Recording service crashes

[Bobins]

Hi Sub,

Recording Service crashed again during recording last night.

Windows Event Log says:-
.NET Runtime 2.0 Error
Time 23:41:16 Event ID 1000]
Faulting application gbpvrrecordingservice.exe, version 1.0.2618.30820, stamp 00000003, faulting module psiparser.ax, version 0.1.0.0, stamp 45be4d97, debug? 0, fault address 0x00014de8.

The PSI.log file is attached along with the GBPVRRecordingService.exe-1.log I've had to split the PSI.log int 4 parts because it refused to upload as 1 or 2 files. Interestingly the GBPVRRecordingService.exe-native-1.log file is not there in the logs directory (-2 and -3 are there along with a new file from the service re-start)

Had a look at the PSI log but couldn't spot anything obvious. Sorry it's 35mbs in total when unzipped.

[sub]

Based on those logs, I do have something to try, but it'll have to wait until my development environment is back up and running.

[Bobins]

Sub,

Sorry to hear about your hardware spontaneous combustion. Just seen the post from Mister Slimm about his recording service crashes. May be totally unconnected but guess which channel I'm recording when mine usually crashes.......BBC3.

[sub]

Interesting.

It'd be worth seeing the end of a psi.log file from another of these crashes if you could please? It'd give me something to compare with you previous one.

[Bobins]

Sub,

I've been posting in this thread for the recording service crash and in another over my recordings audio going out of sync. These problems only seem to happen on certain channels e.g. BBC1 & BBC3. Never on ITV. I've tried several different versions of the Cyberlink mux and there's no difference. Usually the recording is part way through, the video seems to stutter for a few seconds then the rest of the recording is fine other than the audio is about 1-2 seconds out of sync. (It's recorded out of sync, not a playback problem). The sync problem also occurs on live tv on the affected channels.

I want mpg files rather than the Microsoft format as all my playback is via MVPs.

In frustration last weekend, I set the recording format to Microsoft and set the convert config to transcode to mpg (using the origonal Cyberlink mux) after recording to see if this method fixed the sync issue.

Whilst I've only been using this config 5 days, I can report that I've not had one single crash and the final mpgs are all in sync.

Could the two problems be connected. I've noticed the disturbance to the video before it goes out of sync only seems to occur once in a 30-40 minute recording. Last time it crashed was during an DVB EPG update before I made the changes.

[sub]

I want mpg files rather than the Microsoft format as all my playback is via MVPs.

In frustration last weekend, I set the recording format to Microsoft and set the convert config to transcode to mpg (using the origonal Cyberlink mux) after recording to see if this method fixed the sync issue.

Whilst I've only been using this config 5 days, I can report that I've not had one single crash and the final mpgs are all in sync.

You could try some other versions of the Cyberlink mux to see if you can find one that gives you a result more like this. Remember to deregister old versions though. GB-PVR will always use the first Cyberlink mux listed by MuxChecker.

[Bobins]

Thanks sub, I've tried 4 different versions of the 5.0.xxxx Cyberlink mux from 0813, 1521, 2022 and lastly 3425. They all behave exactly the same.....middle of recording (or live tv) picture stutters, recovers but audio is out of sync. This doesn't seem to occur if I use MS format then transcode.

I'm wondering if it's some odd data that either the Cyberlink mux can't handle or the psiparser can't either. Strange the parser crash has stopped since I shifted to the MS format.

[sub]

Try the 5.0.1307 version. Thats what I've had the best luck with - but we're receiving different broadcasts so your experience could easily be different to mine.

[Bobins]

Sub,

I'd love to try it but I couldn't find it anywhere on the web. Twinhan have updated their software and now ship 2022. Tried posting to see if anyone would pm me a copy but got no response

Do you think the crashes & sync probs are connected?

[sub]

Ah, was going to point you to: http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?t=25630 but I just checked and found it didnt have that specific one. Maybe try the ATI mux instead.

Do you think the crashes & sync probs are connected?

I dont know. Maybe.