My Experience so far.. (2 Viewers)

vvulture

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    Two days now i have been working on changing over from MCE to MP.
    Here is a list of the problems i have encountered so far :

    1 - No support for my Nova-T 500 TV tuner ( this is being worked on at the moment thanx to dman )

    2 - Random but frequent stuttering when viewing live tv
    3 - Audio/Video out of sync on live TV at random
    4 - Very slow channel changing ( 8 Seconds ) when timeshift enabled. 1 Second when turned off
    5 - Only goes into standby when it feels like it ( yes, i have power scheduler enabled ). Forget hibernation. Never works...
    6 - When in standby, never wakes up to record.
    7 - Built-in IR receiver in my Zalman HD160 does not work very well at all.
    8 - VFD display does not work at all, even with plugin enabled.

    There is more, but can't think of it all...


    However, i am extremely impressed with the set of features that are offered by the software. AWESOME !!
    I am doing all this to get rid of MCE. I just hope it will be all worth it in the end. There seems to be a lot of support around, but some problems i have researched have been around for over a year now, and still no resolution.
    The only probs MCE is giving are :

    1 - Does not go back into stanby after recording ( always )
    2 - Strange black screen at random ( once a day )
    3 - Sometimes remote will stop responding ( very rare )
    Apart from this, it is fine. Always records on schedule, always AV sync, IR receiver works, VFD works ( although not always ).

    I just wish there was a way that i could help a little more. Maybe learn programming. LOL
     

    tomtom21000

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    how can you have 2) and 3) if you have 1) ???
    for 8 ) look in the wiki if your vfd is in the "hall of fame" for working vfd´s

    tomtom
     

    vvulture

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    sorry tomtom...

    I am currently using 2 x Avermedia A16A tuners, but wish to use my Hauppauge dual tuner as well for total of 4 tuners.

    As far as the VFD is concerned, i tried everything mentioned.. but will try again.. Can you point me in the right direction for wiki ?

    A full re-install will be done before i put this machine into my lounge room.

    cheers :D
     

    hwahrmann

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    vvulture said:
    7 - Built-in IR receiver in my Zalman HD160 does not work very well at all.
    8 - VFD display does not work at all, even with plugin enabled.

    The Zalman HD160 uses IRTrans Server for handling Remotes and VFD.
    I've just added the code to support remotes via IRTrans. If you grab the SVN build by tommorow, you will have full support. Use the link on the right side of the MP Home page to navigate to the nightly build site.

    The VFD is natively supported by uisng the MP External Display Plugin, that can be enabled via Configuration.
     

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    really hope you get everything fixed (my guess is that you will)

    don't be scared to try a fresh setup

    my experience has been much less problematic
     

    vvulture

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    Hey hwahrmann,
    thats great.. thanks for adding the code. i will grab the SVN tomorrow and see how it goes.
    As far as the VFD is concerned, i enabled the External plugin and played around with it, but made no difference. I guess i just don't know how what settings to use.

    and NLS, thanx for the words of encouragement. Can you give me a brief of your setup ? hardware, software, OS, codecs etc...
    thanx heaps.

    GREAT SUPPORT !!! keep it up :wink:
     

    tomtom21000

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    the "hall of fame" seems to have vanished between the old wiki and the new wiki.

    http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/MediaPortalPlugins/ExternalDisplay

    https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/viewtopic.php?t=5674&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=585

    maybe these can help?

    a list is on page 1 of the thread though i am not sure if it is up-to-date.
    there is also a test mode or something which you can enable in setup.
    also there is a delay setting that helped some people to get there display to work.

    tomtom
     

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