MediaPortal Version: 1.1.0 final (disaster edition)
MediaPortal Skin: StreamedMP
Windows Version: Windows XP SP3
CPU Type: AMD Athlon X2 4850e, 2x 2.50GHz
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Green, 1TB, 32MB Cache
Memory: 2GB DDR2
Motherboard: Asus M3A78-EMH HDMI
Video Card: onboard (AMD/ATI HD3200)
Video Card Driver: Catalyst 9.5
Sound Card: onboard (ALC883 High Definition Audio 8-Channel CODEC)
Sound Card AC3: S/PDIF coaxial & optical out
Sound Card Driver: 5.10.0.5591
1. TV Card: TERRATEC Cinergy S2 PCI HD CI (with BlueCam Twin)
1. TV Card Type: DVB-S2
1. TV Card Driver: 1.1.0.901
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: SAF v4.00 final
MPEG2 Audio Codec: SAF v4.00 final
h.264 Video Codec: PowerDVD 8
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Astra 19.2°E
HTPC Case: Antec Fusion Remote Black
Cooling: Scythe Ninja Mini (passive) + 2x Scythe Slip Stream 120 mm 800 (case fans)
Power Supply:
Remote: iMon RM200
TV: Panasonic TX-P50GW10
TV - HTPC Connection: HDMI
Hi folks,
I'm gonna go mad with HDTV...
It used to work some time ago, but then I re-imaged my machine in order to switch to MP1.1. Since then I couldn't make HDTV run smoothly in MePo. Everything is like charm when using DVBViewer (~7% CPU usage) but as soon as I want to watch HDTV in MePo I get a lot of glitches, pixelations and heavy stuttering (~50-80% CPU usage - which means that always one of my CPU's two cores is under full throttle).
Things I've done so far:
To my mind MePo's usability is at a very, very high level. But for me one of it's core functions is watching TV - and possibly in high def, as SD sucks on a 50 inches screen. I hope, someone does have THE idea what I should check or try. Otherwise I'm forced to abandone MePo for this release (WAF is key - and it's getting worse with every stuttering HDTV minute...)
So PLEASE give me helpful hint, if you have one...
Attached you'll find the logs.
Please note that I DON'T have bad signal - it seems, that the TVServer is misinterpreting the data from the TV card's driver. DVBViewer is showing 98% signal quality.
In the TsReader log I found a lot of late frame messages. Is this a symptom caused by the high CPU load? Or could it cause the stuttering? If so: how may I solve this? I have no clue...
Any help is REALLY appreciated!
Thanks in advance,
Mat
MediaPortal Skin: StreamedMP
Windows Version: Windows XP SP3
CPU Type: AMD Athlon X2 4850e, 2x 2.50GHz
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Green, 1TB, 32MB Cache
Memory: 2GB DDR2
Motherboard: Asus M3A78-EMH HDMI
Video Card: onboard (AMD/ATI HD3200)
Video Card Driver: Catalyst 9.5
Sound Card: onboard (ALC883 High Definition Audio 8-Channel CODEC)
Sound Card AC3: S/PDIF coaxial & optical out
Sound Card Driver: 5.10.0.5591
1. TV Card: TERRATEC Cinergy S2 PCI HD CI (with BlueCam Twin)
1. TV Card Type: DVB-S2
1. TV Card Driver: 1.1.0.901
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: SAF v4.00 final
MPEG2 Audio Codec: SAF v4.00 final
h.264 Video Codec: PowerDVD 8
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Astra 19.2°E
HTPC Case: Antec Fusion Remote Black
Cooling: Scythe Ninja Mini (passive) + 2x Scythe Slip Stream 120 mm 800 (case fans)
Power Supply:
Remote: iMon RM200
TV: Panasonic TX-P50GW10
TV - HTPC Connection: HDMI
Hi folks,
I'm gonna go mad with HDTV...
It used to work some time ago, but then I re-imaged my machine in order to switch to MP1.1. Since then I couldn't make HDTV run smoothly in MePo. Everything is like charm when using DVBViewer (~7% CPU usage) but as soon as I want to watch HDTV in MePo I get a lot of glitches, pixelations and heavy stuttering (~50-80% CPU usage - which means that always one of my CPU's two cores is under full throttle).
Things I've done so far:
- I checked the registry, if DXVA was enabled for PDVD codecs in MePo
- checked in GraphStudio whether DXVA is really being used (and is IS being used)
- tried different Codecs (PDVD8 which came with my PowerDVD 8 BD Edition, PDVD8 which came with my TerraTec TV playback software, PDVD10, DivX H.264 Decoder and ffdshow DXVA)
DivX and ffdshow used to have a smooth picture, but produced errors after switching to another channel - tried differen graphics drivers
- disables miniDisplay plugin (I read somewhere, that in MP1.1 it would cause high CPU load due to a faulty DLL)
- made some reg hacks with the ATI HD Reg Tweaks script
To my mind MePo's usability is at a very, very high level. But for me one of it's core functions is watching TV - and possibly in high def, as SD sucks on a 50 inches screen. I hope, someone does have THE idea what I should check or try. Otherwise I'm forced to abandone MePo for this release (WAF is key - and it's getting worse with every stuttering HDTV minute...)
So PLEASE give me helpful hint, if you have one...
Attached you'll find the logs.
Please note that I DON'T have bad signal - it seems, that the TVServer is misinterpreting the data from the TV card's driver. DVBViewer is showing 98% signal quality.
In the TsReader log I found a lot of late frame messages. Is this a symptom caused by the high CPU load? Or could it cause the stuttering? If so: how may I solve this? I have no clue...
Any help is REALLY appreciated!
Thanks in advance,
Mat