Frequent crashes

[Zladotimov]

Some time after I switched from v4 to v5, I noticed sage began to crash from time to time while channelsurfing. With the release of the beta v6, I hoped this would be fixed, but alas, it still crashes at least 3 times during an average night's tv viewing. Does anybody have any suggestions what I can do to increase stability? I've heard of instability in the later Java versions, but I have tried several different versions from different Sage installers, to no avail. I've also tried switching the overlay settings, switching different mpeg decoders, nothing seems to make a difference. If some of you could post the combination of settings / java versions / installed codecs which appear to be stable, that would be most appreciated. TIA.

[blade]

Are you using an Intel or Nvidia chipset with your tuner or something else? Other chipsets tend to have a lot of odd issues with tuner cards and high PCI traffic.

[Zladotimov]

Via km400. This chipset never caused any problems before though..
Version 4 never crashed anywhere near as frequent as v5 / v6 (i.e., once in a blue moon vs every 2 hours).
System setup:
Asus a7v8x(Via km400 chipset) motherboard with Sempron2400+
Hauppauge PVR500
Soundblaster audigy2
WinXP sp2

[Ryand833]

I'm not sure if you have already, but you may try updating your via chipset drivers, just in case.

Belleboyd in another post (http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20502) was having strange problems which cleared up after he updated his chipset drivers.

URL for via (as provided by belleboyd):
http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx...D=1&CatID=1070

[blade]

Originally Posted by Zladotimov

Via km400. This chipset never caused any problems before though..

I don't know which particular models have problems, but Via, Asus, and I think Hauppauge have stated in the past that certain Via chipsets have compatibility issues with the PVR500.

I'd do some research and see if my particular chipset or motherboard was one known to give problems. I'd also check for new drivers or patches that might address the issue.

[Zladotimov]

It would appear that you're right; I've downloaded the latest Hyperion 'pro' drivers, and the system now seems to be stable. Due to the discussions wrt several versions of Java being unstable, I never even thought of looking at the chipset as the culprit. Whenever I had chipset issues in the past, they usually resulted in Windows freezing completely or not booting in the first place, not the sage tv app crashing to the desktop. I'll keep it in mind in the future tho..
Thanks!