2010-06-30, 01:03 AM
PROBLEM 1:
This posting documents a problem where the Forward key in playing recordings starts to behave erratically, and in fact can skip significantly backward in a recording. (We're also having several other problems, and in hopes that some are related, I'll list those later in this same email. And if they're not related, I'd really appreciate help or guidance on those as well. [Googling the forum hasn't found answers to these questions.])
As context, I have 2 PVR500's. The system is a reasonably powerful Core 2 Duo, with 4GB RAM, running 64-bit Windows 7. The recording disk is 3 Gbps SATA and is separate from the Windows/Programs disk. The average disk queue length on this disk is much less than 1, even when recording 4 programs at time while watching 1. This computer doesn't do much else except for limited use for email.
Attached is a ZIP of the log files in this time period, but the one of interest is MVP-PVRX2.exe-1.log . As an example, in that file, see
2010-06-29 18:44:04.865 VERBOSE [7] requestedPositionInSeconds: 556 (This is in response to a Forward key pressed at 2010-06-29 18:44:04.069)
2010-06-29 18:44:08.047 where data has just been sent to the MVP from file location 437083129
2010-06-29 18:44:08.016 the Forward key is pressed again.
2010-06-29 18:44:08.780 VERBOSE [6] MVPSetPlaybackPosition() request to set position to: 241 seconds [NOTE: 241 seconds is much EARLIER than 556 seconds !!]
2010-06-29 18:44:08.843 it's now reading from file location 188848263, which is much earlier than the 437083129 above!!
If you follow subsequent 'User pressed' items in the log, you'll see that hereafter the action of the Forward button is chaotic. Sometimes forward, sometimes backward, and also skipping by amounts that don't seem related to the standard Forward/Back intervals.
For what it's worth, this file appears to play without problems using Windows Media Player.
HELP !!
Here are some of the other problems I'm seeing:
PROBLEM 2:
For months now I've been having a severe problem where playing recordings, after the Forward button or other buttons are pressed several times on the MVP remote, GBPVR stops responding to any key presses at all on the MVP remote. (This essentially forces us to stop trying to stop, advance, or backspace at all, in order to avoid the problems. This is especially frustrating when the Forward key stops working about 15 minutes into a 4-hour recording.) [Incidentally, this was occurring under Vista too, before I upgraded to Win7, and I did a clean install of Win7.] This particular problem is playing havoc with the WAF.
This is in fact the most pressing of the 4 problems listed in this email, but I mention PROBLEM 1 above first because the log-file documentation is so clear and I'm hoping that is related to this problem. If I can get some log-file evidence of this problem, though, I'll post it separately.
PROBLEM 3:
I've seen instances where the MPG file is complete, say a 60-minute recording, yet the time-bar on GBPVR says the recording is 48 minutes. (I'm not doing removal of commercials.) Yet, the entire recording plays, and in fact the little up-arrow 'current-location-pointer' runs way past to the right of the green bar. (I.e., it's essentially saying it played for 60 minutes, thought the green progress bar only represents 48 minutes of length.) Also, Windows Media Player essentially does the same thing in playing this file (says it's 48 minutes, yet plays 60 minutes, and well after the progress bar has completed), so it's something about the recording that is wrong or misleading.
The Hauppauge driver is version 2.0.48.25037
What could cause this? [This all looks silly but in itself doesn't cause us particular hassles, but could it be related to any of the other problems?]
PROBLEM 4:
Sound can get out of synch with video by 1-2 seconds, sometimes perhaps as much as 3-4 seconds. I know that used to be alleged to be a driver issue, but I infer from some comments I read on the forum that any of the Win7 Hauppauge drivers are fine. Is that true? Or is there some particular driver I should be using? (Also, there was a registry patch, that I gather is also unnecessary in Win7. True?
Help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Bob
This posting documents a problem where the Forward key in playing recordings starts to behave erratically, and in fact can skip significantly backward in a recording. (We're also having several other problems, and in hopes that some are related, I'll list those later in this same email. And if they're not related, I'd really appreciate help or guidance on those as well. [Googling the forum hasn't found answers to these questions.])
As context, I have 2 PVR500's. The system is a reasonably powerful Core 2 Duo, with 4GB RAM, running 64-bit Windows 7. The recording disk is 3 Gbps SATA and is separate from the Windows/Programs disk. The average disk queue length on this disk is much less than 1, even when recording 4 programs at time while watching 1. This computer doesn't do much else except for limited use for email.
Attached is a ZIP of the log files in this time period, but the one of interest is MVP-PVRX2.exe-1.log . As an example, in that file, see
2010-06-29 18:44:04.865 VERBOSE [7] requestedPositionInSeconds: 556 (This is in response to a Forward key pressed at 2010-06-29 18:44:04.069)
2010-06-29 18:44:08.047 where data has just been sent to the MVP from file location 437083129
2010-06-29 18:44:08.016 the Forward key is pressed again.
2010-06-29 18:44:08.780 VERBOSE [6] MVPSetPlaybackPosition() request to set position to: 241 seconds [NOTE: 241 seconds is much EARLIER than 556 seconds !!]
2010-06-29 18:44:08.843 it's now reading from file location 188848263, which is much earlier than the 437083129 above!!
If you follow subsequent 'User pressed' items in the log, you'll see that hereafter the action of the Forward button is chaotic. Sometimes forward, sometimes backward, and also skipping by amounts that don't seem related to the standard Forward/Back intervals.
For what it's worth, this file appears to play without problems using Windows Media Player.
HELP !!
Here are some of the other problems I'm seeing:
PROBLEM 2:
For months now I've been having a severe problem where playing recordings, after the Forward button or other buttons are pressed several times on the MVP remote, GBPVR stops responding to any key presses at all on the MVP remote. (This essentially forces us to stop trying to stop, advance, or backspace at all, in order to avoid the problems. This is especially frustrating when the Forward key stops working about 15 minutes into a 4-hour recording.) [Incidentally, this was occurring under Vista too, before I upgraded to Win7, and I did a clean install of Win7.] This particular problem is playing havoc with the WAF.
This is in fact the most pressing of the 4 problems listed in this email, but I mention PROBLEM 1 above first because the log-file documentation is so clear and I'm hoping that is related to this problem. If I can get some log-file evidence of this problem, though, I'll post it separately.
PROBLEM 3:
I've seen instances where the MPG file is complete, say a 60-minute recording, yet the time-bar on GBPVR says the recording is 48 minutes. (I'm not doing removal of commercials.) Yet, the entire recording plays, and in fact the little up-arrow 'current-location-pointer' runs way past to the right of the green bar. (I.e., it's essentially saying it played for 60 minutes, thought the green progress bar only represents 48 minutes of length.) Also, Windows Media Player essentially does the same thing in playing this file (says it's 48 minutes, yet plays 60 minutes, and well after the progress bar has completed), so it's something about the recording that is wrong or misleading.
The Hauppauge driver is version 2.0.48.25037
What could cause this? [This all looks silly but in itself doesn't cause us particular hassles, but could it be related to any of the other problems?]
PROBLEM 4:
Sound can get out of synch with video by 1-2 seconds, sometimes perhaps as much as 3-4 seconds. I know that used to be alleged to be a driver issue, but I infer from some comments I read on the forum that any of the Win7 Hauppauge drivers are fine. Is that true? Or is there some particular driver I should be using? (Also, there was a registry patch, that I gather is also unnecessary in Win7. True?
Help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Bob