2012-09-17, 01:38 AM
I'm having a problem with my Hauppauge HVR 1600 that I'd like help for a work around. Since I see the same behavior with both NextPVR and WinTV, I'm sure that I'm looking at a hardware/firmware problem with the card. But I believe that a software workaround exists.
When a scheduled recording on the analog interface ends, the computer freezes for about 7 seconds. All processes (including taskmanager and the clock gizmo) halt for that time, and then pick up again. The clock skips ahead 7 seconds when it unfreezes. This is a nuisance if I am recording something from my other card, since I now have a 7 second gap in my program. I'd guess that the card tries to do something involving bus-mastering, and gets the PCI bus into an error state for this period of time.
However, there is a ray of light. This freeze doesn't occur if the HVR's digital tuner is in use when the analog recording ends. So what I'd like until we can get a firmware fix from Hauppauge is a stub that basically makes sure the digital tuner gets turned on for the short period of time that the analog recording is ending. I'd see it as first checking if the digital tuner is in use. If it isn't I'd start a recording on any available digital channel on the card for the period of time it would take to end the analog recording.
Thanks for an excellent app, sub.
BritAm
When a scheduled recording on the analog interface ends, the computer freezes for about 7 seconds. All processes (including taskmanager and the clock gizmo) halt for that time, and then pick up again. The clock skips ahead 7 seconds when it unfreezes. This is a nuisance if I am recording something from my other card, since I now have a 7 second gap in my program. I'd guess that the card tries to do something involving bus-mastering, and gets the PCI bus into an error state for this period of time.
However, there is a ray of light. This freeze doesn't occur if the HVR's digital tuner is in use when the analog recording ends. So what I'd like until we can get a firmware fix from Hauppauge is a stub that basically makes sure the digital tuner gets turned on for the short period of time that the analog recording is ending. I'd see it as first checking if the digital tuner is in use. If it isn't I'd start a recording on any available digital channel on the card for the period of time it would take to end the analog recording.
Thanks for an excellent app, sub.
BritAm