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Diverse DVB Software für verschiedene Karten => # SmartDVB => Thema gestartet von: Snoop am 08 April, 2012, 19:36
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Yes, thanks a lot! It's the only DVB-software I use! ;Beifall ;Beifall
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okay thanks! And no snoop no real changes since the last test ( as i named that final so seems logical to me ). So hopefully i can go forward with this in the future too would be stupid to just let well the knowledge and following i have by now just vanish like that as if it's not an investment or whatever, i mean if it would have turned out to be a piece of garbage i could have imagined people saying that, but on the contrary so hence i do not really understand the attitude here also in some form of mental control and what the underlying reason is remains somehwat of a guess to me (although ofcourse as others things can probably be imagined which one should rather not say)..
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Thanks a lot for all your effort.
Great result, in fact.
Never before I've had a 0.* version as my default DVB application, but already your 0.25 is better than some well known 6.whatsoever, and yours comes without any nasty restrictions.
Well, I am not a native English speaker, but normally I am getting along without any trouble.
However, starting with "i do not really understand the attitude here...", it seems I don't really get the message umpf
Be assured, there's no mental control here in any way.
Just enthusiastic users, a few careful mods and admins, all being active here for free.
And our board rules strictly forbid to try and force developers or anything similar.
This is a place to peacefully meet other hobbyists, get assistance or help others or discuss in a friendly way, no more, no less.
Some of us are here for up to nine years now, and of course they have gathered quite some knowledge, though mainly from the user's point of view.
We've seen a lot of DVB software come and go.
But even in this fast changing world, most of us would really like to stay with just (or mainly) one fine application, for as long as ever possible.
Definitely this does not mean, we would want anybody to spend all his time on programming freeware for us, not at all.
No demanding, no forcing, no begging...
So we are really thankful for being allowed to use your fine product, and of course we will always provide the best possible feedback in return.
Jürgen
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First of all jackjavo, a huge thanks for the hard work you invested in a program which is by now running almost every day on my desktop. Thanks for all the big and little improvements you made to the program to please many people here on the cube forum (a special thanks included from my very personal side for the CAM section of the program :) )! I felt sorry when you mentionned that you even ran into kinds of personal problems for the stress that the development of the program brought into your private life. I do sincerely hope that the worst is over and maybe somebody knows a place where you can relax ;) ! Finally, I hope that these lines:
but on the contrary so hence i do not really understand the attitude here also in some form of mental control and what the underlying reason is remains somehwat of a guess to me (although ofcourse as others things can probably be imagined which one should rather not say)..
were not caused by some remarks from my side or others on this forum (I simply did not understand them :embarassed: ).
Whereas, I draw great hope from this sentence:
So hopefully i can go forward with this in the future too would be stupid to just let well the knowledge and following i have by now just vanish like that as if it's not an investment or whatever,
Let the adventure of Smartdvb continue if you have still some energy left!
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Just a question about the install procedure (more precisely: it's result) jackjavo:
Whereas my bda.dev is dated 08.04.2012, my smartdvb.exe is dated 15.03.2012. Are these dates correct or did I a mistake installing the
new files over the old ones? Thx
Ritschie
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oh that's odd ritchibie, maybe the creation date is somehow not changed there, never wondered about that and it for surely worked in the past on re-installs. Maybe you can check the file properties for file modification time also thanks for the kind remarks lol and sorry for being cryptic sometimes, but maybe sometime i can explain more regards..
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ok, thanks jackjavo for reminding me about ckecking the file properties (yeah, I'm getting old ;) ). "file properties" tells me that the exe was created on March 15, last change was on March 15. File size is 2.983 KB. If the file size is correct maybe I can go on without deinstalling and reinstalling smartdvb? I wanted to do a "dummy" installation in a new directory I named smarttest but msi just allowed me to "repair" or "deinstall" the program.
Thx for taking care
Ritschie
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Die Lösung ist eigentlich ganz einfach. Ich habe die wichtigen files einfach umbenannt und dann die im setup.exe vorhandene repair Funktion verwendet. Danach ist alles richtig und alle files sind vom 8.4. Natürlich nicht die, die von Smart erstellt werden, wenn ma es einrichtet (wie die .db etc). Wahrscheinlich geht es ganz simpel mit einem uninstall vorher. Es sollte auch gehen, wenn man sofort nach Neustart des Rechners den Setup in dasselbe Verzeichnis macht. Scheinbar findet die setup Routine manche files noch quasi in Benutzung, wenn man vorher Smart laufen hatte.
