Multiple crashes and lots of dropped frames with HD pay-tv (1 Viewer)

[HolyCorn]

When you are getting BSOD it is 99% sure that the reason is the HW or drivers of the DVB card. I would first check a driver update and if not available or helping then checking with other DVB software that does the same channel + CI combo trigger the same issue.

The drivers should be the latest ones. I also re-installed the drivers suspecting the same problem, but to no avail. I will check with Terratec own software if the problem persists there.

Thank you!

Hi, I have the same tv card, and had some issues as well. What did help for some issues is _not_ to use the latest driver 1.01.02.501, but the previous beta http://ftp.terratec.de/Receiver/Cinergy_C_PCI_HD/Update/History/Cinergy_C_PCI_HD_Drv_Setup_1.01.02.401_XP_Vista_7.exe

You could try it to see if it helps, gl!

 

[Motionaddict]

Thank you for this hint! For some reason the previous beta did not install correctly on my machine, possibly due to the CI module, but I installed the previous drivers for the CI module and the system has been stable since then. Nevertheless I am not quite satisfied with the image quality at the moment, I get quite a lot of artifacts (without dropped frames) and small jitters every now and then also on the SD FTA channels now. I had artifacts on the HD channels with the latest drivers as well, but not on the SD channels, so this is something I still need to explore. Also I will try different codecs and settings to improve the image quality. But still, having a stable system is essential, so I'm really thankful for your help on the issue!

 

[HolyCorn]

Glad it helped you