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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 1148916" data-attributes="member: 82144"><p>On the contrary: an expression of sheer frustration.</p><p></p><p></p><p>For what it's worth, my advice to you when it comes to MediaPortal and computers in general is: don't fiddle with stuff if you don't know what it does.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Thank you. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite24" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs Up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /></p><p></p><p>I have seen your latest post, but based on the log files you provided I suspect your success may be short-lived.</p><p></p><p>The TsWriter log file is full of continuity errors.</p><p></p><p>Before you say I'm using jargon...</p><p>TsWriter = the [critical] MediaPortal component responsible for receiving the stream from your tuner</p><p>stream = output; video, audio, other technical data etc.</p><p>continuity errors = errors that indicate part of the stream is missing - a bad thing</p><p></p><p>Continuity errors are often caused by:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Inadequate signal strength or quality [from your aerial].<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Overloaded hard disk drive.</li> </ol><p>I'm not able to explain the meaning of the first cause in further detail. If you don't understand, please search the internet for "signal strength" or "signal quality".</p><p></p><p>The second cause...</p><p>A hard disk drive is the component in your computer that stores all your stuff (documents, music, photos, video, programs etc.). When you're watching live TV, in the background what is happening is: TsWriter (explained above) filters/copies the stream (explained above) that is received from your tuner into a file on your hard drive, and MediaPortal opens and plays that file. People often have security software (anti-virus, anti-spyware etc. eg. "Norton", "AVG", "Kaspersky", "McAfee") installed on their computers. That security software may attempt to scan the file that TsWriter and MediaPortal are using. That scanning can overload an HDD, thereby causing live TV to not work properly.</p><p></p><p><strong>If</strong> you have any security software installed, please ensure that you configure it to trust MediaPortal and MediaPortal's TV Server (TvService.exe). If you don't do this, you can expect problems to return regardless of how many times you reinstall.</p><p></p><p></p><p>That's a completely different problem, not comparable to your situation.</p><p></p><p></p><p>As above, I don't like to be a wet blanket but I expect this will be short-lived success. Like I said earlier:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There's no need to assume the worst.</p><p></p><p>In this post I have given you some possible explanations for what you are/were experiencing based on the "hard evidence" in your log files. Neither of those explanations give me cause to suspect the existence of a "lurking" problem that would affect anybody other than you.</p><p></p><p></p><p>For what reason would you do a complete reinstall when something is working? ...especially when that is in direct contradiction to the advice you've been offered by somebody who is trying to help you?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 1148916, member: 82144"] On the contrary: an expression of sheer frustration. For what it's worth, my advice to you when it comes to MediaPortal and computers in general is: don't fiddle with stuff if you don't know what it does. Thank you. (y) I have seen your latest post, but based on the log files you provided I suspect your success may be short-lived. The TsWriter log file is full of continuity errors. Before you say I'm using jargon... TsWriter = the [critical] MediaPortal component responsible for receiving the stream from your tuner stream = output; video, audio, other technical data etc. continuity errors = errors that indicate part of the stream is missing - a bad thing Continuity errors are often caused by: [LIST=1] [*]Inadequate signal strength or quality [from your aerial]. [*]Overloaded hard disk drive. [/LIST] I'm not able to explain the meaning of the first cause in further detail. If you don't understand, please search the internet for "signal strength" or "signal quality". The second cause... A hard disk drive is the component in your computer that stores all your stuff (documents, music, photos, video, programs etc.). When you're watching live TV, in the background what is happening is: TsWriter (explained above) filters/copies the stream (explained above) that is received from your tuner into a file on your hard drive, and MediaPortal opens and plays that file. People often have security software (anti-virus, anti-spyware etc. eg. "Norton", "AVG", "Kaspersky", "McAfee") installed on their computers. That security software may attempt to scan the file that TsWriter and MediaPortal are using. That scanning can overload an HDD, thereby causing live TV to not work properly. [B]If[/B] you have any security software installed, please ensure that you configure it to trust MediaPortal and MediaPortal's TV Server (TvService.exe). If you don't do this, you can expect problems to return regardless of how many times you reinstall. That's a completely different problem, not comparable to your situation. As above, I don't like to be a wet blanket but I expect this will be short-lived success. Like I said earlier: There's no need to assume the worst. In this post I have given you some possible explanations for what you are/were experiencing based on the "hard evidence" in your log files. Neither of those explanations give me cause to suspect the existence of a "lurking" problem that would affect anybody other than you. For what reason would you do a complete reinstall when something is working? ...especially when that is in direct contradiction to the advice you've been offered by somebody who is trying to help you? [/QUOTE]
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