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<blockquote data-quote="johandm_be" data-source="post: 146053" data-attributes="member: 49464"><p>Hi there,</p><p></p><p>Things are still pretty much the same, but I must admit that I have not had a lot of time to experiment with this in it the past week. </p><p></p><p>I did install a newer release : SVN14156 but the problems were exactly the same.</p><p></p><p>Apart from the unreliability, I also found that the teletext is broken (which I reported in a different thread: "Teletext is broken when using TVserver " <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/teletext_broken_using_tvserver-t22294.html" target="_blank">link here</a>).</p><p></p><p>I found another interesting topic on this forum (Thread: "Multi DVB Tuner Issues in Windows XP, Patch here", <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/multi_dvb_tuner_issues_windows_xp_patch-t6344.html" target="_blank">link here</a>), and in that thread you can download newer mpeg2data.ax & PsisDecd.dll (also from MCE).</p><p></p><p>After installing those files, I find that my system is now rock solid... with the DVBDream software. For TVE3, I don't really feel a difference, but the thread that I just pointed to says that the multi-tuner patch does not matter for TVE3, only if you use MP standalone.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Now, here is one thing I learned that is interesting: most of the times when it fails to start timeshifting a channel (no audio/video message), you can just tune to the same channel again and then the channel that failed before suddenly works! And, in some of the cases where retuning the same channel did not help, you might still be able to get it working by tuning to a different channel first, then tune to the channel you want. Again, quite oftenly that fixes it too. </p><p></p><p>I get this behavior with the FireDTV, I have not gone back to try the TT-S2-3200 to see if that behavior is the same. </p><p></p><p>It is an interesting discovery though nevertheless. If you can fix a problem by just retuning without even restarting the TVService, that feels like it is a software issue inside TVEngine. </p><p></p><p>The workaround for manually retuning the same channel works fine if you are want to watch live TV, but is a showstopper for your recordings <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> </p><p></p><p></p><p>That said, I certainly don't want to bad-mouth the TVE/MP software, because I think the features it offers are really outstanding and I have not been able to find any (Windows) tool that can match it. Furthermore it is free and open source! Though I must say that I would have no problems paying for it, if it would have been reliable as a PVR system should.</p><p></p><p>My profession is software developer (and my fulltime occupation is writing C++ code) so I was actually planning on, when time permits, download the source and start contributing by troubleshooting this locally and if possible providing fixes. </p><p></p><p>And that is also why I sort of stopped experimenting last week. I am waiting for when I can make some significant time available to get up to speed on the MP/TVE code and look at the problems from that angle.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Now, if you do build that system, please let me know your findings. I am very curious to hear how it works for you.</p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p><p>Johan.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="johandm_be, post: 146053, member: 49464"] Hi there, Things are still pretty much the same, but I must admit that I have not had a lot of time to experiment with this in it the past week. I did install a newer release : SVN14156 but the problems were exactly the same. Apart from the unreliability, I also found that the teletext is broken (which I reported in a different thread: "Teletext is broken when using TVserver " [URL="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/teletext_broken_using_tvserver-t22294.html"]link here[/URL]). I found another interesting topic on this forum (Thread: "Multi DVB Tuner Issues in Windows XP, Patch here", [URL="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/multi_dvb_tuner_issues_windows_xp_patch-t6344.html"]link here[/URL]), and in that thread you can download newer mpeg2data.ax & PsisDecd.dll (also from MCE). After installing those files, I find that my system is now rock solid... with the DVBDream software. For TVE3, I don't really feel a difference, but the thread that I just pointed to says that the multi-tuner patch does not matter for TVE3, only if you use MP standalone. Now, here is one thing I learned that is interesting: most of the times when it fails to start timeshifting a channel (no audio/video message), you can just tune to the same channel again and then the channel that failed before suddenly works! And, in some of the cases where retuning the same channel did not help, you might still be able to get it working by tuning to a different channel first, then tune to the channel you want. Again, quite oftenly that fixes it too. I get this behavior with the FireDTV, I have not gone back to try the TT-S2-3200 to see if that behavior is the same. It is an interesting discovery though nevertheless. If you can fix a problem by just retuning without even restarting the TVService, that feels like it is a software issue inside TVEngine. The workaround for manually retuning the same channel works fine if you are want to watch live TV, but is a showstopper for your recordings :( That said, I certainly don't want to bad-mouth the TVE/MP software, because I think the features it offers are really outstanding and I have not been able to find any (Windows) tool that can match it. Furthermore it is free and open source! Though I must say that I would have no problems paying for it, if it would have been reliable as a PVR system should. My profession is software developer (and my fulltime occupation is writing C++ code) so I was actually planning on, when time permits, download the source and start contributing by troubleshooting this locally and if possible providing fixes. And that is also why I sort of stopped experimenting last week. I am waiting for when I can make some significant time available to get up to speed on the MP/TVE code and look at the problems from that angle. Now, if you do build that system, please let me know your findings. I am very curious to hear how it works for you. Thanks! Johan. [/QUOTE]
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