Emulation mode - 1.08 Update

[mvallevand]

I have updated the mvpmc code base with the changes that are in the alpha. The nightly from 20070720, dongle2a.zip and the alpha starting 20070711 have the same emulation mode code.

Martin

[jksmurf]

Is this the wait I'm looking at?

Code:

2007-07-20 20:52:26.781 VERBOSE [4] Sent dongle block 7360
2007-07-20 20:52:26.831 VERBOSE [4] Last block 7378
2007-07-20 20:52:26.831 VERBOSE [4] Sent dongle block 7378
2007-07-20 20:52:26.831 VERBOSE [4] Sent: C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\dongle\dongle_Alpha_2007_07_17.bin
2007-07-20 20:52:56.324 VERBOSE [3] Received MVP Service Locator request
2007-07-20 20:52:56.324 VERBOSE [3] Parsing MVP Service Locator request

in MVP-PVRX2.exe-1.log

k.

[mvallevand]

Is this the wait I'm looking at?

I'm looking for the MVP-PVR* logs. Based on what I see, there is a huge delay (almost 1 minute) with the Stock Ticker. Are you saying you don't see the same delay with the Hauppauge dongle?

Code:

2007-07-20 20:52:57.385    VERBOSE    [6]    Skinhelper loading image from file: C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\skin\blue\panels\RecordingProcessNotRunning.png
2007-07-20 20:52:57.495    VERBOSE    [6]    About to check file: C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\plugins\Jeff\StockerTickerPanelWidget.dll
2007-07-20 20:53:03.063    VERBOSE    [6]    About to check file: C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\plugins\Jeff\Video Archiver.dll
2007-07-20 20:53:03.194    VERBOSE    [6]    Skin file not found: C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\skin\panels\VApanel.xml
...
2007-07-20 20:53:03.754    VERBOSE    [6]    Skinhelper loading image from file: C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\skin\blue\panels\RecordingProcessNotRunning.png
2007-07-20 20:53:03.754    VERBOSE    [6]    About to check file: C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\plugins\legacy\recordPlugin.dll
2007-07-20 20:53:03.834    VERBOSE    [6]    About to check file: C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\plugins\legacy\StockerTickerPanelWidget.dll
2007-07-20 20:53:47.467    VERBOSE    [6]    About to check file: C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\plugins\legacy\UbuRadio.dll
2007-07-20 20:53:47.507    VERBOSE    [6]    About to check file: C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\plugins\legacy\Video Archiver.dll
2007-07-20 20:53:47.647    VERBOSE    [6]    Skin file not found: C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\skin\panels\VApanel.xml
2007-07-20 20:53:47.647    VERBOSE    [6]    ...about to check default skin

Martin

[jksmurf]

I'm looking for the MVP-PVR* logs. Based on what I see, there is a huge delay (almost 1 minute) with the Stock Ticker. Are you saying you don't see the same delay with the Hauppauge dongle?

Never tried it, but uninstalling VideoArchive (i.e. removing Stock Ticker in the process) fixed that. Back to normal...

k.

[mvallevand]

I have uploaded a new alpha dongle to address problems where emulation mode and pvrx2 became out of sync and mvpmc would appear to freeze. Basically emulation mode is being a little too smart because it anticipate responses to the stop/ff/rw/skip and replay keys. This fix returns control to the server after about 1.5 seconds.

I have found it removes the following freezes

- FF/RW key hit not using the short skip option, note FF/RW are still not implemented in PVRX2 but at least the video will continue to play

- skip key hit near end of livetv

- skip key hit really early in a video.

Martin

[pz1]

Martin,
does it make sense if I test this dongle under 99.12?
Pieter

[mvallevand]

Martin,
does it make sense if I test this dongle under 99.12?
Pieter

I don't think it would hurt too much and I'm still willing to look at fixing things for 99.12 and this last change is a good one going backwards. My one big area of concern would be channel changing of livetv. Of course for stability you would also need to add the command line option --em-safety 3

I'd also like to see your comments, you do find a lot of little things that I don't notice.

Martin

[ggee]

Great news. I'll give it a try too to see if it helps a littlewith my FF hangs.

Thanks,
Greg

I have uploaded a new alpha dongle to address problems where emulation mode and pvrx2 became out of sync and mvpmc would appear to freeze. Basically emulation mode is being a little too smart because it anticipate responses to the stop/ff/rw/skip and replay keys. This fix returns control to the server after about 1.5 seconds.

I have found it removes the following freezes

- FF/RW key hit not using the short skip option, note FF/RW are still not implemented in PVRX2 but at least the video will continue to play

- skip key hit near end of livetv

- skip key hit really early in a video.

Martin