Slowness generally (2 Viewers)

[Taipan]

The signal here is not very good as we have to boost it to receive on the TV.

Is this the clue to your problems? I assume that you mean that your TV reception is marginal, or poor?

DVB-T cards (in my experience) have a lower RF sensitivity than Digital STBs, so unless you have a good strong TV signal, then you will have trouble with your DVB-T card.

It may also be helpful if you publish your MediaPortal.log here - particularly the section that relates to changing channels - that may give us a clue to the cause?

 

[mowog]

DVB-T cards (in my experience) have a lower RF sensitivity than Digital STBs, so unless you have a good strong TV signal, then you will have trouble with your DVB-T card.

Yep, I'd concur with that. My TV (Sony widescreen with integrated digital tuner) is less sensitive to impulse noise in the RF signal than the FusionHTDV DVB-T card I have in my HTPC. I find that the TV will actually render corrupt MPEG frames until the next clean keyframe, while the DVB card just drops everything until it gets a clean keyframe, which causes much more visible interruption to the picture. Visibly, it's like watching a DVD or DivX on a machine with insufficient CPU -- the picture stalls and skips while the audio continues uninterrupted.

I'm actually going to get my house antenna rewired using quad-shielded RG-6 rather than normal 75 ohm RG-58, since it's far more immune to local impulse noise. Also, beware of using a masthead amplifier to receive a DVB-T signal.. check out this link for the gory details.

Cheers,

 

[stapleypt]

Basically it seems I'm screwed! The signal is so poor the aerial has to have an amplifier to get tv at all. If this is the problem them my card will not work with any software it seems.
PS Where do I get the logs?
Peter

 

[CHli]

c:\Program Files\Team Media Portal\MediaPortal\log\*.log

something like that...

 

[Taipan]

Basically it seems I'm screwed! The signal is so poor the aerial has to have an amplifier to get tv at all.

Not necessarily - a mast-head amplifier can help improve the signal level of weak channels, but it can also overload the tuner with strong channels.

If this is the problem them my card will not work with any software it seems.

Does it also not work with the application software suppled with the DVB-T card - in other words, you have not been able to get this card to work with anything?

If it doesn't work reliably with its own application, then it definitely won't work with MediaPortal...

Where do I get the logs?

In the "Log" folder under the "MediaPortal" folder - the MediaPortal.log file is a good place to start.

 

[stapleypt]

