Radio 5 Live (1 Viewer)

[Wotsit]

Hi

Really appreciate the work you guys have done on Mediaportal. Got it looking great now, but have one minor prob. When autotuning my DVB-T card it automatically finds all TV and Radio channels as expected, including Radio 5Live and 5Live sports extra. These are the most important radio stations in my life!!! however, although these stations are correctly displayed in the my radio section, Mediaportal does not play anything on these 2 stations. I can play these stations fine through my TV card software (WinFast), and have previously had them working on my digibox, but no matter how many times I've retuned in mediaportal I can never get these 2 stations to work (all other Radio stations work fine). Anyone else seen this prob or know a fix?

Thanks

System:
P4 650
1Gb Ram
1Tb HD
onboard graphics and sound
Leadtek Winfast DTV1000s
Mediaportal RC3 (not TV server version)
Using DVB-T from Crystal Palace (London)
WinXP SP3

 

[steve walsh]

Same problem !

I have exactly the same problem... 5 live (and 5 live sports xtra) don't work !
They are tuned in, and "appear" to work (can be selected like other stations) but no sound comes out.
I'm using RC3 (+ latest SVN).

TV-Server Version: 1.0 RC3 mediaportal-svn11-08-2008 16-42h - Revision:20755
MediaPortal Version: 1.0 RC3 mediaportal-svn11-08-2008 16-42h - Revision:20755
MediaPortal Skin: Blue 3
Windows Version: XP Pro SP2
CPU Type: P4 3GHz
HDD: WesternDigital 500GB
Memory: 1GB DDR400 (2 x 512MB)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-8S661FXM
Video Card: ATI Radeon 9800
Video Card Driver: 8.541.0.0
Sound Card: C-Media AC97 (on-board)
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver: 5.12.1.40
1. TV Card: Hauppauge Nova-T 500
1. TV Card Type: DVB-T
1. TV Card Driver: 4.3.25080
MPEG2 Video Codec: MPA
MPEG2 Audio Codec: ffdshow
h.264 Video Codec:
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case: Coolermaster RC281
Cooling: Scythe Ninja CPU cooler
Power Supply: Seasonic S12 II 380W
Remote: Hauppauge 45 button
TV: Toshiba 36" CRT
TV - HTPC Connection: S-Video

I've tried the original MPA audio driver, ffdshow and Aud-x drivers.
Any ideas gratefully received...

 

[eetaylog]

yep, ive got this problem as well! 5live stations have never worked on any MP release. im guessing its something to do with them being medium wave frequencies? anyone know a workaround??

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Now here's the thing, these stations play fine in Vista MCE, so should work in MP, listening to the chelsea\west brom match atm.

 

[baffledboy]

I would hazard a guess that they're transmitting at a bitrate that MePo doesn't like. I can occasionally get them to work but they're always playing at what sounds like double speed!

 

[Wotsit]

Hi
Firstly thanks to all of you for advice. Finally sorted the radio 5 issue in Mediaportal. Turns out it was the Audio codec I was using (ffdshow). Changed this to the codec that came with my tv card (Leadtec) and bingo, footy back in my life. Bliss. Hope this works with anyone else having this prob.

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Interesting about the audio codec, only thing i can think of is it's one of the disabled formats in ffdshow, it must be using the ac3 filters on mine (both part of VistaCodecPack).

 

[eetaylog]

nice one, ill give that a try tonight

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Ok the problem with FFDShow audio codec is the libmad filter, if you change MP1\MP2 files to use either libavcodec or mp3lib (latest FFDShow tryouts or VCP5.02 only), then radio 5L works, or alternatively use ac3 filter enable mpeg support under the system tab, this also works fine.

Both these changes need to be reflected in MPConfig\Television\audio codec

Happy listening

 

[steve walsh]

Thanks very much !

Listening to R5 now (Nicky Campbell + Sheila Fogarty) thanks to the tips provided.
I changed MP1\MP2 files to use libavcodec in ffdshow and it worked first time !

Excellent, thanks.
Steve.