MVP LiveTV and Vista woes

[mvallevand]

LiveTV channel changing in Vista is failing for me approx. 30% of the time on my Hauppauge PVR 150 26xxx and the driver is 6.0.6000.16408 Has anyone got this card working and if so what drivers are you using?

Sub, note this fails with exactly the same symptom with dongle.bin and mvpmc. Basically the first media open block looks like this

0040 xx xx 02 00 00 00 01 00 ff 00 02 d0 01 e0 00 00
0050 19 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 4c 4b 40 00 00
0060 00 00 00 00 00 1c 00 19 00 00

the bps is 6500 and and the length = 0

A good request would look like

0040 08 e7 02 00 00 00 01 00 ff 00 02 d0 01 e0 00 00
0050 41 e9 00 07 87 c0 00 00 00 00 00 4c 4b 40 00 00
0060 00 00 00 00 00 1c 00 19 00 00

bps 16873 and some reasonable length.

Here is a gbpvr log when it fails

07:13:34.889 About to play LiveTV File: C:\movies\NHL Hockey_1_20070412_19002200-5.mpg Channel: 8 CBOT
07:13:35.309 MVP data read: 1 (8)
07:13:35.309 Responding to ping
07:13:35.310 getValue cached value: /settings/DisableHauppaugeMVPScreenSaver : true
07:13:35.310 MVP request processed
07:13:35.689 Sending MVP Video Playback Request: C:\movies\NHL Hockey_1_20070412_19002200-5.mpg
07:13:35.690 getValue cached value: /settings/DefaultSkipSecondsForward : 60
07:13:35.690 getValue cached value: /settings/DefaultSkipSecondsBack : 30
07:13:35.690 getValue cached value: /settings/ManualSkipTimebase : Minutes
07:13:35.690 videoInsetVisible = false
07:13:35.713 MVP not sending frame
07:13:35.743 MVP playback requested: C:\movies\NH4DB7~1.MPG (shortname)
07:13:35.743 MVP playback requested: C:\movies\NHL Hockey_1_20070412_19002200-5.mpg (longname)
07:13:35.743 Checking if transcode required
07:13:35.743 getValue cached value: /settings/MvpTranscodeAllVideo : false
07:13:35.743 About to check for MPEG system header
07:13:35.744 Opening media file: C:\movies\NHL Hockey_1_20070412_19002200-5.mpg
07:13:35.775 Received request to seek to pos:38
07:13:35.790 MVP data read: 1 (7)
07:13:35.790 Got ACK
07:13:35.805 Request 200000 bytes (file size:0 file location: 38)
07:13:35.805 ...livetv mode
07:13:35.889 MVP request processed
07:13:35.889 MVP data read: 1 (16)
07:13:35.889 MVP request processed
07:13:35.905 waiting for livetv data! File size is: 0
07:13:36.006 waiting for livetv data! File size is: 0
07:13:36.106 waiting for livetv data! File size is: 0
07:13:36.206 waiting for livetv data! File size is: 0
07:13:36.306 waiting for livetv data! File size is: 0
07:13:36.406 waiting for livetv data! File size is: 0
07:13:36.506 waiting for livetv data! File size is: 0
07:13:36.606 waiting for livetv data! File size is: 0
07:13:36.708 waiting for livetv data! File size is: 0
07:13:36.808 waiting for livetv data! File size is: 0
07:13:36.908 waiting for livetv data! File size is: 0
07:13:36.909 MVP data read: 1 (7)
07:13:36.909 Got ACK
07:13:37.008 waiting for livetv data! File size is: 0
07:13:37.108 waiting for livetv data! File size is: 0
07:13:37.208 waiting for livetv data! File size is: 0
07:13:37.316 waiting for livetv data! File size is: 0
07:13:37.416 waiting for livetv data! File size is: 0
07:13:37.517 waiting for livetv data! File size is: 0
07:13:37.618 waiting for livetv data! File size is: 0
07:13:37.718 waiting for livetv data! File size is: 0
07:13:37.818 waiting for livetv data! File size is: 0
07:13:37.818 Not all bytes read. Got:0 Filesize now:0
07:13:37.818 End of stream


Martin

[sub]

Does the live tv file get created when you do this? C:\movies\NHL Hockey_1_20070412_19002200-5.mpg in the example log above.

[mvallevand]

Does the live tv file get created when you do this? C:\movies\NHL Hockey_1_20070412_19002200-5.mpg in the example log above.

Just tried and failed and go this.

4/12/2007 9:11p 0 NHL Hockey_1_20070412_19002200.mpg

Martin

[sub]

Post your recording service logs and I'll see if there is any obvious cause listed.

[mvallevand]

Here you go.

Martin

[sub]

Does the first file always get created? ie, can you always start tv, but often encounter this problem when changing channels?

[mvallevand]

Does the first file always get created? ie, can you always start tv, but often encounter this problem when changing channels?

I can usually start livetv from the menu or remote button, but I have to use the 99.12 dongle or mvpmc but I'm pretty sure it has got one of this problems the first time. Honestly most of my testing was using the prev channel key.

Martin

[sub]

I'm not really sure. The looks look ok, but it sounds like the device is failing to produce data after changing channels.

Unfortunately I dont have my PVR150 in my Vista machine, so I cant easily test this one myself at the moment.

Does live tv on the PC work for you?

[mvallevand]

Does live tv on the PC work for you?

Honestly I'd never tried before but it turns out to be similar problems. Using the + - Exit to navigate, after 4 clicks on the + the OSD disappears and the channel doesn't change. When the OSD returns I can navigate again.

Martin

[sub]

I'm wondering if there is something flakey in the Vista drivers?