Hello JRiver Community,
I'm hoping someone can offer some assistance -- the only other thread I've found with basically the same issue is here (from a year and a half ago):
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=67946.0 but unfortunately there isn't a solution there.
Basically, when Media Server is running in the background, my HTPC video cuts out for 2-3 seconds (black screen) at semi-random intervals. It doesn't matter what is running in the foreground - JRiver, XBMC, my web browser, etc -- but it can be triggered by accessing the Media Server (e.g. via the Gizmo app for android) and getting to to create thumbnails (e.g. by browsing to a tree item that hasn't been looked at before). Also seems to do it sometimes when starting to stream video. It does it also if the Media Server is running on another user account.
This is a brand new HTPC I just built, running windows 8. I have an old GTX 295 card in it with the latest drivers, connected to my Sony TV via HDMI.
My old HTPC (a Zotac atom-based box with Nvidia ION) had the exact same issue under Windows 7. (also connected via HDMI)
I cannot find an option in the bios to disable S3 sleep, as suggested in the other thread.
Any other recommendations? This is really quite frustrating and is a deal breaker for using this as my media server. (Plex is my alternate but it lacks some features -- like playlists?! WTF plex?)
Thanks for any suggestions,
-- DancingSamurai