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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 779780" data-attributes="member: 82144">Hi rocklanderYes, I can look at those logs. Can you confirm that these details are correct:video codec = ffdshowCPU = AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 245 Processor, ~2.9GHzGPU = NVIDIA GeForce 210If so, I'd say your system is just underpowered. I certainly see *lots* of dropped frames when you try to view the HD channels. The regular FFDShow video codec doesn't support hardware acceleration, so how hard is your CPU working when you're viewing TV (be sure to note for SD and HD channels)? Have you tried a codec that supports hardware acceleration - the Microsoft and FFDShow DXVA codecs that you already have installed would be good ones to try. Having said that, I've heard that the GeForce 210 isn't powerful enough to handle good deinterlacing of 1080i at the same time as decoding h.264. If this system is going to work with your current hardware then you're possibly going to have to try and balance it on a knife edge...mm[Edit: I note that the patch mentioned by limeyj *may* improve your tuner initialisation as the WinFast DTV 2000 DS and &quot;IT9135&quot; both have a combined tuner-capture filters, however that would not have any effect on the issues you're seeing.]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 779780, member: 82144"] Hi rocklander Yes, I can look at those logs. Can you confirm that these details are correct: video codec = ffdshow CPU = AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 245 Processor, ~2.9GHz GPU = NVIDIA GeForce 210 If so, I'd say your system is just underpowered. I certainly see *lots* of dropped frames when you try to view the HD channels. The regular FFDShow video codec doesn't support hardware acceleration, so how hard is your CPU working when you're viewing TV (be sure to note for SD and HD channels)? Have you tried a codec that supports hardware acceleration - the Microsoft and FFDShow DXVA codecs that you already have installed would be good ones to try. Having said that, I've heard that the GeForce 210 isn't powerful enough to handle good deinterlacing of 1080i at the same time as decoding h.264. If this system is going to work with your current hardware then you're possibly going to have to try and balance it on a knife edge... mm [Edit: I note that the patch mentioned by limeyj *may* improve your tuner initialisation as the WinFast DTV 2000 DS and "IT9135" both have a combined tuner-capture filters, however that would not have any effect on the issues you're seeing.] [/QUOTE]

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