180 HTPC, Pornulator
Remote: MS MCER
TV: plasma connect via VGA running at 1024 768
TV - HTPC Connection: RGB (VGA-15 pin d sub)
ok, above is Mr Watchey, he likes to watch. He is a dedicated mediportal tv server in the study.
he is connected via a 100mb router to yhe HTPC: a MSI Mega 180 with a single stick of 1gb DDR400 ram and Pornulator who is a monster.
Everything works ok, weather, streaming music, video etc, all fine. Except when i try to use the tv.
very rarely it works, just, massive stuttering while it's windowed, then when i go full screen it's ok.
most of the time i get the first frame and nothing, sometimes i get video but no sound.
the first frame can be of the correct channel or just black.
Media portal does not hang, it is still responsive, just, about 1 sec between cursor movements, and if i turn off the tv it is responsive again but the network traffic persists, and doesn't stop until i restart MyWatchey (if i restart the client, MrWatchey continues to stream data).
The problem appears on both clients, the htpc and Pornulator so i deduce it's not an issue with the client.
i ran perfmon on Mrwatchey
Whilst tv on i get
Ave Disk Queue length 0.18
Pages per sec 22
% cpu time 1.7
looking at the network performance it sits at 5% whilst streaming.
I have tried:
using a dedicated disk for timeshift
dvbfix is installed
changing all maner of codecs on both clients
I only run one client at a time
only running with one tv card in (tried both cards)
Running without the doors on MrWatchey (in case heat was an issue)
havn't yet tried:
using a crossover cable rather than going through the router, but i think that will not be the problem as it plays movies fine.
Turning off windows firewall
Attached is the logs for the tv server. I cleaned out the logs. what you see here is startup, playing some music, then a client requesting a feed from abc2 at 21:10
i got a black screen for 10secs then vision came in very very very stutterery, sound was fine.
i went to full screen
it was much better maybe a little stuttering every 5 secs
I then brought up the in screen channel change via the mce remote and selected channel 7
it worked too, which was unusual
i switched to ABC1 and now no sound
Switched back to ABC2 still no sound (it had sound before)
turned the tv off and zipped up the logs
I notice MrWatchey is still showing a constant stream of network traffic despite the tv being off.
SO my issues are:
Sound drops and never comes back
Massive stuttering while the menu is up (in screen or windowed)
Mild to massive stuttering when it does work.
When i installed it, the autoscan worked ok with a signal strength of 75-100%
Let me know if you need any other details