[no Bug] Freezing unwatchable tv and a lot of discontinuities. (1 Viewer)

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In version 1.2 beta or RC I can't watch tv. I soon as it loads it freezes when I ran a timeshift using manual control I had tons of discontinuities. I recorded and ran it on VLC and Graphstudio and there a lot of dropped frames unwatchable. I don't have anything installed from hauppauge except the IR. In version 1.1.3 tv was watchable I would sometimes lose server connection, but the tv would work. This is a single seat setup I have done clean installs and the results are the same. I've also tried 4TR with the argus tuner and the tv works, but that tuner has it's own issues. DVBviewer work with no problems also. Here are the logs.

I'm not sure if the template is supposed to load or not I have the usercp info updated. I'm using a Hauppauge Nova-S-Plus as my tv card.

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    It does look like you are having signal problems. Are you sure your dish is aligned properly (edit: or was there just perhaps bad weather when you were trying it with MP?)
     

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    It does look like you are having signal problems.
    Indeed - something corrupting the signal/stream on the input. I don't think virus scanners checking the timeshift directory, slow HDDs, or bad network connections can have this effect, but it wouldn't hurt to check.
    The fact that DVBViewer works has me puzzled.
    What is the heat level like in your case, and do you have any other PCI or PCIe cards?

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    Another puzzling thing i've not seen before:

    Code:
    29-08-2011 19:21:05.259 pmtgrabber: serviceid mismatch 4a38 != 65
    29-08-2011 19:21:05.274 pmtgrabber: serviceid mismatch 4a60 != 65
    29-08-2011 19:21:05.290 pmtgrabber: serviceid mismatch 4a6c != 65
    29-08-2011 19:21:05.290 pmtgrabber: serviceid mismatch 4a42 != 65
    29-08-2011 19:21:05.306 pmtgrabber: serviceid mismatch 136 != 65
    29-08-2011 19:21:05.306 pmtgrabber: serviceid mismatch 138 != 65
    29-08-2011 19:21:05.321 pmtgrabber: serviceid mismatch 137 != 65
    29-08-2011 19:21:05.337 pmtgrabber: serviceid mismatch 96 != 65
    29-08-2011 19:21:05.352 pmtgrabber: serviceid mismatch bd != 65

    tswriter logs are full of these - all with different service id numbers. I've seen this entry repeating before (this is a small bug), but the service id has always been the same.
     

    mm1352000

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    Yes, that is true - good point. I wonder whether TsWriter just couldn't lock onto the TS packet start sequence properly. One would thing that a few retries should sort that out though unless the tuner driver is dropping the packet header or something silly.

    sin360: what driver version are you using for the Nova S Plus? I have one of those cards here that I can test with if necessary.
     

    sin360

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    Here are my specs since the template didn't load.

    ATI 4200HD Driver version 8.872.0.0 I thinks it's 11.4 I've tried 11.7 also and same results

    TV-Card Nova-S-Plus 2.126

    2Gb ram

    320GB WD HD

    Realtek audio

    AMD Cpu

    TV Mitsu 65"

    I have 99% signal and the nova-s drivers are the latest from the site. I rolled back the drivers and windows rolled them back to 2.124. I did another timeshift and I didn't have any discontinuities and I recorded the channel loaded in vlc and it was working, but the preview in tv-server was not. I loaded up MP and it would not work so I changed my codecs same results. I did another timeshift test and the discontinuities came back on 2.124. I upgraded my drivers back to 2.126. The other programs I've used work dvbviewer, dvbdream and 4TR with XBMC. If anyone has any earlier driver then 2.124 I would like to try them out or point me in the direction where I can find them.
     

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    What happens if you record a program and play it back in MediaPortal? Is it fine?

    What happens if you then play back the recording in VLC?

    It would be good to separate signal issues from playback issues.

    Unfortunately there is no standard way for reporting signal strength, so just because MP reports 99% signal doesn't really mean much.

    Mark
     

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    Very strange... I presume you've tried rebooting your pc? Have you tried leaving it switched off for a while and then trying again? (just to eliminate anything like overheating)

    Is the PSU adequate for your system?

    I'll try and get a special tswriter version compiled for you tomorrow with some extra logging so we can narrow it down. :)
     

    sin360

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    The signal strength is the same across the board on all the programs that I've tried including my set-top boxes. I'll try to record something today in mediaportal the recording that I had done before was using manual control.

    Ok I recorded something in MP even though I could not see it. I tried to play it back and it didn't play then I used vlc and it played, but it was unwatchable. Here is a copy of the recording.

    hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?4ukrdx3n7t78a63
     

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