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Old 01-14-2008, 11:10 AM
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...Thanks for your wonderful advices
Are we a bit tetchy today?

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"it's trivial to make any program restart by itself", not for all users.
I would disagree, a quick search here would give you all you need. Trivial, as I say.

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though as a developper I can assure you that it's even better to fully take advantage of the tools and services the platform you use offert to you.
Am I supposed to be impressed that you're a developer?
Breaks no ice with me I'm afraid. If you're a developer with wide experience, there will have been numerous times you've had to code around inadequate tools and services.

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So in this case, Windows Service Manager is the tool of choice as its very own duty is to manage and monitor processes that are supposed to be on 24h/7d.
I agree it would be the tool of choice, were Sage to respond as well as a service. The problem is not the service mechanism itself, but the responsiveness of Sage in that mode.

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work out why the services is not working for you...
Services work just fine for me, Sage as a service is just too sluggish. It's the implementation not my setup, as I have been able to establish.

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By the way : my UI is not freezing, I just say that it is more prone to freeze than the service:
So more prone, but you don't ever see it happen?

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The recording engine on the other end is very stable : I never ever had a crash with a recording.
You've probably been lucky: for every MpegDemux there's a TSSplitter. I don't use ShowAnalyser or that stuff, but most freezes I've had (if not all) were related to recording: epg data in unexpected formats, problems with header/subtitle data etc. But whatever you like best, service or ui, it's your choice!

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Old 01-14-2008, 11:23 AM
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Ok, I've got a sagetv_0 file now, and I can see where it has noted the "hang" but I can't see what has caused it. I have attached the file (I think) in case it helps.
I don't know what is happening : it seems that you can record on the PVR 150 ("Sense and Sensibility"), on the other hand it hangs for "Planet of the Apes ***". Am I correct with this assumption that you at least can record something on the PVR-150 and are able to view it in SageTV.

If not try to just record a small show without trying to view it in SageTV. Wait for the recording to complete and verify that this recording seems ok: try to view it in media player and then in SageTV.

If you are pretty sure that your setup is ok regarding lineups, then you may very well have a small issue on the PVR150 (I had some with mine depending on the driver used).

If you want me to check your lineups and sage settings drop me an e-mail at lmgestion@hotmail.com and I'll see it with you.

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Old 01-14-2008, 01:26 PM
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Have a look in System Information (in Help). What are the three JVM Heap Size figures?
rickgillyon: Sorry, I can't find this info.

Stephane: I just realised that something odd is happening. I do most of the work on my setup in my study, where I do not have access to the Sky box and Sage just "tunes" into a blank signal and everything seems to work ok. When I take the setup downstairs and connect the Sky box, it always hangs when I try to tune to a Sky only channel. Does this make any sense to you?
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Old 01-14-2008, 01:29 PM
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I just realised that something odd is happening. I do most of the work on my setup in my study, where I do not have access to the Sky box and Sage just "tunes" into a blank signal and everything seems to work ok. When I take the setup downstairs and connect the Sky box, it always hangs when I try to tune to a Sky only channel. Does this make any sense to you?
You mean you physically move your PC downstairs then connect it to the Sky box? If yes, then I suppose the problem is the MPEG recorded by the PVR150 when the Sky box is hooked up (this is the only thing that changes right? the Sky box being connected to the video input of the PVR150?)
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Old 01-14-2008, 04:51 PM
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You mean you physically move your PC downstairs then connect it to the Sky box? If yes, then I suppose the problem is the MPEG recorded by the PVR150 when the Sky box is hooked up (this is the only thing that changes right? the Sky box being connected to the video input of the PVR150?)
Yes, plus the video card is connected to the TV instead of my monitor.
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Old 01-14-2008, 10:11 PM
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Yes, plus the video card is connected to the TV instead of my monitor.
Ok, then instead of viewing LiveTV just try to record a short program on Sky. Then verify that the recording is Ok (in Windows Media Player and SageTV)
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Old 01-16-2008, 02:12 AM
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Hi Stephane,

I made a recording as you suggested and while it was recording, I played around with the aspect ratio settings to try and make the picture fit the TV display better. Not only did the recording play ok but the fault seems to have gone. Does Sage get confused if the aspect ratio settings are wrong?

I am having a bit of trouble geting the display to look right, so I may start a new thread somewhere else if I can't fix it. At least everything basically works now.

Thanks for staying with me on this.
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Old 01-16-2008, 11:55 AM
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I made a recording as you suggested and while it was recording, I played around with the aspect ratio settings to try and make the picture fit the TV display better. Not only did the recording play ok but the fault seems to have gone. Does Sage get confused if the aspect ratio settings are wrong?
I can't remember of any aspect ratio problems. Though, I know that Nvidia video cards can be touchy with VMR9 and video display size, especially in full screen.

So you can search for specific problems (nvidia / vmr9 / full screen). And you can also try to :

* update / downgrad nvidia drivers.
* verify that windowed / full screen can make a difference
* VMR9 / Overly can make a difference

Also it may be good to know what the difference is between the Sky MPEG and the DVB-T MPEG (the Sky one normally are 4:3 MPEG2 PS, the DVB-T can be 16:9 MPEG2 PS/TS). So if you are using a 16:9 display chances are that you fill the display with the 4:3 video and it may be the source of the problem.

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Old 01-16-2008, 03:11 PM
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Does Sage get confused if the aspect ratio settings are wrong?
Sage generally doesn't care about your aspect ratio settings - you can happily play video for hours at the wrong AR, it's just data and Sage will do it. People often use one of Sage's ratios to specifically stretch letterboxed video to fill the screen.

Getting Sky via a PVR-150 is a bit ugly really, as you're converting digital to analogue to digital, and the 150s seem to always identify the MPG produced as 4:3 when in all likelihood it's 16:9. In fact, you'll generally always play this video at an AR different to what is identified by Sage.

Ugh...far better getting a digital DVB-S card as your next project!
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Old 01-17-2008, 04:33 AM
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Thanks for your help and advice guys. I have been reading up on setting aspect ratio and learned a bit more. As I said, I will start another thread if I have any trouble.
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