Hi guys! Using MC but am having some issues with TV mode. I use MC to watch TV with my dual 21” monitors, so this is VERY important to me.
1. When changing from TV Tuner view to "Playing Now", ALL the channels show up in “Playing Now”. It is my opinion that I won’t be watching TV in “Playing Now”, so can this be changed? If not, can an option be made to “Clear Playing Now On Exit”?
2. Whatever I do, I can’t get MC to record reliably or timeshift at all:
a. I am using the profile “640 x 240 JRiver Codec Timeshift, WMV Recording, 29.97”. If I'm timeshifting by hitting pause while in "TV Tuner" mode, MC will either show the last image in a type of "frame-by-frame" blur until Stop is hit OR (the other 90% of the time) MC will just freeze up. Sometimes it will freeze and have to be Ctrl-Alt-Del'd to be killed OR will just show a blank screen until the stop button is pressed. Once it is pressed it reverts to the TV view and says "Time-shifting cancelled. Viewing in regular mode.". Recording works but only without being able to see what's being recorded. After recording is stopped and played back, the resulting video is choppy and slightly blurred, like there's 2 overlapping images. So recording in this mode does not work for me.
b. When using "320x240 JRiver Codec" I get the same results when attempting to timeshift. However, recording works without any issues.
3. When I look at the dropdown box at the codecs installed, I have four choices:
2 640x240 (One timeshift and one not)
1 640x480
1 320x240
4. When watching TV and holding down FF, an error pops up saying "Position must not be negative"
5. When in Options->TV Tuner->Advanced->Advanced Properties->D-Clicking on any of the choices->Canceling\Closing that window->Once back to the Advanced Properties screen the Cancel burron is greyed out. In my opinion it shouldn't be.
FYI: I'm using the Haupauge WintV card with the latest WDM drivers with an ATI Radeon 9800 with the latest Catalyst drivers.
Media Center Registered 9.1.267 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\
Microsoft Windows XP Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 2410 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 1048 MB, Free - 744 MB
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Ripping / Drive F: Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Drive G: Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Digital playback: Yes / Use YADB: Yes / Get cover art: Yes / Calc replay gain: Yes / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: Yes / Play sound after ripping: No
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