New alpha dongle Sept. 11

[mvallevand]

I have uploaded a new alpha dongle that includes changes from the nightly to hopefully address a/v sync in mpeg files. I would be very interested in finding out if this is successful from from anyone who has this problem. If this proves to work as planned then it very well could be a solution for AC3 audio too. The code is experimental right now but looks promising unfortunately I don't have this problem. It will not address stuttering audio that results from network bandwidth issues.

The only other change from dongle2xa.zip is jksmurf's EventGhost change. I am however working on Go keys for 0-9 which will duplicate Hauppauge's percentage skip by calculating the time forward or backward.

Finally as a reminder since 1.x has been released for best results with mvpmc and 99.12 and earlier you need to use the command line option --em-safety 3 to get around a GBPVR bug that has been fixed in both GBPVR and PVRX2

Martin

[jksmurf]

I have uploaded a new alpha dongle that includes changes from the nightly to hopefully address a/v sync in mpeg files. I would be very interested in finding out if this is successful from from anyone who has this problem. If this proves to work as planned then it very well could be a solution for AC3 audio too. The code is experimental right now but looks promising unfortunately I don't have this problem. It will not address stuttering audio that results from network bandwidth issues.

Cool.

The only other change from dongle2xa.zip is jksmurf's EventGhost change. I am however working on Go keys for 0-9 which will duplicate Hauppauge's percentage skip by calculating the time forward or backward.

Sounds cool. Will you be doing a Go <other colours as well as green?>

Finally as a reminder since 1.x has been released for best results with mvpmc and 99.12 and earlier you need to use the command line option --em-safety 3 to get around a GBPVR bug that has been fixed in both GBPVR and PVRX2 Martin

Hmmm ... so what was the bug .... (and is it fixed in a patches or in sub's NEXT build?)

k.

[mvallevand]

Sounds cool. Will you be doing a Go <other colours as well as green?>

These seem to the logical place for adding some other mvpmc functionality such as selecting audio/video/subtitle streams

Hmmm ... so what was the bug .... (and is it fixed in a patches or in sub's NEXT build?)

Sorry I wasn't clearer. Sub fixed the problem in 1.x (both GBPVR and PVRX2) The problem related to collsions in communication between the client and server causing some commands to get lost or corrupt. The earlier "alpha" mvpmc dongles took steps to reduce the risk of, at the price that the remote response was slightly interrupted at times. I changed the default when 1.0.8 came out because this interruption was no longer necessary.

With 99.12 the new default is actually no worse than with the Hauppauge dongle but --em-safety 3 should be as stable as the round IV dongle, although I must say it has been a long time since I have tested GBPVR thoroughly.

There still is one conflict possible with 1.0.8/16 but it happens very rarely. This can be eliminated with --em-safety 1 but no one has really identified this as a problem yet. The symptom is continuous playing music will just stop between songs. Maybe when tkgafs gives mvpmc and PVRX2 1.x a full workout, I will see the need to make this a default.

Martin

[HarryH3]

There still is one conflict possible with 1.0.8/16 but it happens very rarely. This can be eliminated with --em-safety 1 but no one has really identified this as a problem yet. The symptom is continuous playing music will just stop between songs.

Interesting... I occasionally see this happen using mvpmc and 99.12. I can select a folder of songs and then "play all", but only the first song plays. Reloading mvpmc makes it start working correctly again. :confused: It rarely happens though, perhaps 2 times per month.

[pz1]

With 99.12 the new default is actually no worse than with the Hauppauge dongle but --em-safety 3 should be as stable as the round IV dongle, although I must say it has been a long time since I have tested GBPVR thoroughly.

hmmmm, added the switch today and observed quite a few restarts while moving through the program guide.

[mvallevand]

hmmmm, added the switch today and observed quite a few restarts while moving through the program guide.

That's odd I can't remember anything changing on the GUI processing code since round IV, as was --em-safety 3. I assume your problem was with the first alpha from today and 99.12

Martin

[mvallevand]

Interesting... I occasionally see this happen using mvpmc and 99.12. I can select a folder of songs and then "play all", but only the first song plays. Reloading mvpmc makes it start working correctly again. :confused: It rarely happens though, perhaps 2 times per month.

It should happen less often with --em-safety 3.

Martin

[mvallevand]

Note I just updated today's alpha with another change from the mvpmc repo. More sync logic changes.

Martin

[pz1]

That's odd I can't remember anything changing on the GUI processing code since round IV, as was --em-safety 3. I assume your problem was with the first alpha from today and 99.12

Martin

No this time I did not upgrade. I should have mentioned that. I am still using the 20070819 dongle.

[mvallevand]

No this time I did not upgrade. I should have mentioned that. I am still using the 20070819 dongle.

Ok, I'll try --em-safety 3 with gbpvr (not pvrx2) 1.0.16. There are so few changes in this newer version of gbpvr (the mvp fix, and broken inset video), that I should experience the same behaviour.

Martin