Stuttering problem (2 Viewers)

[Taipan]

Hi, those error messgages have nothing to do with signal strength. .

I wasn't suggesting that they had anything to do with TV signal strength - I was suggesting that they had something to do with corrupt video frames caused by interference to the TV signal, causing a high BER. This can result from a momentary drop in signal, or interference from an external source.

They are related to something happening in the vmr9.

Could that "something" be that the frame that the VMR9 was trying to render was corrupt? It would be really helpful if you could throw some more light on what those messages really mean .... please ...

 

[Taipan]

Meedio was using BDA drivers, whilst I'm not saying they're perfect either, I still think the problem lies in MP.

Hmmm - that's interesting.

Just to make sure that we are comparing "apples with apples", have you run Meedio on the exact same installation as you are now running MediaPortal? Same antenna, PC, location etc?

Did you get absolutely "stutter-free" performance with Meedio?

 

[iamfrank]

Yep, i'll double check, i'll try some other PVR software that uses the BDA drivers. Meedio did as I expected. In the circumstances where the interference occurred, I got a small stutter, but it never did what MP does, where the stuttering just keeps continuing. It's like it gets into a recovery state, but can't get out of it.

 

[iamfrank]

"Apples to Apples" done. Just been mucking with MCE2005. I can't replicate the stuttering in it. I get some stuttering when I flick the light on and off, but as soon as I stop with the switch, it just carries on as if nothing has happened. Ze problem lies in MP somewhere.

 

[Taipan]

Just been mucking with MCE2005. I can't replicate the stuttering in it. I get some stuttering when I flick the light on and off, but as soon as I stop with the switch, it just carries on as if nothing has happened.

So, if you did the same thing with MediaPortal, it would "stutter/hang" at the point until you changed channel, or turned the TV off and back on again - correct?

Sounds like a bug then - could you please post your system configuration in the template and attach your MediaPortal.log file showing an instance of this "stuttering/hang" and I will use that to log a bug in Mantis for you.

 

[ariyanto]

Hi
This may not be any help but i have had this when windows does updates and after that when i use mp and open IE then it starts but i have found that i have to reinstall the Grafic card drivers and it solves the problem i think sometimes windows changes things is should not

 

[iamfrank]

This okay?

MediaPortal Version: 0.2.2.0
MediaPortal Skin: BlueTwo
OS: Windows MCE2005
CPU: Athlon64 X2 3800+
Mainboard: ASUS M2NPV-VM
RAM: 512MB DDR2
HDD: 250GB Western Digital SATA2
Video: Onboard GeForce 6150
Sound: M-Audio Revolution 7.1 (modified)
TV-Card 1: DVICO FusionHDTV Lite
PSU: Zalman
Case: Coolermaster 610-CX1 Gold
Cooling: Stock AMD with Q-Fan enabled
Remote: iMon PAD
TV: LG 66cm widescreen SDTV CRT

Minor interruptions in the signal cause Mediaportal to stutter, but then continue to stutter, even when the interruption has stopped. If I rewind slightly and continue playing, I get stutter over the interrupted section, but then it continues as per normal. I've cross-checked it in MCE2005 and in that, the stuttering occurs while being interrupted, but then continues as per normal as soon as it stops.
Everything is fully updated to the current drivers as of 14/01/2007 and all Windows updates have been applied.

Here is my Mediaportal.log file. The VMR9Helper stuff down the bottom is what occurs when the stuttering happens.

Cheers,
Nathan
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2641&stc=1&d=1168762512

 

[Taipan]

I have logged a new bug in Mantis for this issue ...

 

[diehard2]

Hi Frank,

Try this update and see if it helps. The update is for seeking problems, but I used to have a similar problem and this solved that.

https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/showthread.php?t=13028

 

[iamfrank]

Hey diehard2,

Thanks for the heads up, unfortunately it didn't help my problem, was worth a try though!

Taipan,

Cheers for that, if you need anything else let me know.