live tv not starting (intermittant)

[fuzzweed]

I've got a funny problem where GBPVR will work fine mostly, but once in a while won't start live TV. I can't think of anything different i'm doing on the times it fails. I think this is the log entry:

03/08/2006 07:03:44.359 ERROR [1] Error rendering OSD: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
03/08/2006 07:03:44.359 ERROR [1] at GBPVR.xb3e61f7448c39547.x9b741357855e4489()
at GBPVR.xb3e61f7448c39547.x892c3a282a10378e()

The problem goes away if I restart GBPVR - but the WAF is slipping, so can anyone see the problem? logs attached -> [ATTACHMENT NOT FOUND]

[sub]

To be honest I'm not really sure.

Does the channel you're viewing have listings at the time?

[fuzzweed]

yep, the channel has full EPG. Once the problem shows itself it it occurs on any channel regrdless of whether i select 'live tv' or go via the tv guide.
I get black screen and no sound. From there channel up or down doesn't rectify anything either - I just have to escape to the main menu, exit and restart. Very occasionally restarting GBPVR doesn;t fix it and I have to restart the whole PC. Weird!
It seems to be one of those odd creeping bugs - it never used to do it at all, but now seems to be more often, even if still the minority of times. (maybe 1 in 10 or 20 times)

[mifune]

I have seen this error message referenced in the forum before but could not tell how to fix it. Any ideas? If I need to attach logs can you please tell me how to find/create these logs too?

Thanks!!

[HtV]

I have seen this error message referenced in the forum before but could not tell how to fix it. Any ideas? If I need to attach logs can you please tell me how to find/create these logs too?

Thanks!!

Check this page: http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FAQ/E...sages#toc1

If that won't solve it post your logs, from the gbpvr-dir (zipped).

[fuzzweed]

[back on topic ]
Sub, do you think this might be related to the issue described in the survival guide sticky about DVB signal drop out? Or to look at it another way, if I try the nativeutilities patch, will it bugger anything up if it wasn't relevant?

[sub]

Maybe. I dont really know.

I assume you're running with a normal, unmodified 'blue' skin?

[fuzzweed]

yup, haven't touched the skin! I just thought that as I'm DVB maybe it was 'signal loss' causing the black screen (even though I'm not getting any pop-ups)???
BTW it's just done it again this morning [ATTACHMENT NOT FOUND]

If you can't see anything obvious again, I'll put it down to one of those odd computer specific quirks and leave it until I need to do some reinstall or something in the future (I'm sure it'll happen, knowing me....)

[fuzzweed]

Just a quick note to say that applying the native utilities patch from the 97.13 survial guide seems to have fixed this issue.