Recording problems getting me down

[Chris Reynolds]

I think GBPVR is a great idea and I've tried to live with it across a few versions, but it regularly get crashes at the start of recordings and so I can't rely on it and so I don't use it which is a shame. I appreciate its freeware and there's no way that sub can support every hw/sw combination but I thought I'd see if anyone can give me a clue where to look:

It crashes with what an old windows lag would call a GPF with the following info:

szAppName : gbpvrrecordingservice.exe szAppVer : 1.0.1970.26188
szModName : MpgMux.ax szModVer : 5.0.0.727 offset : 00018fcc

The pertinent part of the log looks like :

09:22:01.593 INFO Log started
09:22:01.593 INFO BDARecorder:::StartRecording(Pinnacle MediaCenter 300i PAL, 1, C:\Media\gbpvr\Animal Park\Animal Park_20050530_09001000.mpg, T:C59,778166,0,0,8~P:4161~V:600~A:601~N:>BBC ONE)
09:22:01.625 INFO Initializing DVB-T tuning request.
09:22:01.625 INFO tuning@1
09:22:01.640 INFO tuning@2
09:22:01.640 INFO tuning@3
09:22:01.640 INFO tuning@4
09:22:01.640 INFO tuning@5
09:22:01.640 INFO tuning@6
09:22:01.640 INFO tuning@7
09:22:01.640 INFO tuning@8
09:22:01.656 INFO tuning@8
09:22:02.468 VERBOSE About to auto detect correct tuner filter
09:22:02.468 VERBOSE Looking for associated filter
09:22:02.468 VERBOSE - Pinnacle PCTV 300i PAL Stereo BDA Digital Capture
09:22:02.468 VERBOSE Successfully auto detected tuner filter: Pinnacle PCTV 300i PAL Stereo BDA Digital Capture
09:22:02.484 VERBOSE ConnectPins: 'MPEG2 Transport' to 'MPEG-2 Stream'
09:22:02.484 VERBOSE getSetting(BDAMultiplexer)
09:22:02.500 VERBOSE Mapping Video PID 600
09:22:02.500 VERBOSE Mapping Audio PID 601
09:22:02.500 VERBOSE getSetting(BDAMultiplexer)
09:22:02.531 VERBOSE Initialzing Cyberlink mux
09:22:02.531 VERBOSE Setting IID_IMpgMuxer
09:22:02.531 VERBOSE Setting IID_IMpgMuxer3
09:22:02.531 VERBOSE Setting IID_IMpgMuxerInfo
09:22:02.531 VERBOSE SetMuxInfo2() did not return S_OK
09:22:02.531 VERBOSE Finished initialzing Cyberlink mux
09:22:02.546 VERBOSE ConnectPins: 'Video' to 'Video In'
09:22:02.546 VERBOSE ConnectPins: 'Audio' to 'Audio In'
09:22:02.546 VERBOSE ConnectPins: 'Output' to 'Input'
09:22:02.593 VERBOSE locked=1 present=1 strength=25 quality=64
09:22:03.000 VERBOSE getSetting(ListGraphFilters)
09:22:03.000 VERBOSE Graph contains the following filters:
09:22:03.000 VERBOSE - MPEG-2 Sections and Tables
09:22:03.000 VERBOSE - BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter
09:22:03.000 VERBOSE - GB-PVR Writer
09:22:03.000 VERBOSE - CyberLink MPEG Muxer
09:22:03.000 VERBOSE - MPEG-2 Demultiplexer
09:22:03.000 VERBOSE - Pinnacle PCTV 300i PAL Stereo BDA Digital Capture
09:22:03.000 VERBOSE - Pinnacle PCTV 300i PAL Stereo BDA DVBT Tuner
09:22:03.000 VERBOSE - Microsoft DVBT Network Provider
09:22:03.000 VERBOSE getSetting(SaveGraphFiles)
09:22:03.015 VERBOSE BDARecorder::StartRecording() finished
09:22:04.828 VERBOSE BDARecorder::StopRecording()
09:22:05.281 VERBOSE BDARecorder::StopRecording() finished
09:22:12.828 INFO BDARecorder:::StartRecording(Pinnacle MediaCenter 300i PAL, 1, C:\Media\gbpvr\Animal Park\Animal Park_20050530_09001000-2.mpg, T:C59,778166,0,0,8~P:4161~V:600~A:601~N:>BBC ONE)
09:22:12.828 INFO Initializing DVB-T tuning request.
09:22:12.828 INFO tuning@1
09:22:12.828 INFO tuning@2
09:22:12.828 INFO tuning@3
09:22:12.828 INFO tuning@4
09:22:12.828 INFO tuning@5
09:22:12.828 INFO tuning@6
09:22:12.828 INFO tuning@7
09:22:12.828 INFO tuning@8
09:22:12.828 INFO tuning@8
09:22:13.578 VERBOSE About to auto detect correct tuner filter
09:22:13.578 VERBOSE Looking for associated filter
09:22:13.578 VERBOSE - Pinnacle PCTV 300i PAL Stereo BDA Digital Capture
09:22:13.578 VERBOSE Successfully auto detected tuner filter: Pinnacle PCTV 300i PAL Stereo BDA Digital Capture
09:22:13.578 VERBOSE ConnectPins: 'MPEG2 Transport' to 'MPEG-2 Stream'
09:22:13.593 VERBOSE getSetting(BDAMultiplexer)
09:22:13.593 VERBOSE Mapping Video PID 600
09:22:13.593 VERBOSE Mapping Audio PID 601
09:22:13.593 VERBOSE getSetting(BDAMultiplexer)
09:22:13.609 VERBOSE Initialzing Cyberlink mux
09:22:13.609 VERBOSE Setting IID_IMpgMuxer
09:22:13.609 VERBOSE Setting IID_IMpgMuxer3
09:22:13.609 VERBOSE Setting IID_IMpgMuxerInfo
09:22:13.609 VERBOSE SetMuxInfo2() did not return S_OK
09:22:13.609 VERBOSE Finished initialzing Cyberlink mux
09:22:13.625 VERBOSE ConnectPins: 'Video' to 'Video In'
09:22:13.625 VERBOSE ConnectPins: 'Audio' to 'Audio In'
09:22:13.625 VERBOSE ConnectPins: 'Output' to 'Input'
09:22:13.640 VERBOSE locked=0 present=0 strength=25 quality=0
09:22:14.046 VERBOSE getSetting(ListGraphFilters)
09:22:14.046 VERBOSE Graph contains the following filters:
09:22:14.046 VERBOSE - MPEG-2 Sections and Tables
09:22:14.046 VERBOSE - BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter
09:22:14.046 VERBOSE - GB-PVR Writer
09:22:14.046 VERBOSE - CyberLink MPEG Muxer
09:22:14.046 VERBOSE - MPEG-2 Demultiplexer
09:22:14.046 VERBOSE - Pinnacle PCTV 300i PAL Stereo BDA Digital Capture
09:22:14.046 VERBOSE - Pinnacle PCTV 300i PAL Stereo BDA DVBT Tuner
09:22:14.046 VERBOSE - Microsoft DVBT Network Provider
09:22:14.046 VERBOSE getSetting(SaveGraphFiles)
09:22:14.062 VERBOSE BDARecorder::StartRecording() finished

