Live TV problem

[dspdrew]

For some reason, after I have had live TV playing for about 12 hours, it starts to strobe, or only show a picture every second or so and does not go back to normal smooth video untill I go out of live TV and back in. I have not tried recording anything yet, and I am afraid that my recordings are going to turn out this way too. Anybody know why this would be happening?

[mvallevand]

That could be your eyes after 12 hours of watching TV. Sorry I can't really help but I couldn't resist.

Martin

[Spark]

Does it do this if you have gbpvr in a window vs fullscreen mode?

If your fullscreen, could be screensaver, or something along those lines.

[dspdrew]

Haha well I wasnt actually watching it for 12 hours, I had it on, but the TV was off. Actually I just noticed the screen saver somehow got enabled. I guess maybe it was on behind GBPVR.

[dspdrew]

Ok, so by now I have realized it is not any screensaver causing this problem. There is also no sound when this happens. Any other ideas?

[sub]

Nothing really springs to mind, but maybe try other decoders.

[smajor]

Could you give us some more info? What decoders are you using right now? What resolution are you viewing in? What are you using for a Video Renderer?

Without knowing too much about your setup, if you aren't already, try VMR9 Full Screen Exclusive. When I experienced occasional stuttering, I found something was trying to use my video hardware in the background. VMR9 Full Screen Exclusive asks for full control of it.

[dspdrew]

VMR9 Full Screen Exclusive is what I am using. Im using ffdshow video decoder. This isnt really an occasional studder, I leave it running with the TV turned off, and when I get home from work 8 hours later, it is displaying a picture about every second, without any sound until I exit and then go back to live TV. Im not sure if an audio decoder and a video decoder would have this problem simultaniously, it kinda seems like the decoder wouldnt really be the problem.

[dspdrew]

OK, this problem actually occurred right while I was watching the TV this time, so I know the exact time of the problem. Can somebody look at my logs at that time and see if there is any clue as to what is happening.

http://pastebin.ca/1754175

Happened at 2010-01-16 17:17:28.386 (Line 11).

[dspdrew]

In case anybody comes across this because of the same issue, dont use Mcafee VirusScan Enterprise. This is what happens when it runs updates. I changed AV programs and no longer have this problem.