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<blockquote data-quote="jmbillings" data-source="post: 421107" data-attributes="member: 76827">Interesting topic this, as I'm experiencing something similar!My satellite dish aims through the edge of a tree and I've not been able to sort it yet- it's fine all winter and in ok weather, but the wind and rain now we have leaves on it mean the signal is very poor. Our old Sky box upstairs frequently gives &quot;no satellite signal is being received&quot;, but after a few seconds, the program usually returns.MP is a different kettle o' fish though. A slight glitch is ok, the picture breaks for a sec, but worse signal problems cause all sorts of trouble, either I get a black screen and no sound, or I get a frozen picture with sound continuing.Both problems need a reboot, nothing else works (ctrl alt del ineffective). Sometimes, it will crash the ATI display driver too (bluescreen)!So - I know my signal problem exists, but it would be nice for MP to cope with a loss of signal better... an onscreen message simply saying &quot;signal lost&quot; until it returns would be ideal. I'm not sure at what point things are going wrong - whether it's the sat card drivers or MP itself, but other users' tests indicate other apps are perhaps more tolerant?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jmbillings, post: 421107, member: 76827"] Interesting topic this, as I'm experiencing something similar! My satellite dish aims through the edge of a tree and I've not been able to sort it yet- it's fine all winter and in ok weather, but the wind and rain now we have leaves on it mean the signal is very poor. Our old Sky box upstairs frequently gives "no satellite signal is being received", but after a few seconds, the program usually returns. MP is a different kettle o' fish though. A slight glitch is ok, the picture breaks for a sec, but worse signal problems cause all sorts of trouble, either I get a black screen and no sound, or I get a frozen picture with sound continuing. Both problems need a reboot, nothing else works (ctrl alt del ineffective). Sometimes, it will crash the ATI display driver too (bluescreen)! So - I know my signal problem exists, but it would be nice for MP to cope with a loss of signal better... an onscreen message simply saying "signal lost" until it returns would be ideal. I'm not sure at what point things are going wrong - whether it's the sat card drivers or MP itself, but other users' tests indicate other apps are perhaps more tolerant? [/QUOTE]

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