Video Continuity errors when watching TV on DVB-T card (1 Viewer)

[Den70]

TV-Server Version: 1.0.0.21149
MediaPortal Version: 1.0.0.21149
MediaPortal Skin: Xface 1.7
Windows Version: XP SP3
CPU Type: AMD Athlon 4050e 2.1 GHz
HDD: WDC WD2500AAJS 250GB
Memory: 2x Corsair DDR2 2048MB PC-667/PC-5300
Motherboard: Asus M3A78-HEMH HDMI
Video Card: onboard
Video Card Driver: ATI Catalyst 8.11
Sound Card: onboard
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: FloppyDTV
1. TV Card Type: DVB-T
1. TV Card Driver: BDA 4.8.0.0
2. TV Card: Hauppauge WinTV PVR 150
2. TV Card Type: analog
2. TV Card Driver: 2.0.48.25037
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: ffdshow rev 1972 / Powerdvd7
MPEG2 Audio Codec: ffdshow rev 1972
h.264 Video Codec: ffdshow rev 1972
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Digitenne (DVB-T)
HTPC Case: Silverstone GD02
Cooling: Scythe Shuriken
Power Supply: Corsair PSU 520W
Remote: Windows MCE remote
TV: Panasonic 32LX70
TV - HTPC Connection: HDMI

I have a problem which I have seen before in some topics but I didn't see a solution that works. I have gigantic stuttering when watching tv. When watching the logs I see many Video Continuity errors

Some stuttering wouldn't be so bad. But the crashing (or in fact hanging) of Mediaportal is. And that is what happens when the stuttering gets worse. And that happens nearly every day. It's not nice to miss a goal from a soccermatch due to the crashing of your pc.

Some facts I have found out and tested:
- It occurs only when watching DVB-T channels, not when using the analog card
- On some channels the stuttering is much worse then on others. In fact: some channels don't have problems at all.
- As far as I know the reception quality is good. The TV-card works good in DVB-viewer
- Combining or not combining tv-channels doesn't make a difference.
- When too much stuttering appears the video stops but the audio carries on.
- In most of the times the stuttering gets worse the computer crashes completely. I have to restart the pc by resetting it

Things I have tried:
- I have disabled AMD Cool n Quiet
- I have tried different MPEG2-decoders for tv viewing: ffdshow, Powerdvd 7, MPV decoder, Nero-decoder
- I have disabled the Power scheduler plugin.
- I have read a couple of hundred topics

The logs are from a session when I watched a couple of minutes of Comedy Central, a channel that has much stuttering. In this session MP did not crash or hang. Which is good because when the computer crashes I have no log to send.

I would be very happy if somebody could help me because I am kind of sad right now. After all the problems I had with the EPG in Windows MCE I did not expect this kind of problem in MP.

 

[titof]

Hi,

If you record stuttering channel and watch this record, stuttering or not ?

 

[Owlsroost]

Have you tried one of the latest SVNs e.g. SVN22029 ? - the live TV functionallity has been much improved recently.

Tony

 

[Den70]

Have you tried one of the latest SVNs e.g. SVN22029 ? - the live TV functionallity has been much improved recently.

No. I don't have experience with SVN's. Do you have to install MP all over again or can I install the tv-server SVN over the existing tv-server?
MP itself (client) is functioning ok so I like to stick with that.

Hi,
If you record stuttering channel and watch this record, stuttering or not ?

Yes. But I haven't noticed problems when recording with the scheduler when I am not at home. The problem seems a little bit related to the viewing

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

No. I don't have experience with SVN's. Do you have to install MP all over again or can I install the tv-server SVN over the existing tv-server?
MP itself (client) is functioning ok so I like to stick with that.

TVServer\Client need to be the same release, on the latest 22029, under MPconfig\TV\client, there is a option to "not drop discontinued packets in tsreader" this may help with your stuttering.

installing svn keeps your old settings, these come as 2 exe files, run the MP first, and then the TVserver\client second.

Dont forget to install the client plugin on your MP install

ps password MediaPortal, just in case.