GB-PVR recording service crashes / live preview problems

[hellodave]

I've been using GB-PVR for a while, but this is my first post on the forum I've also had this problem for a while, but it's finally driven me nuts!

Sometimes when I schedule a recording, the GB-PVR recording service will crash right at the start of the programme, so I end up with a 0 byte mpeg file. This will only happen on the second or subsequent recordings after the PC is first booted, never the first recording of the day (the PC is not on 24/7). It also only happens when recording on certain channels (BBC 3 for example). The channels are tuned in correctly, and I have set the frequency in the DVB-t tuning ini file to the one reported by WinTV 2000 for each mux. If I restart the recording service I will get a perfect recording, but obviously with the first part missing. I don't know if it's related, but some channels (ITV 2 from memory, possibly BBC 3) show up with a green bar filling 1/4 of the screen when viewed in Live Preview mode.

Another (I suspect) unrelated problem, but every time I click "OK" in the config app, I will get a .net runtime error (with "continue" or "quit" buttons), guaranteed.

I've attached a screenshot of the recording service error. The recording service is set to automatically restart on failure, but Windows doesn't detect a failure and restart it until I click "OK" on the error message dialog, so I still miss all my recordings if I'm out and the service crashes!

I am using the following setup -

Athlon 3500+, 1Gb RAM, Nova-t 90002 TV card, Win XP SP2, Cyberlink Mux

Any ideas?

These are my log files from a crash yesterday. The first log file goes up to the point where the recording service crashed -

21:29:00.263 INFO BDARecorder:::StartRecording(Hauppauge Nova-T (90002), 1, C:\Andrew's Stuff\My Videos\Win TV\Nighty Night\Nighty Night_20051009_21302200.mpg, T:C23,489834,0,0,8~P:4351~V:620~A:621~N:>BBC THREE)
21:29:00.283 INFO Initializing DVB-T tuning request.
21:29:00.283 INFO tuning@1
21:29:00.283 INFO tuning@2
21:29:00.283 INFO tuning@3
21:29:00.283 INFO tuning@4
21:29:00.283 INFO tuning@5
21:29:00.283 INFO tuning@6
21:29:00.283 INFO tuning@7
21:29:00.283 INFO tuning@8
21:29:00.283 INFO tuning@8
21:29:00.283 VERBOSE getSetting(BDAMultiplexer)
21:29:00.343 VERBOSE About to auto detect correct tuner filter
21:29:00.343 VERBOSE Looking for associated filter
21:29:00.343 VERBOSE - Hauppauge WinTV 88x TS Capture
21:29:00.343 VERBOSE Successfully auto detected tuner filter: Hauppauge WinTV 88x TS Capture
21:29:00.353 VERBOSE ConnectPins: 'MPEG2 Transport' to 'MPEG-2 Stream'
21:29:00.353 VERBOSE getSetting(EPGProcessingMode)
21:29:00.353 VERBOSE Mapping Video PID 620
21:29:00.353 VERBOSE Mapping Audio PID 621
21:29:00.363 VERBOSE Initialzing Cyberlink mux
21:29:00.363 VERBOSE Setting IID_IMpgMuxer
21:29:00.363 VERBOSE Setting IID_IMpgMuxer3
21:29:00.363 VERBOSE Setting IID_IMpgMuxerInfo
21:29:00.363 VERBOSE SetMuxInfo2() did not return S_OK
21:29:00.363 VERBOSE Finished initialzing Cyberlink mux
21:29:00.373 VERBOSE ConnectPins: 'Video' to 'Video In'
21:29:00.373 VERBOSE ConnectPins: 'Audio' to 'Audio In'
21:29:00.383 VERBOSE ConnectPins: 'Output' to 'Input'
21:29:00.383 VERBOSE locked=0 present=0 strength=41000 quality=0
21:29:01.084 VERBOSE getSetting(ListGraphFilters)
21:29:01.084 VERBOSE Graph contains the following filters:
21:29:01.084 VERBOSE - MPEG-2 Sections and Tables
21:29:01.084 VERBOSE - BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter
21:29:01.084 VERBOSE - GB-PVR Writer
21:29:01.084 VERBOSE - CyberLink MPEG Muxer
21:29:01.084 VERBOSE - MPEG-2 Demultiplexer
21:29:01.084 VERBOSE - Hauppauge WinTV 88x TS Capture
21:29:01.084 VERBOSE - Hauppauge WinTV 88x DVB-T Tuner/Demod
21:29:01.084 VERBOSE - Microsoft DVBT Network Provider
21:29:01.084 VERBOSE getSetting(SaveGraphFiles)
21:29:01.084 VERBOSE BDARecorder::StartRecording() finished

