New Stuttering Appeared on 1.0.2 (1 Viewer)

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MediaPortal Version: 1.0.2
TV Server Version: 1.0.2
MediaPortal Skin: Monochrome Black
Windows Version: XP Home (SP3)
CPU Type: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4850e
HDD: Western Digital 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm
Memory: Corsair 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA78GPM-DS2H 780G
Video Card: Integrated ATI Radeon HD3200 graphics
TV Card: Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T 500
MPEG2 Video Codec: Cyberlink Video/SP Decoder (PVD9)
MPEG2 Audio Codec: MPC - MPA Decoder Filter
h.264 Video Codec: Cyberlink h.264/AVC Decoder (PVD7.x)
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Freeview
HTPC Case: Antec Fusion Remote Veris Black MATX Media Center Case
Cooling: Scythe Mini Ninja Socket 478
Power Supply: Corsair 450W VX Series PSU - ATX12V v2.2
Remote: Windows MCE Remote
TV: Samsung LCD
TV - HTPC Connection: HDMI
Cataylst Control Centre: v9.6, 1280x720, 32Bit, 50Hz, automatic deinterlacing

Hiya,

I hope you might be able to help. It looks as though this might be linked to some of the other threads about stuttering but some differences which I've outlined below.

I've had 1.02 installed for a number of weeks and was working great. However, I came down in the morning a couple of days ago to find the weather displaying an error message (weather now disappeared) but more importantly stuttering on the TV making watching live TV, recorded programmes etc unwatchable. I've also found the system to be less responsive to clicks on the remote.

I've upgraded CCC to the newest v9.6, installed the SAF codec pack (just in case it was a codec issue), checked for no errors on the HDD (and defraged) but still have the stuttering issue.

I'm running 720p on the screen (although TV is freeview therefore not HD).

Is this likely to be an issue caused by not having a powerful enough graphics card? I don't really want to have to roll back to 1.0.0. Are there any other options I can try or should I be looking to purchase a new graphics card?

Thanks.

 

[Andrew H]

You can't trust that the latest CCC driver is proven until it's been tested... do some research to determine which CCC version gets high marks - especially with the MP folks (forum). The same for switching to these SAF codec packs... once you reload so many things at once you'll never know what hosed your 1.0.2 install that'd been working great for a number of weeks.

There are many discussions about how much GPU and CPU power you need... this thread discusses how with MP 1.0.1 they made a decision which uses textures to write the display. Your system may need a hardware update to keep up with deinterlaced video. One poster was discussing how the 4850e does HT2.0 and not the HT 3.0 which helps greatly the HD3200 iGPU. $50 isn't a lot to pay for the 2.5GHz 7550 if it does the trick like they say...

My first impression on the remote responsiveness is something about the TV-Service not running, or the SQL database? Folks also have said when you have no tuner but have installed the TV-Service it hoses things up... but I can't recall hearing that it happened one day... that's why I'd check the SQL & TV-Service.

 

[dale77]

I'm running a very similar system to you without problems. I'm on Vista though.

 

[Owlsroost]

I'd check the networking stuff - the other week I was watching TV and it suddenly became very stuttery - I eventually discovered that the wi-fi connection had stopped working (hung/crashed, basically) and this was upsetting all of the network related activities, including the MP <-> TV-server connection (which is set up to use the 'MS loopback adaptor' in my system so it isn't directly tied to the wi-fi connection).

You shouldn't really be having GPU performance issues with SD TV to a 720p screen - check the GPU usage in CCC to make sure.

Tony