Acer Revo Playback

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I hope to revisit in a future release, but its not something I've got time for right now.

[trummel]

Since the NMT streaming technology seems to work pretty well, is there any way of using the same server side technology but to a PC GBPVR client.

Also, I've been trying to persuade the client to use a different demux, but changes to <PreferredMpegPlaybackDemux> make no difference to playback, graphedit always says the Mpeg-2 Demultiplexer is being used. Thats a shame, because the PDVD8 demux seems to stop some of the stuttering when tested in MPC-HC. I've also tried changing the merits, but that makes no difference. I even unregistered mpg2splt.ax, but then GBPVR wouldn't play back at all.

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Originally Posted by trummel

Since the NMT streaming technology seems to work pretty well, is there any way of using the same server side technology but to a PC GBPVR client.

No there isnt.

Also, I've been trying to persuade the client to use a different demux, but changes to <PreferredMpegPlaybackDemux> make no difference to playback, graphedit always says the Mpeg-2 Demultiplexer is being used. Thats a shame, because the PDVD8 demux seems to stop some of the stuttering when tested in MPC-HC. I've also tried changing the merits, but that makes no difference. I even unregistered mpg2splt.ax, but then GBPVR wouldn't play back at all.

A third party MPEG2 demultiplexer can only be used for .mpg files, and only those that arent still growing, so no in-progress recordings or live tv. The rest of the time GB-PVR needs the Microsoft 'MPEG-2 Demultiplexer'.

[trummel]

No there isnt.

Fair enough.

In that case, can you suggest what it might be worth throwing at the server in order to make whatever is causing my bottleneck as wide as possible. ie; are faster disks(maybe raid) or a quicker processor likely to be most beneficial? Or are there any block size settings that might be worth a tweak? For instance, is it worth trying to get the MTU settings on the lan interface to match up with the disk read buffer sizes.

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Unfortunately I dont really have any solid suggestions. I've not spent much time testing Client/Server in a long time now, so the issues arent that clear in my mind.

The faster the network the better though, so stear well clear of wireless.

[trummel]

Bleeping bleeping bleepy bleep bleep.....

Note to self. Always double check the bleeding obvious before spending days on obscure stuff. It turns out that I have 2 x 5 port Netgear Gigabit hubs that are incompatible with the auto sensing gbit NIC in the Revo's. It's fine with the 100M interface on a PCH, but when the revo is plugged in to it, it drops to 10M. Unfortunately, the LED colours lie and tell you its running at 100M, which is backed up by lots of google trails suggesting the Revo is actually only a 100M NIC.

Anyway, I can now confirm, that with a different Netgear hub, the Revo is a full Gbit NIC and both the R3600 and R3610 Revo work like a charm, even for simultaneos HD playback of BBC H.264 from both Recorded, Live and Library files from GBPVR.

If anyone is interested, I can get the model numbers of the good and the bad hubs, but I will have to go down the garden to fetch the 5 port one from where it landed........



Edit... The good one is a GS108, the bad boy is GS605v2

[mvallevand]

Trummel I'm glad you figured this out, I haven't had any problems using my ION as a GBPVR client, but I didn't have a solution to offer. Unless people start messing up their configuration, installing other multimedia apps that mess up Windows, I expect they will be quite reliable.

Martin

[trummel]

Actually, now it's working properly, I'm really pleased with it. The HD stuff plays really well and mounted on the back of a 19" LCD as a kitchen client, the revo is ideal. All I need to do now is add some hotkeys to the MCE remote to switch between GBPVR, my camera monitor and a web browser and the wife will be delighted.

[benogil]

Yes, I would like to know which hubs you use !

[trummel]

The hub (actually its a switch) that gave me the problems and ended being launched is a 5 port Netgear Gbit GS605V2. I have 2 of them and the both clash with the all of my Revo's (I have 4 now).

I have 2 hubs that behave properly, both netgear again. The bigger brother of the dodgy one, A GS608v3 and the more business oriented GS108.