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Hello Jackjavo,
many thanks for this fine version which does almost erverything I like. I also had few problems when I installed the version. I used the msi to install over the old version and for some reason some files were not replaced. Somehow the installer found some files being used for running Smart although they were not shown as processes. I then restarted the PC and immediately used the setup.exe for repair and this worked fine.
Take care!
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Die Lösung ist eigentlich ganz einfach. Ich habe die wichtigen files einfach umbenannt und dann die im setup.exe vorhandene repair Funktion verwendet. Danach ist alles richtig und alle files sind vom 8.4.
Danke, dada. Werde das jetzt mal mit der smartdvb.exe machen (umbenennen), mal sehen, ob nach dem "repair" sich die Dateigröße ändert.
Edit: Jo, hat 1 KB gebracht! Vorher 2983, jetzt 2984 KB...
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okay then, odd this re-install problem, can't imagine something there but i will look (also strange this didn't happen in earlier tests as nothing really has been changed installer wise). Sorry abou the confusion 'jurgen' about the here, that was not forum related let's say but more related to what ritchibie says my personal living situation. Well and about the place let's say, only if it's private and i can have females by my side.
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Suppose you won't find all to many females around here.
Anyway, real life is far more important, of course.
BTW, in fact I have never tested installing the latest version over an older one.
This is not my standard procedure for test versions.
Only did a fresh install on a second machine occasionally.
To avoid possible trouble and eventual datas loss the best possible way, on updates I always moved all files and sub folders to a new backup folder, then installed the new version to the old folder.
Then I just copied the relevant database files back to the original place.
So if I had found anything going wrong, I would have had the chance, to either try one more time or simply clean the folder again and copy back the whole stuff from the backup folder.
This way eventual registry entries or links / icons should not be effected.
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That is exactly what I usually do. I save the whole directory to a new folder an then install the new one over the old one. If things go wrong I can copy back step by step and find the problem.
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Hi again. Okay i looked at this and it seems to be a problem with the file having the same versioning as RC1, so this actually should also have happened with the tests, oddly it just got noticed on the release, figures ofcourse :-).
So not i changed the internal resource version and tested it. You can download it again if needed from the smartdvb.net site, but most here are clever enough to circumvent these things. Other than that i haven't heard any new bugs so maybe this long test-run, beit perhaps too long, was not that bad after all.
regards
jackjavo
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Just wanted to give a feedback here after 3 days of intense testing:
So far everything is absolutely running free of errors. I send smartdvb into the tray when I change to other tasks. Remember, my task bar was not the best place for closing the smartdvb window ;). No recording problems on free and crypted programs, easy way to set one's aspect ratio to full blown, etc..
Excellent result for your hard work jackjavo! I hope that you enjoy now the compliments from users :)
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hey ritchibie. Yes seems to look okay here also concerning reported bugs etc. And thanks for the compliments, i do enjoy them still just a little less as in the past as well in reality it seems you never get compliments from real people (honestly i haven't even had 1 since people here know, i guess this probably will be the same all over the world and that this is just the way people are).
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Hello jackjavo,
here also running perfectly. Again many thanks for your work!
The EPG progress bar does not update continuously but I guess this is a feature and not a bug. It only updates upon reloading the channel. Would probably be nice to change that (of not much importance, however).
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hi dada, good to hear. Yes that main epg progress bar updating on the fly let's say is perhaps something i'll try to look at too, shouldn't be that difficult and indeed i thought of it but well :)
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BTW, just changed some details on my dishes / LNBs / multiswitches / DiSEqC switches system.
Added another Quattro LNB and a fifth 5/10 multiswitch for 23.5°E, and changed to 8/1 DiSEqC 1.1 switching, for two of my user ports now.
This for SmartDVB LNB / DiSEqC settings are changed to uncommitted now, 0 to 4.
Works rock steady, from the first try.
Same goes for the Xoro STB.
Removed all no signal transponders on 23.5 after a full scan and NIT scan, as many have been turned off recently, due to the end of Kabel Deutschland transmissions there.
