RC4: Hauppauge PVR-150 not working (3 Viewers)

[FlipGer]

Hi,

try turning the Hauppauge remote off.
Which drivers do you use for this one?
Its recommended to use these.

That the recorder starts is a normal behaviour. Timeshift is activated on the first start. You may turn it off manually:
- edit MediaPortal.xml
- search for <section name="mytv">
- set <entry name="timeshifting">no</entry>

Flip.

 

[HenriM]

FlipGer thanks for trying to help me out. I have tried with the suggested Hauppauge IR drivers. Still not working. I have also tried to turn Remote completely off in the configuration. Again no go.

Then I tried to edit with the mediaportal.xml file directly. When I set 'tvon' to no then I can enter the MyTV part (as expected), but as soon as I try to watch a channel I get the crash (sometimes also 100% CPU and hang of MP).

Then I set 'timeshifting' to no but also still the same problem. When you check the recorder.log file you get:

30-4-2006 11:25:40 Recorder: card:1 video device:Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Capture TV:True record:True priority:1
30-4-2006 11:25:44 Recorder:enable dx9 exclusive mode
30-4-2006 11:25:51 Recorder:enable dx9 exclusive mode
30-4-2006 11:25:55 add cmd:MediaPortal.TV.Recording.ViewTvCommand #1
30-4-2006 11:25:55 Command: view tv channel:RTL 4
30-4-2006 11:25:55 Recorder: find free card
30-4-2006 11:25:55 Commandtop all card except card:0
30-4-2006 11:25:55 Recorder: tv channel changed:RTL 4
30-4-2006 11:25:57 Recorder: use free card Hauppauge PVR150 prio:1 name:Hauppauge PVR150
30-4-2006 11:25:57 Recorder: start watching on card:Hauppauge PVR150 channel:RTL 4

So it seems to happen as soon as you try to watch with the PVR150.

Below again my configuration gathered by the Mediaportal Support.exe program:

Area: Media Portal Program
MediaPortal Version: 0.2.0.0 RC4$CVS-28.04.2006- 1:01:17,16
(2006-04-28)
MediaPortal Skin: BlueTwo
Windows Version: Windows XP (SP2)
.NET CLR Version: 2.0.50727
DirectX Version: 4.09.00.0904 (9.0c)
Audio Codec: MPEG/AC3/DTS/LPCM Audio Decoder
Video Codec: Mpeg2Dec Filter
CPU Type: Intel Celeron - 2.40GHz
Memory: 511 MB
Motherboard: FB61V30 (Shuttle Inc)
TV Card Model: Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II (26xx) (PVR-150)
TV Card Type: analog
TV Card Driver: 2.0.43.24103
Video Card Model: Radeon 9200 Series (128 MB)
Video Card Driver: ATI 8.241.0.0
Video Card Resolution: 800x600
Video Render Type: -
Audio Card Model: Creative USB Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX
Audio Card Driver: -

I did see some suspecting in the VMR9 file but I am not sure if this was logged during entering MyTV (still investigating this):

30-04-2006 11:10:48 [e60]vmr9etDeinterlace() SetDeinterlaceMode(0)
30-04-2006 11:10:48 [e60]vmr9etDeinterlace() failed hr:0x80070057
30-04-2006 11:10:48 [e60]vmr9etDeinterlace() deinterlace mode OFF: 0x0-0x0-0x0-0x0-0x0-0x0-0x0-0x0-0x0-0x0-0x0

Normally I have here:

30-04-2006 01:22:54 [ee8]vmr9etDeinterlace() SetDeinterlaceMode(3)
30-04-2006 01:22:54 [ee8]vmr9etDeinterlace() not using VIDEOINFOHEADER2

Any help or suggestions are really appreciated.

FlipGer is it possible that you send me your MediaPortal.xml file directly by email so I can check what the differences are. I can imagine that some other settings can also be of importance (e.g. the General setting 'Use Exclusive DirectX Mode for fullscreen tv/video for which I tried both options).

I think when we can figure out why it's not working we can potentially help a lot of other members of the communicaty as well and make MP even better and more stable!

