SageDCT No Signal on Some Channels

[mike1961]

I set up SageDCT with the HDHomeRun and a cable card and it was working great for a few days and then for some strange reason channels 2 and 4 stopped working and I get no signal. I originally remapped channels 2-13 in SD (ie: channel 2080 on time warner is channel 2 in SD) and it was all working for several days and then only channels 2 and 4 as of this morning now give no signal. However, if I go into the HD Home Run software I can view channels 2 and 4 in SD just fine. So it works in the HDHomeRun software but not in Sage and only those channels. I tried restarting SageDCT and I tried restarting the Sage Server as well.

Anyone with any thoughts as to what might cause this?
Thanks.

[KryptoNyte]

In the SageDCT settings, Capture tab, you'll probably need to be using ffmpeg as the capture method instead of Dump.

[mike1961]

The only tabs in SageDCT are settings, discovery, service, test and tuners. How do I set up ffmpeg and why do you think I would need to if it worked fine before? Now, it only doesn't work on channels 2 and 4 the other basic channels work fine.

[FriscoJohn]

Mike,

Sounds like you might not be using the most recent version of SageDCT (2.7.0.2) which has a "Capture" tab where you can select ffmpeg. The latest version is available on babgvant's website but you have to make a (nominal) donation to access the latest version download.

Cheers

[BobbyDing]

Also, depending on your OS and hardware, there's this:

http://www.missingremote.com/news/20...tall-kb3004394

What it describes matches my setup. I had just updated before I saw this. All kept running fine till a few days ago when sage started missing recording because it suddenly couldn't tune the cable channels. I ran another windows update (MS put out a fix), rebooted and it all works again. Not sure if this was indeed the issue or just rebooting it did the trick.

Hope this helps.

Bobby

[KryptoNyte]

I read this and then used the Donate button near the bottom to get "early access," or rather access to SageDCT 2.7.2:

http://babgvant.com/Wiki/view.aspx/Early_Access

In the Paypal transaction, I believe I mentioned something in a note about SageDCT 2.7.2 access.

And then here for the 2.7.2 download:

http://babgvant.com/files/folders/li...ntry21867.aspx

It's the holiday season, so it may take Andy a few days or even a week or two to get back to you with access.

[mike1961]

Thank you all for your replies - I'll check into it. As an update, I'll let you all know that channels 2 and 4 started working again for no reason that I can find. I don't have Windows set to update automatically and nothing that I can find has changed except we went from one day to the next. I still made the donation because I would like to get the latest version. Also, is the best place to get ffmpeg? It seems there are a few different versions floating around and I'm not sure the best one to get or the best place to get it.

Thanks

[KryptoNyte]

Mike, what you experienced with those two channels is common, and it comes and goes.

FFmpeg comes with SageDCT 2.7.2.

[mike1961]

So are you saying I don't need to download ffmpeg? I downloaded the x64 version for my windows 7 but I'm not sure if there are other settings I need to configure because it currently works on "dump" but not on ffmpeg.

Thanks,
Mike

[KryptoNyte]

Correct, you do not need to download ffmpeg, Andy included the necessary files in the SageDCT 2.7.2 install.

[mike1961]

I got the latest version and at the capture page if I select DUMP then it sometimes works and sometimes does not work at all or only certain channels don't work for a while. I tried selecting Ffmpeg and I get this error:

Watch Request Failed Error(-20): There is no mediaplayer that can palyback the selected file while it's being recorded

I'm not sure if there are other settings I need to select at the capture tab or why I'm getting this error.

Thanks,

[KryptoNyte]

That's an error that you're getting in the SageTV player? What video renderer do you have selected in Sage settings?

[mike1961]

I'm using EVR (Enhanced Video Render) and SageTV MPEG for the decoder setting. But, it works fine when I set the capture tab to DUMP. It just won't show channels 2 and 4, the other basic channels work fine. But, if I set it to ffmpeg then I get the error.