This is another great benefit of SmartDVB, easy semi automatic transponder list handling.
The original application Terratec Home Cinema is limited to DiSEqC 1.0, but I don't like it anyway.
Of course, 23.5°E is not really necessary here, but in the first place, I wanted to test DiSEqC 1.1 here.
More little changes may come occasionally, as LowBand on 23.5°E does not provide anything useful (ATM?).
I am not sure yet, if it might make sense, to feed anything different into the LowBand ports of that new multiswitch.
Probably this will not be decided before May, as quite a lot of changes may happen on the birds, due to the end of analogue transmissions.
However, I am not planning to implement Turkish, Arabic or Russian birds.
With compliments
Jürgen
Auf Deutsch, in Kurzform:
Habe hier gerade eine fünfte Position hinzugefügt, 23.5°Ost, mit einem zusätzlichen Quattro LNB und 5/10(+x) Multischalter.
Daher habe ich auch (bisher) 2 meiner 4/1 DiSEqC 1.0 Schalter durch 8/1 DiSEqC 1.1 ersetzt.
In SmartDVB habe ich daher für alle Positionen auf "uncommitted" umgestellt, gemäß tatsächlichem Anschluss auf die Werte "0" bis "4".
Die vorhandenen Kanallisten und Favoriten funktionierten damit sofort wieder.
Da die Transponder-Einträge für 23.5°Ost veraltet sind, einmal voll gescant, dann auf einem aktiven Transpoinder noch einmal nach NIT, dann alle Transponder ohne Signal gelöscht.
Läuft einwandfrei.
Beim Xoro Receiver habe ich alle LNB-Einträge von DiSEqC 1.0 auf 1.1 umgestellt, von "LNB 1" bis "LNB 5", auch alles fein.
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hi jurgen. Had a bit of a life break here let's say as mentioned before that has to have my priority now, but don't intend on leaving this. Good to hear elaborate switch changes for you work out okay, have to say this has been extensively tested quite some time ago by some users (especially moonchild i remember) as finding testers for stuff like this, which i don't own, who don't give up after a couple of rounds has proven difficult (logical ofcourse as most normal users just want to have fixes and stuff working, otherwise they move on to other software, i'm like that myself so one should understand that too)...
I'm like working on some major changes right now and the app isn't even alpha let's say for the next version, quite unstable now, it's for sure going to take lots of time for me to even contemplate putting out tests there, just wanted to let everybody here know i'm still around :)
enjoy the summer!
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Real life of course is most important, nothing compares.
TV, computers, internet, work, hobbies, ... - things like these may be part of it, but none of them should be allowed to dominate.
Body and mind must come first, as without those anything else won't matter.
Then social contacts come in the second place.
So, take good care of yourself, with maximum priority.
SmartDVB is working pretty well, better than others with version numbers 1.0 or above, so no urgent changes required, at all.
BTW, my decisions on further changes on my dish system could not be made yet, as even now, the old analogue transponders still carry the text tables.
So no big rearrangement in sight, for the main European position 19.2E, or any other related.
So in fact time has come, to enjoy the summer season.
It's worth a good try, at least :coool
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Hi jackjavo,
Just wanted to give a feedback from my side after more than 2 month of letting the final release working on my PC. I'm still changing from DVBViewer to SmartDVB and would now state that it's a 50/50 usage between the two. In these 2 month smartDVB never crashed, made excellent recordings from excellent sources. The inbuilt scheduler works perfectly and shuts the PC down even more reliably than DVBViewer.
The only thing, I have to pay attention is calling the program from the tray: if I double click to fast the program disappears (not from the OS according to the taskmanager). It seems like you can "click it away" (the icon) by hectic doubleclicking. Sometimes I have to "reload channel" if the program "sleeps" for a longer period in the tray but both points are of no big issue :)
Have a nice summer jackjavo
Ritschie
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Hi, can someone check the framerate of ZDF HD (vmr7/vmr9, pdvd 9/10)? Getting close to 100 fps here ???
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hi moonchild ...yes ...here its the same ...nearly 100 fps :hmm
(http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/5001/climsyclipboardhx.jpg)
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p.s. In use of other dvb-apps i see the same ...so it should be ok ...
