FloppyDTV-C card problems (1 Viewer)

[corvy]

TV-Server Version: Latest SVN
MediaPortal Version: Latest SVN
MediaPortal Skin: Xface 1.4
Windows Version: Vista (no SP1 yet)
CPU Type: Core 2 2.2GHz

1. TV Card: Floppy DTV-C (HW version 1.26.01)
2. TV Card: Floppy DTV-C (HW version 1.26.02)

I have trouble with one of my tv cards, the one with HW version 1.26.01, the oldest one. Seems I cannot tune channels for more than 10-15 seconds before they freeze, and MP seems more unstable. If I disable this card and only use the other one I have much fewer problems.

I did a log / debug which is attached and I hope someone can tell me if they find any clues as to what this problem is? Is the card defect? The log is when only the faulty tv card is enabled and I do some channel changes. TV allways freeze after a few seconds. Strangely enough it decodes and starts streaming, and then after a few seconds it just freezes.

Thanks for any help you can give me.

 

[limpwhizkid]

I am sorry to say.. do not use your smartwi .. and try with realcards..
I have done extensive testing with 10 images different installs of tvserver and mediaportal ..
all work fine WITHOUT smartwi and with real smartcards

Try and borrow a card of a friend or something and you will have a working setup ..

I have reported it in the build of 21-03 and hope the developers can have a go at it..

 

[corvy]

I have now tried with DVBviewer and it works fine there. Smartwi is not the problem

 

[limpwhizkid]

I have now tried with DVBviewer and it works fine there. Smartwi is not the problem

erm .. THAT is exactly what I mean ..
it works with dvbviewer.. mediacenter ... fireviewer but NOT with mediaportal ..

is it gonna hurt you to try with the original card with 1 tuner and disable the second and try mediaportal again

 

[iosub]

I had the same problem with Trex 4.6 cam.. Then I move to diablo and no problems so far..

Iosu

 

[corvy]

is it gonna hurt you to try with the original card with 1 tuner and disable the second and try mediaportal again

Nah, but I need "kid-free" livingroom to be able to open up the "magic box".

I did this and I found out that there is more to this problem. First I tried removing the SmartWI like you wished for (!) and this solved the problem, so you are correct, the SmartWI is involved (running firmware 2.43 Beta 8 T0 by the by). I then tried moving the CAM from the new TV card to the old (the one not working with the SmartWI) and connected the SmartWI and now it worked fine. So it seems the CAM is involved. I have two Conax Cams, both version 4.00e, but one is HW version 1.0 and the other 1.1. The one that worked with the old tv card and SmartWI was 1.1. So in conclusion I then took the 1.0 Conax CAM and connected to the newer floppydtv and badabing, now that works aswell with the SmartWI. Suddenly I had two working tv cards again!

To sum it up, the new tv card with the old CAM and SmartWI = OK, the old tv card with the new CAM and SmartWI = OK. Any combination of the above mentioned with DVBviewer = OK. So in the end, the problem is with

Mediaportal and not anything else, but at least I found a solution for me that gives me two working tuners again.

Just as a final note, the old combination of CAMs and SmartWI worked a few weeks back, it broke sometime in the last month or so. It just took a little while till I understood what the problem was.

Thanks for your help (the last post about the CAM was very helpful to put me on the track!, thanks!).

 

[limpwhizkid]

is it gonna hurt you to try with the original card with 1 tuner and disable the second and try mediaportal again

Nah, but I need "kid-free" livingroom to be able to open up the "magic box".

I did this and I found out that there is more to this problem. First I tried removing the SmartWI like you wished for (!) and this solved the problem, so you are correct, the SmartWI is involved (running firmware 2.43 Beta 8 T0 by the by). I then tried moving the CAM from the new TV card to the old (the one not working with the SmartWI) and connected the SmartWI and now it worked fine. So it seems the CAM is involved. I have two Conax Cams, both version 4.00e, but one is HW version 1.0 and the other 1.1. The one that worked with the old tv card and SmartWI was 1.1. So in conclusion I then took the 1.0 Conax CAM and connected to the newer floppydtv and badabing, now that works aswell with the SmartWI. Suddenly I had two working tv cards again!

To sum it up, the new tv card with the old CAM and SmartWI = OK, the old tv card with the new CAM and SmartWI = OK. Any combination of the above mentioned with DVBviewer = OK. So in the end, the problem is with

Mediaportal and not anything else, but at least I found a solution for me that gives me two working tuners again.

Just as a final note, the old combination of CAMs and SmartWI worked a few weeks back, it broke sometime in the last month or so. It just took a little while till I understood what the problem was.

Thanks for your help (the last post about the CAM was very helpful to put me on the track!, thanks!).

Gr8 that you have a working solution afterall

Gives me some new options as well .. gonna play with my cams..

although our setup differs a lot (I use T1 smartwi (irdeto) , and alphacrypt cams.
I have 2 exact same firmware HW floppydtvs and exact same version 3.08 alphacrypt cams..

Gonna try and play with the firmware for the cams a bit and see where we end up...

 

[corvy]

You could try some different SW versions for the SmartWI aswell, seems to be big speed differences between the ones. Latest Beta is very quick, latest release is very slow ..

 

[limpwhizkid]

You could try some different SW versions for the SmartWI aswell, seems to be big speed differences between the ones. Latest Beta is very quick, latest release is very slow ..

I do have the latest release version from smartwi in use.. 2.41 ..

Will have a look also for the beta one.. and try that 2!
update:
(forget it ... from website smartwi -> T=1 No beta at the moment )

But i think I found the problem .. it is also in the cam ..

3.08 is far off (my cams).. if version 3.14 is available..
as far as I have researched 3.12 introduces new bugs .. with reported sound problems on discovery channel and a few more.. 3.14 seems the way to go .. so cant hurt to update them ..

But you cant update the cam without a laptop with pmcia... so now installing an old laptop with pmcia to update my cams and have another go at it

Hope it fixes the problem ..

 

[iosub]

is it gonna hurt you to try with the original card with 1 tuner and disable the second and try mediaportal again

Nah, but I need "kid-free" livingroom to be able to open up the "magic box".

I did this and I found out that there is more to this problem. First I tried removing the SmartWI like you wished for (!) and this solved the problem, so you are correct, the SmartWI is involved (running firmware 2.43 Beta 8 T0 by the by). I then tried moving the CAM from the new TV card to the old (the one not working with the SmartWI) and connected the SmartWI and now it worked fine. So it seems the CAM is involved. I have two Conax Cams, both version 4.00e, but one is HW version 1.0 and the other 1.1. The one that worked with the old tv card and SmartWI was 1.1. So in conclusion I then took the 1.0 Conax CAM and connected to the newer floppydtv and badabing, now that works aswell with the SmartWI. Suddenly I had two working tv cards again!

To sum it up, the new tv card with the old CAM and SmartWI = OK, the old tv card with the new CAM and SmartWI = OK. Any combination of the above mentioned with DVBviewer = OK. So in the end, the problem is with

Mediaportal and not anything else, but at least I found a solution for me that gives me two working tuners again.

Just as a final note, the old combination of CAMs and SmartWI worked a few weeks back, it broke sometime in the last month or so. It just took a little while till I understood what the problem was.

Thanks for your help (the last post about the CAM was very helpful to put me on the track!, thanks!).

Glad it help it.. BTW what is SmartWI??

Thanks