Experimental TsReader development (2 Viewers)

[mylle]

Hi Mylle,

Can you do the same tests with the 'Area51' TsReader.ax -> here <- (the 0_4_17a version), this is the closest 'standard' version to v45 functionallity (it has the same graph rebuilding mods etc).

The MP 1.2.1 TsReader.ax doesn't have the SD<->HD 'graph rebuild on zapping' mods (which are in MP 1.2.2), so it will be faster with RTSP and SD<->HD zapping - the mods were added because some codecs can't handle this => black screens.

Tony

Hi Tony,

0.4.17a is just as slow as v45 for me..... 5-6 second.

I noticed one thing though. As you can see in my logs i flip through the first 6 channels in my list to make the test. They all take around 5-6 seconds except the switch to "tv2 charlie". That takes only 3 seconds. Does that make sense?

Regards
Jacob

 

[Owlsroost]

Yes - the last zap doesn't change the video frame size (it's an SD->SD zap), so it doesn't trigger a video graph rebuild (which adds 2-3 seconds because it has to stop the RTSP stream, swap the video decoder and restart the stream).

Tony

P.S. - I did have a quick look at the UNC paths 'Could not open file' problem, but (like the other people who've looked at it), I can't see why it should fail like that - Windows is just reporting that the file doesn't exist (i.e. the path is OK and the permissions are OK, it just can't find the file to open). What is your timeshift file setup - how many/what size are the files, and is it on hard disk or ram disk ?

 

[mylle]

OK. Thanks.

Yes. The UNC path issue is weird and there is no logic in when it happens.

The file DOES exist even when windows says it cannot find it.

Timeshift.
Minimum = 6 files
Maximum = 20 files
Filesize = 256mb
Wait for unscrambled signal = 3 sec
wait for timeshifting file = 5 sec

Mediaportal tv server is installed on windows 7 on an SSD disk. The timeshift file is on a 4 gb ramdisk.

tsreader 1.2.1 is working fine for me. all my codecs are set to LAV. I dont see the "Black Sceen" problem switching from SD > HD but then again it supposedly does not happen with all codecs?

If it does not happen with every codec, how do we determine that the tsreader is at fault and not the codec? LAV seems to be very stable. I dont have any issues at all.

regards
Jacob

 

[mcrob83]

Tsreader0045 is really fast and smooth, but I get freezing after some minutes for some seconds, before the playback continues. Using tsreader0039 doesn't show the problem. I'll post a tsreaderlog tomorrow.

 

[doveman]

Unfortunately v45 still has the problem here where the picture freezes for about 2 seconds every time I skip backward/forward. 1.2.2 doesn't do this.

I made the attached logs in single-screen playing a TV Recording but it's exactly the same with Live TV.

 

[IchBinsShort]

Yes (I think) - there a lot of "FRITZ!Box Manager: " and "MusicInfoHandler" lines in the MediaPortal.log - try disabling those plug-ins and see if the problem goes away....

Tony

I think now it works.

 

[Owlsroost]

Unfortunately v45 still has the problem here where the picture freezes for about 2 seconds every time I skip backward/forward. 1.2.2 doesn't do this.

I made the attached logs in single-screen playing a TV Recording but it's exactly the same with Live TV.

Is it any better if you use a non-DXVA codec like LAV video or FFDShow ?

Do you know which version of noStopMod TsReader this problem first appeared for you ?

Tony

 

[JACOB B]

Just for information too, MP 1.2.2 (custom build) + Dshowhelper 0.92 + TSreader 39 + LAV 0.42-45-gbd824b1 (0.43 Rc) Work very fine. Congratulation to you Owlsroost to made the first MP functionality better and better ;-)

I keep seeing references to Dshowhelper 0.92. However, a search doesn't provide any information. Can anyone point in the right direction, i.e. information on what and why + download ...
Thanks,
JAcob

 

[Owlsroost]

Try -> here <-

Tony

 

[grubi]

Zapping with v45 is really fast.
What I have is that when zapping between SD FTA channels I have two or three stutters withinthe first 10 seconds of playback after channel change. Maybe it zapps to fast here?