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<blockquote data-quote="ferrocene" data-source="post: 727693" data-attributes="member: 109549"><p><strong>MediaPortal Version</strong>: 1.1.3.0</p><p><strong>MediaPortal Skin</strong>: StreamedMP 1.4.12</p><p><strong>Windows Version</strong>: Windows Server 2008 R2</p><p><strong>CPU Type</strong>: i7 @ 3.5GHz</p><p><strong>HDD</strong>: 60GB SSD, 2TB HDD</p><p><strong>Memory</strong>: 8GB</p><p><strong>Motherboard</strong>: Gigabyte P55/LGA-1156 </p><p><strong>Video Card</strong>: NVidia 8800GT</p><p><strong>Video Card Driver</strong>: 258.96</p><p><strong>Sound Card</strong>: Onboard Realtek, also M-Audio Audiophile 2496 (not used)</p><p><strong>Sound Card AC3</strong>: </p><p><strong>Sound Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>1. TV Card</strong>: HDHomerun dual tuner (new model)</p><p><strong>1. TV Card Type</strong>: </p><p><strong>1. TV Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>2. TV Card</strong>: </p><p><strong>2. TV Card Type</strong>: </p><p><strong>2. TV Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>3. TV Card</strong>: </p><p><strong>3. TV Card Type</strong>: </p><p><strong>3. TV Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>4. TV Card</strong>: </p><p><strong>4. TV Card Type</strong>: </p><p><strong>4. TV Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>MPEG2 Video Codec</strong>: ffshow, MPC</p><p><strong>MPEG2 Audio Codec</strong>: </p><p><strong>h.264 Video Codec</strong>: CoreAVC</p><p><strong>Satelite/CableTV Provider</strong>: </p><p><strong>HTPC Case</strong>: </p><p><strong>Cooling</strong>: </p><p><strong>Power Supply</strong>: </p><p><strong>Remote</strong>: Harmony One</p><p><strong>TV</strong>: Samsung</p><p><strong>TV - HTPC Connection</strong>: DVI to HDMI</p><p></p><p></p><p>First, I know I'm running 2008 Server - I get the prompt every time I enter Configuration. I'm fairly confident it's not a problem with the OS.</p><p></p><p>Basically, the HDHomerun records .TS files just fine. Everything works great, except when I play back certain recorded TV shows, such as a 1080i hour-long show, at certain points it will freeze for around 60 seconds. At the 60 second mark, the audio will continue playing as the video does this fast-forward catch-up, at which point it will play fine for awhile until it freezes up again.</p><p></p><p>I can play the TS files just fine in MPC-HC or VLC. In MediaPortal, I've tried both MPC and ffmpeg codecs, and in ffmpeg I've tried both MPEG2 decoders - libavcodec and libmpeg2. They both do the same thing, although ffmpeg seems to do it less, as odd as that sounds.</p><p></p><p>In the TsReader-*.log, after playback "resumes", the log file fills up with the following at at rate of 185 lines per second for a few seconds:</p><p></p><p>[CODE]28-03-2011 22:36:40.846 [1110]Vid/Ref : 2272.388, Late B-frame(13), Compensated = 157.516 ( -1.982 A/V buffers=308/01), Clk : 159.498077, State 2</p><p>28-03-2011 22:36:40.852 [1110]Vid/Ref : 2272.522, Late I-frame(02), Compensated = 157.650 ( -1.833 A/V buffers=308/01), Clk : 159.483078, State 2</p><p>28-03-2011 22:36:40.860 [1110]Vid/Ref : 2272.455, Late