SageTVClient issues

[jptaz]

Ok. I have been using SageTV and SageTVClient for a while now and I have noticed a weird behavior on SageTVClient.

I leave my SageTV Server and my SageTVClient on 24/7 and do not have any power management settings enabled on either machines (hd, display standby). I actually just reinstalled the client PC from scratch with XP Pro SP1 and latest patches, PVR250 1.7 latest driver, sagerecorder, latest version of M-Audio Revolution drivers, girder, nvidia drivers, ati remote 1.5, sagetvclient.

I usually put SageTVClient to sleep when I leave it. Sometimes when I come back to wake it from sleep it as back at the main menu and my remote does not work. If I use the mouse I can do anything. I exited girder and the remote wonder software and started them again and SageTVClient still did not respond. I then used my preprogrammed buttons on my remote to close and start SageTVClient and everything works fine again. I am suspecting that what is happening is that I lose a connection and when it recoonnects some how the thread that handles commands has died or exited. I have not actuallly seen a disconnect in a week or so if it is happening at all.

Has any one seen this? Any ideas.

Thanks,
John

[gplasky]

One of the things I did was go through all my USB devices to make sure the computer wouldn't put them to sleep and that the device would wake the computer. I have a similar setup on my client except I am not using SageRecorder and I have a Streamzap remote. The only issue I have is when I put the PC to sleep my USB receiver for the remote stops working completely. When I press a remote button the red led does not blink. I press the power button on the PC to wake it up. Not ideal but it works. I thought the receiver would work because the USB keyboard and mouse does. Maybe make sure the USB receiver for your remote does not go to sleep.


Gerry

[jptaz]

Thanks Gerry,

My system never goes to sleep. When I say I put SageTVClient to sleep I
mean it goes to the SageTV Screensaver where the SageTV Icon moves
around the screen. Since I am able to use the remote to close SageTV
and then Opne it again, Girder sends a close message to the program and
the launch it using girder, I am positve my remote is still working. I am
fairly certain that SageTVClient is some how losing its ability receive any
commands.

John

[gplasky]

Thanks for the clarification. That is strange because I am using your gml file. I have one client utilizing the ATI Remote and the other using the Streamzap remote. I have not seen this issue. The only othe rthing I made sure of was in Power Management to make sure that the monitor and hard drives do not power down.
(FYI-for the ATI remote I am using the X10-ATI plugin from Girder that allows me to map every single button on the remote, including TV,DVD, etc. Not sure if you were aware of that.)

Gerry

[jptaz]

Where did you get that plugin?

Mine does not allow me to map all the buttons.

Thanks,
John

[jptaz]

never mind found it.

Thanks,
John

[gplasky]

I knew you would. It works sweet.


Gerry

[jptaz]

Gerry,

Could you post your modified version of my
GML file so I don't have to redo all my remote buttons?

Thanks,
John

[gplasky]

It's a little different than what you may expect but I will do that after work tonight. It might be easier if you pm me an email address. Thanks in advance.


Gerry

[Narflex]

jptaz, Can you reproduce this if you unplug the ethernet cable to simulate a network dropout while the SageTVClient screensaver is active?

[jptaz]

Jeff,

I will give it a try and see if I have the same problem if I pull the network cable.

Thanks,
John

[jptaz]

Jeff,

I tried just pulling the network cable and I got the exact same behavior. From sleep it comes back to the main menu. I reinsert the network cable and the Remote commands do not
work and neither do the keyboard commands, but the mouse works and I can do everything normally. I also noticed that when I am really pushing the Client inteface at the same time that I am recording using sagerecorder over the network as a network encoder that the remote and key board stop working too, but again the mouse worked.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
John

[Narflex]

This'll be fixed in SageTV2. It seems to only occur when there's a connection failure while the client has the screensaver active.

[jptaz]

Thanks Jeff,

A fix that I have tried that gerry suggested is to set the network to 100 full duplex instead
of auto detect. So far today I have not seen any disconnects. I hope this will help things
for now.

Thanks,
John