Not recording once woken (2 Viewers)

[jameson_uk]

TV-Server Version: 1.0
MediaPortal Version: 1.0
MediaPortal Skin: Blue3 Wide
Windows Version: XP Pro - SP3
CPU Type: Intel E4500 2x2.2Ghz
HDD: WD green 500Gb
Memory: 2Gb DDR2-6400
Motherboard: ASUS P5KPL-VM
Video Card: ATI Radeon 3650
Video Card Driver: Catalyst 8.11
Sound Card: CMedia 8738 Generic Card
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver: Dogber's Drivers 1.2.2
1. TV Card: Pinnacle 7010ix
1. TV Card Type: Dual DVB-S and Dual DVB-T
1. TV Card Driver: Latest
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: NVidia
MPEG2 Audio Codec: NVidia
h.264 Video Codec: PowerDVD 7
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Freeview (DVB-T)
HTPC Case: Antec Fusion
Cooling: Scythe Mini-Ninja
Power Supply: Antec 300W
Remote: MCE
TV: Sony 32v2000
TV - HTPC Connection: VGA


My machine now seems to be a lot more stable at going into and coming out of S3 but it is missing almost all recordings.

The machine is waking up and trying to record but I am getting

2008-12-31 22:55:05.203125 [5]: dvb:  LockedInOnSignal could not lock onto channel - no signal or bad signal

in the log even though if I start TV myself on that channel everything is fine

Details for tv are in TV.bak. An example recording was 31st December 22:55 to 01:15 on 1st January.

Both tuners work fine (I can manually record two different transponders at the same time or watch one transponder and record another).

Any ideas???

 

[jameson_uk]

no-one?

Also noticed this

2008-12-31 23:40:33.203125 [Scheduler timer]: Controller:    card:1 type:DvbT is available priority:1 #users:0 same transponder:False
2008-12-31 23:40:33.203125 [Scheduler timer]: Controller:    card:2 type:DvbT is available priority:1 #users:0 same transponder:False
...
2008-12-31 23:40:33.218750 [Scheduler timer]: Controller: found 2 available
2008-12-31 23:40:33.218750 [Scheduler timer]: Scheduler : record on free card:2 priority:1
2008-12-31 23:40:33.218750 [Scheduler timer]: Scheduler : record, first tune to channel
2008-12-31 23:40:33.218750 [38]: card: Tune 2 to ITV1

The priority was set as 7 and 6 for these cards (TV card has 2x DVB-T, 2x DVB-S and 2 analog inputs). so why does this show both as having priority of 1? Also if unable to get a signal was picked up above should MP not have tried another card instead of retrying the same card many times??

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Problems with Pinnacle 7010ix (poor receptions on some transponders) - AVForums.com

Bottom post and the links that contains, may answer some of your questions.

 

[jameson_uk]

Problems with Pinnacle 7010ix (poor receptions on some transponders) - AVForums.com

Bottom post and the links that contains, may answer some of your questions.

Been through that thread before and re-reading now.

Thing is though that if I wake up machine I can tune into a transponder with no issues. It is only when it is trying to record after waking up.

I think last week I came in when it should have been recording and found the machine on but not recording. When I selected live TV it worked straight away??

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

OK can we just make sure this is totally powerscheduler\system related.

If pc left on, ie powerscheduler disabled, can you record from every TV card installed exactly at the same time (different muxes required) without any problems.

When you schedule a recording, does it show up in tvserver\scheduled straight away.

Any special settings you may or may not have tried, ie TVServer waits 15 seconds before detecting cards, reinitiliase tuners enabled\disabled, any differences there.

Take it you are running a full admin account, with all Windows power settings disabled.

Just really trying to pin this down WHY!!

 

[jameson_uk]

Just really trying to pin this down WHY!!

Me Too I am now even more confused as to where the issue is. Last night I picked a random selection of progammes on various muxes and disabled all but one of the tuners. Machine woke up and recorded all of them bar one (which conflicted with another recording). Thing is that whenever I try to use the dual-tuners manually everything is fine. and I have been unable to re-produce any error without letting the machine go into standby. As we speak I am watching live TV on one mux (Sky Sports News) and happily recording something from another mux (BBC one). Everything is instant and working exactly as I would expect.

I will kick off two simultaneous recordings on differnet muxes in a minute when this program finishes.

Machine is XP-Pro as full admin with all power settings disabled. I have tried the re-initialize tuner option but does not seem to make any difference whether this is on or off. I have not tried the delay in detecting cards (but checking the logs they say the cards have been detected and are available etc. also there appears to be no problems when I go into live TV straight after resuming from standby).

This is also a completely clean install on XP SP3 as I got fed up with a few issues the other day and have started again from scratch. Only other things I have installed are:

• MP 1.0
• Haali splitte
• Power DVD 7.3
• Xvid decoder
• TheaterTek
• DVBViewer
• Catalyst 8.11
• RealVNC
• iMon (only using it for drivers for LCD and program is not running)
• ESET Smart Security
• Spybot
• AnyDVD

so I can't see that there will be any conflicts here.

I did have a few issues with the machine waking but applying the S3 hack seems to have fixed that and machine is waking as it should (albeit client is dead and restarts)

Very close to getting everything working but there is just a little something not working which is making me start to loose my hair

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

but checking the logs they say the cards have been detected and are available etc.

Mine was also showing both cards available with RC4, even MP1.0 shows both, but if i tried to do a rescan channels after a standby, it showed as a failure on one card, for the first time in a very long time have to use the reinit tuner option to get both tuners fully functional.

That's why i suggested hammering the 4 tuners with multiple crap programs all at the same time, make a note of what you have set to record, just for comparison when they have completed

 

[jameson_uk]

That's why i suggested hammering the 4 tuners with multiple crap programs all at the same time, make a note of what you have set to record, just for comparison when they have completed

Typically last night I set it to record lots of rubbish (multiple muxes) and some overlapping recordings and everything worked fine. Went into and came out of standby at will and recorded everything it should have done.

Can't hammer all 4 tuners as the two DVB-S ones are not connected (yet...). I think disabling the two DVB-S tuners, the analogue ones and the web-radio might have helped.

Going to leave it again tonight recording random stuff to see what is happening.

My only thought really is that it might be something caused by EPG grabbing. From what I have seen it has gone wrong after EPG grabbing where a recording has been scheduled but TV has not been turned on manually before recording. I am going to do some playing with this later.

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

two DVB-S ones are not connected (yet...). I think disabling the two DVB-S tuners, the analogue ones and the web-radio might have helped.

Definately not a good idea to have non working cards enabled

 

[Paul Shirley]

I think last week I came in when it should have been recording and found the machine on but not recording. When I selected live TV it worked straight away??

After S3 the 7010ix input matrix can stop routing a single input to all tuners. Since MP allocates tuners in opposite order for live viewing and recording that would explain your symptom. Feeding both terrestrial inputs a signal is one solution, in strong signal areas a passive splitter should be good enough. The BG drivers may help, not tried it yet (since my PC doesn't like S3 at all).