B-frame(00), Compensated = 157.583 ( -1.900 A/V buffers=308/01), Clk : 159.483078, State 2</p><p>28-03-2011 22:36:40.865 [1110]Vid/Ref : 2272.488, Late B-frame(01), Compensated = 157.616 ( -1.883 A/V buffers=308/01), Clk : 159.499084, State 2</p><p>28-03-2011 22:36:40.865 [d64]Aud/Ref : 2222.613, Late Compensated = 107.741 ( -51.758 A/V buffers=308/00), Clk : 159.499084, State 2</p><p>28-03-2011 22:36:40.869 [1110]Vid/Ref : 2272.622, Late P-frame(05), Compensated = 157.750 ( -1.733 A/V buffers=308/01), Clk : 159.483078, State 2</p><p>28-03-2011 22:36:40.876 [1110]Vid/Ref : 2272.555, Late B-frame(03), Compensated = 157.683 ( -1.800 A/V buffers=308/01), Clk : 159.483078, State 2</p><p>28-03-2011 22:36:40.880 [1110]Vid/Ref : 2272.588, Late B-frame(04), Compensated = 157.716 ( -1.782 A/V buffers=308/01), Clk : 159.498077, State 2</p><p>28-03-2011 22:36:40.884 [1110]Vid/Ref : 2272.722, Late P-frame(08), Compensated = 157.850 ( -1.648 A/V buffers=308/01), Clk : 159.498077, State 2</p><p>28-03-2011 22:36:40.891 [1110]Vid/Ref : 2272.655, Late B-frame(06), Compensated = 157.783 ( -1.700 A/V buffers=308/01), Clk : 159.483078, State 2[/CODE]</p><p></p><p>As I watch the CPU % and disk quotas, there is a huge spike, but that's while the video is in fast-forward mode and catching up to the audio.</p><p></p><p>my evr.log for the last 17 minutes has 11,000 lines, 99.99% of which read:</p><p></p><p>[CODE]29-03-2011 03:09:06.233 [e28]Scheduling sample from the past (7339.29 ms, last call to NotifyWorker: 3.86 ms)</p><p>29-03-2011 03:09:06.233 [d5c]Dropping frame, behind 7339.29 ms, last sleep time 0.00 ms.</p><p>29-03-2011 03:09:06.235 [e28]Scheduling sample from the past (7322.61 ms, last call to NotifyWorker: 2.71 ms)</p><p>29-03-2011 03:09:06.235 [d5c]Dropping frame, behind 7322.61 ms, last sleep time 0.00 ms.</p><p>29-03-2011 03:09:06.237 [e28]Scheduling sample from the past (7305.92 ms, last call to NotifyWorker: 2.17 ms)</p><p>29-03-2011 03:09:06.238 [d5c]Dropping frame, behind 7305.92 ms, last sleep time 0.00 ms.</p><p>29-03-2011 03:09:06.242 [e28]Scheduling sample from the past (7289.24 ms, last call to NotifyWorker: 4.09 ms)</p><p>29-03-2011 03:09:06.242 [d5c]Dropping frame, behind 7289.24 ms, last sleep time 0.00 ms.</p><p>29-03-2011 03:09:06.246 [e28]Scheduling sample from the past (7272.56 ms, last call to NotifyWorker: 4.04 ms)</p><p>29-03-2011 03:09:06.246 [d5c]Dropping frame, behind 7272.56 ms, last sleep time 0.00 ms.</p><p>29-03-2011 03:09:06.249 [e28]Scheduling sample from the past (7255.87 ms, last call to NotifyWorker: 2.94 ms)</p><p>29-03-2011 03:09:06.249 [d5c]Dropping frame, behind 7255.87 ms, last sleep time 0.00 ms.[/CODE]</p><p></p><p>Again, this only happens inside mediaportal. The same codecs in VLC and media player classic don't exhibit this behavior.</p><p></p><p>This doesn't happen with H.264 or any other codec/video file, just .TS streams. In all cases the audio is being sent out the Realtek S/PDIF interface as Dolby Digital to my HT system.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I have to go to bed, it's 3am. Any help would be appreciated.