I'm using a Vbox DTA 150, and I've pretty much nailed down the source of many of my crashes as being the result of weak ATSC signals. I think MP just doesn't handle it very well. I can reproduce this any time since my UPN signal is (must be) particularly weak. I will only recieve about 1 second of audio and one or two frames before the screen goes blank, and about 5 seconds later MP crashes to the desktop (if I'm lucky and it doesn't lock up the computer). I'm using a recent SVN build.
Am I correct that MP does not handle bad/broken Mpeg2 streams cleanly, or could this be a driver issue?
I can avoid this problem most of the time by not changing to channels I know are bad. But another source of crashes, is when changing channels several times in a row. I can change once or twice with no problems. But any more than that and I risk a crash in the same manner as a bad signal. Turning the television mode off and then back on again will usually avoid this problem. And so far auotmated recordings haven't crashed probably for this same reason.
Am I correct that MP does not handle bad/broken Mpeg2 streams cleanly, or could this be a driver issue?
I can avoid this problem most of the time by not changing to channels I know are bad. But another source of crashes, is when changing channels several times in a row. I can change once or twice with no problems. But any more than that and I risk a crash in the same manner as a bad signal. Turning the television mode off and then back on again will usually avoid this problem. And so far auotmated recordings haven't crashed probably for this same reason.
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