TV stops when switching between channels (1 Viewer)

[frank75]

MediaPortal Version: 1.0.2.0
MediaPortal Skin: Theatre
Windows Version: Win XP SP3
CPU Type: Athlon64 X2 4400+ 2.3GHz
HDD: WD 320GB IDE
Memory: 2x512 Corsair DDR2 PC5300
Motherboard: Asus M2N-E SLI
Video Card: Asus EN8600GT/SI/HTDP/256M
Video Card Driver:
Sound Card:
Sound Card AC3: Coaxial out
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: Hauppauge WinTV-PVR500MCE
1. TV Card Type:
1. TV Card Driver:
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:
MPEG2 Audio Codec: AC3 Filter
h.264 Video Codec: Cyberlink H.264/AVC PDVD8
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case: Antec Overture
Cooling: Zalman CNPS8000 Slim CPU-Cooler
Power Supply:
Remote: Harmony 525
TV: Samsung LE-40M86
TV - HTPC Connection: DVI - HDMI

When i switch between channels i have to stop the channel i am watching before choosing a new channel, or MP stops.
This works for a while. Then the machine freezes and a blue thin line shows at the bottom of the screen, this is the taskline in windows trying to pop up.
It is only a few pix high. And there is sound from a channel. All i can do now is ctrl+alt+del, there "MediaPortal - TV/full screen" and "ActiveMovie Window" is running. Have to shut down these and restart MP.

When i restart my machine i can switch between channels with no problems, but after a while i get the problem again.

Anone know why?

Is this a bug?

 

[frank75]

Anyone, please

 

[frank75]

Hi again.

See my attached pictures and look at signal level and quality.
Can this cause the problem?

Also tryed to change audiocodecs but it did not help.

Can someone please give me a tip?

 

[frank75]

Not anyone who have a tip for me?

 

[VdR]

I'm having similar problems since a week or two. On one client can't change channel, have to stop and select next from guide. On another client TV doesn't play at all anymore.

Pulling my hair out.

VdR

 

[chemelli]

Please test latest SVN public snapshot and report back

Simone

 

[VdR]

Just tried that; MP does not start.

[MPMain]: Main: MediaPortal v1.0.4.23831 is starting up on Windows XP ( Service Pack 3 ) [5.1.2600.196608]

[MPMain]: TvPlugin and MediaPortal don't have the same version.
Please update the older component to the same version as the newer one.
MediaPortal Version: 1.0.4.23831
TvPlugin Version: 1.0.4.23491​

Logs attached.

First time I used SVN, what am I doing wrong?


VdR

 

[VdR]

Problem with SVN solved with the help of CieNeSDi.

SVN shows the same behavior; takes 15 seconds to tune the first channel. When changing channel, image first freezes then disappears (black) and again then freezes on the last image of the previous channel. Looking at stream shows the new channel. Problem must be with the client.

VdR

When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging

Just re-installed TV-server 1.0.2 on existing XP Pro SP3 and MP-client 1.0.2 on clean XP Pro SP3 install (created September 13th) and it works. First channel shows after less than 5 seconds, channel change takes less than 5 seconds.

Now I'm trying to figure out what happened between September 13th and now that messed up both my clients (both XP Pro SP3). I suspect windows update but I do not see anything obvious. I know that a restore point before September 13th did not resolve the problem.

VdR