initial support for Hauppuage HD-PVR (3 Viewers)

[misterd]

Hi,
in general the HDPVR should work with the latest public build, because the general issue with analog cards like the HDPVR was fixed in this build.

@WildECoyote: Could you please upload a patch of your modified dll's? I will look at them and check what I can do before 1.0.1 is released.

MisterD

 

[WileECoyote]

Here is a new build of today's SVN with my HD-PVR code. I have only tested for about 10 minutes but it seems to work.

MediaPortal-svn_20090326.exe
setup-tve3_20090326.exe

Garry,
Does this build have the issue with the client 'pausing' on channel change?


Wile E.

 

[ixian]

Well hell this is a nice surprise. Garry I'll be testing your build out in a couple hours, I'll post logs whether it works or not just so you have some feedback.

Thanks!!

 

[WileECoyote]

Hi,
in general the HDPVR should work with the latest public build, because the general issue with analog cards like the HDPVR was fixed in this build.

@WildECoyote: Could you please upload a patch of your modified dll's? I will look at them and check what I can do before 1.0.1 is released.

MisterD

When I modified the 3/7 build, the only thing I changed was reducing the PMT value so it didnt take 10 seconds to start timeshifting.

Garry just posted a new build, you might ask him what he has updated....

Thanks!
Wile E.

 

[garry]

I just got the latest from SVN and left my HD-PVR mods as-is. I have no idea if it is better or worse than unmodified SVN, but I'll compare the two when I get a chance.

 

[ixian]

The "stock" 3-22 svn's didn't work for me with my HD-PVR - the server portion seems to start timeshifting/recording ok, but the client shows video/audio for roughly a second and just freezes after that.

Initially I thought it was a codec problem on my end, but I tested it on a clean Vista SP1 build with just MediaPortal and the Arcsoft codecs installed and it still did it, plus when I rolled back to the 12-22 svn on the server and client it once again worked perfectly. So I'm eager to try Garry's mods when I get home.

Was anyone else able to get the 3-22 stock build to work?

 

[WileECoyote]

Hi,
in general the HDPVR should work with the latest public build, because the general issue with analog cards like the HDPVR was fixed in this build.

@WildECoyote: Could you please upload a patch of your modified dll's? I will look at them and check what I can do before 1.0.1 is released.

MisterD

Mister D,
I just installed the 'stock' SVN from 3/22 and then changed the time out from 10000 to 100 in the OnGraphStart() method. It lets the timeshifting start in less than 2 seconds, and channel changes are almost immediate. I have posted the DLL's if anyone is interested.

Wile E.

/// <summary>
/// Should be called when the graph is about to start
/// Resets the state
/// If graph is already running, starts the pmt grabber to grab the
/// pmt for the new channel
/// </summary>
public override void OnGraphStart()
{
Log.Log.WriteFile("HDPVR: subch:{0} OnGraphStart", _subChannelId);

if (SetupPmtGrabber(256, _serviceID))
{
DateTime dtNow = DateTime.Now;
while (_pmtVersion < 0)
{
Log.Log.Write("subch:{0} wait for pmt", _subChannelId);
Thread.Sleep(20);
TimeSpan ts = DateTime.Now - dtNow;
if (ts.TotalMilliseconds >= 100)
{
Log.Log.Debug("Timedout waiting for PMT after {0} seconds. Increase the PMT timeout value?", ts.TotalSeconds);
break;
}
}
}
}

 

[sjeffrey]

It's good to see this thread alive again

I just tried 3/22 again and it detects my card by when I try to start timeshift it loops in waiting for pmt.
Did anyone else get a problem like that?
I doubt it has anything with codecs, but should I check them?

 

[ixian]

I installed stock, then applied the file changes WileE uploaded.

At first, I had the exact same issue - video and audio would start on the client, then freeze after a second or two. I could rewind to the beginning and have that second or two play over and over all I wanted but that's as far as I got.

On a hunch I restarted my TV server. Now, I get perfect video....but no audio at all. Sound works elsewhere in MP - even the remote clicks while in TV - but nothing from the HD-PVR.

The one thing I can think of is I had my HD-PVR set to output AC3 instead of AAC, and am using two channel audio. I see in MP that the AAC audio codec is being built in the graph, not AC3. Damned if I can figure it out but I'll fiddle with this some more since I think I'm close.

Update - got audio working. I had MP set to receive AC3 and when I rebooted the HD-PVR reset itself back to using AAC for 2 channel - lovely. I'll figure that out later but right now I have a working 3-22 solution. Thanks!!

WileE, using your TVServer files my channel changes are as fast as ever but it still takes about 10-12 seconds for the PMT to start - any ideas where I could start looking?

 

[Squega]

I've been using MP for quite a while but this is my first time dealing with the TV server and this PVR and I am frustrated. MP stops responding on me when I either change a channel or turn TV mode on. Is there specific way to set the PVR up with TV Server? I don't want timeshifting right at the moment. I just want the ability to view/record what goes into the PVR.

I am running the 20090326 build that garry posted yesterday.

My apologies ahead of time if this has been covered. My head started spinning after reading 30+ pages of this thread so I might have skipped something along the way.