MVP Audio but no Video

[fering]

I finally got an MVP from eBay and I'm having problems getting it to stream video properly from GBPVR.

It loads the application and appears to boot but I don't get any image on the screen once it loads. I can "feel" my way to Recordings and play a recording but then I don't get any video, only audio. There are some errors in the MVP-PVRX2.exe.log (attached).

Code:

2007-11-13 22:08:10.795    INFO    [6]    playFile(America's Next Top Model, E:\Recordings\Americas Next Top Model\Americas Next Top Model_20071031_20002100.mpg)
2007-11-13 22:08:11.326    INFO    [6]    Loading commercial skip point file: E:\Recordings\Americas Next Top Model\Americas Next Top Model_20071031_20002100.txt
2007-11-13 22:08:11.342    ERROR    [6]    Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
2007-11-13 22:08:11.358    ERROR    [6]       at GBPVRX2.MVP.x3ca133dee7547455.xe75b6be209ce111f(Image x84901bd355736ef6)
   at GBPVRX2.MVP.x3ca133dee7547455.xf11d09f6e9e3e55b()
   at GBPVRX2.xdd215986d9a64c86.ForceRepaint()
   at GBPVRX2.xc8bec4ab98c5a6c5.handlePopupCallback(Object popup, String command)
   at GBPVRX2.Popups.xce4851a7361cb73d.OnKeyDown(KeyEventArgs e)
   at GBPVRX2.BaseButtonListUiTask.OnKeyDown(KeyEventArgs e)
   at GBPVRX2.xc8bec4ab98c5a6c5.OnKeyDown(KeyEventArgs e)
   at GBPVRX2.MenuTask.xd2a3a83a17aec615.OnKeyDown(KeyEventArgs e)
   at GBPVRX2.MVP.x3ca133dee7547455.x3d75adb3418c5c9e()

Can anybody please help?

[sub]

Set the logging level to 'debug' then reproduce the problema nd repost the logs and I'll take a look.

[fering]

Thanks for the quick response.

Here are the DEBUG logs.

Joel

[mvallevand]

Given that this unit is from ebay it might be trying to output PAL into NTSC.

Martin

[sub]

I cant see anything obvious in the logs. Could be set to PAL.

Have you tried it with the Hauppauge MVP software to check the hardware is OK?

[fering]

I don't think its set to PAL. When it boots I see the start up screen, I can select the GBPVR server from the Preferred Server screen and when I use the MVPMC dongle.bin I can navigate the menus (but emulation mode doesn't work, or works the same way as using the dongle included with GBPVR). I've tried a few different Hauppauge dongles with no success.

I actually haven't tried it with the Hauppauge software yet. I just downloaded the latest version after I posted my log file. I'll give it a try to test out the hardware itself.

Thanks again guys.

[mvallevand]

If that doesn't work could you start up mvpmc and via telnet issue the follow commands
and copy the screen output

killall mvpmc
mvpmc --emulate ? --startup emulate

I should be able to see some of the screen negotiation info this way.

Martin

[fering]

So some new information:

Installed latest software from http://www.hauppauge.com. Restarted MVP. Streaming video works fine.

Stopped those services, restarted the GBPVR MVP server with the included dongle. Restarted MVP. Still no menus. Blindly selected a video. While audio is playing press guide button on remote (okay I started randomly pressing buttons in frustration). Mini-guide displays. Video plays in background. Press exit/back, video continues to play. Press stop, still no menu!

Possibly a dongle problem? Which is the current favorite dongle to use with MVP Rev D3A?

[fering]

I attached the results of
mvpmc --emulate ? --startup emulate

So the order of things for this log:

Start MVP.
putty to MVPMC
killall mvpmc
mvpmc --emulate ? --startup emulate

Once started in emulation mode, the screen displays:
Please Wait
Connecting to first server
Starting Application

Then I blindly navigate to a video (I'm getting pretty good at this) it actually plays fine.
I let the video play a couple minutes and when I exit it returns to the above message.

[mvallevand]

From mvpmc everything looks good, however I went back to your GBPVR logs and I now notice no YU/VY2 updates are going through. You might have a firewall issue or a conflict with a VNC server happening. Sub can probably take over here.

Martin