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hmm, its ok on ati hd4350 (xp, pdvd12):
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/38/zdfhd4350.jpg/
but i get picture breakup and stuttering on ati hd5670:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/811/zdfhd5670.jpg/
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hmm :hmm
Maybe ati related ...here are only nvidia cards working ... no such problems ...
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Lets start with stating that this issue is not caused by smartdvb, other players display the same high fps.
In my case the renderer displays the right 50 fps rate when i disable dxva. I have no clue why a higher tier ati hd5670 has problems, and a much weaker ati 4350 is ok. Since both are operated together one pc, the drivers are the same. Just curious why the new ZDF encoder gives such issues?
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yes ...this is strange...
using other video codec makes any difference ?
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yes ...this is strange...
...not necessarily...
The HD 5*** series are supposed to bring better hardware support, compared to the 4***.
In case of some weird encoding problem, this may perhaps result in quote some trouble for hardware (assisted) decoding.
Of course, there are many other aspects around this, so individual results and findings may differ.
However, I can't reproduce anything over here right now, as my computer tuner and STB both bring completely normal 50p live TV and TS recordings on ZDF HD.
May well be, they had been playing around with some parameters on a boring rainy Sunday...
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Where can I see the framerate under SmartDVB?
I have a ATI 5850 and the ts I recorded from ZDF HD has 50 FPS
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There ->
(http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/5717/climsyclipboardgs.jpg)
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Thanks ... shows almost 50 fps ...
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It is a combination of Cyberlink + DXVA. There are no difficulties with LAV Codec and ZDF. Here with DVBViewer.
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Hallo,
ich wollte nachfragen, ob es bald eine neuere Version von SmartDVB gibt.
Leider gibt es keine Möglichkeit, sich im offiziellen Forum teilzunehmen, da der Admin die Aktivierung auf manuell gestellt hat, und nach vielen Wochen das Konto noch nicht aktiviert hat. Leider reagiert Entwickler auch nicht auf E-Mails.
Anbei gibt es von mir eine deutschsprachige Übersetzung, wobei die Sprachdatei nicht komplett übersetzt werden konnte, da die eigentliche Ressource dafür fehlte, von daher konnten einige Zeichenketten nicht übersetzt werden.
Anbei die übersetzte Sprachdatei für Version 0.2.5.1 als MSI-Installation, gepackt als ZIP-Datei.
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hi about the smartdvb.net forum, for some time i've been unable to access that and register new users (php mail is not working). I'm afraid to say that server space belongs to someone who has a vested interest in me not being able to get on working on this (server space is from my father and i'm not communicating with him more)..(oder wenn sie kein english verstehen, ich kann leider zeit einiger zeit niet mehr beim forum und mails arbeiten nicht).
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Hi jackjavo,
you don't have no access to your forum and php mail doesn't work?
You have no contact with your father for a solution?
Is it possible that you can move to another web space service?
Hmm, I can't translate any strings in German because I translate with Lingobit Localizer but some strings are missing and will be displayed in English.
Do you have the source code for localization that I can all translate with WinRes or similar?
SmartDVB 0.2.5.1 has in Windows 7 and 8 any bugs and some functions are missing.
Bugs:
Crashing when delete channels in General, Favourites or Remote, SmartDVB (Win 7 + 8)
Channels in Favourites can't send to Remote (Win 7 + 8)
Crashing when tried to switching in full screen and back to normal mode and so (Win 8)
Wish
Is it possible that you can add support x10 Remote Controls like ATI Wonder/ATI Wonder II?
It it possible, that the user can change settings at codecs (if available)?
Thank you :)
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I use eventghost for Ati Remote Wonder in smartdvb.
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ehhr, no not, i'm sure that man has stolen my source last year and has been cooperating with who knows who to break me down (probably psychiatrists/police, difficult to believe perhaps but so it is), so i can't see that as family, just the most greedy man on the world and someone who even betrays his own son...
can't provide source, but if you tell me which strings need to be placed in res, i might have missed those...
bugs sound odd to me, about the fullscreen did you try different codecs for that, and which renderer are u using?
if by 'change settings at codecs' you mean change codecs, you can, use the connection menu popup for that, or tools > settings > connection
JJ
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if by 'change settings at codecs' you mean change codecs, you can, use the connection menu popup for that, or tools > settings > connection
JJ
No, I think he wants to change the settings of a specific codec (for example the settings of the ffdshow codec): Right-Click in the "Movie-Part" of the window --> Filters --> Codec (the list of codecs that are in use).
