changing channels problems

[umbro11330]

I have noticed a very annoying problem with the new version. The problem is that when changing channels the video playback freezes on the previous channel, but I can still hear the sound from the selected channel. Unfortunately this happens too often and thus Live Tv is rendered unusable.

Also I have noticed a couple of small problems:
1) while going from the TV Guide to Live TV if I press the up/down key it changes to the first channel not to the next one.
2) Also as soon as the user press the mini TV Guide button it should show the prog. info of the current channel and then be able to move up and down from there. But it seems to be starting from the first channel in the list (the first time you press it) and then for the subsequent one it starts from where you left of the last time.

P.S. this is for Sub the RW should be fixed, please... (If I change software decoder will it help any? in the FW/RW thing I mean)

Thanks

[bitter_old_man]

Quote[/b] ]I have noticed a very annoying problem with the new version. The problem is that when changing channels the video playback freezes on the previous channel, but I can still hear the sound from the selected channel. Unfortunately this happens too often and thus Live Tv is rendered unusable.

I'm seeing this too. When it hangs, the video seems to alternate between two frames. Sub, here's the relevant part of the recording service log. (Full log available if needed.)The recording was stopped by me closing GB-PVR.

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">11/28/2004 6:54:03 PM.843 VERBOSE [206] DirectRecordingSource about to start recording oid:1 channel:35
11/28/2004 6:54:04 PM.671 VERBOSE [206] recording started
11/28/2004 6:54:04 PM.687 VERBOSE [206] Changing to channel: 35
11/28/2004 6:54:04 PM.687 VERBOSE [206] RecordingFactory.LoadNext24HourEvents()
11/28/2004 6:54:24 PM.687 VERBOSE [88] Received request to stop livetv: 1
11/28/2004 6:54:24 PM.687 VERBOSE [88] Stopping live tv recording...
11/28/2004 6:54:24 PM.687 VERBOSE [88] Stopping recording oid:1[/QUOTE]
Barry

[sub]

When this happens does pressing the &quot;skip back&quot; button (or pause, wait a few seconds, play) correct the problem?

It may also be worth tweaking the &lt;LiveTVPrePlayDelay&gt; setting in the config.xml. Try setting it to something like 1000.

[bitter_old_man]

Setting &lt;LiveTVPrePlayDelay&gt; to 1000 didn't help. But what appears to work is the button just to the right of pause (whatever its official name is). I also noticed that sometimes when it hangs the pause button is selected. The file for live TV is always OK.

Barry