Client crashes

[NumberFive]

Hi,

Just wondering does anyone have a solution to this problem.

When I'm watching a live DVB-T programme on a client (office PC) frequently enough the client will crash. I'm putting this down to a corrupt signal, but I'm not sure. When I restart the client, it leaves the original tuner on the server 'locked' and opens a new one for the second session. The tuner only becomes available again when I restart the server recording service.

Is there a solution to this problem? Could it be possible in future for the server to require a "still alive" signal from the client otherwise it will release the tuner (after, say, 30 seconds)?

Thanks

[sub]

Is there a solution to this problem? Could it be possible in future for the server to require a "still alive" signal from the client otherwise it will release the tuner (after, say, 30 seconds)?

It already does exactly that. You'll find it does eventually free itself up if you leave it for 40 seconds or so.

[NumberFive]

Hmm, I find frequently enough that the tuners on the server don't get released. This happens when I have to 'End task' the client after it crashes (presumably due to a corruption in the MPEG stream it receives).

[sub]

Hmm, I find frequently enough that the tuners on the server don't get released. This happens when I have to 'End task' the client after it crashes (presumably due to a corruption in the MPEG stream it receives).

I've never seen this happen, and I'll killing it all the time in my testing. Reproduce the problem, and post the logs and I'll take a look.

[NumberFive]

Hi sub,

Sorry for the delay, it took a while for the crash to happen "naturally". Here are the logs.

I was watching Live TV on the client and pressed ESC to escape. Client crashed, requiring an 'End Task'. After 5 minutes, the server is yet to release the tuner used for the client stream.

Thanks in advance for having a look.

[sub]

I'd need to see the GBPVRRecordingService.exe.log file aswell.

[NumberFive]

Sorry about that. If memory serves I've done that on you before!

Here's a new crash event I had. This time it did it when I was changing channels, although that's not always the case. Sometimes it just happens when the stream glitches.

Thanks

[NumberFive]

Hi sub,

Just wondering did you spot anything in the logs?

Thanks

[NumberFive]

Hi sub,

Not sure if these are of any use to you, but I've had a client crash again (seems very frequent - must be something wrong somewhere). Again, the server's tuner got tied up and didn't release. Here's the logs.

All the best