avi/divx play fine with mvp server but not with gbpvr

[bhays]

Can anyone give me suggestions as to what might cause this problem?

I have many avi/divx video files that I would like to play using the mvp connected to gbpvr. When I attempt to play the files using gbpvr, the first five to ten seconds of the video will play, then it will either kick back to the menu I played it from, or in some instances, the mvp will reboot and reconnect to the server.

I can stop the gbpvr service and start the hauppauge mvp server and the same videos play just fine.

While this works ok, I would really prefer to be able to watch the videos using gbpvr. Has anyone else had this same problem? Any pointers or tips?

[wtg]

There's a command line for the ffmpeg command that gbpvr uses to transcode the avi files to mpeg before sending them to the MVP, and this can be modified for improved performance. Myself and some others were having the same trouble and found changing the bit rate to 2000 helped significantly.

I don't have the command line handy, but check your config.xml and on the FFMPEG line you should notice a "-b 2400"... change that to 2000 and see if that helps. There's quite a bit about this in this forum if you search for it.

[LilY0da]

The "MVP and AVIs" thread comes to my mind....

[sub]

If your PC is not fast enough to transcode to MPEG-2 in faster than realtime, then you'll get the symptoms you describe.

[bhays]

My pc is fast enough, I believe. I read the avi's and mvp thread and made some of the changes recommended, as well as getting the latest beta mvp software and the latest ffdecode...seems to have improved the problem. I will also make the command line change, however, thanks for that tip!