When i rip my dvd with dvdfab (main movie only) and when i use npvr to play back through video library (not in iso format) the aspect ratio defaults to something other than auto and does not work for 16x9. I have to use f7 to change it to auto to get it right. while i know this is a small and insignifican issue, i am having issues programming my remote to send f7 so have to vpn into computer to change it.
any chance you could look into this for the next release
After recently struggling with a number of less than successful upgrade attempts from GBPVR to NPVR, I'd like to pass along a few observations for those other folks who are doing this stuff on a budget like me AND making a dedicated system that's attached directly to the TV and used for nothing else.
Before I go into details, I want to preface this with a bit of a warning; if you decide to go this route, you are essentially abandoning every reasonable network/workstation security principle there is.
System Config:
Dell Precision Workstation 670, Hyperthreading Xeon CPU, 3 GB Ram, 300 GB âCâ drive and 500 GB âDâ Drive. Two tuner cards with one connected to the IR blaster and Nvidia Graphcis card. Windows XP SP2. No firewall & automatic updates turned off.
Attempt 1 â Removed GBPVR cleaned up file system did default install of both nPVR software and video directories on the same physical drive (drive D).
End Result: Live TV skipped and occasionally would get a fault error and a number of dirty looks from the wife.
Read through the forums, moved the video directories to the C drive. Quality of live video improved slightly, but had problems with pending recordings reappearing after being deleted repeatedly.
Attempt 2 â Reformatted both C and D partitions, allowed Windows to upgrade everything (except browser) to the latest version. Service Pack 3, and roughly 200 some odd hot fixes, patches and other garbage. Did clean install of WinTV7 and latest Hauppauge drivers (on CD), followed by clean install of nPVR on C drive and Video library & Live TV Buffer on D drive
End Result: Much worse overall performance than Attempt 1. Constant errors, Comskip didn't work half the time, reoccurring recordings would sometimes duplicate and when deleting the duplicates, they'd reappear after the system was restarted or the nPVR software was stopped and restarted. Wife now openly heckling.
Final attempt â Reformatted boot & D partitions with XP SP2. Performed zero updates, other than WPA2 patch, and those required to get nPVR installed. Installed drivers and WinTV7 software (all default). PVR software installed on C drive, video and live tv buffer on D drive. Recording using one tuner and watching live TV simultaneously works perfectly. Haven't had any problems with the scheduling of repeat programs. Wife hasn't opened mouth yet.
Hypothesis: Something in the several hundred updates, hotfixes and the transition from SP2 to SP3 appears to have a bit of a negative impact on basic nPVR operation.
No Firewalls are running, auto updates are turned off and so far, after repeated reboots, during programming selected by âquick recordâ or scheduled recording, all work beautifully, after the system comes back online. Zero problems with choppy audio and after reviewing the various log files, everything appears to be firing off when it's supposed to. Comskip obviously needs a bit of tuning, but it still works fairly well about 98% of the time.
As a network security engineer, I do NOT recommend using a configuration like this if you're going to use the pc for surfing the net or doing other things. Since the only thing the system communicates with is Schedules Plus, I'm willing to risk it. But this particular configuration seems to work best for me, given the antiquated hardware I'm working with. Remote Control response is superb and I've yet to run into a situation where anything really strange happens, when either invoking live TV after the the system reboots.
About the only advice I can recommend, based on my experiences, is install only what you absolutely need, disable or uninstall anything you don't need. Also, take a look at a good defrag utility that has the ability to run automatically. Finally, separating the data directories from the drive that contains the page file and nPVR. Yes, a bit more expensive for tightwads like me, but it works very well.
Hope someone is able to gain a little benefit from this.
I'm a happy longtime user of GBPVR 1.4.7. in France.
Since I can receive french DVB-T HD channels with H264 video and E-AC3 audio tracks, it's impossible for me to have sound when I watch these channels in live preview mode or in timeshift mode. Recordings from these channels don't have sound too when I play them.
My GBPVR is installed on a Windows XP PC.
I put the latest log PVRX2.exe-native. If someone can help me or explain why the audio tracks can't be played ?...
Can anyone recommend a relatively cheap SMTP service provider? or possibly you run your own and are willing to share?
The gbpvr.com web server has long had a problem with emails being rejected as spam from user's email providers. I'd like to get this resolved, because it makes it hard for users to register. It sounds like this is happening because my hosting provider has had a problem with some of their servers having been used for generating spam, causing the whole subnet to be blacklisted by some ISP...pity, because other than this I've been really happy with the hosting.
Not sure if I have the terminology right but I am trying to record more than one digital channel for each digital tuner card. I found a reference in the GB-PVR documentation and a couple of posts from johnsonx42 that seem to confirm my thoughts but I can't see how to do it in NPVR.
I have 3x digital terrestrial tuner cards in my system (Australian free to air exclusively) but I am finding that we are recording more than three programs at one time or that recordings overlap (and because stations do not start or finish on time we miss parts of the show).
How can I set up NPVR to record more than one channel per tuner card?
I used the Silver skin for a while and it fitted very nicely on my TV. As it isn't being developed further (and doesn't work with 'Find All' and 'Search'), I've switched to the default skin but it seems to be 'oversize'.
To clarify - on the Main Menu the date/time is cropped at the top and I lose the minutes from the righthand side - in the 'Recordings' screen, everything starts slightly 'off screen' etc. In other words, there's no margin around the the top/sides in various places.
I wasn't quite sure if I should post this as a PCH issue or here but, as I said, the Silver skin fits perfectly. I understood the basics of gbpvr skins but haven't a clue when it comes to npvr so I've no idea what to tweak to get things to fit properly.