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I use eventghost for Ati Remote Wonder in smartdvb.
I use it too, but it would be nice, when adding support for that :-)
No, I think he wants to change the settings of a specific codec (for example the settings of the ffdshow codec): Right-Click in the "Movie-Part" of the window --> Filters --> Codec (the list of codecs that are in use).
Yes, you've right, settings for a specific codec :) In DVBDream, that I not more use, because it's only a test version and to much buggy, but for the specified codec are settings possible ;) It's not easy to say for missing strings, but e.g. Error creating audio render, please look at connection settings
couldn't translate. OSD menü is also in English.
I used the same codecs at Win 7 & 8, but stable is "Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder" & "Microsoft DTV-DVD Audio Decoder", for H.264 I can use only DivX ??? and other codecs wouldn't really work. Problem with fullscreen is only in Win 8.
Hmm, I´ve forgotten to say, when I choose all satellites, I use a rotor, SmartDVB crash, I can´t display all satellites. Aspect ratio doesn´t change automatically. When I use EventGhost, some functions doesn´t work, e.g. Teletext, EPG, recording, therefore my wish for adding x10 support for proper function and easy use.
No Drag'n'Drop for sort channels.
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do you know off some api for that remote (i do recall seeing some api long time ago)?
It's odd that not more codecs work for u, i have win7 and lots of others without much issues, u have more clues about that?.
about the crash, you could send logs (smartdvb.log and bda.log , if ur using bda.dev and not bdas.dev), but don't think that'll help much tbh, never heard of that before too.
odd that those remote function don't work for u, other do? (same kb routine there). But if i don't get killed by the police here in holland i do want to update the remote part of smartdvb (including osd). I might need some trusted testers for that when the time arrives (but expect bugs then it probably won't even be alpha)..
drag and drop is not possible atm (just the channel list sort options). That's also a feature that could be added ofcourse i thought of that (also adding lists for example, so you simply create new lists for whatever u want like some other programs also have, not that difficult to do with sqlite, which smartdvb uses for all data)
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Hi jackjavo,
thanks for this nice tool! I'm using the latest (final) version of SmartDVB (Win7 Prof. 64bit) and it works fine except ARD HD which causes SmartDVB to crash within seconds. Looking at the log-files I cann't detect any problems (see below). Altdvb (installed on the same machine) has no problems with playing ARD HD, so I don't think it's a HW-problem.
If you find some spare time to devote to improvements of SmartDVB then I would like to see SmartDVB running without being administrator. This should be not a problem if you move SmartDVB settings to a subfolder of ProgramData which can be made accessible to all users.
SmartDVB log file
18:50 23385 : CTimeShiftFile (AppendBytes): Pts difference found 0, seconds 0
18:50 23385 : Headercount == 83728
18:50 23385 : MISSING SPS or PPS
18:50 23385 : Headercount == 92999
18:50 23385 : MISSING SPS or PPS
18:50 23385 : Headercount == 100886
18:50 23385 : MISSING SPS or PPS
18:50 23463 : Headercount == 172693
18:50 23463 : MISSING SPS or PPS
18:50 23463 : Headercount == 207393
18:50 23463 : MISSING SPS or PPS
18:50 23463 : Headercount == 213836
18:50 23463 : MISSING SPS or PPS
18:50 23463 : Headercount == 221824
18:50 23463 : MISSING SPS or PPS
18:50 23463 : Headercount == 229643
18:50 23463 : MISSING SPS or PPS
18:50 23463 : Headercount == 238151
18:50 23463 : MISSING SPS or PPS
18:50 23463 : Headercount == 247806
18:50 23463 : MISSING SPS or PPS
18:50 23463 : Headercount == 257048
18:50 23463 : MISSING SPS or PPS
18:50 23541 : 04
18:50 23541 : 07
18:50 23541 : 08
18:50 23541 : EXITED REBUILDAVGRAPHDIRECT
18:50 23541 : After rebuild
18:50 23541 : 8
18:50 23541 : GetTickCount end 1604392
18:50 23541 : Setvideopostion EVR top 0, left 0, right 880, bottom 496
18:50 23541 : before running mediacontrol 1604392
18:50 23603 : control running
