Recorded show playback problems

[maginnis]

I'm not sure if this is directly a GBPVR problem, or a larger Windows issue, so I thought I'd start by asking here.

I can only play two or three recorded shows. On opening the next show, Windows freezes; only a cold reset gets me up and running again. It doesn't seem to matter which recordings I watch - no particular show causes the crash, and when I've rebooted, the one that crashed plays fine. There's no magic number for the number of recordings I can watch before this happens.

Nothing appears in Windows' event logs to indicate what's going on.

Could this be a broken or conflicting codec?

Any help is appreciated.

- Mike

[sub]

Could this be a broken or conflicting codec?

If windows is freezing, its usually a sign of something more serious than a codec problem, and its usually difficult to track down. If its not some easily reproducable event, like every time you use a capture device then its most likely some sort of general system instability. Heat, memory problems, power supply, video card drivers?

[maginnis]

Time to go hardware troubleshooting, it seems. Terrific...

Thanks.

Mike

[sub]

This is of course assuming you're not using the tv out on a PVR350? This is known to cause this problem.

[maginnis]

No, this is a PVR 250.

[maginnis]

Fixed. This turned out to be a problem with the free DivX player that was installed with the K-lite Mega Codec Pack. Uninstalling the player took care of it. I'm not 100% sure of the mechanics behind it yet (I'm still researching), but that was it.

Thanks.

Mike