v95.16, Freeze During playback, HushPC (EPIA-M/1ghz/1GB/Hauppauge WinPVR 350)/XP Pro

[JohnInSJ]

v95.16, Freeze During playback, HushPC (EPIA-M/1ghz/1GB ram/150GB disk/Hauppauge WinPVR 350/XP Pro)

I'm having a frustrating problem with gbpvr - my hushpc (specs above) records like a champ, but if I try to watch completed recorded programs on it (using the video-out of the on-board video) it will freeze after some variable amount of time, background recording or not.

Pausing seems to reliably make it freeze, but just watching a 1 hour recording it will freeze after 10, or 15, or 40, or any other random number of minutes.

Watching the recorded video in Windows Media Player (10) on the box/video out (I have a wireless keyboard/mouse attached, so this is possible) works flawlessly and never crashes the machine.

When it freezes, the video remains frozen on screen, the machine itself is completely hung - no response from the web interface, from Remote Terminal, Ping, Ctrl-Alt-Del, etc... it's dead jim. Nothing in the logs, nada. Just one frozen machine needing a hard reset/reboot.

After reboot if I don't try watching anything, It will run forever - recording shows, scheduling new shows, updating the EPG nightly, etc... rock solid.

Sooooo any thoughts? During recording the cpu usage is 5% or so, during playback it's 70-80% playback+recording 75-85%, so it's busy but not maxxed out. Playback settings are:

InterVideo NonCSS Video Decoder for Hauppauge

tried both Use VM7 and Use Overlay Manager, behaves the same for either

tried both check and uncheck minimal OSD - behaves the same for either

This machine has only run 95.16, it was a new install, fresh WinXP Pro, current drivers, current BIOS.

Help!

[sub]

Are you using the tv-out on the PVR350 or the tv-out on the EPIA motherboard?

[JohnInSJ]

Are you using the tv-out on the PVR350 or the tv-out on the EPIA motherboard?

Sorry that was unclear, yes tv-out of the EPIA, Bios current, video driver current, bios set to use tv as primary, WinXP display properties agrees that the TV is the #1 display.

[sub]

These EPIA 1GHz machines are a little under powered for the job, but it shouldnt freeze.

Can you briefly play a recording, then zip and attach your gbpvr.exe-native.log?

[JohnInSJ]

These EPIA 1GHz machines are a little under powered for the job, but it shouldnt freeze.

Can you briefly play a recording, then zip and attach your gbpvr.exe-native.log?

You should see the 600mhz ones :p The hushPC is nice because it is fanless, very quiet, and 'cool' looking (its basically one big heatsink)

I will run the tests for you in a few hours when I'm back home. Will also veryify everything one more time.

Thing is, the playback is actually very smooth and good, unless it chokes and dies :p. I don't mind the odd studder, but this video screen of death is a bit disconcerting.

[sub]

The hushPC is nice because it is fanless, very quiet, and 'cool' looking (its basically one big heatsink)

I'm actually using a Hush ATX. Yes, they are very nice.

[JohnInSJ]

These EPIA 1GHz machines are a little under powered for the job, but it shouldnt freeze.

Can you briefly play a recording, then zip and attach your gbpvr.exe-native.log?

Log attached... nothing notable in it

the native-2.log was actually one when it froze mid-playback, seems to be the same, nothing obvious (to me anyway) wrong there.

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[sub]

There is nothing obvious in the logs, but it might be worth trying Overlay instead of VMR7, since this causes problems for some users (not freezing though).

[stefan]

Just to encourage you to keep trying; it should work. See my specs below. I use intervideo for hauppauge, overlay. Never freezed for me as long as I used tv-out on the epia. Always freezes when I use the tv-out on the 350, though.

[JohnInSJ]

There is nothing obvious in the logs, but it might be worth trying Overlay instead of VMR7, since this causes problems for some users (not freezing though).

I was using overlay before, it froze - switched to VMR7 just to see if it made a difference - it froze - will switch back to overlay, try a few more things, see if there is any way to make this thing stable.