TV freezes, across reboots and across reinstalls (1 Viewer)

frenzy

Portal Pro
April 29, 2008
228
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Home Country
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TV-Server Version: 1.0
MediaPortal Version: 1.0
MediaPortal Skin: XFace
Windows Version: Windows Vista 32 SP1
CPU Type: Intel E5200
HDD: Seagate 160, WD 500GB, WD 1TB, Μaxtor 40GB
Memory: 4x1GB DDR2 800
Motherboard: MSI P45 NEO3-FR
Video Card: ASUS EAH4670 HDMI
Video Card Driver: Catalyst 8.12
Sound Card: Creative Audigy 2ZS
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: Gigabyte GT-PS700
1. TV Card Type: DVB-S
MPEG2 Video Codec: ATI MPEG2 Decoder
MPEG2 Audio Codec: FFDSHOW Beta 6 rev.2527
h.264 Video Codec: FFDSHOW beta6 rev.2527
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Astra 19.2°E
Power Supply: Chieftec 550W
Remote: iMon Silverstone MFP51
TV: Philips 37PFL3403
TV - HTPC Connection: HDMI


Hi, I have a very strange problem: I can watch tv just fine, I can change channels, I can stop and start tv also, BUT if I play a video for some time, the card locks up and MP freezes if I try to watch a channel. Now, what is very strange about that is that the problem appeared a couple of weeks ago, and is persistent across reinstalls of both MP and windows. Another strange thing is that when this happens I can watch tv with another program (i.e. progdvb) while MP is running something that I think shouldn't be happening.

What I've tried so far:
-Reinstalling MP a few times
-Reinstalling windows
-switching memory
-using different codecs
-testing the tv card on another pc

Nothing worked so I came to the last resort. I will be grateful if I can restore my tv viewing habits to their default state :)
 

Athesis

Portal Member
January 4, 2008
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Germany Germany
Same problem here with this two HTPCs:
(1st HTPC || 2nd HTPC)
TV-Server Version: 1.0
MediaPortal Version: 1.0
MediaPortal Skin: (standart)
Windows Version: Windows Vista 32 SP1 || Windows XP Pro SP3
CPU Type: AMD Athlon X2 5200+ || AMD Athlon X2 6000+
HDD: Samsung SP 320GB
Memory: 2x 1GB Kingstone || 2x 1GB OCZ
Motherboard: ASUS M2A-VM
Video Card: (onboard)
Video Card Driver: Catalyst 9.3
Sound Card: (onboard)
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: Technisat SkyStar 2
1. TV Card Type: DVB-S
MPEG2 Video Codec: ATI MPEG2 Decoder
MPEG2 Audio Codec: FFDSHOW
h.264 Video Codec: FFDSHOW
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Astra 19.2°E
Power Supply: 550W NW
Remote: X10 Remote
TV: LG || LOEWE
TV - HTPC Connection: VGA / HDMI

TV Server Service Freeze after a vew minits, only a reboot of the System brings it back - EPG dosen't refresch, too.

A restore of a Image of the MP System with a old image what was working fails, too.
 

frenzy

Portal Pro
April 29, 2008
228
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Home Country
France France
Issue fixed, disabled DVB EPG and all is fine. Some channel was causing the issue

Athesis:
It's not the same issue at all, sorry. You have a [SetupTV] error in your logs. I suspect something to do with your TVserver config. Maybe you have the option to restart tvservice and reinitialize card enabled? Try to disable it.
 

Athesis

Portal Member
January 4, 2008
5
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Home Country
Germany Germany
Was the Same problem - I deactivated EPG and anything was working fine on both PCs - Thanks :)
 

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