No video on all channels (1 Viewer)

[tsd]

TV-Server Version: RC1
MediaPortal Version: RC1
MediaPortal Skin: Blue Two
Windows Version: XP Pro +sp2
CPU Type: Intel Pentium 4 3GHz
HDD: Samsung 320Gb
Memory: 3Gb DDR
Motherboard: Asus P4P800-e
Motherboard Chipset: i865p
Motherboard Bios: 1007.003
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon X1600 Pro
Video Card Driver: 8.471.0.0
Sound Card: internal
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: Digital Everywhere FloppyDTV
1. TV Card Type: DVB-S2
1. TV Card Driver: 5.0.1.0
2. TV Card:
2. TV Card Type:
2. TV Card Driver:
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec: MPV Decoder Filter
MPEG2 Audio Codec: MPA Decoder Filter
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Eutelsat W4 36.0°E
HTPC Case:
Cooling:
Power Supply:
Remote:
TV:
TV - HTPC Connection:

I have a Viaccess CAM and my installation is single server. When I check tv channels in Server configuration and try to "Preview" one of them (coded one), I get black screen. The same situation on the client side, if I try to check this stream from VLC (when I start it manually).

When I try to connect to this server from MediaPortal and when turn on TV, I get first "shot" of this channel and picture freeze. Even in full screen.

However, if I turn this channel by pressing "Start Timeshift" in "Manual Control" and then press record, I get quite nice .ts file which I can play in my "Media Player Classic".

Did I missed something in installation or am I just stupid?

P.s. logs in attachment are from server.

 

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have you been using the TV-Server before the 1.0RC1 release also?
if yes, did it work?

can you please check that
- floppydtv drivers
- floppydtv firmware
- CAM firmware
are up to date?

 

[tsd]

Model : FloppyDTV S2
GUID : 0x0012872404001567
HW Ver.: 01.24.04
FW Ver.: 1.4.0 Build 21440
Driver : 5.0.1

That's what I've got from FireDTV Support tool. Yes, everything looks like up to date.

I'm sorry, I made a mistake connecting to server and client remotely, so video looks black thru remote client. So here is my true situation:

1. When "Preview" pressed - I've got freeze picture (it looks like the first shot from channel for the moment I press button). No audio
2. When connected from VLC, EVERYTHING works. So, video and audio WORKS.
3. When connected from MediaPortal TV Client, the same freeze picture as in the "Preview". No audio as well.

So problem still exist.

 

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so you have this issue?
0001222: MyTV shows still image and no sound for specific TV-Channels - MediaPortal Bugtracker

just that it occurs on all channels in your case.

have you been using the TV-Server before the 1.0RC1 release also?
if yes, did it work?

 

[tsd]

BTW, the same thing with freeze picture is with recorded programms. Can that be some missing codec?
MPEG-2 Video decoder: MPV Decoder Filter
Audio decoder: MPA Decoder Filter
Is this correct settings for the Media Portal Tv Client?

>have you been using the TV-Server before the 1.0RC1 release also?
No, I had problems with SVN releases tuning to sat channel, so I jumped straight to RC1

Offtop: I use this package: NTV Plus on Eutelsat W4 at 36.0°E - LyngSat
If I update satellite list, this package is not there, so I had to create .ini by my self. And I made a mistake in this .ini.
If lyngsat states 12245 R, You have to put it 12245V. It drived me crazy for 2 weeks, then RC1 appeared and I jumped into it, but it didn't work there as well. So I started to experiment and find this "V".
So if it is R You turn it into V, and if it is L, You turn it into H.

This bug looks like my issue as well...

 

[teuget]

I am seeing the exact same problem. I always get the first video frame (distorded, only half height) and then nothing. Audio plays normally.

Some more info;
* I get this effect with TV Server Config Preview option as well as via TV Client.
* While this happens, I see memory use shooting up rapidly. From 0.5Gb to 1.5Gb in seconds.
* Memory gets reclaimed when I close the preview window (or when TV Service crashes)
* When looking at the timeshift buffer file, things seem intact. I can play the file with e.g. MediaPlayer. No distortions. It's just sending the content to the viewer that does not seem to work.

It is as if the streamserver is unable to send the frames to the client for some reason, and starts buffering them all in memory.

I looked at logs, but did not see any error messages that could hint at the problem.

Good luck finding this. I think the TV Client/Server idea is the coolest thing since sliced bread

BTW: My config info;

TV-Server Version: 1.0.0.0 RC1
MediaPortal Version: 1.0.0.0 RC1
MediaPortal Skin: default
Windows Version: XP SP2
CPU Type: HP P4 3.2Ghz
HDD: WD 250GB
Memory: 512MB
Motherboard:
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6600
Video Card Driver: 6.14.10.6674
Sound Card:
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: ASUS TV7134 WDM Video Capture
1. TV Card Type: analog
1. TV Card Driver: 2.3.1.1
MPEG2 Video Codec:
MPEG2 Audio Codec:
h.264 Video Codec:

 

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definitly sounds like a issue in TSwriter or TSreader (our DirectShow filters)

i am currently collecting such issues for our developers.

stay tuned.

 

[gemx]

Could you please upload a small ts dump?

BTW Logs seem quite ok. That must have something todo with the stream being somewhat different from what we normally receive

 

[teuget]

Attached is a zip file containing a .ts file and associated .tsbuffer file. Hope this helps.

 

[teuget]

If there's anything else that I can provide to help debugging, let me know. It only takes me seconds to reproduce the problem.

Would love to get past this point so that I can actually see mediaportal in action.