oliverredfox

[oliverredfox]

Sounds like you’ve got the angles pretty well covered.  A lot of the HDMI issues people have are when resuming from standby, or after the TV/Receiver get turned off the computer gets confused on the handshake when they’re powered back on.  The fact that your signal is cutting out without anything being turned on or off has be really annoying.

HDMIYo isn’t really what you’re looking for, it’s good for redoing a handshake on resume, but having to trip it every 5-45min isn’t what it’s made for. 

If you skip the receiver and just plug the computer into the TV does it have the same issue? (Trying to debug where the error is occurring)  If it works fine, does your TV and receiver support ARC?  If so, what happens when you do PC>TV>(VIA ARC) Receiver?

[oliverredfox]

I just changed my settings +10 minute for this very reason. 

It’s under Tasks>Settings>TV>Recorder>Recording Defaults>Stop when Possible

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Is that running Intel on-board graphics?  If so, what driver version # are you running?  There were some issues with HDCP/HDMI handshaking and some Intel drivers.

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If it still acts up with the dip switch set, I’m guessing you are using a short HDMI cable between the computer and the Detective.  If so, use a longer cable, short cables can sometimes cause weird HDCP issues from what I understand.

[oliverredfox]

[quote=bigscarymike]I resolved it by running the HDMI straight to the TV for video, and optical audio to the receiver, using my Harmony remote to switch the inputs accordingly.

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Optical doesn’t support all formats.  My TV only sends 2 channel audio to the receiver this way (can do Dolby Pro Logic, but not digital).  If the TV supports ARC via HDMI, you can do the same setup with the ARC HDMI cable running to the receiver and keep all the audio formats.

[oliverredfox]

Are you using Nvidia drivers by any chance?  Lots of reports of BSOD and issues with the current drivers.

[oliverredfox]

You could also try a program called HDMIyo.  It will redo a HDMI handshake on PC resume(or on a keybind).  It worked about 90% of the time for me with the no-sound on resume issue.  I eventually went with the HDMI detective because that last 10% drove me nuts, but it’s still better than nothing.

[oliverredfox]

Go from PC/HDMI cable >> Denon AVR2310 >> HDMI >> Pioneer plasma HDTV (or second monitor)

to

PC/HDMI cable >> HDMI Detective >> Denon AVR2310 >> HDMI >> Pioneer plasma HDTV (or second monitor)

http://www.amazon.com/Gefen-EXT-HDMI-EDIDP-HDmi-Detective-Plus/dp/B001RIMZUW/

It will make the computer always think that the HDTV is available regardless of the AVR/HDTV’s power status.

(HDMI/HDCP handshaking issues like yours are the bane of a lot of our systems.  The HDMI detective will set you back a few dollars but it really does work well.  I’m sure a few others around here will attest to the same and that it was money well spent.)

[oliverredfox]

DLNA is functional, but the interface is kinda meh.  I have an LG TV not hooked directly to a media center PC.  I started with DLNA but noticed that it also supported PLEXMedia so I swapped to that.  Now instead of just seeing a huge list of show names, it has full MetaData and looks very nice.  For guests that don’t know my library, using Plex is many times better.  I don’t know if any other TV’s have similar nice graphic library functions, but some LG sets do at least.

[oliverredfox]

Amazon had the Hauppauge WinTV DCR-2650 Dual Tuner Cable Card TV Tuner for $99 earlier.

And Newegg has the HDHomerun Prime for $170.  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815345006

 

There are a few video games I’m looking keep any eye on to see if any go on sale, but going to be light Black Friday for me this year.

[oliverredfox]

I’ve used PS3 Media Server for DLNA but I don’t know how it’ll handle HD .wtv files.  Have you looked at your server’s resources to see if your software is pinning out the CPU during transcoding of the video?

[oliverredfox]

When a file is deleted from the computer is technically isn’t “deleted”.  The file is still on the hard drive but the pointer for it is removed.  Now at any point after the pointer is removed, any other file being saved can overwrite the old file information but until it has been overwritten, it can be recovered.  You can try something like http://www.officerecovery.com/freeundelete/ to try and get back the information.  These programs work by scanning the whole drive and looking for files that don’t have pointer information.  Good luck.

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Out of curiosity, which Intel HD 3000 graphics driver version are you running?

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If the recordings are flagged by the content provider, they won’t play back on the second machine (yay DRM).  So depending on the show, some stuff will work fine and some won’t with that setup.

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You gotta wonder what kind of screwed up spec HDMI is, that short cables cause problems.  Longish cables are generally what give troubles with interconnects, not short ones.

Crazy stuff.

// Dean (As you guessed, not a fan of HDMI)

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HDMI is fine, it is HDCP tacked on to it that screws up most of what I do.  If not for the HDMIdetective I’d still be kicking walls.

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