Emulation mode testing Round III

[HtV]

So it looks like the GBPVR itself is very busy for some time to recover from the 'crash'.

Yes this is what I found too with the previous dongle (haven't tested this one yet). It takes about a minute I think for GBPVR to "recognise" the crash and restart the (mvp)gbpvr.exe. That's why Martin starts 2 mvp-servers, so there's always one ready to kick in.

[pz1]

That's why Martin starts 2 mvp-servers, so there's always one ready to kick in.

Thanks, will use that setting in the next round of testing.

[mvallevand]

- The dongle I downloaded via you sticky page is dated 0409

Sorry I did compile in on the the 9th, but I tested it on the 10th to see if my stuttering file problem returned. That is the correct version.

- As far as I could see nothing has improved in my setting, except the live tv image and sound seem to be in sync now. (see my post at the beginning of this thread)
I now only tested LiveTV:

Fixing the sync was the only major change so that is positive.

- at startup the 'www.mvpmc.org' still scrolls a minute or so, until I see it change collor in blue. Finally I

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

see the menu where I choose emulation. It almost immediately connects, and I see GBPVR menu (which has unacceptable flickr as mentioned before)

I will try something to address the flicker next time.

- I switch to Live TV, image is fine. The following is switch to the next channel, which results in a short display of the menu, followed by a glimpse of a progress bar. Finally the screen stays black.

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

- The following I did was powercycle the MVP. Choose emulation. quite often I have to go through two or three cycles of trying to connect here. In case I switched the MVP off for a prolonged time, reconnect in emulation is again almost immediate. So it looks like the GBPVR itself is very busy for some time to recover from the 'crash'.

Sorry that I can't provide better news

As suggested the extra server will help. I actually found this to be good news. I wasn't expecting to move to round IV yet.

Martin

[mvallevand]

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

pz1, I've been able to duplicate many problems by increasing the pre-buffer delay for live tv from the default 600 to 800, so that's a good sign, I even get an OSD update. What do you have for this setting?

Martin

[pz1]

pz1, I've been able to duplicate many problems by increasing the pre-buffer delay for live tv from the default 600 to 800, so that's a good sign, I even get an OSD update. What do you have for this setting?

Martin

Martin, thats it! I just did a quick check and trial. I had Live TV buffer delay on 5000 msec. I think I did change that at the time because of losing connections. Apparantly I forgot to switch it back. I have to test more thoroughly tonight, but I did now quickly switch between 5 different programs without a problem.

[pz1]

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

My GBPVR config.xml setting is:

Code:

<MVPVideoStandard>pal</MVPVideoStandard>

Is there more to check?

[HtV]

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.

[jksmurf]

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.

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.

[HtV]

and try the magic dongle again ... it better be as good as they say it is, or I'm taking it back...

k.

You being the Dongle Dealer for quite some time, I'm sure you have a few lying around somewhere, so you can put it on the heap then.

[jksmurf]

You being the Dongle Dealer for quite some time, I'm sure you have a few lying around somewhere, so you can put it on the heap then.

Those dark days are behind me ... I'm a changed man :-)

k.