GB-PVR 0.95.11 "Object in Use Elsewhere"

[adi2004]

Here is the gbpvr.exe.log after GB-PVR crashes when accessed by my MVP, as discussed in the release announcement thread.

This took me about 15 seconds to generate; just power on the MVP, wait for the GB-PVR main menu, push the down arrow key ten times or so, then push up arrow a few times and bang! Sometimes it takes more or less keystrokes to achieve the same effect, but the outcome is never in doubt

The error dialogue cannot be dismissed. The only recovery is to power off the MVP (from the remote) wait a while then power the MVP back on.

[sub]

I've been madly trying to reproduce this over the last couple of days here without any luck, so I'm hoping to understand what the differences are between your setup and mine.

What speed CPU is in your machine?

What skin are you using?

The 'next recording' panel updates about every five seconds. When you do get this error, does it approximately coincide with this? ie, you're moving to another button about the time it flicks over to the next recording in the list.

[sub]

No, he is correct. There is some bug lurking in the new release that causes this for some users, but I havnt managed to track it down yet.

[adi2004]

I've been madly trying to reproduce this over the last couple of days here without any luck, so I'm hoping to understand what the differences are between your setup and mine.

What speed CPU is in your machine?

What skin are you using?

The 'next recording' panel updates about every five seconds. When you do get this error, does it approximately coincide with this? ie, you're moving to another button about the time it flicks over to the next recording in the list.

1) Athlon XP 2000+ (in other words, around 1.6GHZ clock speed)
2) Default skin
3) Doesn't seem to be connected to the next recording panel

[tkgafs]

Despite having just posted that the mvp seem to be more responsive and stable in the main thread for the new release I have just experienced this as well

my system is an athlon 64 3000
1gb ram
200gb sata disc for recordings
xp service pack 2
mvp connected via crossover cable

log file attached

Tkgafs

[sub]

Tkgafs, what were you doing at the time in GB-PVR?

[sub]

I need to try and spot the pattern. There is a pattern, its just a bit difficult to see.

[bgowland]

sub - remember I said I first saw this in my SuDoku plugin? Is there any point in me putting some code in to try and catch the exception? Or is this likely to be happenning at a lower level, i.e., the core gbpvr application?

Brian

[sub]

Do you use any threads in that plugin? or do anything much in the needsRendering() methods?

[bgowland]

Do you use any threads in that plugin? or do anything much in the needsRendering() methods?

No, no threads. The needsRenderiering() method is just this...

Code:

    if (InPlayingGrid)
    {
        SecondCount++;
    }
    return true;

SecondCount is just an int used for the on-screen timer. If the player pauses the game, InPlayingGrid is set to false to pause the timer. That's it.

The exception only occurs when navigating with 'arrow' keys and it doesn't have to be rapid. Last night I was testing and moving REAL slow around the grid (just in case it was a speed thing). The exception happened maybe a minute into the game - I started another game and got to completion (8-10 minutes maybe) and didn't see the exception.