18:50 23603 : before osd 1604454
18:50 23603 : 9
18:50 23603 : after running mediacontrol 1604454
18:50 23603 : Headercount == 399232
18:50 23603 : Sequence_parameter_set found at 7
18:50 23603 : Picture_parameter_set found at 34
18:50 23603 : Processing sps pps found
18:50 23603 : ProfileIDC 100
18:50 23603 : PicWidthInMbs: 80
18:50 23603 : PicHeightInMbs: 45
18:50 23603 : FrameMbsOlnlyFlag not set
18:50 23603 : AspectRatioIdc: 1
18:50 23603 : process 3 sh264 1:1, iaspectratioidc 1
18:50 23603 : dwLevel: 32
18:50 23603 : Process sps done
18:50 23603 : CS:In onvideoheaderread
18:50 23603 : CS:OnVideoHeaderRead END
18:50 23603 : CMainFrame::OnVideoHeader
18:50 23603 : DoVideoAfterChangeChannel done
18:50 23603 : CMainFrame::OnVideoHeader END
18:50 23666 : checking 2 6000
... repeated several times
18:50 25257 : checking 4 6000
18:50 25272 : Checksecheader failed for EIT pid 0x12 4b
18:50 25288 : checking 4 6000
... repeated several times until crash
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@dh: if you turn off epg parsing does it still fail?
@cosmonaut: when exact does the fullscreen switch fail? (there are verious paths). On remote or normal operation?
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I tried hard but I couldn't replicate the crash the next day. I read some articles about ATI cards having problems with rendering H264 broadcasted by BBC. Since I watched the Paralympics, do have a Radeon card, and SmartDVB uses EVR that supports HW-rendering (in contrast to AltDVB) this might be an explanation.
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in actual fact, i remember also having some issues while back with ati cards which might also be due to HW acceleration, so i wonder about that.You don't mention which codec (same with ALTDVB? often odd exceptions r codec related due to graph/codec instabilities. cl, ms-dtv seem more stable for me)?
Btw, removal of current need for admin rights is on my todo list (optional perhaps).
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video codec is Microsoft's DTV-DVD Video Decoder (msmpeg2vdec.dll). It's the same for Altdvb but as I said before Altdvb does not use EVR and the VMR9 doesn't allow one to use hardware-acceleration.
Btw, removal of current need for admin rights is on my todo list (optional perhaps).
it's not too much work ;). 'icacls *directory* /grant *S-1-5-32-545:(CI)(OI)(F)' does the job of downgrading the directory for the settings.
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tx, though setup and directory processing also need being updated (right now current dir is used, not much work still i hope, honestly i also liked the simplicity of all at same directory for portability, like just copy to usb stick etc(which almost works besides the filters .ax registering)..
i should have said did you try lav, it's free and quite a reasonable codec i would like to know how that works with 0.2.5 for others. And also does anyone here know channels which switch aspect ratio frequently?
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does anyone here know channels which switch aspect ratio frequently?
For example, tagesschau24 sometimes does, during evening and night time.
Astra 19,2°E, 10743H22000
Occasionally they are transmitting old material, like "Tagesschau vor 20 Jahren", in original 4:3
There is a 7 days EPG, so you would not have to watch and wait for such an occasion.
There are several other German ARD / ZDF special channels acting the same way, but normally only on the SD versions. Their HD versions (if existing) would use a vertical letterbox instead, keeping the transmission mode as 16:9 permanently. Same goes for arte.
BTW, I did not interfere with the recent BBC HD crash issue, as I am having issues with the 28.2°E LNB these days.
Signal is very low now, still strong enough for my STB, but to weak für the Cinergy.
A new LNB is on it's way already, and I will then exchange it a.s.a.p.
Jürgen
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p.s.
The new LNB for 28.2°E arrived and was attached at once, of course.
L & Q are excellent now, better than ever.
So I have been testing on BBC HD for hours now, with no crashes, stuttering or any other issues at all.
Played around with minimizing, EPG, TXT, recording as usual.
