Can't play live tv from client

[soch]

Are you talking about just recording from your HD-PVR, or streaming across a network to a client PC?

I can't watch any channels "live TV". It's just black screen.

[sub]

I can't watch any channels "live TV". It's just black screen.

If its not from a client PC on the network, then you're off topic for this thread, and should create your own post with the details of your problem and the logs showing the error.

[haberbe]

hey, i was looking through my logs and i saw this:

2009-04-10 23:17:29.571 VERBOSE [1] About to play LiveTV File: C:\Temp\CBS 2 News at 1100_1_20090410_23002335.mpg Channel: 2 KCBS
2009-04-10 23:17:29.571 VERBOSE [1] Translated server path C:\Temp\CBS 2 News at 1100_1_20090410_23002335.mpg into client path \\192.168.10.108\Temp\CBS 2 News at 1100_1_20090410_23002335.mpg
2009-04-10 23:17:29.571 VERBOSE [1] Before LiveTV Play
2009-04-10 23:17:32.181 VERBOSE [1] After LiveTV Play
2009-04-10 23:17:32.181 VERBOSE [1] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/RememberProcAmpSettings
2009-04-10 23:17:32.181 VERBOSE [1] getValue: /settings/RememberProcAmpSettings : true
2009-04-10 23:17:32.181 VERBOSE [1] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/DefaultSkipSecondsForward
2009-04-10 23:17:32.181 VERBOSE [1] getValue: /settings/DefaultSkipSecondsForward : 60
2009-04-10 23:17:32.181 VERBOSE [1] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/DefaultSkipSecondsBack
2009-04-10 23:17:32.181 VERBOSE [1] getValue: /settings/DefaultSkipSecondsBack : 30
2009-04-10 23:17:32.181 VERBOSE [1] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/ManualSkipTimebase
2009-04-10 23:17:32.181 VERBOSE [1] getValue: /settings/ManualSkipTimebase : Minutes
2009-04-10 23:17:32.196 VERBOSE [1] DisplayStillInUse
2009-04-10 23:17:32.400 VERBOSE [1] Received event code: 1
2009-04-10 23:17:32.400 VERBOSE [1] Playback of file is complete

what is "event code 1"? why am i receiving this? it seems to make teh client think that playback is complete when it hasn't even started. i checked the server machine, and there is deffinately a file that is started in my live tv buffer. i played it directly in vlc and it has about 40 seconds worth of data in it, that never gets displayed on the client.

[HtV]

Can you reach C:\temp (on the server) from your client?
It could be a permission thing.

Hans

[haberbe]

yes i can definitely reach it. but it seems like for some reason, just when teh file is about to be played, the client gets "event code 1" witch tells it to stop. i don't know what this event refers to

[haberbe]

Bump... Still trying to figure out what "event code 1" refers to so i can figure out why live tv on my client box stops before it plays

[sub]

"Event Code 1" is "end of file". The end of file is happening pretty much instantly because your client machine is generating a bad graph for the specified file.

When it creates the graph its missing the source file and demultiplexer. Most likely because the file is not being found.

Code:

2009-04-05 08:55:50.031    INFO    DirectShowPlayerBase::playVideoFile(\\192.168.10.108\Temp\Laura McKenzies Traveler_1_20090405_08300900-3.mpg)
...
2009-04-05 08:55:51.250    VERBOSE    Graph contains the following filters:
2009-04-05 08:55:51.250    VERBOSE     - GB-PVR Flow Status
2009-04-05 08:55:51.250    VERBOSE     - MPV Decoder Filter
2009-04-05 08:55:51.250    VERBOSE     - MPA Decoder Filter
2009-04-05 08:55:51.250    VERBOSE     - Video Renderer

[gbpvriwanna]

sub,

what are event codes 13 and 14.. I'm getting these codes along with the stuttering.

here's my log.

2009-04-12 02:20:30.328 VERBOSE [1] Received popup callback Play
2009-04-12 02:20:30.359 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/UseMenuResumeButton : true
2009-04-12 02:20:30.359 INFO [1] playFile(Barney & Friends, ~M:\RECORDINGS\Barney & Friends\Barney & Friends_20090408_12301300.mpg)
2009-04-12 02:20:30.359 VERBOSE [1] SwitchInsetToFullscreen
2009-04-12 02:20:30.359 VERBOSE [1] DisplayStillInUse
2009-04-12 02:20:30.359 VERBOSE [1] About to play file: ~M:\RECORDINGS\Barney & Friends\Barney & Friends_20090408_12301300.mpg
2009-04-12 02:20:38.843 VERBOSE [1] Playback started: ~M:\RECORDINGS\Barney & Friends\Barney & Friends_20090408_12301300.mpg
2009-04-12 02:20:38.843 VERBOSE [1] frameRate = 25
2009-04-12 02:20:38.843 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ClientModeMediaPort : 7967
2009-04-12 02:20:38.843 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ClientRemoteServer : htpc
2009-04-12 02:20:39.031 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/PreferComskipEDL : true
2009-04-12 02:20:39.031 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/RememberProcAmpSettings : true
2009-04-12 02:20:39.031 VERBOSE [1] SwitchInsetToFullscreen
2009-04-12 02:20:39.078 VERBOSE [1] Received event code: 13
2009-04-12 02:20:39.078 VERBOSE [1] HideMouse ref=-1
2009-04-12 02:20:39.125 VERBOSE [1] Received event code: 14
2009-04-12 02:20:44.296 VERBOSE [1] OnPaint()
2009-04-12 02:20:54.718 VERBOSE [1] EnableScreenSaver()
2009-04-12 02:20:54.718 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ScreenSaverEnabled : true
2009-04-12 02:20:54.718 VERBOSE [1] UiList.GetRenderList()
2009-04-12 02:20:54.718 VERBOSE [1] drawing image....
2009-04-12 02:20:54.734 VERBOSE [1] PlaybackPositionManager.getLastPlaybackPosition(M:\RECORDINGS\Barney & Friends\Barney & Friends_20090408_12301300.mpg)
2009-04-12 02:20:54.781 VERBOSE [1] Preparing for shutdown
2009-04-12 02:20:54.781 VERBOSE [1] Exiting...


Note that the same file plays fine when played as part of the video library; but stutters when played as a recording.

[haberbe]

I would also like to know what event codes 13 and 14 are. i was testing if i could get things to work in streaming mode. recordings and live tv will both play in this mode, but they stutter terribly. looking at my logs, i get the same codes as gbpvriwanna. what are event codes 13 and 14?

any ideas why the live tv file would not be found when in fileshare mode? i just can't figure it out. it is not a permissions thing because i can find it in streaming mode, and can play it outside of gbpvr

[sub]

I would also like to know what event codes 13 and 14 are. i was testing if i could get things to work in streaming mode. recordings and live tv will both play in this mode, but they stutter terribly. looking at my logs, i get the same codes as gbpvriwanna. what are event codes 13 and 14?

They're not messages that GB-PVR doesnt anything with, but 13 and 14 have the directshow names EC_CLOCK_CHANGED and EC_PAUSED.

any ideas why the live tv file would not be found when in fileshare mode?

I'd guess you've either got the share name wrong, or are using DVR-MS (which cant be used for live tv on a client machine).