Taipan, thabks for help, as requested a log of the last attempt to get BBC tv. Its rather long, sorry.
10/08/2005 17:10:25 Mediaportal is starting up
10/08/2005 17:10:25 Set current directory to :K:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal
10/08/2005 17:10:25 Set registry keys for intervideo/windvd/hauppauge codecs
10/08/2005 17:10:25 verify that directx 9 is installed
10/08/2005 17:10:25 verify that windows mediaplayer 9 or 10 is installed
10/08/2005 17:10:25 Check if mediaportal is already started
10/08/2005 17:10:25 delete old log\capture.log file...
10/08/2005 17:10:25 Check skin version
10/08/2005 17:10:25 Load key mapping from keymap.xml
10/08/2005 17:10:26 Init playlist player
10/08/2005 17:10:26 creating the WINLIRC device
10/08/2005 17:10:26 Initialising WinLirc...
10/08/2005 17:10:26 WinLirc window not found, starting WinLirc
10/08/2005 17:10:26 Winlirc process not found
10/08/2005 17:10:26 done creating the WINLIRC device
10/08/2005 17:10:26 Init players
10/08/2005 17:10:26 initializing DirectX
10/08/2005 17:10:26 start fullscreen
10/08/2005 17:10:26 ClientSize: 1024x768 screen:1024x768
10/08/2005 17:10:26 MAP: using default mappings for DirectInput
10/08/2005 17:10:26 texturemanager:dispose()
10/08/2005 17:10:26 TexturePackerispose()
10/08/2005 17:10:26 Load key mapping from keymap.xml
10/08/2005 17:10:26 load localized strings from:language\English\strings.xml
10/08/2005 17:10:27 Load fonts from skin\BlueTwo\fonts.xml
10/08/2005 17:10:27 fonts.InitializeDeviceObjects()
10/08/2005 17:10:27 Loaded font:debug height:12 texture:512x512 chars:[32-255] memleft:179306496
10/08/2005 17:10:28 Loaded font:font10 height:13 texture:1024x1024 chars:[32-513] memleft:179306496
10/08/2005 17:10:28 Loaded font:font12 height:16 texture:1024x1024 chars:[32-513] memleft:179306496
10/08/2005 17:10:28 Loaded font:font13 height:17 texture:1024x1024 chars:[32-513] memleft:179306496
10/08/2005 17:10:28 Loaded font:font14 height:18 texture:1024x1024 chars:[32-513] memleft:179306496
10/08/2005 17:10:28 Loaded font:font16 height:21 texture:1024x1024 chars:[32-513] memleft:179306496
10/08/2005 17:10:29 Loaded font:font18 height:24 texture:1024x1024 chars:[32-513] memleft:179306496
10/08/2005 17:10:29 Loaded font:dingbats height:32 texture:2048x2048 chars:[32-513] memleft:179306496
10/08/2005 17:10:30 Loaded font:font32 height:42 texture:512x512 chars:[48-59] memleft:179306496
10/08/2005 17:10:30 Loaded font:font48 height:64 texture:512x512 chars:[48-59] memleft:179306496
10/08/2005 17:10:30 Loaded font:font72 height:96 texture:1024x1024 chars:[48-59] memleft:179306496
10/08/2005 17:10:30 Loaded font:fontSVT height:17 texture:1024x1024 chars:[32-513] memleft:179306496
10/08/2005 17:10:30 Load skin BlueTwo
10/08/2005 17:10:30 LoadWindowPlugins()
10/08/2005 17:10:30 Load plugins from lugins\windows\Dialogs.dll
10/08/2005 17:10:30 Load plugins from lugins\windows\DotMSN.dll
10/08/2005 17:10:30 Load plugins from lugins\windows\WindowPlugins.dll
10/08/2005 17:10:30 Opening music database
10/08/2005 17:10:30 music database opened
10/08/2005 17:10:30 Loading references from skin\BlueTwo\references.xml
10/08/2005 17:10:30 original skin size:720x576
10/08/2005 17:10:31 Init MPScript
10/08/2005 17:10:31 K:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\scripts