Yet, sometimes SmartDVB would not start directly to that third DiSEqC position properly, but I like to put the blame on the extremely cheap 8/1 DiSEqC 1.1 switch (mainly).
One possible cause may also be found in my multiswitch system, as this results in extremely low DC load on the tuner and by this in a pretty long time needed for LNB voltage to change downwards.
And once the tuner is switches off, the LNB supply still provides more than 1 V DC.
Once I find the time, I will try to find out more on this.
Perhaps I might want to add an extra load by a 12 V Zener and a 120 Ohms resistor, resulting in around 50 mA extra consumption at Horizontal.
Rendering via my ATI Radeon HD 6670 works perfect and efficient, using MS DTV-DVD codecs and EVR.
Provides me with full HW support for both, h.264 and MPEG2.
CPU load around 4% at FullHD, all four cores stay cool at 800 MHz.
Regards
Jürgen
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tx, i'll see if i'm able to do some tests with tageschau24 concerning ratio (like u mention try to make some record dumps etc). Although i have to mention, for months now my usb sat devices don't work on my development system (win7 32, prof 7500 main device, coz it's most stable for debug for me). I thought the prof might have been broken, but tested it on another system (old p5bdeluxe) and the prof works perfect there so it's not a device or setup issue. The stream almost immediatley get's stopped and i just get no data, but have signal (so almost not usable for development). I could try to install a new setup system on that pc (vaio laptop i5), but that's lots of work. Finally spend some real time on this, removed/reinstalled drivers, cleaned up the system (i had crazycat bs drv installed which uses test mode) etc etc, and it's on multiple devices and also other programs (if i run dvbdream same issue). So it must be an OS issue or maybe even a broken usb port or whatever (although other devices just work so would be odd too) dunno.
I have an ati (old 5570 if i remember correct) also on that old p5bdeluxe (which is core 2 duo but still runs all hd fine with that ati). Some years ago they were pound for pound better video cards, i'm looking at some new hardware and you don't see them around much with laptops it looks like (only amd cores which are too slow for my development liking), are they still the first choice concerning video quality (i read the intel hd 4000 which r not bad either but have some flaws? Have to read some more i guess i have some catching up to do after this freak summer i had here with this racist bunch)..
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That's why I don't like notebooks, you can't do to many changes on the hardware.
Graphics are a pretty complex item, specially as most notebooks don't have dedicated RAM there for, and mobile GPUs often come with even more limitations.
And regarding hardware decoding support for h.264 and MPEG2, a cheap Radeon HD 6450 512MB DDR3 does the job perfectly on a desktop machine.
UVD 3.0 with MS DTV/DVD codecs, that's the point.
Just tested this a couple of days ago with a lame Sempron 140 (single core without L3 cache, 2700 MHz, 533 MHz FSB), no problems with FullHD even then. Applications are slow, decoding is not.
For me as a technician, a computer has to be a flexible modular system, so a tower or desktop system is a must here.
Most hardware changes can be done within minutes.
Just a new mainboard normally would require some more time, due to reinstalling of XP, 7 and perhaps a Linux or two. Preferring portable applications on an extra data partition, of course.
Though, had to downgrade from an AMD 990X chipset to an 870 recently, and both XP and 7 did survive, just had to be activated again after all the driver changes. Thanks to ATI catalyst driver system ;)
Try this on a notebook - oh no, better don't try...
Jürgen
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i know, this notebook is my first (that p5b i mention was the last tower i had, overclocked etc). I have to agree, i had all kinds of problems and you're just stuck then. I do like the portable aspect of it though (you can duck and hide better, i'm now in this tiny room at my building where they're less able to bother me with yells and other stuff, they still try though lol), i don't think i'll buy sony anymore (bought it at advice from someone i thought knew this stuff, bit on a whim i must say bad decision, i'll trust my own judgment from now on:).
i'm working on this again (in spite of aforementioned things still going on with this racist lot, i'm sure they feel very good about themselves lol), if you or anyone here is in the mood for testing (not even alpha now so lotsa bugs) just let me know (i cannot test much myself atm like mentioned)..
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Of course I would be glad, to carry on testing your fine products.
Even an extra machine is available ATM, for what might be to risky to test on the primary system.
And for sure I am not alone here ;)
Jürgen
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ok i'm glad for that, good to know that some people r with me somewhere.
Jack