Some of my HD channels are 4 digits and they are no problem when using the remote but using the keypad, I'm only able to punch in 3 digits. I believe it's been this way for many past versions. Is there a way to allow the keypad to type in 4 digits for these channels?

Since old SAF thread is outdated, i created this new one. I will try to add more info, pictures and videos soon...

On the begin i must say "thank you nevcairiel for your excelent work on LAVF!"

So what is new in SAF6?
- SAF6 is now miltilanguage - if your language is not present, you can translate SAF and i can integrate it to next SAF release
- SAF6 have now selectable components + it is possible to set destination path
- SAF6 is based on LAV splitter/audio decoder and FFDshow (DXVA) video decoder
- thanks to LAVF, you can now play BluRay's (without menus) in any DirectShow Based players including GB-PVR and NPVR
- thanks to LAV splitter, all AVIs should now play corrertly
- thanks to LAV spitter + LAV audio decoder, a lot of MOV files are now supported
- thanks to LAV audio decoder, audio passthrough working really great including HD audio
It is nearly impossible to setup all computer around the world by one app, but SAF6 will do the best...



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[SIZE="5"]SAF6 can be download here cca 13MB (changelog).[/SIZE]

Note:
SAF come with two version - locked (default) and unlocked. To unlock SAF, send me an PM.
SAF support audio/subtitles streams switching (if FFDshow (DXVA) video decoder is in use) - you can do it by:
- right click ony FFDshow systray icon
- press CTRL+ALT+NUMPAD0 or CTRL+ALT+NUMPAD1
If you want to hide/show subtitles, just pres CTRL+ALT+S
You can display OSD statistic too (if FFDshow (DXVA) video decoder is in use) - just press CTRL+ALT+O - this is usefull if you want to see if DXVA is in use or not

If you have good remote controler, you can map all this shortcuts to it and control all by remote. My HTPC can do it and it is working really great

After instalation, *unlocked* SAF should setup nPVR decoderslike on picture below:


Q:
What the hell is SAF???
A:
SAF is a solution. SAF will install and configure all needed decoders/splitter, configure them and make all working just out of the box. You can install them manually and spend weeks (if ever) make all working, or you can install SAF and do the same work in few seconds.

Q:
Why to use SAF? There are already k-lite, CCCP, shark,etc...
A:
SAF was/is developed by HTPC user. Main goal is to install/touch the OS as less as possible but make as much as possible working.

Q:
What OS i need?
A:
SAF will work on WinXP SP3 or newer. Using Win7 is recommended.
NOTE:
WinXP have limitations...
For example, using NPVR on WinXP you will hit VMR7/9 bug

Q:
What audio/video formats are supported by SAF?
A:
Well, nearly all. If you have any video that SAF6 won't play, send me small sample.

Q:
Does SAF support DXVA?
A:
Yes. Just remember you need modern GPU to use DXVA

Q:
Does SAF support DXVA + subtitles?
A:
Yes

Q:
Does SAF support HDTV?
A:
Yes, you just need unlocked SAF. Send me PM

Q:
Does SAF support DVD playback?
A:
Yes, and DVD navigation is working on all OS

Q:
Does SAF support BluRay playback?
A:
Yes, but remember you need to have any "on the fly" BluRay decrypter to play them and it will only play without menus.

Q:
Does SAF support PGS subtitles?
A:
Yes.

Q:
I only want to display forced subs! Does SAF support it?
A:
Yes.

Q:
I have reciever. Does the SAF support audio passthrough?
A:
Yes, but there are rules:
- to passthrough AC3 + DTS you can use WinXP (or newer) and SPDIF connection
- to passthrough HD audio formats you need Win7, HD reciever, GPU that support HD audio passthrough and HDMI connection

Q:
Is there anything else i need to install?
A:
No. Just install NPVR/GB-PVR and *unlocked* SAF. SAF should set all automatically.

Q:
Does SAF support Interlced VC-1 playback?
A:
Yes!

Q:
How can i see if DXVA is in use with PDVD12 decoder?
A:
Run NPVR in window mode and start for example h.264 LiveTV
START-SAF-Tools and run Graphstudio.
In the Graphstudio click File - Connect to the remote graph and click Connect
Such graph apear:

2x click on the CyberLink Video decoder, then click on the Video out
If there is NV12 or DXVA, DXVA is in use, if there is YUY2 (like on picture) DXVA of not in use.

Q:
SAF can do so much? How many it costs?
A:
SAF was, is and will be free. But if you think SAF helped you, you can support this project by small donation.

Q:
SAF doesn't support my language, can i translate it?
A:
Yes, here is how to do it

Here is My HTPC:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5o5omAT6Ec

Sub in Search you use a @controlSelected variable. If I wanted something similar in MB4 would have I just have to set .Selected to true/false and then this variable becomes available to skinners?