 

[HenriM]

I just got a hangup of MP and now (finally) have an error.log file:

30-4-2006 11:45:58 Exception ystem.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: startIndex cannot be larger than length of string.
Parameter name: startIndex
at System.String.InternalSubStringWithChecks(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length, Boolean fAlwaysCopy)
at MediaPortal.TV.Database.TVProgram.GetEpisodeDetail()
at MediaPortal.TV.Database.TVProgram.get_EpisodeDetails()
at MediaPortal.GUI.TV.GUITvGuideBase.SetProperties()
at MediaPortal.GUI.TV.GUITvGuideBase.SetFocus()
at MediaPortal.GUI.TV.GUITvGuideBase.UpdateCurrentProgram()
at MediaPortal.GUI.TV.GUITvGuideBase.OnDown(Boolean updateScreen)
at MediaPortal.GUI.TV.GUITvGuideBase.OnAction(Action action)
at MediaPortal.GUI.Library.GUIWindowManager.OnAction(Action action)
at MediaPortalApp.OnAction(Action action)
30-4-2006 11:45:58 Exception :startIndex cannot be larger than length of string.
Parameter name: startIndex
30-4-2006 11:45:58 site ystem.String InternalSubStringWithChecks(Int32, Int32, Boolean)
30-4-2006 11:45:58 source :mscorlib
30-4-2006 11:45:58 stacktrace: at System.String.InternalSubStringWithChecks(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length, Boolean fAlwaysCopy)
at MediaPortal.TV.Database.TVProgram.GetEpisodeDetail()
at MediaPortal.TV.Database.TVProgram.get_EpisodeDetails()
at MediaPortal.GUI.TV.GUITvGuideBase.SetProperties()
at MediaPortal.GUI.TV.GUITvGuideBase.SetFocus()
at MediaPortal.GUI.TV.GUITvGuideBase.UpdateCurrentProgram()
at MediaPortal.GUI.TV.GUITvGuideBase.OnDown(Boolean updateScreen)
at MediaPortal.GUI.TV.GUITvGuideBase.OnAction(Action action)
at MediaPortal.GUI.Library.GUIWindowManager.OnAction(Action action)
at MediaPortalApp.OnAction(Action action)
30-4-2006 11:45:58 exception: startIndex cannot be larger than length of string.
Parameter name: startIndex mscorlib at System.String.InternalSubStringWithChecks(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length, Boolean fAlwaysCopy)
at MediaPortal.TV.Database.TVProgram.GetEpisodeDetail()
at MediaPortal.TV.Database.TVProgram.get_EpisodeDetails()
at MediaPortal.GUI.TV.GUITvGuideBase.SetProperties()
at MediaPortal.GUI.TV.GUITvGuideBase.SetFocus()
at MediaPortal.GUI.TV.GUITvGuideBase.UpdateCurrentProgram()
at MediaPortal.GUI.TV.GUITvGuideBase.OnDown(Boolean updateScreen)
at MediaPortal.GUI.TV.GUITvGuideBase.OnAction(Action action)
at MediaPortal.GUI.Library.GUIWindowManager.OnAction(Action action)
at MediaPortalApp.OnAction(Action action)
30-4-2006 11:45:58 Exception ystem.Exception: exception occured ---> System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: startIndex cannot be larger than length of string.
Parameter name: startIndex
at System.String.InternalSubStringWithChecks(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length, Boolean fAlwaysCopy)
at MediaPortal.TV.Database.TVProgram.GetEpisodeDetail()
at MediaPortal.TV.Database.TVProgram.get_EpisodeDetails()
at MediaPortal.GUI.TV.GUITvGuideBase.SetProperties()
at MediaPortal.GUI.TV.GUITvGuideBase.SetFocus()
at MediaPortal.GUI.TV.GUITvGuideBase.UpdateCurrentProgram()
at MediaPortal.GUI.TV.GUITvGuideBase.OnDown(Boolean updateScreen)
at MediaPortal.GUI.TV.GUITvGuideBase.OnAction(Action action)
at MediaPortal.GUI.Library.GUIWindowManager.OnAction(Action action)
at MediaPortalApp.OnAction(Action action)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at MediaPortalApp.OnAction(Action action)
at MediaPortal.GUI.Library.OnActionHandler.Invoke(Action action)
at MediaPortal.GUI.Library.GUIWindowManager.DispatchThreadMessages()
at MediaPortalApp.FrameMove()
30-4-2006 11:45:58 Exception :exception occured
30-4-2006 11:45:58 site :Void OnAction(MediaPortal.GUI.Library.Action)
30-4-2006 11:45:58 source :MediaPortal
30-4-2006 11:45:58 stacktrace: at MediaPortalApp.OnAction(Action action)
at MediaPortal.GUI.Library.OnActionHandler.Invoke(Action action)
at MediaPortal.GUI.Library.GUIWindowManager.DispatchThreadMessages()
at MediaPortalApp.FrameMove()

Not sure if it's related to this, but it's worth a shot...