The second log starts from when I clicked "OK" on the error message, and the recording service restarted

21:42:54.572 INFO Log started
21:42:54.572 INFO BDARecorder:::StartRecording(Hauppauge Nova-T (90002), 1, C:\Andrew's Stuff\My Videos\Win TV\Nighty Night\Nighty Night_20051009_21302200.mpg, T:C23,489834,0,0,8~P:4351~V:620~A:621~N:>BBC THREE)
21:42:54.602 INFO Initializing DVB-T tuning request.
21:42:54.602 INFO tuning@1
21:42:54.652 INFO tuning@2
21:42:54.652 INFO tuning@3
21:42:54.652 INFO tuning@4
21:42:54.652 INFO tuning@5
21:42:54.652 INFO tuning@6
21:42:54.652 INFO tuning@7
21:42:54.652 INFO tuning@8
21:42:54.692 INFO tuning@8
21:42:54.702 VERBOSE getSetting(BDAMultiplexer)
21:42:55.293 VERBOSE About to auto detect correct tuner filter
21:42:55.303 VERBOSE Looking for associated filter
21:42:55.313 VERBOSE - Hauppauge WinTV 88x TS Capture
21:42:55.313 VERBOSE Successfully auto detected tuner filter: Hauppauge WinTV 88x TS Capture
21:42:55.323 VERBOSE ConnectPins: 'MPEG2 Transport' to 'MPEG-2 Stream'
21:42:55.323 VERBOSE getSetting(EPGProcessingMode)
21:42:55.323 VERBOSE Mapping Video PID 620
21:42:55.323 VERBOSE Mapping Audio PID 621
21:42:55.564 VERBOSE Initialzing Cyberlink mux
21:42:55.564 VERBOSE Setting IID_IMpgMuxer
21:42:55.564 VERBOSE Setting IID_IMpgMuxer3
21:42:55.564 VERBOSE Setting IID_IMpgMuxerInfo
21:42:55.564 VERBOSE SetMuxInfo2() did not return S_OK
21:42:55.564 VERBOSE Finished initialzing Cyberlink mux
21:42:55.734 VERBOSE ConnectPins: 'Video' to 'Video In'
21:42:55.734 VERBOSE ConnectPins: 'Audio' to 'Audio In'
21:42:55.734 VERBOSE ConnectPins: 'Output' to 'Input'
21:42:56.235 VERBOSE locked=0 present=0 strength=41000 quality=0
21:42:56.916 VERBOSE getSetting(ListGraphFilters)
21:42:56.916 VERBOSE Graph contains the following filters:
21:42:56.916 VERBOSE - MPEG-2 Sections and Tables
21:42:56.916 VERBOSE - BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter
21:42:56.916 VERBOSE - GB-PVR Writer
21:42:56.916 VERBOSE - CyberLink MPEG Muxer
21:42:56.916 VERBOSE - MPEG-2 Demultiplexer
21:42:56.916 VERBOSE - Hauppauge WinTV 88x TS Capture
21:42:56.916 VERBOSE - Hauppauge WinTV 88x DVB-T Tuner/Demod
21:42:56.916 VERBOSE - Microsoft DVBT Network Provider
21:42:56.916 VERBOSE getSetting(SaveGraphFiles)
21:42:56.916 VERBOSE BDARecorder::StartRecording() finished
22:02:00.130 VERBOSE BDARecorder::StopRecording()
22:02:00.270 VERBOSE BDARecorder::StopRecording() finished

[sub]

Can you post the output from MuxChecker?

[hellodave]

GB-PVR has detected the following multiplex filters on your machine:

Found: CyberLink MPEG Muxer
FILE: C:\windows\mpgmux.ax
VERSION: 5.0.0727

Currently using GB-PVR v0.9413, but the problem has happened with all previous versions I've used IIRC. I did try a different mux (intervideo IIRC) but that played back recordings very poorly, so I gave up with it.

[sub]

Maybe try a different version of the mux. There is a newer version of the Cyberlink mux around, 5.0.0.813?

Alternatively try switching to the Microsoft DVR-MS mux.

[hellodave]

Thanks, i'll give it a try, if I can find a copy of that mux anywhere!

Is there any way I/you can stop the service from popping up an error dialog when it crashes, so it will automatically restart (this would fix the problem, albeit in a roundabout way). IIRC, the point of a service is that is doesn't interact with the desktop at all, so that errors can be handled in the background

I know it's a seperate problem, but do you have any idea why the config app crashes everytime I click OK?