10/08/2005 17:10:31 opening tvdatabase
10/08/2005 17:10:31 tvdatabase opened
10/08/2005 17:10:31 xml:skin\BlueTwo\tvOSD.xml image id:350 width:0 height:0 gfx:-
10/08/2005 17:10:31 xml:skin\BlueTwo\videoOSD.xml image id:350 width:0 height:0 gfx:-
10/08/2005 17:10:31 WindowManager.Load
10/08/2005 17:10:31 load calibration1024x768.xml
10/08/2005 17:10:31 WindowManager.Preinitialize
10/08/2005 17:10:31 TexturePacker: fontengine add texure:199
10/08/2005 17:10:31 texturemanager:added:skin\BlueTwo\media\background_bar.png total:0 mem left:179306496
10/08/2005 17:10:31 texturemanager:added:skin\BlueTwo\media\black.bmp total:1 mem left:179306496
10/08/2005 17:10:31 WindowManager.ActivateWindow
10/08/2005 17:10:31 xml:skin\BlueTwo\home.xml image id:1000 width:0 height:0 gfx:-
10/08/2005 17:10:31 TexturePacker: fontengine add texure:196
10/08/2005 17:10:31 texturemanager:added:skin\BlueTwo\media\hover_my plugins.png total:2 mem left:179306496
10/08/2005 17:10:32 texturemanager:added:skin\BlueTwo\media\background.png total:3 mem left:179306496
10/08/2005 17:10:32 window:MediaPortal.GUI.Home.HomeWindow init
10/08/2005 17:10:32 skin initialized
10/08/2005 17:10:32 DX9 size: 1024x768
10/08/2005 17:10:32 video ram left:175104 KByte
10/08/2005 17:10:32 running...
10/08/2005 17:10:32 Mediaportal.OnStartup()
10/08/2005 17:10:32 Recorder: Loading capture cards from capturecards.xml
10/08/2005 17:10:32 Recorder: card:1 video device:VBox Bic951 Capture TV:True record:True priority:10
10/08/2005 17:10:32 Recorder: tv channel changed:BBC ONE
10/08/2005 17:10:32 PlugInManager.Load()
10/08/2005 17:10:32 Load plugins from lugins\process\ProcessPlugins.dll
10/08/2005 17:10:32 PlugInManager.Start()
10/08/2005 17:10:32 open folderdatabase
10/08/2005 17:10:34 window:MediaPortal.GUI.Home.HomeWindow deinit
10/08/2005 17:10:34 texturemanager:CleanupThumbs()
10/08/2005 17:10:34 Total Memory allocated:1.74 MB
10/08/2005 17:10:34 window:MediaPortal.GUI.TV.GUITVHome init
10/08/2005 17:10:34 tv home init:BBC ONE
10/08/2005 17:10:34 GUITVHome.ViewChannel(): View channel=BBC ONE ts:False
10/08/2005 17:10:34 RecordertartViewing() channel:BBC ONE tvon:True timeshift:False vmr9:False
10/08/2005 17:10:34 Recorder: Card:1 viewing:False recording:False timeshifting:False channel:
10/08/2005 17:10:34 Recorder: Turn tv on channel:BBC ONE
10/08/2005 17:10:34 Recorder: find free card
10/08/2005 17:10:34 Recorder: found card 1
10/08/2005 17:10:35 Recorder: start watching on card:1 channel:BBC ONE
10/08/2005 17:10:35 Card:1 CreateGraph
10/08/2005 17:10:35 DVBGraphBDA:CreateGraph().
10/08/2005 17:10:37 DVBGraphBDA: unable to connect pins
10/08/2005 17:10:37 DVBGraphBDA: cannot connect pins.
10/08/2005 17:10:37 DVBGraphBDA: cannot connect pins.
10/08/2005 17:10:37 DVBGraphBDA: got IBDA_SignalStatistics on node:0 interface:1
10/08/2005 17:10:37 Card:1 start viewing :BBC ONE
10/08/2005 17:10:37 DVBGraphBDAtartViewing()
10/08/2005 17:10:37 VMR7Helper:AddVMR7
10/08/2005 17:10:37 add filter:Mpeg2Dec Filter to graph
10/08/2005 17:10:37 added filter:Mpeg2Dec Filter to graph
10/08/2005 17:10:37 add filter:MPEG/AC3/DTS/LPCM Audio Decoder to graph
10/08/2005 17:10:38 added filter:MPEG/AC3/DTS/LPCM Audio Decoder to graph