 

[HenriM]

One more question to the community who does have PVR-150 working with RC4. How are your settings in the "Primary" program of Hauppauge WinTV group in the start menu?

BTW: PVR-150 is working with the WinTV2000 program of Hauppauge so the hardware is not the problem.

 

[FlipGer]

Hi,

I have set primary to Allow VMR (windows XP)...

But it seems, as if your problem is related to the EPG and not to the TV card. Have to take a deeper look into the log. Perhaps you should try deleting TV Database....

Flip.

 

[HenriM]

FlipGer thanks again for keep tyring to help me!

Which further setting do you have for Primary?
( ) VMR7 only ( ) VMR9 only (x) Either

MPEG Playback Options
[ ] Use DVXA (if available)
[ ] Use HW Motion Comp (if available)

I have further tried to remove the TVDatabase (and thus recreating new one after setup), deleted all info in Configuration / Television for:

Capture Cards
TV Channels
TV Channel Groups
Program

Then I tried to [Add] the card again in Television / Capture Cards and get the next Error Dialog-box:

Unable to create graph for this device!

Followed by a crash.

Error-log:
30-4-2006 13:29:18 Exception ystem.AccessViolationException: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.
at DirectShowLib.IMPEG2StreamIdMap.MapStreamId(Int32 ulStreamId, MPEG2Program MediaSampleContent, Int32 ulSubstreamFilterValue, Int32 iDataOffset)
at DShowNET.Helper.MPEG2Demux.CreateMappings()
at MediaPortal.TV.Recording.SinkGraphEx.CreateGraph(Int32 Quality)
30-4-2006 13:29:18 Exception :Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.
30-4-2006 13:29:18 site :Int32 MapStreamId(Int32, DirectShowLib.MPEG2Program, Int32, Int32)
30-4-2006 13:29:18 source irectShowLib
30-4-2006 13:29:18 stacktrace: at DirectShowLib.IMPEG2StreamIdMap.MapStreamId(Int32 ulStreamId, MPEG2Program MediaSampleContent, Int32 ulSubstreamFilterValue, Int32 iDataOffset)
at DShowNET.Helper.MPEG2Demux.CreateMappings()
at MediaPortal.TV.Recording.SinkGraphEx.CreateGraph(Int32 Quality)


Last part of Mediaportal.log:
30-4-2006 13:29:18 TVCapture.DeleteGraph() Card:1
30-4-2006 13:29:47 TVCapture.CreateGraph() Card:1
30-4-2006 13:29:47 1 vmr9:ctor()
30-4-2006 13:29:47 1 vmr9:ctor() DX9Device=null
30-4-2006 13:29:47 1 vmr9:ctor() _renderFrame=null
30-4-2006 13:29:47 1 vmr9:ctor() done:False
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx:CreateGraph() IN
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: Create new filter graph (IGraphBuilder)
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: Get the Capture Graph Builder (ICaptureGraphBuilder2)
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: Link the CaptureGraphBuilder to the filter graph (SetFiltergraph)
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: Add graph to ROT table
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: Adding configured filters...
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: adding filter <Hauppauge> with moniker <device>
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: Added filter <Hauppauge> with moniker <device>
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: adding filter <Hauppauge> with moniker <device>
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: Added filter <Hauppauge> with moniker <device>
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: adding filter <Hauppauge> with moniker <device>
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: Added filter <Hauppauge> with moniker <device>
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: adding filter <Hauppauge> with moniker <device>
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: Added filter <Hauppauge> with moniker <device>
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: adding filter <Hauppauge> with moniker <device>
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: Added filter <Hauppauge> with moniker <device>
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: Adding configured filters...DONE
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: Adding configured pin connections...
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: Connecting <Hauppauge>:0 with <Hauppauge>:%tvtuner%
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: Found sourcePin: <0> <System>
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: Pins connected...
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: Connecting <Hauppauge>:1 with <Hauppauge>:0
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: Found sourcePin: <1> <System>
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: Found pin: <0> <System>
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: Pins connected...
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: Connecting <Hauppauge>:0 with <Hauppauge>:%audiotuner%
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: Found sourcePin: <0> <System>
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: Pins connected...
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: Connecting <Hauppauge>:0 with <Hauppauge>:0
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: Found sourcePin: <0> <System>
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: Found pin: <0> <System>
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: Pins connected...
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: Connecting <Hauppauge>:1 with <Hauppauge>:1
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: Found sourcePin: <1> <System>
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: Found pin: <1> <System>
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: Pins connected...
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: Connecting <Hauppauge>:3 with <Hauppauge>:0
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: Found sourcePin: <3> <System>
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: Found pin: <0> <System>
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: Pins connected...
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: Adding configured pin connections...DONE
30-4-2006 13:29:47 VideoCaptureDevice: found output pin
30-4-2006 13:29:47 VideoCaptureDevice:get Video stream control interface (IAMStreamConfig)
30-4-2006 13:29:47 VideoCaptureDevice:got IAMStreamConfig for Capture
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SWGraph:capture FrameRate set to 25
30-4-2006 13:29:47 VideoCaptureDevice: capture FrameRate done :25
30-4-2006 13:29:47 VideoCaptureDevice:change capture Framesize :720x576 ->720x576
30-4-2006 13:29:47 SinkGraphEx: Capturing:720x576
30-4-2006 13:29:47 mpeg2:add new MPEG2 Demultiplexer to graph
30-4-2006 13:29:47 mpeg2:create video out pin on MPEG2 demuxer
30-4-2006 13:29:47 mpeg2:create mpeg audio out pin on MPEG2 demuxer
30-4-2006 13:29:47 mpeg2:create lpcm audio out pin on MPEG2 demuxer
30-4-2006 13:29:47 mpeg2:find MPEG2 demuxer input pin
30-4-2006 13:29:47 mpeg2:found MPEG2 demuxer input pin

