TV server crashes, takes out client too? (1 Viewer)

[bovaboy]

MediaPortal Version: 1.1.2
MediaPortal Skin: Streamed MP
Windows Version: 7 Ultimate 32bit (server), & home (64bit) client
CPU Type: 1.8Ghz celeron (Server) Dual core atom 1.8Ghz Client (asus Ion2)
HDD: 3X2TB WD SATA (one for each pair of tuners and 1 for timeshifting and Videos) System on 500GB IDE
Memory: 2GB Server 2GB Client
Motherboard: Asus ?(it's installed in the wall at the mo)
Video Card: ION2 on board
Video Card Driver: up to date
Sound Card: on board
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver: Up to date
1. TV Card: Haupauge TD500 pci (X2)
1. TV Card Type: DVB T
1. TV Card Driver: Newest from site
2. TV Card:
2. TV Card Type:
2. TV Card Driver:
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec: Win7 standard 1
MPEG2 Audio Codec: Win 7 Standard 1
h.264 Video Codec:
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case: NA
Cooling: Server has biggest sythe cooler possible, runs at 30 degrees even at 90% useage
Power Supply: Silverstone silent one
Remote: Standard Window MCE remote
TV: Toshiba
TV - HTPC Connection: HDMI
Network : All wired Gigabit Ethernet

Hi all,

Have been using mediaportal for a while now, had lots of problems to start with (kept crashing) but I thought I had it sorted. It seemed that the CPU cooler was coming unstuck from the cpu on the server causing the stream to stop.

Now I'm experiencing the same problems though this is not the same issue. I've ended up with two Haupauge TD500 cards in the server (it worked fine with just one of these) so four tuners, but I often find the TV service has stopped, and this happens more when the box is recording or timeshifting (or both).

Now the signal seems to be poor now for no obvious reason, if I plug the tv into the same output on the amp it receives a good signal. And when timeshifting earlier the stream seemed to be breaking up a lot before it all fell over again at 19:56. The tv server was showing the signal quality as jumping between 20 and 80 percent beforehand.

Once the tv server has stopped the client then freezes on the garbled last frame and I can't get it to do anything, why is this? I have to use task manager to end MP and restart it (by logging off as the task bar vanishes?). I can't understand why the MP Client doesn't allow the stream to fail or me to stop the stream using the remote.

Is there a way of getting the TV service to restart if it fails? Why does a poor signal make the service crash?

 

[bovaboy]

Can nobody even point me in the right direction of what to look for? Looking at the logs nothing special happens, it just stops, why is nothing logged? Can I turn on any extra debug to help find the issue?

Are these haupagge cards just a pile of crap? I'm beginning to think they are, as I used to use Myth TV and had similar problems then (though the tv server wouldn't actually crash)

 

[GregorV]

AW: TV server crashes, takes out client too?

Hi bovaboy,

did you find a solution ?
The same seems to happen here, sometimes by unknown reasons (may be tuning attempts) sometimes when scheduled record starts.

 

[bovaboy]

Hi Gregor sorry no joy here but I've had no time, I was beginning to think that it's only me.
What tunes are you using, I was going to borrow a couple off a friend to try, I think its the rubbish td500s I'm using. Does your client crash too if timeshifting when it goes wrong? Whenever this happens to me the screen freezes on a garbled scrambled last frame.

 

[GregorV]

AW: TV server crashes, takes out client too?

I have two PCs running
1. WIN7 32, DigitalDevices dual DVB-S Card, Driver-2.1.1.33-x86
2. WIN7 64, Nova S Plus, 88x_2_126_28225_WHQL

I think it started with MP version 1.1.2, on both machines (never at the same time) it happens that TVService hangs and cannot be stopped with Service Manager. (I need to run the 'kill' tool as administrator to be able to stop TVService)
Since some days I switched of EPG grabbing for Radio and it did not happen again, but 2-3 days is not enough to be sure.
I will gather logs if it comes back.