Emulation mode testing Round III

[HtV]

Did you get treatment for that?

[mvallevand]

I think that only takes care of choosing the right transcoding for the mvp.
If you want to make sure you have set your mvp to pal, you have to stop the gbpvrrecordingservice, start the hauppauge services. I think you have to reload the hauppauge dongle (unplug the mvp) then in setup/settings you can set it to PAL/NTSC. Now stop the hauppauge services, restart the gbpvrrecordingservice, reload the gbpvr dongle(unplug mvp). That's it. The Pal setting will stick in the mvp-memory and not be overwritten by the gbpvr-dongle.

That's correct. I suggest using a newer version like this one from hauppauge.com

http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/support/s...iamvp.html

Getting the setup correct for things like PAL, the aspect ratio, and the preferred server will be of benefit to mvpmc.

Martin

[mvallevand]

Yeah, Martin did mention this a while back and I tried it. All I got at the time was the Blue Hauppauge screen with little x's like it was missing some button images... couldn't make it work. I might give it another whack now that my WinXp reinstall + GBPVR reinstall is done, and try the magic dongle again ... it better be as good as they say it is, or I'm taking it back...

k.

I want to see if it lights up your Dolby now.

Martin

[jksmurf]

I want to see if it lights up your Dolby now.

Martin

LOL, actually another reason I pulled the pin on testing was the aspect ratio thingy. After the 1st mvmpc trial it gave me wide screen past the sides of my TV, so I tried to install the Hauppage s/w and it went whacko on me, so I gave up. But it's time to give it another go... yes, sir.

k.

[pz1]

That's correct. I suggest using a newer version like this one from hauppauge.com

http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/support/s...iamvp.html

Getting the setup correct for things like PAL, the aspect ratio, and the preferred server will be of benefit to mvpmc.

Martin

I did check in the meantime on an older installation that the MVP was on PAL. I also noticed that I did have the flickr control already on 'high'. I haven't used the version you mention here. Will do so and try to set the preferred server as well.

[mvallevand]

That sounds like it still isn't auto sensing PAL. Have you confirmed with the Hauppauge software that you are running PAL?

I will try something to address the flicker next time.

The menu reappearing is really odd. That would definitely be out of sequence in live tv and gives me something to look for.

I have uploaded a new dongle 0414 which will address some issues when changing channels with live tv, the PAL logo at the start and potential changes for flicker control.

Martin

[Luckerman]

I've had a little chance to test out the 4/10 and 4/14 dongles. The 4/10 dongle gave fewer instances of sync loss and was sufficiently stable so I left it on for a couple of days. Audio and video still went out of sync, but it didn't seem to happen as readily. FF and REW responses were nearly instantaneous as were channel changes. Sometimes the video would get a little blocky during changes.

I installed the 4/14 dongle today and haven't seen any loss of sync but channel changes have been troublesome: often slow, 6-8 seconds, sometimes ending up with a black screen and several times kicking out of LiveTV. Once I saw an onscreen message to the effect that there was a comm loss with the TV source(sorry, I didn't write down the exact wording).

So far, then, for my usage, the 4/10 dongle gives the most satisfying results. I applaud all of your efforts on this, Martin, and hope this feedback may be helpful.

[mvallevand]

I've had a little chance to test out the 4/10 and 4/14 dongles. The 4/10 dongle gave fewer instances of sync loss and was sufficiently stable so I left it on for a couple of days. Audio and video still went out of sync, but it didn't seem to happen as readily. FF and REW responses were nearly instantaneous as were channel changes. Sometimes the video would get a little blocky during changes.

One of things I want to experiment with is the channel transition change. The blockiness is expected as the demux loses a steady feed and acquires a new one. In fact some of the delay is really bogus because you are seeing the old channel stream when you want to new stream. I was going to black out the screen to highlight this but that is severe so and want to implement some king of shading which gbpvr attempts to do but at least in emulation mode isn't successful at all.

I installed the 4/14 dongle today and haven't seen any loss of sync but channel changes have been troublesome: often slow, 6-8 seconds, sometimes ending up with a black screen and several times kicking out of LiveTV.

Your findings are the same as mine except your delays are much longer but I get the black screen too. I want to see how this works for those having problems with llivetv in 0410 but 0410 works better for me with a smaller buffer.

Once I saw an onscreen message to the effect that there was a comm loss with the TV source(sorry, I didn't write down the exact wording).

That must be a gbpvr message and I have never seen it.

So far, then, for my usage, the 4/10 dongle gives the most satisfying results. I applaud all of your efforts on this, Martin, and hope this feedback may be helpful.

Thanks, this is the feedback I need and it is helpful.

Martin

[mvallevand]

I installed the 4/14 dongle today and haven't seen any loss of sync but channel changes have been troublesome: often slow, 6-8 seconds, sometimes ending up with a black screen and several times kicking out of LiveTV. Once I saw an onscreen message to the effect that there was a comm loss with the TV source(sorry, I didn't write down the exact wording).

So far, then, for my usage, the 4/10 dongle gives the most satisfying results. I applaud all of your efforts on this, Martin, and hope this feedback may be helpful.

I've been playing with this a bit this evening and there is a 0415 dongle that I think handles the channel changes as well or better then 0410.

Martin

[jksmurf]

I've been playing with this a bit this evening and there is a 0415 dongle that I think handles the channel changes as well or better then 0410. Martin

But not yet uploaded, right?
http://www.mvpmc.org/builds/
http://uk.mvpmc.org/builds/

k.