Problem with skip fwd (jumps to beginning again)

jsidlosky · #1 10-15-2005, 12:32 PM

With AverMedia A180's recording DTV, I have a problem with 50% of my shows. About 2 minutes, 30 seconds into a show, I can't skip forward anymore.

If I let it play, set to 10 minutes into the show, and I hit "skip forward", then it goes back to ZERO! And I have to watch the show all over again :-(.

This happens to me ALL the Freaking TIME!

Anyone have the same problem? I am using PowerDVD Cyberlink Decoder. Could it be the decoder? I can try Nvidia's.

jsidlosky · #2 10-15-2005, 12:43 PM

I tried Nvidia's decoder. No difference. Although the color looks alot more washed out vs Cyberlink's decoder.

Goodspike · #3 10-16-2005, 10:26 AM

Yes, I'm having that issue on some files. No where near 50%, and not consistent as to when it starts, but it is typically within the first 15 minutes. Then, I have had a few files where FF doesn't work at all--it freezes the video but not the audio, and I have to exit SageTV to fix the issue.

I'd suggest submitting a bug report so that they know it's more widespread.

Fluffdaddy · #4 10-16-2005, 11:41 AM

I seen this two or three times. I mitted a bug report.

Narflex · #5 10-16-2005, 11:46 AM

This is fixed for the next build which should be available in a couple days.

jsidlosky · #6 10-16-2005, 12:08 PM

Wow, thanks! And thanks for the update... I'll be checking daily for the new beta-release then.

Fluffdaddy · #7 10-16-2005, 12:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Narflex

This is fixed for the next build which should be available in a couple days.

Cool

Goodspike · #8 10-17-2005, 07:36 AM

Great news! This, without a doubt is the biggest issue I have with Sage right now.

mkanet · #9 10-17-2005, 10:59 AM

This happened to me too.

Goodspike · #10 10-17-2005, 01:29 PM

It's out now. I didn't see the fix in the list of changes. Maybe I missed it, or maybe I don't understand the language used, but I can hardly wait to give it a shot.

I wonder if it fixes previously recorded files, or just new ones?

jsidlosky · #11 10-18-2005, 12:49 AM

Fixed it partially for me.

Most shows seem to play correctly now, but I have an episode of Joey where before it jumped to 0:00 when skipping past 1 min 30 seconds, now after getting to 2 mins 30 seconds, i jumps back to 1 min 30 seconds... So it shifted the problem.

I'll save the file, and can even work out a way of getting it to you guys for beta-testing purposes if you like.

Goodspike · #12 10-18-2005, 06:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jsidlosky

Fixed it partially for me..

I think it's a file issue, so the question will be whether any new bad files are created. But the one file I had where there was the problem, I did notice a slight difference also, but it wasn't in the time the issue started occuring, but how far back it jumped. (7:xx rather than to the beginning).

So hopefully the fix involves more than how files play back.

jsidlosky · #13 10-18-2005, 04:10 PM

Agreed, I haven't tested it with "newly created files". Only my old ones. Here is hoping that its a recording issue and not a playback issue.

Otherwise, honestly they shouldn't call this a "Release Candidate" (they are right?). If I cant ffw/rwd through HD content with both AverMedia A180 and ATI All in Wonder (w/ latest drivers) then its not ready for the public.

The reason why my hopes are down, are because PowerDVD plays these "damaged" .TS files just fine. I can rewind and fast forward through them.

Anyone who gets more experience on this, please speak up.

Goodspike · #14 10-18-2005, 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jsidlosky

Otherwise, honestly they shouldn't call this a "Release Candidate" (they are right?). If I cant ffw/rwd through HD content with both AverMedia A180 and ATI All in Wonder (w/ latest drivers) then its not ready for the public. .

Hey, the Fusion software has had a very similar issue with FF/Rew through about 4 full releases and countless betas. That problem and several other issues have been fixed with every new release!

jsidlosky · #15 10-18-2005, 09:04 PM

It's not fixed. Recorded a show today, playing it results in the same... Plays til 2 min 30 sec, ffwd anymore and it jumps back to 0:00...

Goodspike · #16 10-18-2005, 09:06 PM

Well, as I mentioned in the 3.0.13 thread, I had to go back to 3.0.11. So this is actually good news for me, in a way. Of course once I find out how to get 3.0.13 working, I'm going to be very disappointed!

BTW, you issue seems to be a bit more consistent than mine. I never know where the time issue will pop up. Usually somewhere in the first 15 minutes, but yours always seems to be the same time.

jsidlosky · #17 10-19-2005, 08:00 PM

I was instructed by Sage Technical Support to try to set the following property on the SageTV server (Sagetv.properties)

seeker/fast_mux_switch=false

The "seeker" is what "seeks out" and records the shows. By default this option is set to "true"... Set it to "false".

I'll know by tomorrow whether or not this fixed the problem. Please others try it as well.

- Jeff

jsidlosky · #18 10-21-2005, 10:14 PM

After setting the property to false, the server becomes completely unstable. Unable to record a show without the server crashing. Changing back to true resolves the problem. Was unable to test if it fixed the ffwd problem because it was too unstable.

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