Issue with sound "skipping" after a few hours on ATSC Tuner

[darkquark]

Greetings!

I have NextPVR running on my HTPC. I am using a Hauppauge tuner card. My source in this case if the ATSC tuner fed by over the air HDTV.

Things in general work great but I have been having an issue where after running for a few hours my sound will start skipping. Now by that I do not mean repeating. More like the sound dropping out many times a second and picking right back up.

I have tried using the LAV decoder for AC3 audio (assuming that is the correct audio source but maybe I am wrong?) as well as the Microsoft one. But it happens with both.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thank You!

[mikeh49]

You could try AC3Filter for the audio decoder. but I don't know if it would help. I've never thought that NPVR was really robust for multi-hour live TV viewing. I think it's more a Windows than NPVR thing however - too many moving pieces, especially compared to recording. NPVR is essentially bulletproof for recording and playback.

But, that's just one man's opinion, I might be/probably am wrong.

[johnsonx42]

is this happening only on live tv?

if so, try setting <ForcedLiveTVClock>AC3 Audio Renderer</ForcedLiveTVClock> in config.xml, in the <Renderers> section.

[darkquark]

is this happening only on live tv?

if so, try setting <ForcedLiveTVClock>AC3 Audio Renderer</ForcedLiveTVClock> in config.xml, in the <Renderers> section.

Yes you are correct. It is live TV that does it. I will give that a try and report back. Thanks much!

[darkquark]

Yes you are correct. It is live TV that does it. I will give that a try and report back. Thanks much!

Just reporting back in. The change to the XML file seems to have solved the issue with the sound. Thank you!