MP hangs if channel not transmitting. (1 Viewer)

[404]

MediaPortal Version: 1.2.2

Description
Hi,
If a channel is not transmitting when TV is started MP hangs until timeout occurs.. Is there not a more elegant way of handling this scenario ??
Regards.....

Steps to Reproduce:
1: Watch non 24hr channel in evening, e.g BBC3 dvbs.
2: Let MP sleep until next morning.
3: Try to start TV server....MP hangs looking for last tuned channel until timeout.

 

[Spragleknas]

Considered this is a bugerport: Logs please....

 

[404]

OK I didn't think logs would be useful in this situation..... I will set MP up to fail this evening and post logs tomorrow.

Regards.

 

[georgius]

Probably not bug, it works as designed. MP GUI freeze when changing or starting channel. Common value for timeout is 20 seconds - better to say is 2 x 10 seconds, this value can be changed in TV Server Configuration -> General -> Scan -> PMT (common value is 10 seconds).

 

[Spragleknas]

Well, logs are allways wanted in bugreports - just in case, if nothing more

 

[jameson_uk]

Sorry to say this is not a bug but a feature of MP.
The design is to attempt to tune and then timeout if it is unable to do so.

Obviously if a channel is off-air (eg. BBC3) then it attempts to tune, can not do so and eventually times out (so is doing what it is meant to).

This has been raised before and I think it is too embedded in the code to change (also you can not cancel a tune request so if you do select BBC3 by accident you also can not cancel and switch to another channel until the tuning request has failed).

I am marking this as no bug as any change would be a new feature (and I think it is not possible without a lot of effort so is unlikely to change)

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Hi 404

There are settings in TVServer config that I used to change regarding waiting for timeshift file to be created, this is somewhere around the 15 second mark, I used to change this to 5 seconds, which gives a more realistic waiting time before notifying of being unable to tune channel

http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_...ation/TV-Server_Configuration/08_Timeshifting

 

[mattyb8562]

 

[doveman]

Also if you have more than one tuner you can set it only try 1 (instead of 0 which tries all of them) which will reduce the wait before it notifies you it can't tune to that channel.

 

[404]

Sorry for the late reply, Busy with work :-(

PD and doveman thanks for the tips, I'll try them as soon as I can find the time, I didn't realise that the delay could be reduced.
I understand it would be difficult to make changes to the 'tune and timeout' setup but how about a start on 'default' channel option, It wouldn't help if a wrong channel is selected but it would stop the freeze when starting the tv server with a previously selected channel that is not transmitting.

Regards.