10/08/2005 17:10:49 DVBGraphBDA:OnVideoWindowChanged()
10/08/2005 17:10:49 DVBGraphBDA:TuneChannel() tune to channel:44
10/08/2005 17:10:49 DVBGraphBDA: tuning details: frequency:850000 KHz ONID:9018 TSID:4108 SID:4172 provider:BBC
10/08/2005 17:10:49 DVBGraphBDAubmitTuneRequest() frequency:850000 KHz Bandwidth:8 ONID:9018 TSID:4108, SID:4172
10/08/2005 17:11:01 start getting epg for table 0x50
10/08/2005 17:11:01 DVBGraphBDA:TuneChannel() done
10/08/2005 17:11:01 DVBGraphBDAendPMT() video pid:258 audio pid:259 AC3 pid:0
10/08/2005 17:11:01 DVBGraphBDA:Viewing..
10/08/2005 17:12:07 tv home btnchan:Community
10/08/2005 17:12:07 GUITVHome.ViewChannel(): View channel=Community ts:False
10/08/2005 17:12:07 RecordertartViewing() channel:Community tvon:True timeshift:False vmr9:False
10/08/2005 17:12:07 Recorder: Card:1 viewing:True recording:False timeshifting:False channel:BBC ONE
10/08/2005 17:12:07 Recorder: Turn tv on channel:Community
10/08/2005 17:12:07 Recorder: Found card:1
10/08/2005 17:12:07 Recorder: tv channel changed:Community
10/08/2005 17:12:07 DVBGraphBDA:TuneChannel() tune to channel:22
10/08/2005 17:12:07 DVBGraphBDA: tuning details: frequency:770000 KHz ONID:9018 TSID:16384 SID:19968 provider:BBC
10/08/2005 17:12:07 DVBGraphBDAubmitTuneRequest() frequency:770000 KHz Bandwidth:8 ONID:9018 TSID:16384, SID:19968
10/08/2005 17:12:07 start getting epg for table 0x50
10/08/2005 17:12:07 DVBGraphBDA:TuneChannel() done
10/08/2005 17:12:07 DVBGraphBDAendPMT() video pid:CC audio pid:19B AC3 pid:0
10/08/2005 17:12:08 tv home btnchan:703
10/08/2005 17:12:08 GUITVHome.ViewChannel(): View channel=703 ts:False
10/08/2005 17:12:08 RecordertartViewing() channel:703 tvon:True timeshift:False vmr9:False
10/08/2005 17:12:08 Recorder: Card:1 viewing:True recording:False timeshifting:False channel:Community
10/08/2005 17:12:08 Recorder: Turn tv on channel:703
10/08/2005 17:12:08 Recorder: Found card:1
10/08/2005 17:12:08 Recorder: tv channel changed:703
10/08/2005 17:12:08 DVBGraphBDA:TuneChannel() tune to channel:23
10/08/2005 17:12:08 DVBGraphBDA: tuning details: frequency:770000 KHz ONID:9018 TSID:16384 SID:19584 provider:BBC
10/08/2005 17:12:08 DVBGraphBDAubmitTuneRequest() frequency:770000 KHz Bandwidth:8 ONID:9018 TSID:16384, SID:19584
10/08/2005 17:12:08 DVBGraphBDA:TuneChannel() done
10/08/2005 17:12:08 DVBGraphBDAendPMT() video pid:0 audio pid:0 AC3 pid:0
10/08/2005 17:12:08 tv home btnchan:702
10/08/2005 17:12:08 GUITVHome.ViewChannel(): View channel=702 ts:False
10/08/2005 17:12:08 RecordertartViewing() channel:702 tvon:True timeshift:False vmr9:False
10/08/2005 17:12:08 Recorder: Card:1 viewing:True recording:False timeshifting:False channel:703
10/08/2005 17:12:08 Recorder: Turn tv on channel:702
10/08/2005 17:12:08 Recorder: Found card:1
10/08/2005 17:12:08 Recorder: tv channel changed:702
10/08/2005 17:12:08 DVBGraphBDA:TuneChannel() tune to channel:24
10/08/2005 17:12:08 DVBGraphBDA: tuning details: frequency:770000 KHz ONID:9018 TSID:16384 SID:19520 provider:BBC
10/08/2005 17:12:08 DVBGraphBDAubmitTuneRequest() frequency:770000 KHz Bandwidth:8 ONID:9018 TSID:16384, SID:19520
10/08/2005 17:12:09 DVBGraphBDA:TuneChannel() done
10/08/2005 17:12:09 tv home btnchan:701
10/08/2005 17:12:09 GUITVHome.ViewChannel(): View channel=701 ts:False

