initial support for Hauppuage HD-PVR (3 Viewers)
- Thread starter garry
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- #72
Garry,
I tested the dual tuner setup and here is what I did/found...
- Shut down TV Server service
- Installed the two files from your first post (Todays date)
- Started TV Server service
- Started MP on the server and tuned to ESPN (Directv channel 73)
- Started MP on one of my clients and tuned to ESPN2 (Directv Channel 72)
The result....When I first tuned to 73 on the server it would not change the channel (Maybe it was changing the channel on the second tuner?) When I started the client and tuned to channel 72, it changed the channel on the server from what it was to 72. I went back to the server and found the same. Now whenever I changed the channel it would change on the client as well.
I verified that both tuners are working correctly by opening Arcsoft viewer and changing the channels via the TV3 Blaster plugin 'test' app under the STB setup. I verified that both change their respective tuners...
Thoughts?
Must be my cable box or my system. Will have to try with a clean system. I might of screwed something up.
Thanks.
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- #74
Garry,
A little more information...I swapped the com3 & com4 connectors and now when I tune the server the first time, it does tune correctly. But now when I try to start the second stream on the client, it gives me a "Cannot start timeshifting" message.
A little more information...I swapped the com3 & com4 connectors and now when I tune the server the first time, it does tune correctly. But now when I try to start the second stream on the client, it gives me a "Cannot start timeshifting" message.
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- #75
Please post your tv server logs so I can take a look.
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- #76
Garry,
Please see the attachmentts.
Thanks!
Edit: In this example I tuned the client to Channel 248, then went to the server and tried to tune to ESPN 73.
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- #77
Garry,
A little more info... I tuned to channel 101, then started to record the channel. I then tried to change the channel to 204 CNN. I then opened TME in the background running the second tuner to see if the channel was actually changing. When I tuned to 212 it the blaster DID change the channel, I just think its haveing an issue building the graph (see the logs).
Let me know if there are any other tests you would like for me to run...
A little more info... I tuned to channel 101, then started to record the channel. I then tried to change the channel to 204 CNN. I then opened TME in the background running the second tuner to see if the channel was actually changing. When I tuned to 212 it the blaster DID change the channel, I just think its haveing an issue building the graph (see the logs).
Let me know if there are any other tests you would like for me to run...
I seem to have working EPG with channels mapped to the HD-PVR. The quality is alright, but not like my STB, mainly distortion and noise. The issue with half frame rate at the beginning is still persisting.
There are horizontal waves which are noticeable on dark programs, which I am assuming is noise from the cables as when I move the cables the waves move also. I have tried different cables with the same result. Perhaps it's the room I will try in another. There are also bands of distortion on the bottom and sometimes top of the picture, which are reminiscent of a vcr with bad tracking. Both problems manifest in MP and TME, so I'm assuming it would be a problem with the unit or my drivers/codecs.
As well, there is a delay in a STB channel change for example and the Live TV feed actually changing channels. I don't have an IR blaster set up yet so I am changing channels manually. The longer the feed is going the longer the delay appears to be.
Edit: The distortion waves and bands at the top/bottom don't appear with the composite video in.
There are horizontal waves which are noticeable on dark programs, which I am assuming is noise from the cables as when I move the cables the waves move also. I have tried different cables with the same result. Perhaps it's the room I will try in another. There are also bands of distortion on the bottom and sometimes top of the picture, which are reminiscent of a vcr with bad tracking. Both problems manifest in MP and TME, so I'm assuming it would be a problem with the unit or my drivers/codecs.
As well, there is a delay in a STB channel change for example and the Live TV feed actually changing channels. I don't have an IR blaster set up yet so I am changing channels manually. The longer the feed is going the longer the delay appears to be.
Edit: The distortion waves and bands at the top/bottom don't appear with the composite video in.
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- #79
Sirc,
A few questions.
Is your cable box capable of outputting Composite and Component at the same time? (Sometimes it will default to the lowest resolution if both are hooked up.) You might try unhooking all other cables except the component and SPDIF (or other audio) cables.
What resolution are you running out of your cable box? I find that my Directv box works best running at 720P. At 1080i I see tearing and the picture is overall grany.
What H.264 codec are you using?
WileE
Thanks for the input WileE.
Whenever I've been testing I have only been using one cable connection, I just thought I would try the other inputs in case it was noise inside the box.
I'm running it at 1080i, but when I get a chance tomorrow I'll give it a try at 720p. I should have tried that sooner I suppose, don't know why I didn't think about it.
I'm using the Arcsoft codec as well as ffdshow. The distortions appear using both. Hopefully changing the resolution will yield some positive results!