I guess the line

09:22:13.609 VERBOSE SetMuxInfo2() did not return S_OK

is of concern.

Does anyone have any clues?

Thanks in advance

Chris

[sub]

Yes, unfortunately DVB support is still a bit hit or miss. Some people seemed to be plagued by problems where others seem fine.

I'm also running Cyberlink MpgMux.ax v5.0.0.727. I've never personally had the crash you mention, but have seen a couple of other users also get it. I can only guess the Cyberlink Mux doesnt like something that comes from your Pinnacle PCTV 300i, which may explain why my different hardware doesnt generate the same problem.

We're all still pretty new to DVB around here, so unfortunately we're probably not going to have the answers for you.

[Chris Reynolds]

Sub,
thanks for the reply, its appeciated. I just can't help being envious of those who are able to use it with no problems. I'll hang back a bit and see what happens, if there's any useful information I can provide then let me know.

I'm going to switch to using the analog side of the card now to create a streaming server so that I can watch the Ashes series at work.

Good luck

Chris

[SWK]

Chris

I have the same problem, but if you enable auto-recovery in the gbpverrecordingservice properties it usually restarts ok and continues recording. (Start / run services.msc)

Sean

[Chris Reynolds]

Sean,
Thanks for the tip, I've changed the service settings as you suggested (that's the problem of learning all your system management on NT4 - these new features come along that I just don't notice). I've also tracked down a down load of ShowShifter 3.01.2557 to see if that mux is better than the CyberLink one as suggested in another thread.
Thanks again
Chris

[SWK]

Hi Chris

Could you tell me where you got that Showshifter mux ? - I've been looking for a more reliable one as well.

Sean

[Chris Reynolds]

Sean,
I got it from http://download.freenet.de/download.php?file_id=4948 but in my quick attempt to get it working last night GBPVR couldn't seem to use it and dropped back to the Cyberlink one. If I get a chance tonight I'll have a look with Graphedit but I notice elsewhere in the forum that someone has had success with the latest ShowShifter mux. And having said that I've had a lot more success now that I've put that auto-start on the service, 3 successful recordings out of 3 last night so things are looking promising.
Good luck
Chris

[SWK]

Hi Chris

Thanks for the respone - I will look into it

Sean