10/08/2005 17:12:09 RecordertartViewing() channel:701 tvon:True timeshift:False vmr9:False
10/08/2005 17:12:09 Recorder: Card:1 viewing:True recording:False timeshifting:False channel:702
10/08/2005 17:12:09 Recorder: Turn tv on channel:701
10/08/2005 17:12:09 Recorder: Found card:1
10/08/2005 17:12:09 Recorder: tv channel changed:701
10/08/2005 17:12:09 DVBGraphBDA:TuneChannel() tune to channel:25
10/08/2005 17:12:09 DVBGraphBDA: tuning details: frequency:770000 KHz ONID:9018 TSID:16384 SID:19456 provider:BBC
10/08/2005 17:12:09 DVBGraphBDAubmitTuneRequest() frequency:770000 KHz Bandwidth:8 ONID:9018 TSID:16384, SID:19456
10/08/2005 17:12:10 DVBGraphBDA:TuneChannel() done
10/08/2005 17:12:10 DVBGraphBDAendPMT() video pid:CB audio pid:197 AC3 pid:0
10/08/2005 17:12:10 tv home btnchan:CBeebies
10/08/2005 17:12:10 GUITVHome.ViewChannel(): View channel=CBeebies ts:False
10/08/2005 17:12:10 RecordertartViewing() channel:CBeebies tvon:True timeshift:False vmr9:False
10/08/2005 17:12:10 Recorder: Card:1 viewing:True recording:False timeshifting:False channel:701
10/08/2005 17:12:10 Recorder: Turn tv on channel:CBeebies
10/08/2005 17:12:10 Recorder: Found card:1
10/08/2005 17:12:10 Recorder: tv channel changed:CBeebies
10/08/2005 17:12:10 DVBGraphBDA:TuneChannel() tune to channel:26
10/08/2005 17:12:10 DVBGraphBDA: tuning details: frequency:770000 KHz ONID:9018 TSID:16384 SID:16960 provider:BBC
10/08/2005 17:12:10 DVBGraphBDAubmitTuneRequest() frequency:770000 KHz Bandwidth:8 ONID:9018 TSID:16384, SID:16960
10/08/2005 17:12:10 start getting epg for table 0x50
10/08/2005 17:12:10 DVBGraphBDA:TuneChannel() done
10/08/2005 17:12:12 DVBGraphBDA: OnPMTIsChanged:database\pmt\pmt_CBeebies_9018_16384_16960_5.dat
10/08/2005 17:12:12 DVBGraphBDAendPMT() video pid:C9 audio pid:191 AC3 pid:0
10/08/2005 17:12:14 DVBGraphBDA:OnVideoWindowChanged()
10/08/2005 17:12:14 DVBGraphBDA:OnVideoWindowChanged()
10/08/2005 17:12:19 tv home btnchan:BBC FOUR
10/08/2005 17:12:19 GUITVHome.ViewChannel(): View channel=BBC FOUR ts:False
10/08/2005 17:12:19 RecordertartViewing() channel:BBC FOUR tvon:True timeshift:False vmr9:False
10/08/2005 17:12:19 Recorder: Card:1 viewing:True recording:False timeshifting:False channel:CBeebies
10/08/2005 17:12:19 Recorder: Turn tv on channel:BBC FOUR
10/08/2005 17:12:19 Recorder: Found card:1
10/08/2005 17:12:19 Recorder: tv channel changed:BBC FOUR
10/08/2005 17:12:19 DVBGraphBDA:TuneChannel() tune to channel:27
10/08/2005 17:12:19 DVBGraphBDA: tuning details: frequency:770000 KHz ONID:9018 TSID:16384 SID:16832 provider:BBC
10/08/2005 17:12:19 DVBGraphBDAubmitTuneRequest() frequency:770000 KHz Bandwidth:8 ONID:9018 TSID:16384, SID:16832
10/08/2005 17:12:19 start getting epg for table 0x50
10/08/2005 17:12:19 DVBGraphBDA:TuneChannel() done
10/08/2005 17:12:19 DVBGraphBDAendPMT() video pid:0 audio pid:0 AC3 pid:0
10/08/2005 17:12:27 tv home btnchan:BBC PARLMNT
10/08/2005 17:12:27 GUITVHome.ViewChannel(): View channel=BBC PARLMNT ts:False
10/08/2005 17:12:27 RecordertartViewing() channel:BBC PARLMNT tvon:True timeshift:False vmr9:False
10/08/2005 17:12:27 Recorder: Card:1 viewing:True recording:False timeshifting:False channel:BBC FOUR
10/08/2005 17:12:27 Recorder: Turn tv on channel:BBC PARLMNT
10/08/2005 17:12:27 Recorder: Found card:1
10/08/2005 17:12:27 Recorder: tv channel changed:BBC PARLMNT
10/08/2005 17:12:27 DVBGraphBDA:TuneChannel() tune to channel:28
10/08/2005 17:12:27 DVBGraphBDA: tuning details: frequency:770000 KHz ONID:9018 TSID:16384 SID:16768 provider:BBC
10/08/2005 17:12:27 DVBGraphBDAubmitTuneRequest() frequency:770000 KHz Bandwidth:8 ONID:9018 TSID:16384, SID:16768
10/08/2005 17:12:27 start getting epg for table 0x50
10/08/2005 17:12:27 DVBGraphBDA:TuneChannel() done
10/08/2005 17:12:33 tv home btnchan:BBC FOUR
10/08/2005 17:12:33 GUITVHome.ViewChannel(): View channel=BBC FOUR ts:False
10/08/2005 17:12:33 RecordertartViewing() channel:BBC FOUR tvon:True timeshift:False vmr9:False
