Here's a very useful little util i found to use to make sata drives really hot-swappable.
It simply creates a 'safely remove hardware' icon for removable sata drives...
it helps in detection of hot inserted drives, and flushing data buffers and preparing for removal..
You use it just like the 'safely remove hardware' icon for usb drives..[it looks just like it]
All sata controllers are supposed to support hot-swap on all ports, as it's part of the sata-1 spec. and so far i haven't found any it wouldn't work on..

So now you can get an esata drive enclosure and pop that drive in there and enjoy removability without losing any speed.
Works with win7 down to win2k..
http://mt-naka.com/hotswap/index_enu.htm

Hello,

I just installed NPVR and at the end of the process it said that it went fine, yet when I run it, it does not seem to offer the ability to do much (scan stations to start with)

In the Quick Start giude I can see that I should also install the minimum software requirement

My question is how should I know if my system already has this software installed:confused:?

Thanks in advance for your time,
g2c

HP Pavilion dv9750ej
DVB-T USB receiver
Vista home premium

I have 2 Kworld capture cards that were working fine for getting ATSC digital over the air, but have run into a conflict where one will not start. Get error when scanning for channels or attempting to watch TV and other device is in use "unable to start device Device failed to start"

These are Kworld USB 435Q and 435Q V2 (packaging is the same, I had no idea I was getting 2 different cards, but anyway).

The reason I'm thinking it's a NPVR issue and not driver/device issue is because NPVR will detect and use each individually just fine. But when I have both plugged in, only the earlier model (2870) can be used, the V2 2875 fails to start.

Sub, can you have a look at this FilterCheck.log and tell me why the digital part of this card does not show up?

A few days ago the sound stopped from TV1... still doesn't work. I've had to change it to TV1 (Audio 2) to get sound, but that seems to be in mono only. Anyone else experience this in Wellington?

I may be trying something "wrong." I currently have an ATI ALL-inWonder HD tuner/video card that works fine and plays well with NPVR, for OTA TV. It is PCI-E, and replaced a cheap ATI video card. I use the HDMI out often to "pipe" output to my real TV, a Sony 40" flatscreen. Works nicely. NPVR works great after my learning curve, especially getting TV listings through zap2it, which still works. Win XP, 4600Gig dual-core AMD CPU and "4 Gig" RAM. (Note: the Catalyst Media Center program that came with the card sucks - loses channels and settings - pain in the ass that I left behind for better programs, like GBPVR and NPVR.)

I was hoping to hook up a second monitor, to expand monitor space, not for TV use. My MSI M/B only has one PCI-E slot, so I got a relatively cheap GeForce 8400GS card (NVIDIA, not ATI) with both DVI and VGA out, which means I could use my old, smaller VGA flatscreen for more monitor space.

Have I "violated the rules" so far? Different cards and connections to M/B? My Internet searches suggest maybe.

Anyway, I tried it once and it kind of worked but I had some problems. I reverted to a backup and for now it's like I never tried it.

Here's what I recall. Adding the 2nd card actually seemed to go OK. Hardware in fine. And I think I got the software drivers stuff in OK as well. I was then able to extend the desktop to the second monitor, and they "identified" as 1 and 2 on screen when I queried. I thought I was in fat city!

But when I rebooted I repeatedly got a Windows New Hardware window....darn it. Looking in Control Panel. I had an unknown device. Not sure quite which. Then, I realized that in NPVR, I could no longer access Live TV - something like can't find tuner filter. Damn. But the Device was still listed correctly in NPVR's settings.

I unseated the new card, and a reboot or two resulted in a corrupt Windows config file. Cascading failures as seems to occur when panicking over a Windows problem. So I bailed completely. Used Acronis to revert to a backup of a day or two earlier. Whew - back to normal.

But I'd still like to add the second monitor and video card if I can. I plugged the new, 2nd video card in once....New Hardware Window...cancelled ,but I did NOT put in the GeForce driver CD. I just tried NPVR Live TV. It said something like can't find the tuner device...not the filter reference from earlier, I think. But Settings-Devices still showed the ATI tuner. So I unseated the second card again. After I think 2 reboots, I was back to normal.

I'll try again in a day or two, AFTER I do another full system backup, just in case.

So after this long description, sorry, am I tilting at windmills? Does Win XP, or NPVR, get "confused" when adding the second video drivers, or what? NPVR Settings-Device still showed the "ATI BDA Digital Tuner" info that it usually shows. Some web searching suggests that one should remove video drivers before adding a new card and drivers. Some suggest that only similar cards can be used, perhaps so they share the same drivers?

Thanks, and I hope I'm not wasting your time!

I am not sure what I am missing here. I am using XMLTV to create my epg for an analog tuner (1100). I am using the same file and process that I used with GBPVR for years.

Windows scheduler updates the XML file each night. All ok.

Manual npvr updates the EPG fine. All is correct.

BUT it does not do this automatically... where is the setting and what am I doing wrong because it is fine when forced but not if it is left alone.

I looked in the wiki for info on the "misc2" settings but there wasnt anything there. The numbers I have set are 180 and 2. I am not sure what the 180 means but I guess the 2 = 2am for an auto update of the EPG. But after 4 days nothing has happened.

Thanks

Matthew

p.s

Running Win7
Have just completely uninstalled GB and installed the latest version NPVR.
Awesome, however there are issues with the playback of recordings.
The replay in simply terms often digitizes
however the sound is stable
have monogram installed and ffD show

I installed Visual C++ & Dir X from the hyper links on getting started page

Anyone got any ideas?

So - in Videos and Music, when the focus changes away from the list and onto the menu, the list noticeably fades until it has focus again.

I'd like to reproduce this, but have not been able to figure out what buttons to push to make it happen.

I did try fussing with the alpha property, but it did not have any effect at all (that I saw, anyway). The skin has an alphaFade attribute, which may or may not be relevant, but if it is, I can't find how to wire it up.

Has anybody made this happen and can point me in the right direction? I'm implementing IScreenPlugin.

Windows XP. I used to be able to watch a DVD no problem. Lately, it gives me issues. Stuttering picture, sound out of sync. I'm figuring the codecs are messed up.

How can I tell what codecs my PC is using for a DVD? I'm just trying to use the basic DVD option in NPVR.