Problem with TV freeze (1 Viewer)

[petsa]

Hi!

I know this problem has been reported before but I can not find any recent solution/workaround...

When I watch TV the picture sometimes freeze. The only way to workaround this is to go back to Home, press Stop, and then restart the TV again. Skipping forward/backward does not help. The log shows a "VMR9Helper: playing->repaint 0" message as the last item before the freeze.

I use MP and TV3E SVNs from Dec 8th. I've tried to change codecs (PDVD <-> MPV), graphics cards (integrated ATI X1250 <-> Nvidia 8600GT), and to turn VMR9 Exclusive on and off, but nothing helps.

I'm running out of ideas...

Anyone out there with more ideas what can be the problem?

/Peter

 

[vuego]

Does it only happen when watching live tv? Could be a problem with the timeshift files/recreation. Try setting the timeshift file to something like 2 Gb to see if it happens less often. Or try playing only recorded files

 

[petsa]

Hi vuego,

Thanks for your post. As far as I can tell this only happens with live TV. I just watched a recorded program for 2 hours without any problems.

I saw some earlier post about timeshifting files, the number and size of them. I had min=100, max=200, and size=256MB. I'll try with min=10, max=20, and size=2560MB to see if it makes any difference.

Do you have any other recommendations?'

/Peter

 

[petsa]

Hi!

I bumped up the settings for the timeshift files per vuego's suggestion. Still I get freezes...

Any other ideas out there?

/Peter

 

[Brudertac]

Thank God is found this Thread.
I have exact the same Problem here and have no Idea how to solve it.

Are there any News on this ?

 

[petsa]

Not really, I tried with a different TV-card but got other problems instead (BSOD). Thought the problem was gone, but got another freeze this morning...

/Peter

 

[pnyberg]

Nothing in the logs?

Cause I'm never had any freeze here using any of the decoders you mention, DScaler Audio decoder. See my spec for more details.

I can add that I didn't ever seen this when on XP either..

So it should work... week signal on the antenna?

 

[petsa]

Hi pnyberg,

The only thing in the log is the VMR9Helper...repaint 0... Is that the same you get Brudertac?

As far as I know the signal is strong and clean.

/Peter

 

[pnyberg]

Just a thing I did notice earlier (however I think gemx sorted all this now in the latest SVNs) is to disable EPG grabber in the TVE3 config. I know this caused my TV to hang occassionally.

I'm using xmltv so I really don't need the EPG (updating daily via a batch script).

Also if you have enabled dvbsubs or teletext in the mediaportal.xml it could also be a problem (unless you use the latest SVNs from today I think). Just check the dvbsub thread for details.

Regards,

 

[Brudertac]

Hi pnyberg,

The only thing in the log is the VMR9Helper...repaint 0... Is that the same you get Brudertac?

As far as I know the signal is strong and clean.

/Peter

I have seen this in my Logs too.

Yesterday i have Updated my FloppyDTV Firmware and while doing this i have used the Digital-Everywhere Support Tool.

This told me that my System needs a MS Update for better Firewire Support. (KB885222)
I have Installed this Update and now it seems to work.
Peter, have you a FloppyDTV Card too ?