Codecs causing crashes?

[RetroBox]

Hello Everyone,

I've been trying to get my system stable for a while and think I have nailed down my issues with display drivers and other annoyances, but I am still having some issues. Could codecs be to blame?

There are times when I'm watching a TS recording from my HD-PVR and Sage will suddenly "disconnect" - service no longer running and I have to manually initiate it and restart the gui. Sage will also suddenly crash on me and will pop a window saying that the program will have to close. Other times, I will get a BSOD and the whole system will reboot. Unfortunately, I cannot replicate the error (and have tried endless combinations). I know system stability is a complicated issue because of all the different factors, but could it be the codecs?

I am running Windows 7 using VMR9 + Microsoft DTV-DVD codec for H264 content with FFDShow (rev3516_20100725) for sound on an ATI HD5670 over HDMI. I am using the ATI Avivo codec for MPEG playback - I do get occational crashes while playing these for HD shows, but my main problem seems to be with TS files.

[jerryt]

For me this combination is rock solid
Microsoft DTV-DVD for H264 and Mpeg
EVR (not VMR9)

ATI Mpeg has been troublesome for me.

[RetroBox]

Originally Posted by jerryt

For me this combination is rock solid
Microsoft DTV-DVD for H264 and Mpeg
EVR (not VMR9)

Thanks for the reply. Do you use these settings for both Video and DVD? From what I remember, setting EVR for DVD did not let me see the menu marker.

[jerryt]

I am using Totalmedia 5 for DVDs.