Emulation mode testing Round III

[pz1]

But not yet uploaded, right?
http://www.mvpmc.org/builds/
http://uk.mvpmc.org/builds/

k.

I found it here http://www.mvpmc.org/~mvallevand/dongle.zip

[HtV]

Wow Martin, nice work.
I think it worked very well, I couldn't get livetv to lockup. Everything else seems to work fine. Only the channel-changing speed is low. ~5-6 secs.
Buttons are only a bit slower I think, than with the gbpvr dongle.
One time I had a sync issue while skipping in a recording, but I couldn't do it again.

Very nice work.

cya Hans

[pz1]

I have uploaded a new dongle 0414 which will address some issues when changing channels with live tv, the PAL logo at the start and potential changes for flicker control.

Martin

I did test with 0415. The logo at the start is still scrolling, but this may be due to the fact that I have a very old crt TV.
With the 0409 I did have some problems with synchronisation again. Today with the 0415 it seemed OK even after switching several times.
Overall this is the most stable version. I did switch frequently between channels, but als listened for a short while to Net Radio.
There is a remaining problem with avi files, but some (not all) of them appeared to be troublesome with the GBPVR dongle as well. I think I have to look into that one separately.

[mvallevand]

I did test with 0415. The logo at the start is still scrolling, but this may be due to the fact that I have a very old crt TV.

Do you still see flicker? I did add something I was told might help.

With the 0409 I did have some problems with synchronisation again. Today with the 0415 it seemed OK even after switching several times.
Overall this is the most stable version. I did switch frequently between channels, but als listened for a short while to Net Radio.
There is a remaining problem with avi files, but some (not all) of them appeared to be troublesome with the GBPVR dongle as well. I think I have to look into that one separately.

Thanks all the feedback is definitely paying off in id'ing the problem areas.

Martin

[Lindsay]

I've just tested 0415 (inset video off) and found it good except for one disconnect when playing net radio streams. (Log showed mvp taking too long to respond so GBPVR initiated a restert. Could have been Internet delay?).

TV channel changes took 5 sec with good transitions.

Well done, Martin.

[mvallevand]

I've just tested 0415 (inset video off) and found it good except for one disconnect when playing net radio streams. (Log showed mvp taking too long to respond so GBPVR initiated a restert. Could have been Internet delay?).

TV channel changes took 5 sec with good transitions.

Well done, Martin.

Thanks Lindsay any reason you aren't testing inset video? It works fine for me, and I think we both use PVR 150's and Vista now.

Martin

[Luckerman]

I did some testing with the 4/15 dongle but didn't see results as good as others have. A/V sync was good but the screen often froze on the current channel or a black screen(MVP responding only to the on/off button). I tested 4/15 three times, each ending in a screen freeze after no more than several channel changes. Afterward I switched to 4/10 and it functioned as before(that is, could lose sync but didn't freeze).

[mvallevand]

I did some testing with the 4/15 dongle but didn't see results as good as others have. A/V sync was good but the screen often froze on the current channel or a black screen(MVP responding only to the on/off button). I tested 4/15 three times, each ending in a screen freeze after no more than several channel changes. Afterward I switched to 4/10 and it functioned as before(that is, could lose sync but didn't freeze).

Thanks. You told me that you were using 6000 CBR. What about other things that might be different like the livetv pre-buffers and MVP minimal OSD or possible the skin or EPG?

Also maybe the 8192 buffer isn't good for you. If you can run from telnet or use a dongle.bin.config file you could try the old default by adding --em-rtwin 4096

Finally could you confirm you are running 99.12 with this patch

http://forums.gbpvr.com/showpost.php?p=1...stcount=31

Martin

[pz1]

Do you still see flicker? I did add something I was told might help.
Martin

The flicker remained the same. It most noticeably is in the horizontal lines of the program guide. I observed the same level of flicker in the dongle that sub has worked on a while ago. With the standard dongle I do observe some modest flicker if I sit near the screen. I do not see it from a distance. But as said it may have to do with my 20+ years old CRT TV, and my almost three times as old eyes.
For LiveTV and video the flicker is not really disturbing with mvpmc. As long as no one else is complaining, I suggest you should not spend to much time on it further.

Overall for my setup mvpmc is still less stable in prolonged use than the standard dongle. I will continue to watch this space with great interest. If I can find the time I will test the next releases.
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[Lindsay]

Thanks Lindsay any reason you aren't testing inset video? It works fine for me, and I think we both use PVR 150's and Vista now.

Martin

That is very interesting that yours works OK. Mine has never worked properly with insetvid on, with either dongle.

One major, which is nothing to do with mvpmc as it is there with the Hau dongle, is that I get the vertical line problem on my plasma screen when in inset mode. This ruins still images and also shows on the menu screen.

But there are many other weird happenings. For example, when playing a video the image jumps into a small image bottom left instead of full screen (rest of scr is black). Press menu - works as expected. Press video again - OK with small bottom left image. Select a video - the small vid hangs with a static image and no sound. Sel vid again - nothg happens except for screen flash. Press Menu - menu screen comes up with small frozen image in top left of large window! And so on...

With the Hau dongle I was getting errors but also key stackups suggesting a bandwidth problem somewhere.

My mvp connects via cat5 cable to a 100Mb switch.

Interested in your (or others) opinions.