TV is black (2 Viewers)

[drullens]

Same for me. Can't turn on the TV, black picture, no audio. I've deleted the cal800x600.xml file but that didn't fix it. Reïnstalled the PVR350 drivers, tried all the codecs but unfortunately nothing worked.

 

[brierot]

MyTV problem - solved?

I have had a grey picture since installing RC3. By grey picture, I mean my TV image appeared to have a 'veil' over it that made the picture grey and not really viewable. I was able to see the image beneath this 'veil' and it appeared to be the correct image of the TV channel I choose.

I tried various things with codecs, concluding that it was probably a codec problem but nothing I tried worked. I regularly installed newer CVS versions (now SVN) as they became available but that didn't help either.

Finally, I uninstalled MP and then deleted all the folders under 'Team Media-port' and did a clean install of RC3, followed by the latest SVN (4-09). This, I did, after keeping what I wanted in the 'Team Media-portal' directory. Specifically, these were XMLTV sub-directories, including my tvguide.xml as well as the programs for my IR-200L remote used with my iMon remote.

I got TV with proper colour images after that! The images were however, very jaggered. Again, I tried everything I knew in the codec settings. Nothing I did helped until I registered the Elecard demultiplexer again. Upon rebooting, my TV image was back to normal, as I had in RC2! However, I am still without sound. Funny thing was I had sound before registering the Elecard demultiplexer! Still working on this bit. Anyone with any ideas, please point me in the right direction!

Still trying to get My Recipes plugin as well as Sudoku, to work. Was looking up the installation instructions for My Recipe but not finding it yet.

I hope this helps some of you with this problem. A clean install appears to be the way to go with RC3, at least for the first time. It is a bit of a pain, particularly if you have installed various other plugins and have XMLTV working well before but it appears it is most painless to start again in the long run, if my experience is anything to go by.

 

[Muschi]

RC3: Start MP in fullscreen mode! no TV fullscreen possible!

Area: Media Portal Program
MediaPortal Version: 0.2.0.0 RC3$CVS-29.03.2006- 1:01:14,09
(2006-03-29)
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 Pentium M 1.60GHz
Memory: 511 MB
Motherboard: 0J4020 (Dell Inc.)
TV Card Model: WinTV Nova-T USB2
TV Card Type: DVB
TV Card Driver: hcw21nova-t.exe (23952 KB, 5. Juli 2005)
Video Card Model: Ati Mobility Radeon X600 (128 MB)
Video Card Driver: 6.14.10.6483
Video Card Resolution: 1024x768
Video Render Type: VMR9
Audio Card Model: SigmaTel C-Major Audio
Audio Card Driver: 5.10.0.4249
Synopsis::

Hi,

Mediaportal 0.2RC3
+ mediaportal-cvs-04-01-2006--17-20.rar
+ mediaportal-svn-04-07-2006--01-11.rar

I think the problem occurs only when MP starts in fullscreen mode!

I cant view TV in fullscreen when MP starts in fullscreen. (MPConfig General Tab => Start MediaPortal in full screen mode)

I start MP in the Window Mode, maximize it to fullscreen and start the TV and go to TV fullscreen => it works in fullscreen.

MP start in full screen mode and the wrong display resolution is set with load calib1036x780.xml

07.04.2006 20:06:09 window:MediaPortal.GUI.Home.HomeWindow init
07.04.2006 20:06:09   skin initialized
07.04.2006 20:06:09   DX9 size: 1024x768
07.04.2006 20:06:09   video ram left:238592 KByte
07.04.2006 20:06:09 MAP: using default mappings for Hauppauge HCW
07.04.2006 20:06:09 Process: MediaPortal
07.04.2006 20:06:09 running...
07.04.2006 20:06:09 OnDeviceReset()
07.04.2006 20:06:09   load calib1036x780.xml

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

07.04.2006 20:06:11 window:MediaPortal.GUI.Home.HomeWindow init
07.04.2006 20:06:11   load calib1036x780.xml
07.04.2006 20:06:11  done
07.04.2006 20:06:11 Mediaportal.OnStartup()

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

07.04.2006 20:06:35 start fullscreen channel:ProSieben
07.04.2006 20:06:35 init->OSD:Off
07.04.2006 20:06:35 PlaneScene: video WxH  : 768x576
07.04.2006 20:06:35 PlaneScene: video AR   : 768:576
07.04.2006 20:06:35 PlaneScene: screen WxH : 1036x780
07.04.2006 20:06:35 PlaneScene: AR type    : Normal
07.04.2006 20:06:35 PlaneScene: PixelRatio : 1
07.04.2006 20:06:35 PlaneScene: src        : (0,0)-(768,576)
07.04.2006 20:06:35 PlaneScene: dst        : (0,1)-(1036,778)
07.04.2006 20:06:37 fullscreentv:show gui

