Random crash in tsreader.ax while watching TV (1 Viewer)

[markius]

TV-Server Version: 1.0 RC2
MediaPortal Version: 1.0 RC2
MediaPortal Skin: BlueTwo Wide
Windows Version: XP Pro SP3
CPU Type: Celeron M 360 (1.4GHz/400MHz/1Mb L2)
HDD: Seagate 300Gb 7200RPM SATA 150
Memory: 512MB PC4200
Motherboard: MSI Speedster-FA4 (MS-9625)
Video Card: Intel GMA 915
Video Card Driver:
Sound Card: Intel ICH6 HD Audio / Realtek ALC880
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: Nebula DigiTV PCI
1. TV Card Type: DVB-T
1. TV Card Driver:
2. TV Card: Terratec Cinergy 2400i Dual Tuner
2. TV Card Type: DVB-T
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: PureVideo
MPEG2 Audio Codec: PureVideo
h.264 Video Codec:
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case: Antec Aria
Cooling:
Power Supply:
Remote: MCE
TV: Samsung 26in LCD LW26A33W
TV - HTPC Connection: Sub-D

This isn't a complete crash... MP continues to run until I dismiss the Windows Error Reporting dialogue.

In the attached logs the crash occurs about 20 seconds before the log bundle is generated by the Watchdog process.

This has been a problem for a little while... certainly since the later SVNs of RC1 but this is the first opportunity I've had to do the debug.

Thanks
Mark

 

[tourettes]

There are few oddities in the TsReader.log

22-07-2008 11:02:00.390 [d10]DeMultiplexer: video format changed: res=277063008x992 aspectRatio=16:9 bitrate=15000000 isInterlaced=0

22-07-2008 11:13:13.625 [fa0]Abnormal start PCR, endPcr 61265401, startPcr 61268715
22-07-2008 11:13:13.656 [fa0]Recovered wrong start PCR, seek to 'begin' on reused file ! ( Retried 1 times )
22-07-2008 11:15:34.297 [940]SEEK FAILED
22-07-2008 11:15:34.297 [940]FileReader::Read() no open file
22-07-2008 11:15:34.297 [fa0]SEEK FAILED
22-07-2008 11:15:34.297 [940]READ FAILED2
22-07-2008 11:15:35.407 [940]SEEK FAILED
22-07-2008 11:15:35.407 [940]FileReader::Read() no open file

There are few things that should help us debugging the crash:

1) Provide a memory dump about the Mediaportal process when the crash happens -> Debugging/MemoryDump - MediaPortal Wiki Documentation
2) Provide a .ts file that can be used the reproduce the crash (or is the crash happening only with live tv?)
3) Tell us what timeshifting buffer settings you having on the server side

Address: ftp.team-mediaportal.com
Login: tsdump@team-mediaportal.com
Password: mpuser88

 

[quenthal]

It has some same things as I wrote here:

https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...-audio-video-noise-issues-resume-probs-42605/

I have seen it only with live tv, but I haven't been watching recorded tv much.

Log is either filled weird resolutions and formats like video format changed: res=277063008x992 or as I wrote in the other thread, lines like [61]sub: FillBuffer - stopping -lines with few "set discontinuity" and "seek"/"seeking" with only digital noise on the screen and from the speakers.

Restarting client or complete reboot fixes this.

 

[markius]

There are few oddities in the TsReader.log

Yes I noticed those. I've also seen log entries about it switching to H264 and then back to MPEG even though I'm watching MPEG only channels.

There are few things that should help us debugging the crash:

1) Provide a memory dump about the Mediaportal process when the crash happens -> Debugging/MemoryDump - MediaPortal Wiki Documentation

Those instructions could do with some tidying up!
I'll have a go at getting the crashdump but most likely this won't be until the back end of next week

2) Provide a .ts file that can be used the reproduce the crash (or is the crash happening only with live tv?)

I'll have to get back to you... I don't recall if it happens with recordings or not.

3) Tell us what timeshifting buffer settings you having on the server side

General Settings/Timeshifting:
Minimum 6 files
Maximum 20 files
Filesize 256 MByte/file
Wait 5 seconds for unscrambled signal
Wait 15 seconds for timeshifting file

All my cards are set to use .TS recording format
Recodings and Timeshifting use the same folder

Thanks
Mark

 

[markius]

There are few things that should help us debugging the crash:

1) Provide a memory dump about the Mediaportal process when the crash happens -> Debugging/MemoryDump - MediaPortal Wiki Documentation

A couple of questions regarding this...

Item 2 on that page says

Copy attached MS VC debug DLLs to MP root directory

but there's no files attached to the page. Does this mean that the VC debug DLLs are no longer required?

Item 5 says

Use debug version of ?TsReader.ax or any other C++ side component that is suspected to be causing the crash. You can find those debug version in mediaportal svn DirectShowFilters\bin\Debug trunk.

Where is the 1.0 RC2 SVN located?

Thanks
Mark