150MCE Live TV Hits SocketException and Assert

[jaredh]

I just set up a new machine (Dell sc420) and installed a 150MCE card.  gb-pvr installed and set up fine, but when I try to view live tv I hit the following assert, and see the following information (and exception) in the debug log file.  Then gb-pvr just hangs.  Do you know what I could be doing wrong?  I'm trying with Overlay Manager playback settings because it told me VMR9 is not supported.  Do I need a better video card than the one on the motherboard?  I plan to only view tv via a mediamvp on my tv, but I'd like to get everything working locally first.

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Debug Assertion Failed!

Program: c:\program files\devnz\gbpvr\gbpvrrecordingservice.exe
File: dbgdel.cpp
Line: 52

Expression: _BLOCK_TYPE_IS_VALID(pHead->nBlockUse)

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1/22/2005 2:06:48 PM.359 VERBOSE [2] installDirectory is C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\
1/22/2005 2:06:48 PM.359 VERBOSE [2] configurationFile is C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\\config.xml
1/22/2005 2:06:48 PM.359 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/DatabaseConnectionString
1/22/2005 2:06:48 PM.359 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/DatabaseConnectionString : Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=".\gbpvr.mdb";User Id=admin;Password=
1/22/2005 2:06:48 PM.359 VERBOSE [2] databaseConnectionString is Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source="C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\\gbpvr.mdb";User Id=admin;Password=
1/22/2005 2:06:48 PM.359 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/DontAntiAlias
1/22/2005 2:06:48 PM.359 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/DontAntiAlias : false
1/22/2005 2:06:48 PM.359 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/LoggingLevel
1/22/2005 2:06:48 PM.359 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/LoggingLevel : Info
1/22/2005 2:06:48 PM.468 INFO [2] Starting
1/22/2005 2:06:49 PM.437 INFO [2] Initializing InputDeviceManager
1/22/2005 2:06:49 PM.484 ERROR [2] Unable to find node: /settings/SpecialElements/SpecialElement[@name="MenuType"]
1/22/2005 2:06:51 PM.343 INFO [2] LiveTVVideoPlayer.initialize()
1/22/2005 2:06:53 PM.359 ERROR [2] StartRecordingLiveTV() failed: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it

Server stack trace:
  at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Connect(EndPoint remoteEP)
  at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.RemoteConnection.CreateNewSocket()
  at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.SocketCache.GetSocket(String machineAndPort)
  at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Tcp.TcpClientTransportSink.SendRequestWithRetry(IMessage msg, ITransportHeaders requestHeaders, Stream requestStream)
  at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Tcp.TcpClientTransportSink.ProcessMessage(IMessage msg, ITransportHeaders requestHeaders, Stream requestStream, ITransportHeaders& responseHeaders, Stream& responseStream)
  at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.BinaryClientFormatterSink.SyncProcessMessage(IMessage msg)

Exception rethrown at [0]:
  at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.HandleReturnMessage(IMessage reqMsg, IMessage retMsg)
  at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.PrivateInvoke(MessageData& msgData, Int32 type)
  at GBPVR.Backend.Common.IRecordingService.a(Int32 A_0, Boolean A_1, String& A_2, Int32& A_3)
  at ba.a(Int32 A_0, Boolean A_1, Programme& A_2)
1/22/2005 2:07:27 PM.515 ERROR [2] StartRecordingLiveTV() failed: System.Runtime.Remoting.RemotingException: Underlying socket was closed.

Server stack trace:
  at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.SocketHandler.ReadFromSocket(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 count)
  at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.SocketHandler.BufferMoreData()
  at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.SocketHandler.Read(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 count)
  at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.SocketHandler.ReadAndMatchFourBytes(Byte[] buffer)
  at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Tcp.TcpSocketHandler.ReadVersionAndOperation(UInt16& operation)
  at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Tcp.TcpClientSocketHandler.ReadHeaders()
  at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Tcp.TcpClientTransportSink.ProcessMessage(IMessage msg, ITransportHeaders requestHeaders, Stream requestStream, ITransportHeaders& responseHeaders, Stream& responseStream)
  at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.BinaryClientFormatterSink.SyncProcessMessage(IMessage msg)

Exception rethrown at [0]:
  at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.HandleReturnMessage(IMessage reqMsg, IMessage retMsg)
  at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.PrivateInvoke(MessageData& msgData, Int32 type)
  at GBPVR.Backend.Common.IRecordingService.a(Int32 A_0, Boolean A_1, String& A_2, Int32& A_3)
  at ba.a(Int32 A_0, Boolean A_1, Programme& A_2)
1/22/2005 2:07:28 PM.750 INFO [2] NetRadio buffer size is: 96000

[jaredh]

After tweaking all of the settings, messing with the app that came with the drivers, and rebooting a few times, live tv and recordings are working!  I'm not sure what changed, but it works great!