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dancake · 21-12-08, 01:51 PM

Hi Chaps

I have a E6600 processor, 4 Gig of ram, Vista and
an nforce 6030i/7150 mobo and a tt-1501 Cable card.

I am using Progdvb and I run BBCHD glitch-free at about 40% cpu usage.

However, If i start Utorrent, or download from the net, my TV signal falls to pieces. My cpu usage spikes to 90% too. Stange as Utorrrent itself has a very small footprint.

Anyone have any insight into this.?

Kelv · 22-12-08, 11:14 AM

I had similar issues and found that the splitter I was using between my cable modem and tv card had failed is some strange way, it still split the signal but was allowing the data transmissions to interfere with the TV and this only occurred on the PC.#

Like yourself it was most apparent with torrents, try iplayer or something else that is going to create a lot of connections and see if it starts to break up the picture.

The cpu usage spike is because it is trying to reassemble an image out of all the garbage it is recieving (afaik).

dancake · 22-12-08, 02:13 PM

Cheers.

I will bypass the splitter as an experiment. Ill report how it goes!

dancake · 26-12-08, 09:26 AM

You were right!

I was Dubious but sure enough, I changed my splitter and the problem has gone away. Replaced my (1-3 )splitter with an old TW one (1-2)

I can now use utorrent/ internet/ anything and my Video doesnt break up at all. Cheers matey

21-12-08, 01:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
dancake Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 74 Thanks: 5 Thanked 9 Times in 8 Posts	Running ProgDVB with Utorrent in the background Hi Chaps I have a E6600 processor, 4 Gig of ram, Vista and an nforce 6030i/7150 mobo and a tt-1501 Cable card. I am using Progdvb and I run BBCHD glitch-free at about 40% cpu usage. However, If i start Utorrent, or download from the net, my TV signal falls to pieces. My cpu usage spikes to 90% too. Stange as Utorrrent itself has a very small footprint. Anyone have any insight into this.?

22-12-08, 11:14 AM	#2 (permalink)
Kelv Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Running ProgDVB with Utorrent in the background I had similar issues and found that the splitter I was using between my cable modem and tv card had failed is some strange way, it still split the signal but was allowing the data transmissions to interfere with the TV and this only occurred on the PC.# Like yourself it was most apparent with torrents, try iplayer or something else that is going to create a lot of connections and see if it starts to break up the picture. The cpu usage spike is because it is trying to reassemble an image out of all the garbage it is recieving (afaik).

22-12-08, 02:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
dancake Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 74 Thanks: 5 Thanked 9 Times in 8 Posts	Re: Running ProgDVB with Utorrent in the background Cheers. I will bypass the splitter as an experiment. Ill report how it goes!

26-12-08, 09:26 AM	#4 (permalink)
dancake Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 74 Thanks: 5 Thanked 9 Times in 8 Posts	Re: Running ProgDVB with Utorrent in the background You were right! I was Dubious but sure enough, I changed my splitter and the problem has gone away. Replaced my (1-3 )splitter with an old TW one (1-2) I can now use utorrent/ internet/ anything and my Video doesnt break up at all. Cheers matey

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