MP start in window mode and the right display resolution is set with load calib1024x768.xml

window:WindowPlugins.home.GUIBasicHome init
07.04.2006 20:10:09 App.ToggleFullWindowed()
07.04.2006 20:10:09 texturemanager:CleanupThumbs()
07.04.2006 20:10:09 texturemanager:dispose()
07.04.2006 20:10:09 TexturePacker:Dispose()
07.04.2006 20:10:09 TexturePacker: remove texture:198
07.04.2006 20:10:09 TexturePacker: remove texture:199
07.04.2006 20:10:09   fonts.Dispose()
07.04.2006 20:10:09 windowed->fullscreen
07.04.2006 20:10:09 windowed->fullscreen done True
07.04.2006 20:10:09 ClientSize: 1024x768 screen:1024x768
07.04.2006 20:10:09 app:Switch to windowed mode False
07.04.2006 20:10:09 app:Switched to windowed mode
07.04.2006 20:10:09 OnDeviceReset()
07.04.2006 20:10:09   load calib1024x768.xml

or with Mediaportal 0.2RC3
+ mediaportal-cvs-03-29-2006--01-04.rar

The problem is the same => Start Mediaportal in fullscreen mode
But no TV in fullscreen mode possible !
I cant use full screen tv first time TV is started => wrong TV fullscreen resolution is set for first time


Then i hit EXIT => STOP => TV is off => the screen appears black and reset the display resolution
After that i start TV and the fullscreen woks with the right display resolution

09.04.2006 20:59:24 start fullscreen
09.04.2006 20:59:24 ClientSize: 1024x768 screen:1024x768

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

09.04.2006 20:59:27   WindowManager.Load
09.04.2006 20:59:27   load calib1024x768.xml

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

09.04.2006 20:59:28 window:MediaPortal.GUI.Home.HomeWindow init
09.04.2006 20:59:28   skin initialized
09.04.2006 20:59:28   DX9 size: 1024x768

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

09.04.2006 20:59:30 OnDeviceReset()
09.04.2006 20:59:30   load calib1036x780.xml

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

09.04.2006 20:59:31 window:MediaPortal.GUI.Home.HomeWindow init
09.04.2006 20:59:31   load calib1036x780.xml
09.04.2006 20:59:31  done

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

09.04.2006 21:00:35 start fullscreen channel:SAT.1
09.04.2006 21:00:35 init->OSD:Off
09.04.2006 21:00:35 PlaneScene: video WxH  : 768x576
09.04.2006 21:00:35 PlaneScene: video AR   : 768:576
09.04.2006 21:00:35 PlaneScene: screen WxH : 1036x780
09.04.2006 21:00:35 PlaneScene: AR type    : Stretch
09.04.2006 21:00:35 PlaneScene: PixelRatio : 1
09.04.2006 21:00:35 PlaneScene: src        : (0,0)-(768,576)
09.04.2006 21:00:35 PlaneScene: dst        : (0,0)-(1036,780)
09.04.2006 21:00:38 fullscreentv:show gui
09.04.2006 21:00:38 Windowmanager:goto previous window
09.04.2006 21:00:38 deinit->OSD:Off
09.04.2006 21:00:38 window:MediaPortal.GUI.TV.GUIFullScreenTV deinit
09.04.2006 21:00:38 texturemanager:CleanupThumbs()
09.04.2006 21:00:38 window:MediaPortal.GUI.TV.GUITVHome init
09.04.2006 21:00:38 tv home init:SAT.1
09.04.2006 21:00:38 GUITVHome.ViewChannel(): View channel=SAT.1 ts:True
09.04.2006 21:00:38 PlaneScene: video WxH  : 768x576
09.04.2006 21:00:38 PlaneScene: video AR   : 768:576
09.04.2006 21:00:38 PlaneScene: screen WxH : 498x347
09.04.2006 21:00:38 PlaneScene: AR type    : Stretch
09.04.2006 21:00:38 PlaneScene: PixelRatio : 1
09.04.2006 21:00:38 PlaneScene: src        : (0,0)-(768,576)
09.04.2006 21:00:38 PlaneScene: dst        : (427,143)-(925,490)
09.04.2006 21:00:40 Windowmanager:goto previous window
09.04.2006 21:00:40 window:MediaPortal.GUI.TV.GUITVHome deinit
09.04.2006 21:00:40 texturemanager:CleanupThumbs()

