Resume & stuttering issues

[macgyver]

Just downloaded and installed latest Alpha - so far so good, resume working well.
Mant thanks again.

[dfdario]

Because of some disk errors on my Hard Disk I didn't test it yet. I'd to solve them before. Sorry.

[macgyver]

Having used it for a while last night I did seem to have a fair few reboot to mvpmc menu problems, two or three times each when selecting what to watch next. Happens when navigating around the menus. Not a huge problem because within a few seconds I've selected 'Emulation' again and it's back, but thought I'd let you know as it is a tad annoying, WAF and all that...

[mvallevand]

Having used it for a while last night I did seem to have a fair few reboot to mvpmc menu problems, two or three times each when selecting what to watch next. Happens when navigating around the menus. Not a huge problem because within a few seconds I've selected 'Emulation' again and it's back, but thought I'd let you know as it is a tad annoying, WAF and all that...

Thanks I will look at this, I assume you mean the main TV guide. If you have video open there could easily be a problem because of the stutter mode hack i've got in now. Also if you do have video open, are you using a skin that shows the inset video?

Martin

[dfdario]

Brefly tested last night.
Resume works properly

Frequently annoying restarts while in idle (not playing anything)

dongle.bin.config is not red so everytime I need to select "Emulation" from main menu

My dongle.bin.config contains:
mvpmc --emulate 192.168.1.252 --startup emulate -m pal

Stuttering is still there but is my problem (I think)

[mvallevand]

Frequently annoying restarts while in idle (not playing anything)

Are you running any plugins are a different skin?

Martin

[dfdario]

No plugin at all and Basic Skin - Maximum.

Downloaded 1 Apr dongle, Config file is red, resume i OK, still stuttering on all files even if in Net card is set to full duplex mode while original dongle have no problem.

[mvallevand]

No plugin at all and Basic Skin - Maximum.

Downloaded 1 Apr dongle, Config file is red, resume i OK, still stuttering on all files even if in Net card is set to full duplex mode while original dongle have no problem.

Very strange, the only thing I can do without the actual file is ask you to test the file in mvpmc native mode. This should not be hard if you can read a config file. Here are the steps

1. Place an mpeg in your mvpmc share folder
2. From the mvpmc main menu select Filesystem rather than Emulation.
3. Navigate to the /etc/mvpmc folder
4. Select your file with the ok.
5. While the file is playing hit the ok. This should show you the actual bit rate the file is playing at. If it is much slower then your file's real rate it like will stutter.

There's more testing you can do too if you want

1. While the file is playing hit the menu key. Check what audio video and subtitle streams are present.

2. Before selecting a file. Instead of hitting OK hit menu. From this select throughput test and let it run for about 30 seconds and hit ok. You should get a reading of the max. bit rate your mvp on your network gets.

3. While the file is playing in emulation mode telnet to your mvpmc and logon as root. The are two commands you can try.

a. ifconfig. Type this in a few times to see if you are getting lots of network errors.

b. top This command will show your cpu use. If it is more than 50% there is a good chance of stuttering. Use Ctrl-C to exit top

Sorry I can't be more help.

Martin

[dfdario]

Very strange, the only thing I can do without the actual file is ask you to test the file in mvpmc native mode. This should not be hard if you can read a config file. ...

Before doing what you suggested I tested 3 Apr. dongle.
Here the results:
Some restarts
Stuttering. After the play is paused I've no stutters for 2 secods indicating it should be a buffer problem.

[mvallevand]

Before doing what you suggested I tested 3 Apr. dongle.
Here the results:
Some restarts
Stuttering. After the play is paused I've no stutters for 2 secods indicating it should be a buffer problem.

It is related to throughput somehow the network is either not keeping up with the demuxer, or something in your files is causing the demuxer to slow down. That is why I really need 5 min sample.

Martin