Emulation mode testing Round III

[pz1]

Pieter, I see the same behaviour.
Another thing I noticed: When watching livetv, push go-back to go to the mvpmc-menu, then select emulate again. it connects to the 2nd server (I started 2 ) but it only gives me a black screen (sometimes). I think it only happens when doing this in livetv. If I stop/exit livetv first, then goto mvpmc menu, emulate again, the gbpvr-screen comes up ok.
I also noticed that exiting livetv sometimes restarts the mvp. But not all of the time.
But I think Martin mentioned that there were exit-button issues.

Thanks, I will do some additional testing on my machine over the weekend.
Pieter

[jksmurf]

But I think Martin mentioned that there were exit-button issues.

Aye, he did.

Actually I realize that using the back key as stop is not a good idea with emulation mode right now. I never really tested it and I have to fix it so use the stop key. Martin

k.

[HtV]

Ok, thanks for confirming JK.

Just for info: I went back to the hauppauge dongle (dd 1-2-07). It worked quite well for me before, and with 2 servers started everything is working fine and I'm prepared for eventual disconnects/necessary restarts.
I think reaction speed is better than in mvpmc. Afaik until now that wasn't really a big concern for Martin, because it's still in testing phase.
But I will certainly try new dongles.
cya Hans

[pz1]

Originally Posted by HtV
But I think Martin mentioned that there were exit-button issues

Aye, he did.
k.

Please note that the problem I reported is with the menu-button

[HtV]

Please note that the problem I reported is with the menu-button

Yes I know, maybe I wasn't clear enough. But I meant to say that I have that "problem" too.

Pieter, I see the same behaviour.
Another thing I noticed: When........................

Cya Hans

[tkgafs]

Martin,

very strange behaviour last night and seems to have just been a once off.

I started up the mvp after reloading my server

started playing music , but when the screen saver kicked in the music stopped.

naturally I was a bit perplexed by this and pressed go go on the remote to see if the mvp thought it was playing and as soon as the screen refreshed the music started again, from where it had paused.

using the 11th of May dongle

forgot to look at logs but they will probably still be there if you are interested

Tkgafs

[mvallevand]

Martin, others,
I should have mentioned this before: When I am watching Live TV and than press the menu button on the remote the TV guide is black except for a tiny video inset in the left lower corner. Pushing menu two more times brings up the TV Guide. If I start an other channel from within the TV-Guide and continue to do so the problem has gone. All subsequent menu-pushes immediately bring up the menu. It is not a major thing and it does not bother me to much.
Have you or others also observed this phenomenon? If so, I can do some more testing with different scenarios.

This might be a PAL issue I will check tonight. It's really strange it drops right to the tiny window, for me it does drop the the 1/4 sized on.

I know there is an issue the first time the menu is pushed after a power on, but it is fixed if hit menu/menu and it never returns. I don't know if this is emulation or not.

Martin

[mvallevand]

Pieter, I see the same behaviour.
Another thing I noticed: When watching livetv, push go-back to go to the mvpmc-menu, then select emulate again. it connects to the 2nd server (I started 2 ) but it only gives me a black screen (sometimes). I think it only happens when doing this in livetv. If I stop/exit livetv first, then goto mvpmc menu, emulate again, the gbpvr-screen comes up ok.
I also noticed that exiting livetv sometimes restarts the mvp. But not all of the time.
But I think Martin mentioned that there were exit-button issues.

The problem I mentionned is with using Back instead of Stop, I still don't handle that.

There is also a problem that Go Back sometimes crashes and restarts mvpmc. Definitely best to hit stop first if a/v is playing but other problems can occur.

Martin

[mvallevand]

Ok, thanks for confirming JK.

Just for info: I went back to the hauppauge dongle (dd 1-2-07). It worked quite well for me before, and with 2 servers started everything is working fine and I'm prepared for eventual disconnects/necessary restarts.
I think reaction speed is better than in mvpmc. Afaik until now that wasn't really a big concern for Martin, because it's still in testing phase.
But I will certainly try new dongles.
cya Hans

Thanks for all your help. If you want to trade responsiveness for stability with mvpmc and gbpvr use the command line option --em-safety 0 It will be more like the Hauppauge dongle but it will definitely stop more too.

Martin

[HtV]

Thanks for all your help. If you want to trade responsiveness for stability with mvpmc and gbpvr use the command line option --em-safety 0 It will be more like the Hauppauge dongle but it will definitely stop more too.

Martin

Ok might try that sometime. Thanks anyway for all the time and info you are sharing.

Hans