10/08/2005 17:12:33 Recorder: Card:1 viewing:True recording:False timeshifting:False channel:BBC PARLMNT
10/08/2005 17:12:33 Recorder: Turn tv on channel:BBC FOUR
10/08/2005 17:12:33 Recorder: Found card:1
10/08/2005 17:12:33 Recorder: tv channel changed:BBC FOUR
10/08/2005 17:12:33 DVBGraphBDA:TuneChannel() tune to channel:27
10/08/2005 17:12:33 DVBGraphBDA: tuning details: frequency:770000 KHz ONID:9018 TSID:16384 SID:16832 provider:BBC
10/08/2005 17:12:33 DVBGraphBDAubmitTuneRequest() frequency:770000 KHz Bandwidth:8 ONID:9018 TSID:16384, SID:16832
10/08/2005 17:12:33 start getting epg for table 0x50
10/08/2005 17:12:33 DVBGraphBDA:TuneChannel() done
10/08/2005 17:12:33 DVBGraphBDAendPMT() video pid:0 audio pid:0 AC3 pid:0
10/08/2005 17:12:35 tv home btnchan:BBC PARLMNT
10/08/2005 17:12:35 GUITVHome.ViewChannel(): View channel=BBC PARLMNT ts:False
10/08/2005 17:12:35 RecordertartViewing() channel:BBC PARLMNT tvon:True timeshift:False vmr9:False
10/08/2005 17:12:35 Recorder: Card:1 viewing:True recording:False timeshifting:False channel:BBC FOUR
10/08/2005 17:12:35 Recorder: Turn tv on channel:BBC PARLMNT
10/08/2005 17:12:35 Recorder: Found card:1
10/08/2005 17:12:35 Recorder: tv channel changed:BBC PARLMNT
10/08/2005 17:12:35 DVBGraphBDA:TuneChannel() tune to channel:28
10/08/2005 17:12:35 DVBGraphBDA: tuning details: frequency:770000 KHz ONID:9018 TSID:16384 SID:16768 provider:BBC
10/08/2005 17:12:35 DVBGraphBDAubmitTuneRequest() frequency:770000 KHz Bandwidth:8 ONID:9018 TSID:16384, SID:16768
10/08/2005 17:12:35 start getting epg for table 0x50
10/08/2005 17:12:35 DVBGraphBDA:TuneChannel() done
10/08/2005 17:12:51 tv home btnchan:BBC THREE
10/08/2005 17:12:51 GUITVHome.ViewChannel(): View channel=BBC THREE ts:False
10/08/2005 17:12:51 RecordertartViewing() channel:BBC THREE tvon:True timeshift:False vmr9:False
10/08/2005 17:12:51 Recorder: Card:1 viewing:True recording:False timeshifting:False channel:BBC PARLMNT
10/08/2005 17:12:51 Recorder: Turn tv on channel:BBC THREE
10/08/2005 17:12:51 Recorder: Found card:1
10/08/2005 17:12:51 Recorder: tv channel changed:BBC THREE
10/08/2005 17:12:51 DVBGraphBDA:TuneChannel() tune to channel:39
10/08/2005 17:12:51 DVBGraphBDA: tuning details: frequency:850000 KHz ONID:9018 TSID:4108 SID:4351 provider:BBC
10/08/2005 17:12:51 DVBGraphBDAubmitTuneRequest() frequency:850000 KHz Bandwidth:8 ONID:9018 TSID:4108, SID:4351
10/08/2005 17:12:51 start getting epg for table 0x50
10/08/2005 17:12:51 DVBGraphBDA:TuneChannel() done
10/08/2005 17:13:12 tv home btnchan:BBC NEWS 24
10/08/2005 17:13:12 GUITVHome.ViewChannel(): View channel=BBC NEWS 24 ts:False
10/08/2005 17:13:12 RecordertartViewing() channel:BBC NEWS 24 tvon:True timeshift:False vmr9:False
10/08/2005 17:13:12 Recorder: Card:1 viewing:True recording:False timeshifting:False channel:BBC THREE
10/08/2005 17:13:12 Recorder: Turn tv on channel:BBC NEWS 24
10/08/2005 17:13:12 Recorder: Found card:1
10/08/2005 17:13:12 Recorder: tv channel changed:BBC NEWS 24
10/08/2005 17:13:12 DVBGraphBDA:TuneChannel() tune to channel:40
10/08/2005 17:13:12 DVBGraphBDA: tuning details: frequency:850000 KHz ONID:9018 TSID:4108 SID:4415 provider:BBC
10/08/2005 17:13:12 DVBGraphBDAubmitTuneRequest() frequency:850000 KHz Bandwidth:8 ONID:9018 TSID:4108, SID:4415
10/08/2005 17:13:13 start getting epg for table 0x50
10/08/2005 17:13:13 DVBGraphBDA:TuneChannel() done
10/08/2005 17:13:13 DVBGraphBDAendPMT() video pid:280 audio pid:281 AC3 pid:0
10/08/2005 17:13:31 tv home btnchan:BBCi
10/08/2005 17:13:31 GUITVHome.ViewChannel(): View channel=BBCi ts:False
10/08/2005 17:13:31 RecordertartViewing() channel:BBCi tvon:True timeshift:False vmr9:False
10/08/2005 17:13:31 Recorder: Card:1 viewing:True recording:False timeshifting:False channel:BBC NEWS 24
10/08/2005 17:13:31 Recorder: Turn tv on channel:BBCi
10/08/2005 17:13:31 Recorder: Found card:1
10/08/2005 17:13:31 Recorder: tv channel changed:BBCi
