GB-PVR problems or is my Hauppauge PVR dieing?

[UKGuest44]

Hello,

The past few days I've been having a bit of a problem with recordings coming out "bad" which I've been unable to explain. The setup has worked fine for ages, and I haven't yet upgraded to the latest version, but nothing at all in the entire setup has changed.

However, I suddenly seem to be losing the ability to record, and I'm not sure if something odd has happened to GB-PVR somewhere, a GB-PVR requirement or component, or whether my Hauppauge USB 2 PVR is dieing.

When I try to record, I seem to have a 50% chance of it working. Either it records as per normal and it all works out fine, or I get a recording that seems to have poor compressed video (very blocky) and has a corrupted soundtrack.

To try to demonstrate the output, I uploaded an example here. (Short due to keeping a low filesize, but it should demonstrate the problem - it never gets better)

I'm not sure what to do or even where to start diangosing the problem. The GBPVRRecordingService log seems fine and usual

Code:

22/08/2007 23:26:44.703    VERBOSE    [6]    Changing to channel (GBPVR.Backend.Common.USBUIRTTunerController): 101
22/08/2007 23:26:44.703    VERBOSE    [6]    Changing channels with USB-UIRT
22/08/2007 23:26:44.703    VERBOSE    [6]    Sending: 1
22/08/2007 23:26:45.312    VERBOSE    [6]    Sending: 0
22/08/2007 23:26:46.031    VERBOSE    [6]    Sending: 1
22/08/2007 23:26:46.750    VERBOSE    [6]    Requesting IRecordingSource to start recording: H:\My Videos\Need Converting\Manual Recordings\Test_20070822232000.mpg
22/08/2007 23:26:46.750    VERBOSE    [6]    DirectRecordingSource about to start recording  oid:2 channel:101
22/08/2007 23:26:50.437    VERBOSE    [6]    recording started
22/08/2007 23:26:50.437    VERBOSE    [6]    Programme is now recording
22/08/2007 23:26:50.437    VERBOSE    [6]    RecordingFactory.save()
22/08/2007 23:26:50.453    VERBOSE    [6]    Save(): Updated existing scheduled recording
22/08/2007 23:26:50.453    VERBOSE    [6]    Adding H:\My Videos\Need Converting\Manual Recordings\Test_20070822232000.mpg to parallel processing queue
22/08/2007 23:26:51.562    INFO    [15]    Running ParallelProcessing.bat on: H:\My Videos\Need Converting\Manual Recordings\Test_20070822232000.mpg
22/08/2007 23:28:02.296    VERBOSE    [6]    Received request to cancel recording: 5540
22/08/2007 23:28:02.296    VERBOSE    [6]    Now cancelling recording: 5540
22/08/2007 23:28:02.296    VERBOSE    [6]    Stopping recording oid:2
22/08/2007 23:28:02.640    VERBOSE    [7]    Recording cancelled
22/08/2007 23:28:02.640    VERBOSE    [6]    RecordingStatus is now RecordingStatus.RECORDING_COMPETED
22/08/2007 23:28:02.640    VERBOSE    [6]    RecordingFactory.save()
22/08/2007 23:28:02.656    VERBOSE    [6]    Save(): Updated existing scheduled recording

Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions on even where to start looking for the problem? They would be greatly appreciated

The problem doesn't seem to occur when using WinTV2000 to test so far, but then again, it doesn't always happen with GB-PVR. There's no problem with the input

Thanks in advance

[toomanyhandles]

Hello,

The past few days I've been having a bit of a problem with recordings coming out "bad" which I've been unable to explain. The setup has worked fine for ages, and I haven't yet upgraded to the latest version, but nothing at all in the entire setup has changed.

Could it be getting to hot? time of day/ you have the A/C on or not depending if you are home?

Check the heat sink on the Hauppauge card, mine fell off once. I heard the thunk and investigated right away, computers should not make that kind of thunk.

[elite]

I'm not sure that the usb devices suffer from heat problems like the PCIs.

On a slow connection here so can't face downloading the sample - but I assume it plays back badly on all players (i.e. you've tried it in VLC etc and it is still not good).

What else do you have running on USB?