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

09.04.2006 21:00:41 window:MediaPortal.GUI.Home.HomeWindow init
09.04.2006 21:00:41 PlaneScene: video WxH  : 768x576
09.04.2006 21:00:41 PlaneScene: video AR   : 768:576
09.04.2006 21:00:41 PlaneScene: screen WxH : 498x347
09.04.2006 21:00:41 PlaneScene: AR type    : Stretch
09.04.2006 21:00:41 PlaneScene: PixelRatio : 1
09.04.2006 21:00:41 PlaneScene: src        : (0,0)-(768,576)
09.04.2006 21:00:41 PlaneScene: dst        : (427,143)-(925,490)
09.04.2006 21:00:41 PlaneScene: video WxH  : 768x576
09.04.2006 21:00:41 PlaneScene: video AR   : 768:576
09.04.2006 21:00:41 PlaneScene: screen WxH : 192x144
09.04.2006 21:00:41 PlaneScene: AR type    : Stretch
09.04.2006 21:00:41 PlaneScene: PixelRatio : 1
09.04.2006 21:00:41 PlaneScene: src        : (0,0)-(768,576)
09.04.2006 21:00:41 PlaneScene: dst        : (122,547)-(314,691)
09.04.2006 21:00:43 App.Onaction() stop media
09.04.2006 21:00:43 g_Player.Stop()
09.04.2006 21:00:43 g_Player.OnStopped()
09.04.2006 21:00:43 StreamBufferPlayer:stop
09.04.2006 21:00:43 StreamBufferPlayer9:cleanup DShow graph False
09.04.2006 21:00:43 StreamBufferPlayer9: vmr9 disable
09.04.2006 21:00:43 StreamBufferPlayer9: vmr9 dispose
09.04.2006 21:00:43 1 vmr9:Dispose
09.04.2006 21:00:43 VMR9: not active
09.04.2006 21:00:43 PlaneScene: PresentImage() dispose surfaces
09.04.2006 21:00:43 PlaneScene: PresentImage() dispose surfaces
09.04.2006 21:00:43 goto windowed:False
09.04.2006 21:00:43 app:Switch to windowed mode False
09.04.2006 21:00:44 OnDeviceReset()
09.04.2006 21:00:44   load calib1024x768.xml

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

09.04.2006 21:00:46 window:MediaPortal.GUI.Home.HomeWindow init
09.04.2006 21:00:46   load calib1024x768.xml
09.04.2006 21:00:46  done
09.04.2006 21:00:46 app:Switched to windowed mode
09.04.2006 21:00:46 StreamBufferPlayer9:cleanup done
09.04.2006 21:00:46 StreamBufferPlayer9:grapbuilder=null
09.04.2006 21:00:49 window:MediaPortal.GUI.Home.HomeWindow deinit

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

09.04.2006 21:00:53 start fullscreen channel:SAT.1
09.04.2006 21:00:53 init->OSD:Off
09.04.2006 21:00:53 PlaneScene: video WxH  : 768x576
09.04.2006 21:00:53 PlaneScene: video AR   : 768:576
09.04.2006 21:00:53 PlaneScene: screen WxH : 1024x768
09.04.2006 21:00:53 PlaneScene: AR type    : Stretch
09.04.2006 21:00:53 PlaneScene: PixelRatio : 1
09.04.2006 21:00:53 PlaneScene: src        : (0,0)-(768,576)
09.04.2006 21:00:53 PlaneScene: dst        : (0,0)-(1024,768)
09.04.2006 21:00:55 fullscreentv:show gui

 

[Dado]

Similar problem only at first boot

Hauppauge PVR-350
MP RC3 svn-04-11-2006--17-15
Intervideo Video decoder
Windows XP Mce Sp2
Pentiun 4 3.0 Gb
512 Mb Ram

Hi all, I have a similar problem: when I boot (or reboot) my pc, open Mediaportal and go to Tv, I can hear audio but I can't see Tv (I can see only a dark gray screen). I have already tried all video codecs and also I have tried last Hauppauge drivers.

But, if I start MCE, open the Tv (for few seconds), stop Tv and close MCE then start MP, I can see Tv perfectly (also after suspend and resume) !!!!! :?:

In the log there isn't FAILED or other errors...

It seems to be a startup initialization problem of Hauppauge PVR-350...

Have you a solution or is there another thread on this problem??

Thanks a lot in advance!!
Dado

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Dado

From what you have said, it does look like driver initiatlization problem.
Unfortunately too many posts on hauppage cards with similar faults believe dman_lfc already knows this. But this info will always backup/confirm issues

thanks

8)

 

[Dado]

Hi,
I'll try to develop a program (with WMencoder, too) that, at clean startup (not resume, etc), wakes up the Hauppauge recorder (only for five seconds) then closes itself and starts MP..

By this way perhaps in MP the Tv will work also at first boot, without open and close MCE Tv...


Dado