2005-11-17, 06:53 PM
This is a continuation of another thread, where I was trying to fix my NOVA-T card, gave up and got a Twinhan Alpha. The title of the old post is completely irrelevant to my continuing problems, so I thought I'd be tidy and start a new one.
Anyway, on my new Twinhan Alpha, I've been having a problem with recordings. Even if I'm not watching the recording (GB-PVR is not running, but the recording service is) an ActiveWindow pops up with the video in it, the file doesn't write (0Kb files) and the CPU hits 35% and stays there, long after the recording is over (the ActiveWindow stays too).
I posted my logs
and sub said:
Sub, this is new to me. I had nothing like this with the NOVA-T. How do I find out what has installed that decoder? I've uninstalled all the Nikon software that I've got, but it didn't help. How can I trace the offending software?
Come to that, why is GB-PVR calling this decoder if it doesn't need it? I'm only trying to write the stream to disk, not to play it back.
Also - I didn't have this problem with the NOVA-T. I've now got it with the Twinhan Alpha, so is it a difference in the way they work, or must have I installed something new recently with this decoder in it?
I have tried uninstalling all the Twinhan applications (as well as the Nikon ones). The card still works, and I still get this error, so it's not something that got onboard that way.
I'm not keen to keep experimenting with uninstallations as:
Can you give any clues as to what I should do? Get a third card to try? I've got another 9 days, I think, before I have to take this card back to Maplins.
Thanks,
Dom
Anyway, on my new Twinhan Alpha, I've been having a problem with recordings. Even if I'm not watching the recording (GB-PVR is not running, but the recording service is) an ActiveWindow pops up with the video in it, the file doesn't write (0Kb files) and the CPU hits 35% and stays there, long after the recording is over (the ActiveWindow stays too).
I posted my logs
and sub said:
sub Wrote:Its something to do with the way a filter called "MainConcept (Nikon) MPEG Video Decoder" is installed on your machine. I recommend finding where it is installed on your machine, and uninstalling it.
Sub, this is new to me. I had nothing like this with the NOVA-T. How do I find out what has installed that decoder? I've uninstalled all the Nikon software that I've got, but it didn't help. How can I trace the offending software?
Come to that, why is GB-PVR calling this decoder if it doesn't need it? I'm only trying to write the stream to disk, not to play it back.
Also - I didn't have this problem with the NOVA-T. I've now got it with the Twinhan Alpha, so is it a difference in the way they work, or must have I installed something new recently with this decoder in it?
I have tried uninstalling all the Twinhan applications (as well as the Nikon ones). The card still works, and I still get this error, so it's not something that got onboard that way.
I'm not keen to keep experimenting with uninstallations as:
- it's a pain
- I don't know what I'm doing
Can you give any clues as to what I should do? Get a third card to try? I've got another 9 days, I think, before I have to take this card back to Maplins.
Thanks,
Dom