2008-01-16, 08:24 PM
Hi, I've been trying to track down why startup of some features are so slow.
When I open the TV Guide, it takes a long time to first render.. For others also with slow machines (2.2GHz Celeron) , here's what I found:
- Rogers Cable has duplicate channels and duplicate listings in Schedules Direct. Remove the duplicates, I think there is some extra processing going on when channels are listed as "7 113 CityTV" . Actually, remove highdef if your card doesn't support it (and I don't know of any that do right now...) otherwise you might accidentally pick that to record on. Huge speedup. Actually, S.D. lists some channels in the 1000+ range which the cable box goes screwy over when entered -- remove those channels.
Here's my unsolved problem:
I still have not figured out why first tuning to a channel (LiveTV or via guide) takes 15+ seconds. WinTV is almost instant so it isn't the HVR-1600 or tuner drivers. Some posters (Sub, I think was one of them.. Hi and thanks!) suggested using Live Preview for faster channel switching. Channel switch is fast (after the first 15 seconds), and the show is not passing through the hard drive.
I do see this in the native logs... At about the right time:
pFG2->RenderEx(pOutputPin, AM_RENDEREX_RENDERTOEXISTINGRENDERERS, NULL) failed: -2147467262 (trying normal render() next)
I don't know if its configuration or crappy onboard SIS video, but there is room only for 1 card in this mini case, and that's for the tuner. So I can't try a different video card
I have to use GBPVR.exe on overlay.
Anyone have any ideas?
Another note for users setting up plugins:
I found through twiddling and a few posts that plugins need to be in the \plugin folder to work on GBPVR.exe (non X2).. However, I also found the plugin needs to be in a plugin\name folder in order to show up on the config? If it is not in both places, the plugin won't either work or configure. I didn't see any documentation or sticky comment. I may have missed it.
One final thing. A small request. When the system is doing something intensive (for a slow processor, everything is intensive) can the next version have a dreaded hourglass of some sort. The kids get all impatient when waiting for the TV Guide to come up, Episode Search Results, or whatever and pound the remote buttons -- which are, of course, buffered.
Overall, a great app. Thanks!
-jim
When I open the TV Guide, it takes a long time to first render.. For others also with slow machines (2.2GHz Celeron) , here's what I found:
- Rogers Cable has duplicate channels and duplicate listings in Schedules Direct. Remove the duplicates, I think there is some extra processing going on when channels are listed as "7 113 CityTV" . Actually, remove highdef if your card doesn't support it (and I don't know of any that do right now...) otherwise you might accidentally pick that to record on. Huge speedup. Actually, S.D. lists some channels in the 1000+ range which the cable box goes screwy over when entered -- remove those channels.
Here's my unsolved problem:
I still have not figured out why first tuning to a channel (LiveTV or via guide) takes 15+ seconds. WinTV is almost instant so it isn't the HVR-1600 or tuner drivers. Some posters (Sub, I think was one of them.. Hi and thanks!) suggested using Live Preview for faster channel switching. Channel switch is fast (after the first 15 seconds), and the show is not passing through the hard drive.
I do see this in the native logs... At about the right time:
pFG2->RenderEx(pOutputPin, AM_RENDEREX_RENDERTOEXISTINGRENDERERS, NULL) failed: -2147467262 (trying normal render() next)
I don't know if its configuration or crappy onboard SIS video, but there is room only for 1 card in this mini case, and that's for the tuner. So I can't try a different video card
I have to use GBPVR.exe on overlay.
Anyone have any ideas?
Another note for users setting up plugins:
I found through twiddling and a few posts that plugins need to be in the \plugin folder to work on GBPVR.exe (non X2).. However, I also found the plugin needs to be in a plugin\name folder in order to show up on the config? If it is not in both places, the plugin won't either work or configure. I didn't see any documentation or sticky comment. I may have missed it.
One final thing. A small request. When the system is doing something intensive (for a slow processor, everything is intensive) can the next version have a dreaded hourglass of some sort. The kids get all impatient when waiting for the TV Guide to come up, Episode Search Results, or whatever and pound the remote buttons -- which are, of course, buffered.
Overall, a great app. Thanks!
-jim