Timeshift: Blank Screen

[wax]

hi all,

 

I have a bit of a problem with timeshifting:

-Initially playback wouldn't work at all, resulting in a black/blank screen. Trying to use the controls for forwarding/rewinding I only got a Pause/Angehalten status.

- After increasing the lead time to 1000ms, I get some very odd playback: positioning (ff/rew and timeslide) only seems to be able to work in 10-20 sec. steps, sometimes I get a picture, sometimes I don't (sound always works fine, even with a black screen).

- returning from timeshift to normal viewing invariably requires rebuilding the graph.

- trying to open a file which is being recorded with 'open - video' yields no result at all, except that I frequently have to restart the entire program after black screens (no sound) / frozen viewer.

- even trying to open the same file through dvbv AFTER recording won't work (same result as above) - opening the same file with zoomplayer, no probs.

Unfortunately these problems render the timeshifting feature virtually unusable for me, so any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

tia, wax

 

the stuff I use is:

- tv card: technisat ss2, driver ver. 4.3.0.9999

- video card: ati 9600, current drivers (as of yesterday)

- mainboard: msi 7025 (K8N Neo3 Platinum, nForce3 Ultra chipset)

otherwise as attached.

support.zip

[wax]

I have just tried DVBViewer GE - same results here as above, perhaps even worse. The program freezes as soon as I pause, play, pause and play again. Any ideas anyone?

[Guest Oliver]

Don't use the automatic setting for the decoder. Select Intervideo for video. Try to get the Moonlight Odio Dekoda (it's free) for audio.

[wax]

Don't use the automatic setting for the decoder. Select Intervideo for video. Try to get the Moonlight Odio Dekoda (it's free) for audio.

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That seems to work, thanks a lot! What I don't quite understand: I've got two Intervideo Video decoders on my list - apparently one for MS MCE (ivimcevd.ax) and a "regular" one (ivivideo.ax). I can't really tell in DVBViewer which is which, it only says "Intervideo Video decoder" twice. Is it of any significance which one I choose? And (while I'm at it) - what does the option regarding autodetection (audio / video respectively) on the DirectX-tab do? I couldn't quite figure it out. Thanks again.