Emulation mode testing Round II

[jksmurf]

A couple of your errors sound like you haven't stored some of your setting into flash using one of the later versions of the Hauppauge software.

Martin,

Presumably this means not only loading the latest Hauppauge dongle but also the Hauppauge software so that you can access the config screen, change the defaults and save it to flash?

Thereafter uninstall the Hauppauge s/w, load the mvpmc dongle and the settings from the Hauppauge dongle remain saved?

k.

[mvallevand]

Martin,

Presumably this means not only loading the latest Hauppauge dongle but also the Hauppauge software so that you can acess the config screen, change the defaults and save it to flash?

Thereafter uninstall the Hauppauge s/w, load the mvpmc dongle and the settings from the Hauppauge dongle remain saved?

k.

Yes good catch. It's a really good idea to make sure all your configuration options are correctly stored using one of the 3.2 or 3.3 Hauppauge servers. Emulation starts after mvpmc is running and so the settings from your config.xml file come too late. Command line options can override the flash/nvram setting but I consider that advance configuration

There are other thing stored outside the config screen too, like the preferred server which is important in speeding up the boot.

Martin

[jksmurf]

Well all I can say to that is goody goody gumdrops ... and ...
I suggest you add this to your sticky, because it is a VERY VERY important part of the process.... :-) "Not to be missed"

k.

[Lindsay]

Yes, I was confused re the differences between the nightly and alpha. I have re-tested with the current alpha. I also selected the server in the config and that made a huge difference to the load time. My computer NIC is set to autonegotiate.

With inset false, everything I tried seemed to go fine. Looks good.

With inset true, it looks to be improved. My findings, in order of selection, are as follows:-
- LiveTV - OK.
- Menu - OK.
- PhotoLib - OK, but vid doesn't fit sm window still.
- Select photo - vid of TV still plays in sm window.
- Menu - TV in big window.
- VideoLib - OK TV sm window.
- Select a video - plays OK but is in small window!
- Menu - vid in big window and getting stuttery.
- LiveTV -can hear sound, no video seen, then video appeared in big window with menu cleared.
- Menu - TV now goes full screen!
- Menu - OK TV in big window.
- VideoLib - OK TV in sm win.
- Select a video - plays in sm win.
- Menu - video in sm win and gets stuttery then video restarts at beginning and plays fine in sm win.

That's enough to go on with!!

Cheers,
Lindsay.

[tkgafs]

Also, is it possible you have turned your router to half- duplex because of Hauppauge problems. mvpmc prefers full duplex.

Martin

Thats good to know, I am still having problems with unexplained disconnects when playing music

I normally get about 2.5 hours before it gives up, I have been experimenting with tcp/ip params in registry and found the best settings for me seem to be as follows

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]

"KeepAliveTime"=dword:000dbba0
"KeepAliveInterval"=dword:000001f4
"TcpMaxDataRetransmissions"=dword:0000000a

with these settings I seem to get about 6 -> 8 hours before the disconnect which is starting to approach the stability of the hauppauge dongle-3_3.24265b.bin.

I'll lock the nic to full-duplex and see what effect that has

Tkgafs

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[petewxm]

Hi Martin,
I`ve been using the new alpha dongle all night, and it seems to be working great, there are a couple of things I`ve come across but you probably already knows these but just incase you don`t

1. Volume on the remote doesn`t work when watching live tv or video
2. When you press "go" during live TV it normally brings up a mini TV guide, this doesn`t work
3. Pressing a number on the remote during live TV, this normally changes the channel this doesn`t work.
4.The remote is not as responsive as the orignal dongle.

Keep up the good work

Thanks

Pete

[mvallevand]

Well all I can say to that is goody goody gumdrops ... and ...
I suggest you add this to your sticky, because it is a VERY VERY important part of the process.... :-) "Not to be missed"

k.

Agreed, I will also add a warning when the differences indicate that the flash setting need to be update, typically for PAL and 16:9 users.

Martin

[mvallevand]

I normally get about 2.5 hours before it gives up, I have been experimenting with tcp/ip params in registry and found the best settings for me seem to be as follows

I'll lock the nic to full-duplex and see what effect that has

I'm glad you are getting the same results for the KeepAlive, it show me I'm on the right track in looking at Windows solution.

Out of curiousity what is your dhcp lease time? If is is 12hr there could be a problem. Mine is 24hr and I get 12 hours before the disconnect. This is still gbpvr related because other sockets can stay open for days.

Martin.

[mvallevand]

That's enough to go on with!!

Sure is I will do some PAL testing. Note that the actually screen cutouts come from gbpvr, and the inset video size is hardware determined, but I might be position the video incorrectly.

Martin

[mvallevand]

Hi Martin,
I`ve been using the new alpha dongle all night, and it seems to be working great, there are a couple of things I`ve come across but you probably already knows these but just incase you don`t

Don't assume anything, if you haven't seen it here, I probably don't know

1. Volume on the remote doesn`t work when watching live tv or video

This is strange, it does start at maximum volume, but it should go down.

2. When you press "go" during live TV it normally brings up a mini TV guide, this doesn`t work

The Go key has special meaning, you should hit Go the Go again. I'll confirm though, I've never seen this menu

3. Pressing a number on the remote during live TV, this normally changes the channel this doesn`t work.
4.The remote is not as responsive as the orignal dongle.

This works for me but the problem might be the same. What bitrate do you use for live tv?

Martin