Also can two controls be selected? I have a Search text box that might also be selected.

Martin

Dear all,

although we are still making some final coding tweaks to the new NextPVR webpages and they cannot go live quite yet they incorporate a new NextPVR Logo.

Hairy has put together a Logo Pack for anyone wishing to use NextPVR logos (Dev's in utilities, screensavers, offsite webpages referencing NextPVR etc.)

The pack will find its way onto the wiki but I have attached it here should anyone like to access it in the meantime.

cheers

steeb

This was working until recently (at least for the non-HD channels) :-(

I'm using NPVR 2.1.4, a Blackgold BGT3620, EVR renderer and ffdshow decoders for all video and audio formats. Windows XP home. Sandy Heath transmitter in the UK.

I updated the ffdshow package, and stopped getting any video. I reverted to the previous ffdshow version, but still get no video. The audio is fine, but I just get a black screen. I get an FFA icon in the system tray, but no FFV icon (I used to get both).

I've tried rebooting, and I've tried reinstalling DirectX (the installer told me I already had an up to date version).

Any clues what I've done? Logs attached.

Thanks for any help!

Just did a clean install with NPVR 2.1.4 and can not find a config.xml file. It's just not here. Even did a windows search and nothing found. How can i force NPVR to create one?:confused:

I got involved with NPVR and its translation recently. Weather information is quite a handy feature in a PVR app so I decided to include it too. Translation is done via XML files.

After a few days of work, I'd like to point out tiny issues in Weather that could be improved.

First an easy one: the string 'Weather Advisories, Watches & Warnings (1 of 1)' inlcudes '&' which cannot be included in a valid XML thus cannot be translated (brokes the whole translation).

Another one is wind direction. Would it be possible to put the directions into separate strings? (Unless it comes it comes from Accuweather in a whole line) Something like '9 m/s (17 m/s), WSW' is impossible to translate, 3 data fields give almost an infinite number of combinations.

I'm not sure what I did, and even more upsetting, I'm not sure how to fix it.

I updated to 2.1.4 recently and that went so swimmingly, I updated the NMT software too running the latest installer, then things went south. From the installer, I disabled the "Install/Update NextPVR" option and continued. Install says it completed fine, but every time I have the PCH attempt to load mvpmc, it hangs with a white screen and:

Mount //192.168.1.50/mvpmc i

on the screen. The IP address and the share name are correct. I don't know what the little "i" afterwards is all about.

I did by chance happen to install some Windows 7 updates around the same time, so I've thought perhaps that process screwed something up with my share, but if so I can't figure out what.

The share still exists and still allows full guest access. The share scripts are all there, and while my npvr.cgi script does show it was touched - based on the date modified - I don't notice anything that was changed. I load mvpmcx2 automatically via an index.htm and that still starts npvr.cgi fine, but of course hangs as shown above. The mount command in npvr.cgi appears as follows:
mount -t cifs //192.168.1.50/mvpmc /etc/mvpmc -o username=root,rw

I've tried username=guest and even hard-coded a userid and password too... no luck.

The firewall rules still exist for NextPVR and NRecord. In fact, I disabled the firewall completely just to be sure that wasn't it, but no luck.

Having re-run the installer a couple times now, I know the first time I ran it I did NOT put in the mac address suffix, clicking too quickly to notice I was asked for it. I've since removed the partial mac mvp settings from the config.xml and re-run with the correct MAC address. If there's anything else my first run might have screwed up, I can't find it.

Any suggestions as to how and fix things again? Admittedly, things have been working so well for so long, I'm sure I've forgotten a few things to check. It really seems like it's the mount command that's failing though and I can't figure out why it's not working all of a sudden.

Thanks,
Tim

I'm trying to put together a skin for the new search screen and am having trouble with the @controlSelected option.

Here is a simple skin that I've used for this example:

Earlier this morning, I encountered a new problem. I was watching Big Brother and things seemed to be playing fine. It was about half over, did a commercial skip, began playing again after the commercial, then ended playback and went back to the recordings list. I wasn’t paying that much attention, and thought that it was at the end of the episode and comskip had just cut off the last "teaser" segment. So I tried playing it again and skipping to the end. (I had to do it a couple of times, so you’ll see that in the logs.) Then I discovered, that it had NOT actually been at the end. I kept skipping back to find the point where it had ended prematurely, and found that it was just after the commercial skip at 28 minutes in. This time, when I let it keep playing for a minute or so, it went on just fine. I then stopped playback to get logs which are attached. I’ve also included the timing and comskip files.

Martin has already looked at the logs and his response is:

Quote:mvpmcx2 is doing what it was told and at ~10:46 in the MVP log, NPVR told it to seek to 3653 seconds, so I think NextPVR was using wrong comskip point, I don't see anything else there.