Hauppauge MVP Crashing on video playback

[t0aster]

I've had GBPVR for ages and love it though I only use it lightly. Currently running 1.3.7 with a wired Hauppauge MVP at the other end. Host PC is well-specced and for the following tests I have checked I've newly rebooted and have plenty (well, enough) of temp disk.

All seems fine for playing MP3 and TV rips but playing film-length AVIs seems to invariably bomb around 20mins into the film. The generation of the mpg is happening with ffmpeg AFAICS and the conversion process seems toi complete because if I look in my temp folder afterwards the entire movie is there (with aspect ratio converted).

The error I get in the log is:

2009-01-17 21:54:54.068 VERBOSE [7] Request 200000 bytes (file size:1355614208 file location: 226600038)
2009-01-17 21:54:54.068 VERBOSE [7] Request completed. 200000 bytes sent
2009-01-17 21:54:55.068 VERBOSE [7] Request 200000 bytes (file size:1355614208 file location: 226800038)
2009-01-17 21:54:55.068 VERBOSE [7] Request completed. 200000 bytes sent
2009-01-17 21:54:57.863 VERBOSE [3] Received MVP Service Locator request
2009-01-17 21:54:57.863 VERBOSE [3] Parsing MVP Service Locator request
2009-01-17 21:54:58.113 VERBOSE [3] local address: 00:1D:0F:20:62:2B .... 192.168.1.69
2009-01-17 21:54:58.128 VERBOSE [3] local address: 00:1D:0F:20:62:2B .... 192.168.1.69
2009-01-17 21:54:58.128 VERBOSE [3] About construct MVP Service Locator request
2009-01-17 21:54:58.128 VERBOSE [3] Sending MVP Service Locator response to 4401A8C0:16882 (control: 5906, streaming: 8337)
2009-01-17 21:54:59.518 VERBOSE [6] mvpVideoDuration: 6137
2009-01-17 21:54:59.518 VERBOSE [6] MVP data read: 1 (9)
2009-01-17 21:54:59.518 VERBOSE [6] MVP request processed
2009-01-17 21:54:59.518 VERBOSE [6] MVP waiting for data
2009-01-17 21:54:59.518 VERBOSE [6] MVP data read: 1 (9)
2009-01-17 21:54:59.518 VERBOSE [6] MVP request processed
2009-01-17 21:54:59.518 VERBOSE [6] MVP waiting for data
2009-01-17 21:54:59.518 VERBOSE [6] MVP data read: 1 (8)
2009-01-17 21:54:59.518 VERBOSE [6] Responding to ping (before)
2009-01-17 21:54:59.518 VERBOSE [6] Responded to ping (after)
2009-01-17 21:54:59.518 VERBOSE [6] getValue cached value: /settings/DisableHauppaugeMVPScreenSaver : true
2009-01-17 21:54:59.518 VERBOSE [6] MVP request processed
2009-01-17 21:54:59.518 VERBOSE [6] MVP waiting for data
2009-01-17 21:54:59.518 VERBOSE [6] MVP data read: 1 (9)
2009-01-17 21:54:59.518 VERBOSE [6] MVP request processed
2009-01-17 21:54:59.518 VERBOSE [6] MVP waiting for data
2009-01-17 21:54:59.518 VERBOSE [6] MVP data read: 1 (9)
2009-01-17 21:54:59.518 VERBOSE [6] MVP request processed
2009-01-17 21:54:59.518 VERBOSE [6] MVP waiting for data
2009-01-17 21:54:59.518 VERBOSE [6] MVP data read: 1 (9)
2009-01-17 21:54:59.518 VERBOSE [6] MVP request processed
2009-01-17 21:54:59.518 VERBOSE [6] MVP waiting for data
2009-01-17 21:54:59.518 ERROR [6] handleMVPConnection() exception: An established connection was aborted by the software in your host machine
2009-01-17 21:54:59.565 VERBOSE [6] at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Receive(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size, SocketFlags socketFlags)
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Receive(Byte[] buffer, Int32 size, SocketFlags socketFlags)
at GBPVRX2.MVP.x3ca133dee7547455.x3d75adb3418c5c9e()
at GBPVRX2.MVP.x3ca133dee7547455.xd3faf5962405de4e()
2009-01-17 21:54:59.565 VERBOSE [6] VideoPlayer.Stop()
2009-01-17 21:54:59.565 VERBOSE [6] VideoPlayer.Stop()@2
2009-01-17 21:54:59.565 VERBOSE [6] VideoPlayer.Stop()@3
2009-01-17 21:54:59.596 VERBOSE [6] MVPSendStopRequest()

all logs attached

Also does it have to do the conversion? teh aspect ration of the asource AVI is as we want it and even though the gbpvr config says 16:9 widescreen the movie seems to get resized to 4:3 (or whatever the old standard is)

Any suggestions?

Ta,
T

[sub]

I've had GBPVR for ages and love it though I only use it lightly. Currently running 1.3.7 with a wired Hauppauge MVP at the other end. Host PC is well-specced and for the following tests I have checked I've newly rebooted and have plenty (well, enough) of temp disk.

All seems fine for playing MP3 and TV rips but playing film-length AVIs seems to invariably bomb around 20mins into the film. The generation of the mpg is happening with ffmpeg AFAICS and the conversion process seems toi complete because if I look in my temp folder afterwards the entire movie is there.

Have you tried bumping up the 'MVP Transcode PrePlay delay' setting? Bump it up to 16 seconds to see if it helps.

Also does it have to do the conversion? teh aspect ration of the asource AVI is as we want it and even though the gbpvr config says 16:9 widescreen the movie seems to get resized to 4:3 (or whatever the old standard is)

It doesnt attempt to do anything with aspect ratio when it comes to the MVP. It justs ffmpeg to convert it to an MPEG2 file so its playable on the MVP. It might be loosing the aspect ratio flag during this. I seem to remember Zehd had a go at correcting this with his Zprocess utility, so you could look into that.

[t0aster]

Thanks sub - will try that setting and let you know if problems persist

T

[mvallevand]

t0aster,

Could you upload the logs anyway. Seeing those [3] thread log messages in there is very odd.

I am not sure the Hauppauge dongle will accept more than 10 seconds of buffering. If it doesn't work at 16 try at 9

Martin