Flickering/disturbance on Live TV (1 Viewer)

[hjorthen]

MediaPortal Version: 1.1
MediaPortal Skin:
Windows Version: Vista 64 bit
CPU Type: Athlon II x3 435 2,9 GHz
HDD: Seagate 160 GB SATA
Memory: Kingston DDR3-1333 Kingston 4GB (2x2GB) DualChannel
Motherboard: Asus M4A785TD-M EVO
Video Card: Intregrated ATI HD 4200
Video Card Driver: Newest
Sound Card:
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: Technotrend C-1501
1. TV Card Type: DVB-C
1. TV Card Driver: 5.0.1.8
2. TV Card: Technotrend C-1501
2. TV Card Type: DVB-C
2. TV Card Driver: 5.0.1.8
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:
MPEG2 Audio Codec:
h.264 Video Codec: CoreAvc
Satelite/CableTV Provider: YouSee (Denmark)
HTPC Case:
Cooling:
Power Supply: 400W NorthQ
Remote:
TV:
TV - HTPC Connection: HDMI

I don't know if this is the right forum I post in, but here we go:

As you can see on the attached pictures, there are some very annoying big flickering pixels when I see live TV. It is on all my channels. I have cable tv... I have tried several mpeg2 codec: nvidia purevideo, ATI avivo, ffdshow, dscaler, powerdvd, SAF, but all with the same result...
What can be wrong ? Is it the codec, hardware or ??
My HTPC plays Blu Ray flawless in PowerDVD...

 

[Spragleknas]

Sorry to be a PITA, but ....
Please post your log files.
See: How to gather log files - MediaPortal Manual Documentation for instructions.

 

[CHli]

It's probably just the quality of the reception I have the same problem on my HTPC. Even if I can receive the same channels without errors on the STB. I think PC DVB-C receivers are just less sensitive than the one they have in STB.

 

[hjorthen]

I will post log files asap.... Regardin the reception, I don't think there's any problem there... If I plug my TV directly into the cable network then there's nothing wrong...

I have attached the logfiles to my first post ...

 

[pilehave]

Looks like bad reception to me. Take a lok in the logs of MediaPortal, you will most likely find dropped/corrupted data.

 

[hjorthen]

I don't understand if I have bad reception when I get the signal from YouSee... As far as I can see I don't see anything about bad/corrupted data in the logs... But then again, i'm not sure what to look after ...

 

[pilehave]

Look for stuff like this in TSReader-YYYY-MM-DD.log :

16-11-2009 19:22:56.957 [cbc]Video Continuity error... c ( prev 9 )
16-11-2009 19:22:56.957 [cbc]Video Continuity error... 4 ( prev c )
16-11-2009 19:22:56.957 [cbc]Video Continuity error... 7 ( prev 4 )
16-11-2009 19:22:56.957 [cbc]Video Continuity error... b ( prev 7 )
16-11-2009 19:22:56.967 [cbc]Video Continuity error... 7 ( prev d )
16-11-2009 19:22:56.967 [cbc]Video Continuity error... e ( prev 8 )
16-11-2009 19:22:56.967 [cbc]Video Continuity error... 0 ( prev e )
16-11-2009 19:22:56.967 [cbc]Video Continuity error... 5 ( prev 0 )
16-11-2009 19:22:56.967 [cbc]Video Continuity error... 7 ( prev 5 )

 

[hjorthen]

I can't see any like that... but a lot of this:

16-11-2009 17:04:46.245 [fd4]Vid/Ref : 36.607, Late p-frame(04), Compensated = 21.763 ( 0.016 A/V buffers=00/13), Clk : 21.747000, State 2
16-11-2009 17:04:46.444 [fd4]Vid/Ref : 36.807, Late p-frame(09), Compensated = 21.963 ( 0.029 A/V buffers=00/14), Clk : 21.934000, State 2
16-11-2009 17:04:46.577 [fd4]Vid/Ref : 36.927, Late p-frame(00), Compensated = 22.083 ( 0.009 A/V buffers=00/11), Clk : 22.074000, State 2
16-11-2009 17:04:46.610 [fd4]Vid/Ref : 36.967, Late p-frame(01), Compensated = 22.123 ( 0.017 A/V buffers=00/10), Clk : 22.106000, State 2
16-11-2009 17:04:46.812 [fd4]Vid/Ref : 37.167, Late p-frame(06), Compensated = 22.323 ( 0.015 A/V buffers=00/14), Clk : 22.308000, State 2
16-11-2009 17:04:46.845 [fd4]Vid/Ref : 37.207, Late p-frame(07), Compensated = 22.363 ( 0.023 A/V buffers=00/13), Clk : 22.340000, State 2
16-11-2009 17:04:47.077 [fd4]Vid/Ref : 37.447, Late p-frame(01), Compensated = 22.603 ( 0.029 A/V buffers=00/13), Clk : 22.574000, State 2

 

[hjorthen]

Problem solved... I have just bought a Terratec Cinergy tuner, and now there's no problems ... So it was just because Technotrend cards are crappy apperently.....