10/08/2005 17:13:32 DVBGraphBDA:TuneChannel() tune to channel:41
10/08/2005 17:13:32 DVBGraphBDA: tuning details: frequency:850000 KHz ONID:9018 TSID:4108 SID:4479 provider:BBC
10/08/2005 17:13:32 DVBGraphBDAubmitTuneRequest() frequency:850000 KHz Bandwidth:8 ONID:9018 TSID:4108, SID:4479
10/08/2005 17:13:32 DVBGraphBDA:TuneChannel() done
10/08/2005 17:13:33 tv home btnchan:CBBC Channel
10/08/2005 17:13:33 GUITVHome.ViewChannel(): View channel=CBBC Channel ts:False
10/08/2005 17:13:33 RecordertartViewing() channel:CBBC Channel tvon:True timeshift:False vmr9:False
10/08/2005 17:13:33 Recorder: Card:1 viewing:True recording:False timeshifting:False channel:BBCi
10/08/2005 17:13:33 Recorder: Turn tv on channel:CBBC Channel
10/08/2005 17:13:33 Recorder: Found card:1
10/08/2005 17:13:33 Recorder: tv channel changed:CBBC Channel
10/08/2005 17:13:33 DVBGraphBDA:TuneChannel() tune to channel:42
10/08/2005 17:13:33 DVBGraphBDA: tuning details: frequency:850000 KHz ONID:9018 TSID:4108 SID:4671 provider:BBC
10/08/2005 17:13:33 DVBGraphBDAubmitTuneRequest() frequency:850000 KHz Bandwidth:8 ONID:9018 TSID:4108, SID:4671
10/08/2005 17:13:33 start getting epg for table 0x50
10/08/2005 17:13:33 DVBGraphBDA:TuneChannel() done
10/08/2005 17:13:34 DVBGraphBDAendPMT() video pid:26C audio pid:26D AC3 pid:0
10/08/2005 17:13:34 tv home btnchan:BBC TWO
10/08/2005 17:13:34 GUITVHome.ViewChannel(): View channel=BBC TWO ts:False
10/08/2005 17:13:34 RecordertartViewing() channel:BBC TWO tvon:True timeshift:False vmr9:False
10/08/2005 17:13:34 Recorder: Card:1 viewing:True recording:False timeshifting:False channel:CBBC Channel
10/08/2005 17:13:34 Recorder: Turn tv on channel:BBC TWO
10/08/2005 17:13:34 Recorder: Found card:1
10/08/2005 17:13:34 Recorder: tv channel changed:BBC TWO
10/08/2005 17:13:34 DVBGraphBDA:TuneChannel() tune to channel:43
10/08/2005 17:13:34 DVBGraphBDA: tuning details: frequency:850000 KHz ONID:9018 TSID:4108 SID:4236 provider:BBC
10/08/2005 17:13:34 DVBGraphBDAubmitTuneRequest() frequency:850000 KHz Bandwidth:8 ONID:9018 TSID:4108, SID:4236
10/08/2005 17:13:34 start getting epg for table 0x50
10/08/2005 17:13:34 DVBGraphBDA:TuneChannel() done
10/08/2005 17:13:34 DVBGraphBDAendPMT() video pid:262 audio pid:263 AC3 pid:0
10/08/2005 17:14:06 tv home btnchan:BBC ONE
10/08/2005 17:14:06 GUITVHome.ViewChannel(): View channel=BBC ONE ts:False
10/08/2005 17:14:06 RecordertartViewing() channel:BBC ONE tvon:True timeshift:False vmr9:False
10/08/2005 17:14:06 Recorder: Card:1 viewing:True recording:False timeshifting:False channel:BBC TWO
10/08/2005 17:14:06 Recorder: Turn tv on channel:BBC ONE
10/08/2005 17:14:06 Recorder: Found card:1
10/08/2005 17:14:06 Recorder: tv channel changed:BBC ONE
10/08/2005 17:14:06 DVBGraphBDA:TuneChannel() tune to channel:44
10/08/2005 17:14:06 DVBGraphBDA: tuning details: frequency:850000 KHz ONID:9018 TSID:4108 SID:4172 provider:BBC
10/08/2005 17:14:06 DVBGraphBDAubmitTuneRequest() frequency:850000 KHz Bandwidth:8 ONID:9018 TSID:4108, SID:4172
10/08/2005 17:14:07 start getting epg for table 0x50
10/08/2005 17:14:07 DVBGraphBDA:TuneChannel() done
10/08/2005 17:14:07 DVBGraphBDAendPMT() video pid:258 audio pid:259 AC3 pid:0
10/08/2005 17:15:03 Mediaportal.OnExit()
10/08/2005 17:15:03 Card:1 stop
10/08/2005 17:15:03 Card:1 DeleteGraph
10/08/2005 17:15:03 DVBGraphBDAeleteGraph()
10/08/2005 17:15:03 DVBGraphBDA: StopViewing()
10/08/2005 17:15:03 DVBGraphBDAeleteGraph()
10/08/2005 17:15:03 VMR7Helper:RemoveVMR7
10/08/2005 17:15:03 PlugInManager.Stop()
10/08/2005 17:15:03 Mediaportal.OnExit()
10/08/2005 17:15:03 MediaPortal done
Does this help?
The reason I wanted to try Media Portal was that I have had great difficulty in getting the Showshifter password to work , also when I upgrade to the next version I have to uninstall my HP scanner and software as Showshifter admit it can screw this up due to some sort of conflict with Net1.1
Peter