</p><p></p><p>Quick update: this problem only seems to happen when mediaportal doesn't have focus. This is on a dual-monitor computer, and if i'm reading this forum on the other monitor, within a few minutes it will freeze up.</p><p></p><p>The file doesn't freeze up in the same spot, which indicates that the file is ok. I also tested the .TS file with mpeg2repair, and other than the beginning and end, it checks out ok.</p><p></p><p>I also uninstalled the KLITE codec pack, and I thought that fixed it until it freezed up 20 minutes later when the window didn't have focus.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ferrocene, post: 727693, member: 109549"] [b]MediaPortal Version[/b]: 1.1.3.0 [b]MediaPortal Skin[/b]: StreamedMP 1.4.12 [b]Windows Version[/b]: Windows Server 2008 R2 [b]CPU Type[/b]: i7 @ 3.5GHz [b]HDD[/b]: 60GB SSD, 2TB HDD [b]Memory[/b]: 8GB [b]Motherboard[/b]: Gigabyte P55/LGA-1156 [b]Video Card[/b]: NVidia 8800GT [b]Video Card Driver[/b]: 258.96 [b]Sound Card[/b]: Onboard Realtek, also M-Audio Audiophile 2496 (not used) [b]Sound Card AC3[/b]: [b]Sound Card Driver[/b]: [b]1. TV Card[/b]: HDHomerun dual tuner (new model) [b]1. TV Card Type[/b]: [b]1. TV Card Driver[/b]: [b]2. TV Card[/b]: [b]2. TV Card Type[/b]: [b]2. TV Card Driver[/b]: [b]3. TV Card[/b]: [b]3. TV Card Type[/b]: [b]3. TV Card Driver[/b]: [b]4. TV Card[/b]: [b]4. TV Card Type[/b]: [b]4. TV Card Driver[/b]: [b]MPEG2 Video Codec[/b]: ffshow, MPC [b]MPEG2 Audio Codec[/b]: [b]h.264 Video Codec[/b]: CoreAVC [b]Satelite/CableTV Provider[/b]: [b]HTPC Case[/b]: [b]Cooling[/b]: [b]Power Supply[/b]: [b]Remote[/b]: Harmony One [b]TV[/b]: Samsung [b]TV - HTPC Connection[/b]: DVI to HDMI First, I know I'm running 2008 Server - I get the prompt every time I enter Configuration. I'm fairly confident it's not a problem with the OS. Basically, the HDHomerun records .TS files just fine. Everything works great, except when I play back certain recorded TV shows, such as a 1080i hour-long show, at certain points it will freeze for around 60 seconds. At the 60 second mark, the audio will continue playing as the video does this fast-forward catch-up, at which point it will play fine for awhile until it freezes up again. I can play the TS files just fine in MPC-HC or VLC. In MediaPortal, I've tried both MPC and ffmpeg codecs, and in ffmpeg I've tried both MPEG2 decoders - libavcodec and libmpeg2. They both do the same thing, although ffmpeg seems to do it less, as odd as that sounds. In the TsReader-*.log, after playback "resumes", the log file fills up with the following at at rate of 185 lines per second for a few seconds: [CODE]28-03-2011 22:36:40.846 [1110]Vid/Ref : 2272.388, Late B-frame(13), Compensated = 157.516 ( -1.982 A/V buffers=308/01), Clk : 159.498077, State 2 28-03-2011 22:36:40.852 [1110]Vid/Ref : 2272.522, Late I-frame(02), Compensated = 157.650 ( -1.833 A/V buffers=308/01), Clk : 159.483078, State 2 28-03-2011 22:36:40.860 [1110]Vid/Ref : 2272.455, Late B-frame(00), Compensated = 157.583 ( -1.900 A/V buffers=308/01), Clk : 159.483078, State 2 28-03-2011 22:36:40.865 [1110]Vid/Ref : 2272.488, Late B-frame(01), Compensated = 157.616 ( -1.883 A/V buffers=308/01), Clk : 159.499084, State 2 28-03-2011 22:36:40.865 [d64]Aud/Ref : 2222.613, Late Compensated = 107.741 ( -51.758 A/V buffers=308/00), Clk : 159.499084, State 2 28-03-2011 22:36:40.869 [1110]Vid/Ref : 2272.622, Late P-frame(05), Compensated = 157.750 ( -1.733 A/V buffers=308/01), Clk : 159.483078, State 2 28-03-2011 22:36:40.876 [1110]Vid/Ref : 2272.555, Late B-frame(03), Compensated = 157.683 ( -1.800 A/V buffers=308/01), Clk : 159.483078, State 2 28-03-2011 22:36:40.880 [1110]Vid/Ref : 2272.588, Late B-frame(04), Compensated = 157.716 ( -1.782 A/V buffers=308/01), Clk : 159.498077, State 2 28-03-2011 22:36:40.884 [1110]Vid/Ref : 2272.722, Late P-frame(08), Compensated = 157.850 ( -1.648 A/V buffers=308/01), Clk : 159.498077, State 2 28-03-2011 22:36:40.891 [1110]Vid/Ref : 2272.655, Late B-frame(06), Compensated = 157.783 ( -1.700 A/V buffers=308/01), Clk : 159.483078, State 2[/CODE] As I watch the CPU % and disk quotas, there is a huge spike, but that's while the video is in fast-forward mode and catching up to the audio. my evr.log for the last 17 minutes has 11,000 lines, 99.99% of which read: [CODE]29-03-2011 03:09:06.233 [e28]Scheduling sample from the past (7339.29 ms, last call to NotifyWorker: 3.86 ms) 29-03-2011 03:09:06.233 [d5c]Dropping frame, behind 7339.29 ms, last sleep time 0.00 ms. 29-03-2011 03:09:06.235 [e28]Scheduling sample from the past (7322.61 ms, last call to NotifyWorker: 2.71 ms) 29-03-2011 03:09:06.235 [d5c]Dropping frame, behind 7322.61 ms, last sleep time 0.00 ms. 29-03-2011 03:09:06.237 [e28]Scheduling sample from the past (7305.92 ms, last call to NotifyWorker: 2.17 ms) 29-03-2011 03:09:06.238 [d5c]Dropping frame, behind 7305.92 ms, last sleep time 0.00 ms. 29-03-2011 03:09:06.242 [e28]Scheduling sample from the past (7289.24 ms, last call to NotifyWorker: 4.09 ms) 29-03-2011 03:09:06.242 [d5c]Dropping frame, behind 7289.24 ms, last sleep time 0.00 ms. 29-03-2011 03:09:06.246 [e28]Scheduling sample from the past (7272.56 ms, last call to NotifyWorker: 4.04 ms) 29-03-2011 03:09:06.246 [d5c]Dropping frame, behind 7272.56 ms, last sleep time 0.00 ms. 29-03-2011 03:09:06.249 [e28]Scheduling sample from the past (7255.87 ms, last call to NotifyWorker: 2.94 ms) 29-03-2011 03:09:06.249 [d5c]Dropping frame, behind 7255.87 ms, last sleep time 0.00 ms.[/CODE] Again, this only happens inside mediaportal. The same codecs in VLC and media player classic don't exhibit this behavior. This doesn't happen with H.264 or any other codec/video file, just .TS streams. In all cases the audio is being sent out the Realtek S/PDIF interface as Dolby Digital to my HT system. I have to go to bed, it's 3am. Any help would be appreciated. Quick update: this problem only seems to happen when mediaportal doesn't have focus. This is on a dual-monitor computer, and if i'm reading this forum on the other monitor, within a few minutes it will freeze up. The file doesn't freeze up in the same spot, which indicates that the file is ok. I also tested the .TS file with mpeg2repair, and other than the beginning and end, it checks out ok. I also uninstalled the KLITE codec pack, and I thought that fixed it until it freezed up 20 minutes later when the window didn't have focus. [/QUOTE]
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