Some channels freeze after a couple frames

[AceTimber]

So far my search has not been fruitful so I thought I would try a post. I have a few channels that display a frame or 2 and then freeze. Specifically this happens on both ESPN and ESPNHD so I suspected a CCI issue so I called my cable provider (TWC) and they assured me there shouldn't be any CCI flag issues. I don't have a lot of faith in their answer because they didn't seem to know what they are talking about, and I can tune both these channels in WMC.

Anyone have these issues or have any thoughts?

[mvallevand]

With so little information about your h/w and no logs it's hard to say.

Martin

[AceTimber]

Sorry windows 7, hdhomerun prime, video codec is the standard Microsoft, audio was ac3 but disabled right now trying to figure out video. Is there a sticky for how to and which logs to post? Other than logs which I am working on, what else would be useful?

[mvallevand]

Audio needs to be enabled for timing. There is a 2.5.9 sticky and a wiki on the logs.

Martin

[AceTimber]

Sorry Martin, thanks for the help and quick responses. Does this get you what you need?

[mvallevand]

Try changing the config.xml entry to false

<AlternateOSDForMissingVideo>false</AlternateOSDForMissingVideo>

Martin

[AceTimber]

Looks like it already is

<DVDVideoRenderer>EVR</DVDVideoRenderer>
<DVDAudioRenderer>Default</DVDAudioRenderer>
<AlternateOSDForMissingVideo>false</AlternateOSDForMissingVideo>
<ForcedLiveTVClock>Default</ForcedLiveTVClock>
<OSDTransparency>0.75</OSDTransparency>

[mvallevand]

If it is true does it say Encrypted Content?

Martin

[AceTimber]

So I changed it to "AlternateOSDForMissingVideo" to true and now all of the channels are black but there is no "Encrypted" message. I don't know what I am looking for but didn't see it in the log either.

When I tuned the first channel it was on a channel that was working before and I got about 1 sec of video feed before it went black.

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So far my search has not been fruitful so I thought I would try a post. I have a few channels that display a frame or 2 and then freeze. Specifically this happens on both ESPN and ESPNHD so I suspected a CCI issue so I called my cable provider (TWC) and they assured me there shouldn't be any CCI flag issues. I don't have a lot of faith in their answer because they didn't seem to know what they are talking about, and I can tune both these channels in WMC.

Anyone have these issues or have any thoughts?

This is the typical behaviour you'd see when viewing a copy-once/copy-never channel. You'll often see a few frames before it locks.

The web server on the HDHomeRun Prime or Hauppauge DCR-2650 has a diagnostic page that can tell you what copy protection the current channel is using. I cant remember the exact page, but I'd be checking there as a first stop.