TV Server "crashes" while watching TV (1 Viewer)

[rich110]

TV-Server Version:
MediaPortal Version: 0.2.3.0
MediaPortal Skin: Revision
Windows Version: WinXP SP2
CPU Type: AMD Opteron 165
HDD: Samsung 200GB
Memory: 1GB Giel
Motherboard: Foxxonn nForce4 Ultra
Motherboard Chipset: nVidia nForce4
Motherboard Bios:
Video Card: Xpertvision 7600GT
Video Card Driver: nVidia v163.71
Sound Card: Realtek ALC850
Sound Card AC3: SPDIF Optical out
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: TechniSat Sky Star 2
1. TV Card Type: DVB-S
1. TV Card Driver: v4.4.1
2. TV Card: TechnoTrend S-1500 + CI
2. TV Card Type: DVB-S
2. TV Card Driver: v4.4.10.18
3. TV Card: Hauppage PVR-150
3. TV Card Type: Analogue
3. TV Card Driver: v2.0.48.24227
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec: nVidia PureVideo
MPEG2 Audio Codec: nVidia PureVideo
Satelite/CableTV Provider: NZ Freeview; Optus C1 (156)
HTPC Case: Silverstone L03-VFD
Cooling: Zalman 7700Cu
Power Supply: Seasonic S12 500W
Remote: Logitech 880
TV: Sony 66cm CRT
TV - HTPC Connection: VGA -> RGBVH

Hi,

I've been trying to get the TV-Server to work reliably for days now but I'm having a serious problem... the TV Server app keeps closing in the middle of watching TV. Without warning, while I'm watching a TV channel the video just freezes and mediaportal stops responding. After much confusion I finally worked out that the TV Server had closed in the background.

I am currently running a single seat config with th latest MP 0.2.3 STABLE and SVN 16599 and TV Server SVN 16615. I have also tried many other recent SVN's of both MP and TV Server with the same results (and yes, I have tried running the same SVN version of MP and TV Server but this didn't help).

Every time the TV Server "crashes" there is no visible error message on screen, but I do find this error in the Event Viewer:

Faulting application tvservice.exe, version 1.0.0.16615, stamp 475c89e8, faulting module tswriter.ax, version 0.0.0.0, stamp 474a9fe1, debug? 0, fault address 0x0000bc3f.

Is this a problem with the TS filter? I have also attached the log files from after the last crash.

This seems to happen mostly when I am watching a scrambled TV channel that requires the CAM unit of the TechnoTrend S-1500 (I have a decrypter card for the channels in question).

Any help would be much appreciated.

Cheers
Rich

 

[SciDoctor]

I have been reporting this instability for some time but gave up on keeping posting my logs as nothing improved.

I have given up on timeshifting as it just crashes the tswriter. This is on systems with VISTA 32, XPsp2 and w2ksp4.

Recording, EPG grab, subs on/off aren't affected and Recording and then watching the recording as it is being recorded (real time) is fine.

See this thread here

https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/timeshifting_crashes_tswriter_ax-t30344.html?t=30344


Try recording a channel and watching the recording in real time and see if you get the same tswriter crash (I don't)