LiveTV Freezes When Changing Channel

[bubonic]

Firstly i'd like to say that GB-PVR is a fantastic application, a big thanks and well done to Sub!

Onto my issue. I have this problem whereby when viewing LiveTV everything works fine. But, if i use the remote (or up/down arrow keys) to change channel, it will change a couple of times ok, then the TV screen will go orange and no picture (or sound) will be displayed until the PC has been rebooted.

This problem doesn't happen if i use the EPG to change channels?

My hardware spec is as follows:
- Dual Intel P3 1GHz CPU's
- Elite Mobo (VIA Chipset)
- 256MB RAM
- Hauppauge PVR350
- Radeon Graphics Card
- GB-PVR V18l

After reading through some of the other forum posts, i have installed the latest Hauppauge and VIA 4in1 drivers and tried all three operating modes (VMR9 / VMR7 / Overlay) but exactly the same thing happens.

Does anyone have any ideas as to what might be causing this, or is it just down to an incompatibility between the PVR350 and my motherboard?

If it is down to hardware incompatibility, what is the best motherboard / cpu option to go for when using the PVR350 (ie a combination known to work)?

Many thanks in advance.

[John Brett]

I had this sort of problem for a while when I had "Use SBE for Live TV if available" checked (in the Misc property page).

I turned it off and all my problems with GBPVR went away.

Don't know if your problem is the same, but it might be worth trying.

[bubonic]

Hi John,

Thanks for your reply. I have turned off the "Use SBE for LiveTV" option, no change though.....

[sub]

Are you using your PVR350 tv out, or are you just using it as a recorder and viewing everything on your monitor? I suspect you're using the PVR350 tv out, and suffering the incompatibility as reported by others.

I dont know whats working for others, but I can confirm my Athlon 64 MSI-Neo FIS2R works well.

[bubonic]

Hi Sub,

Yes I am using the PVR350 TV out as you suspected. I've tried using my Radeon 7500 S-Video out, but this leaves a lot to be desired!

Looks like I might have to purchase a more 'compatible' motherboard as i really want to get everything working properly. If anyone has any recommendations on motherboard / cpu choice please let me know (Preferably fairly cheap or the wife is going to kill me ).