I find it interesting that I see:
30-4-2006 13:29:47 1 vmr9:ctor() DX9Device=null

When I tried again to add the capture card after restarting Configuration.exe the program just crashes without the error-dialog box as mentioned above.

Again when I try with TV2000 it works. Also reverting back with a Ghost Image-file to RC2 and all works well. We already found out that more people are suffering from this problem, so it seems to me that somehow there is something wrong in the software.

There must be a lot of people using the PVR150 in RC4 (listed in Device Manager as:"Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II (26xx)") and I am wondering why it's working for them and not for me. My capture card is present in PCI Slot 1 (PCI bus 2, device 7, function 0) in a Shuttle SB61V1G2V3.

 

[wortelsoft]

Today I did an upgrade and after that a clean install both worked without any problem (did the clean install because I wanted to get rid of some rubish of the past). My system information.

Area: Media Portal Program
MediaPortal Version: 0.2.0.0 RC4$CVS-30.04.2006- 1:01:06,34
(2006-04-30)
MediaPortal Skin: Razor
Windows Version: Windows XP (SP2)
.NET CLR Version: 2.0.50727
DirectX Version: 4.09.00.0904 (9.0c)
Audio Codec: ffdshow Audio Decoder
Video Codec: InterVideo NonCSS Video Decoder for Hauppauge
CPU Type: AMD Athlon XP 2000+
Memory: 511 MB
Motherboard: L7S7A2 (ECS)
TV Card Model: PVR150 MCE
TV Card Type: Hardware
TV Card Driver: 2.0.43.24054
Video Card Model: Radeon 9550 (128 MB)
Video Card Driver: -
Video Card Resolution: 1280x768
Video Render Type: VMR9
Audio Card Model: Creative AudioPCI (ES1371,ES1373) (WDM)
Audio Card Driver: -
Synopsis:: -

 

[HenriM]

Thanks for you info Wortelsoft. However you do have a PVR150MCE and I have the PVR150. When I recall correctly you (MCE) have radio support and I don't have this.

Interesting enough when I setup the PVR150 the very first time via the wizards and downloaded the frequencies by means of choosing my country and village, I noticed that also the radio frequencies where all filled in with My Radios. However PVR150 doesn't support radio.

Is this perhaps the problem (wrong definition for PVR150)?

One more question to you Wortelsoft: where did you obtain this specific driver?

 

[wortelsoft]

Yes, mine has a radio never used it though.

Got the driver from the dutch site:

http://www.hauppauge.tv/

Mine is descriped as:

Hauppauge WinTV PVR II (26xx)

And Device instance ID:
PCI\VEN_4444&DEV_0016&SUBSYS_88010070&REV_01\3&61AAA01&0&68

 

[FlipGer]

Hi,

I already reported the wrong definition, but I do not think this is the problem. My PVR 150 (nonMCE) works really fine! And the wrong definition is there since ages (also RC2).

You may try to change the definition manually. Open CaptureCardDefinitions.xml and change radio=false and mce=false.

Flip.