 

[Smirnuff]

Based on the above, and assuming that you're now using the 9600, the first thing that you should do is select VMR9 Renderless as your video renderer, you can do this by in the GUI or Configuration. The same can/should be done for your movie & DVD playback also.

Its not necessarily going to offer a solution to your performance issues but will ensure that MP is able to take full advantage of your graphic card's features during playback.

 

[stapleypt]

Thanks Smirnoff, I've done that.
Peter

 

[Taipan]

I don't understand what is happening, but if you look at this line in your log:-

10/08/2005 17:10:49 DVBGraphBDA:TuneChannel() tune to channel:44

MP then seems to be changing channels about every second. Here are the next few similar lines:-

10/08/2005 17:12:07 DVBGraphBDA:TuneChannel() tune to channel:22
.
.
10/08/2005 17:12:08 DVBGraphBDA:TuneChannel() tune to channel:23
.
.
10/08/2005 17:12:08 DVBGraphBDA:TuneChannel() tune to channel:24
.
and so on...to channel 28.

It seems that MP is unable to find a suitable signal, and so it tries the next channel? Is that possible? It just doesn't make sense to me.... :?

Have you been able to get your Vbox type DTT150 DVB-T card to work correctly with its own supplied TV application, or with any other TV software at all?

 

[vbap]

Maybe is Peter can describe what he was doing - from the log, it looks like the channel is being changed by the user on the TV Home screen. Peter, were you just flicking through the channels?

According to the log, like Taipan said, the channels were being changed about every second, but there was one or two that took about 30seconds - was that because you watched a particular channel for a bit longer before trying the next one? Or were youe pretty much changing channels as soon as you got a picture?