LiveTV and playback problems in PCH2 mode

[carrierlost]

I've tryed to use this latest version, but using PCH2 mode gives me problems.
I'm playing around with (mostly SD) DVB-T broadcast (video H264 + mpeg2 audio).

1. Live TV refuses to start, there is basically black screen, a couple of seconds of audio and then no response.

2. When playing recordings they play fine until the recording ends - then the box hangs. Same happens when I press stop.

In hangs I can see that sometimes the mvpmcx2 process disappers alltogether (but gaya doesn't reappear). When starting gaya manually I can proceed.

PCH mode seems to work OK.
My setup is with HDMI, but has a couple of more pieces equipment (videoprocessor+HDMI switch) between a pch and TV. I hope thats not the source of the problem.

[mvallevand]

Could you compress and upload you GBPVR logs and I will have a look. However if your set actually loses HDMI after playing a video because of the processing time, I'm sure an unaccounted timeout could occur. An HDMI reset takes more than 10 seconds to recover.

This might be best be best to diagnose via telnet, I will see after looking at the logs. Telnet shows the lost HDMI which is outside my control.

Martin

[carrierlost]

Today I'm having a hard time getting anything to work (even viewing the recorded programs). The logs are are attached. Here is with a simplified the HDMI setup. HDMI only to VP, after that analog.

[mvallevand]

Try again with live and check the size of the live tv file in C:\Temp If it is zero or under 1MB you are having a recording problem. If not upload a copy of the file to megaupload or rapdishare and I will have a look.

Martin?

[carrierlost]

Tried that. There was a file under 1MB created in temp. NMT went black and the to gaya. The files is located at http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6825P9SQ.

There is plenty of space on the drive. Tried also that I start recording from NMT and the navigate to recordings->pending and play that file. On PC everything works. On NMT - lockup and black screen.

Logs also attached.

[mvallevand]

If it is under 1MB, there is nothing that mvpmcx2 can do to play it. Are you sure you are using the new mvpmcx2 and not an older version?

Martin

[carrierlost]

I'm using version from 31.05.2009 21:27 sized 1 420 096 bytes, which should be correct.

The short 703 KB file renders (although not too many frames) in VLC.

Does the 1 MB limit have some significance? Unfortunately our terrestrial DVB-T is highly compressed. They fit like 8-10 programs to one mux.

[mvallevand]

The reason I asked about the mvpmcx2 version is your file plays briefly on my PCH (people around a table, blonde girl on the left, one spoken word with subtitles). That is the correct one.

Maybe try the blue skin?

Martin

[carrierlost]

PCH got to a state that no .ts video worked anymore - had to reboot. It took a while to figure that out.

Using mono the recorded file (people at the table) works. How can I select it via mvpmcx2? Its not on recordings list.

When playing a longer (previously) recorded sample with mvpmcx2 the following happens - HDMI is synchronized a couple of times (i see it in videoprocessor), screen flickers and then gaya is started and is accessible. But wait - the sound continues. When looking at the ps in telnet I see gaya plus mvpmcx2 plus two mono processes:

/bin # ps
PID Uid VSZ Stat Command
1 root 1936 S init
2 root SWN [ksoftirqd/0]
3 root SW< [events/0]
4 root SW< [khelper]
5 root SW< [kthread]
6 root SW< [kblockd/0]
9 root SW< [khubd]
44 root SW [pdflush]
45 root SW [pdflush]
47 root SW< [aio/0]
46 root SW [kswapd0]
48 root SW [cifsoplockd]
49 root SW [cifsdnotifyd]
565 root SW< [kseriod]
581 root SW< [ata/0]
585 root SW [mtdblockd]
648 root 1132 S < udevd
708 root 1952 S udhcpc -R -b -p /var/run/udhcpc.eth0.pid -i eth0
788 root 1460 S lircd
792 root 1104 S fipd
805 root 1940 S crond
847 root SW [kjournald]
875 root 2896 S ./sybhttpd /opt/sybhttpd
876 root 1092 S mounter
877 root 1712 S cdstatus
879 root 2840 S /upnp/upnpapp
880 root 2840 S /upnp/upnpapp
881 root 2840 S /upnp/upnpapp
882 root 2840 S /upnp/upnpapp
883 root 1392 S mDNSNetMonitor
884 root 2832 S /upnp/upnpapp
905 root 1168 S ./ipmonitor
943 root 1176 S ./nmtdaemon
949 root 1608 S pure-ftpd (SERVER)
954 root 788 S utelnetd -l /bin/sh -p 23
959 root 1780 S ./sserver -q -sport 4000 -s 0 -udp -o /opt/sybhttpd/l
995 root 3636 S /mnt/syb8634/bin/nmbd -D
999 root 6732 S /mnt/syb8634/bin/smbd -D
1004 root 6732 S /mnt/syb8634/bin/smbd -D
1455 root SW [cifsd]
1495 root 6276 S /etc/mvpmc/mvpmcx2 -m 720
1496 root 1936 S sh -c /bin/mono -single -nogui http://192.168.1.73:76
1497 root 22804 S /bin/mono -single -nogui http://192.168.1.73:7647/str
1502 root 12628 S gaya
1650 root 1944 S /bin/sh
1925 root 1936 R ps
/bin #

[mvallevand]

I am confused with mvpmcx2 in PCH2 mode does not use mono to play mpeg file. From telnet could you run mvpmcx2 directly

/etc/mvpmc/mvpmcx2

Martin