Hauppauge HD-PVR & Colossus Support (2 Viewers)

[Klairic]

Hey mm, is it possible for me to get a patch file for the work you did on the digital audio already? As far as I know, you only posted a dll file.

I think that would help me get started on this. I'm just starting to figure out where a few things are, so I think it would cut down on my research time.

 

[mm1352000]

Absolutely... except that I'm at work right now. It is about 12:30 in the afternoon here so it'll be six hours or so before I get home.
Theoretically a hack modification for the wait should be an easy one. Just do a Thread.Sleep(4000); call in HDPVRChannel.WaitForPmt() *before* the call to _eventPMT.Wait(), or before the call to SetupPmtGrabber(). That will cause the TV Server to wait 4 seconds for the effect of blasting to be seen in the stream. If you need my changes for testing too then I can post a patch tonight with a DLL that includes general 1.2.0rc fixes, the audio crossbar fix, the detection fix and your HDMI support patch...

 

[WileECoyote]

Absolutely... except that I'm at work right now. It is about 12:30 in the afternoon here so it'll be six hours or so before I get home.
Theoretically a hack modification for the wait should be an easy one. Just do a Thread.Sleep(4000); call in HDPVRChannel.WaitForPmt() *before* the call to _eventPMT.Wait(), or before the call to SetupPmtGrabber(). That will cause the TV Server to wait 4 seconds for the effect of blasting to be seen in the stream. If you need my changes for testing too then I can post a patch tonight with a DLL that includes general 1.2.0rc fixes, the audio crossbar fix, the detection fix and your HDMI support patch...

Scratch my post... I read mm's post too quick...

 

[mm1352000]

Hi everyone

As promised, I'm attaching my two patches along with a combined patch containing all fixes relevant to the Colossus and/or HDPVR since 1.2.0b. I've included a delay of 3 seconds for PMT. For those who find it easier, binaries are also available - technically these are for the latest SVN (27923), but they are also compatible with 1.2.0b.

 

[GoldenEye]

Hi everyone

As promised, I'm attaching my two patches along with a combined patch containing all fixes relevant to the Colossus and/or HDPVR since 1.2.0b. I've included a delay of 3 seconds for PMT. For those who find it easier, binaries are also available - technically these are for the latest SVN (27923), but they are also compatible with 1.2.0b.

Thanks, mm

I tested your patch. Here's what I did /what happens (logs attached):

- Starting MP, Accessing TV, Accessing EPG
- Turning to channel 'Sixx' (Audio according to ShowBizz capture: AAC 2 channels)
- Tuning to channel 'Discovery HD' (Audio: Dolby Digital (AC3) 5.1-channels) --> MP says Program/channel not found
- Tuning to channel 'History HD' (Audio: AAC 2 channels)
- Tuning back to the 5.1 channel 'Discovery HD' --> Picture shows up but no sound
- Going back to home and closing MP

Thanks a lot

G.

 

[tenuhseegeek]

mm1352000
Ok, got it! Downloaded patched .dll and set for SPIDF #2 and WORKS! now is there an easier way to change all those channels to SPIDF #1 from automatic other than taking 1/4 of my life away? LOL I set a few channels for testing and now testing a recording. It is so nice to see the help and hear the audio! I am going to clear out logs so I have a base to start from for anything else we find. Kudos!

 

[mm1352000]

@mm1352000
Ok, got it! Downloaded patched .dll and set for SPIDF #2 and WORKS! now is there an easier way to change all those channels to SPIDF #1 from automatic other than taking 1/4 of my life away? LOL I set a few channels for testing and now testing a recording. It is so nice to see the help and hear the audio! I am going to clear out logs so I have a base to start from for anything else we find. Kudos!

Short of writing a DB script, I'm afraid not. The script would be quite simple though. Something like:

UPDATE TuningDetail SET audioSource = <pin number of audio pin on crossbar> WHERE channelType = 0

That should work for anyone that doesn't have other analog channels. With the pin number, you can start from 0 and work your way up until it works if you really have to!

 

[mm1352000]

Hi GoldenEye

Thanks for testing.

- Starting MP, Accessing TV, Accessing EPG
- Turning to channel 'Sixx' (Audio according to ShowBizz capture: AAC 2 channels)

According to the logs, also AAC...

- Tuning to channel 'Discovery HD' (Audio: Dolby Digital (AC3) 5.1-channels) --> MP says Program/channel not found

TsWriter log shows detection as AC3, but it looks like a timeout on tuning interrupted things. With the 3 seconds of waiting for PMT you might need to increase the timeouts in the general section of TV Server configuration, in particular, the tune and PMT ones.

- Tuning to channel 'History HD' (Audio: AAC 2 channels)

Again, detected as AAC.

- Tuning back to the 5.1 channel 'Discovery HD' --> Picture shows up but no sound

Also detected as AAC -> problem. About half a second later TsWriter realises it is actually AC3.

@everyone: I just have a bit of a hunch here. Can someone please try one of the attached builds. Just replace the TVLibrary I posted with one of these. Any one will do. Try and get into a situation where there is no audio, and then right click to get the TV context menu and see whether the appropriate audio track is available.

 

[WileECoyote]

@everyone: I just have a bit of a hunch here. Can someone please try one of the attached builds. Just replace the TVLibrary I posted with one of these. Any one will do. Try and get into a situation where there is no audio, and then right click to get the TV context menu and see whether the appropriate audio track is available.

Hey mm,
I tried the "3s" version and I could not get it to fail. Although the audio worked correctly on every channel, the change times were at times extremely long, 15+ seconds (see attached logs.)

Thanks!
Wile E.

 

[Klairic]

The patch file he posted has a Sleep() in there, that's the one you can play with.

I'm using 4 seconds, and haven't had any problems. I think I have a different problem though. I'm using For The Record to record shows, and I think it's using a different way of changing channels, because the delay isn't used.

I'm not sure what to do yet, but I'm going to take a look. There needs to be a way to work with FTR. I don't watch much live TV, and can't see myself recording with the built in recording features.