Hi all,
I recently upgraded to nPVR on my HTPC, previously running gbpvr. In anticipation of a new LCD TV I also added a Hauppauge 950Q to capture OTA broadcasts. As you can see in the title, my hardware is a bit aged. Here's the list.

Nvidia GeForce 6200 AGP 256Mb
P4 2.8 (Socket 478)
2Gb DDR RAM
Hauppeuge PVR-150 (cable)
Hauppauge 950Q
Windows 7 Ultimate

After a bit of time trying various decoders, I found the best performance from cyberlink from SAF. My analog cable still looks good, as do non-HD OTA channels, however those broadcast in 1080i are quite choppy. With the CyberLink codec my cpu usage averages about 20%, so I doubt that's the limitation, but the video card is suspect.

My question: Is it worth it to tinker with drivers, codecs, rederers, etc further or have I reached the limitations of AGP and the GeForce card? Anyone with a similar setup able to view HD? Not sure if it would make a difference, but I'm testing this on my PC monitor - hooked up through the VGA port. Might that be causing degradation?

Thanks for any thoughts.

I use a manual xmltv guide. When it was GBPVR I used EpisodeTweaker to add additional show info. That does not work with NPVR so I want to add the show episode to the guide and have it show up in the title after recording.
I cannot get it to work at all.
This is an example of what I have. I have compare it to other xmltv listings but cannot find the problem.
Example - Original listing

<programme start="20110422132000 -0400" stop="20110422135000 -0400" channel="I10239.labs.zap2it.com">
<title lang="en">Tester</title>
<category lang="en">Drama</category>
<episode-num system="dd_progid">SH00999999.0000</episode-num>
</programme>

I have tried both of the following

<programme start="20110422132000 -0400" stop="20110422135000 -0400" channel="I10239.labs.zap2it.com">
<title lang="en">Tester</title>
<category lang="en">Drama</category>
<episode-num system="dd_progid">EP00999999.0000</episode-num>
<episode-num system="onscreen">145</episode-num>
</programme>

and
<programme start="20110422135000 -0400" stop="20110422141000 -0400" channel="I10239.labs.zap2it.com">
<title lang="en">Tester2</title>
<category lang="en">Drama</category>
<episode-num system="dd_progid">EP00999999.0123</episode-num>
<episode-num system="onscreen">145</episode-num>
</programme>

Any help is appreciated.

Finally got around to upgrading to NPVR. Have Angel USB Mpeg Device (analog); followed directions; get sound though no video. Suspect that the crossbar filter has wrong input.

AM_KSCATEGORY_CROSSBAR
- (input) 2: Video Tuner In

Any ideas how to set?

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How can I change the default size of NPVR recordings? They are saved on the computer at 320x240.

When played on the MVP using MVMPC they are shown at that size and thus only filling say 80% of my TV screen.

Regards

Matthew

NVPR is recording an extra copy of each show I schedule. Although I'm impressed that my computer can actually handle the task, I have no need for both copies and want to make it stop. I attached a link to screenshots of the problem as well as log files



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Hi,

I have played with the config settings for MVP by entering my MAC. All that is working and I got the main screen the way I want it. But live TV on the MVP is about 80% of the screen same with the recordings. Those settings dont seem to have any impact.

So where else can I edit config files to get to the full 720x576 on a PAL tv which is 20 years old = olden day = not a LCD etc.

Thanks

Matthew

A recording of a program titled "What Would Happen If..?" fails, (can be watched live though), and the log shows:
Invalid file passed to StartParallelProcessing(): 'E\Freeview\what would happen if..\what would happen if.._20110421_18301855.ts'

I'm guessing that the ..? is causing the problem.
(In the TVGuide.xml file the title is shown with the "..?")

Smiffy

Sorry this post is moved from another forum to this one.


I am running Win 7, 64bit, latest processor, 4 gig ram, HVR1100 in analog mode.

When I watch live TV on the computer I get a good picture and audio (after choosing the right codecs... some make them sound like mickey mouse!

When I watch "Live TV" on the mvp/real tv I get 95% pixellation and broken audio - so bad I have no idea what it is I am seeing.

When I record and play back it is the same.

When I play .avi and old recordings from GBPVR it is all perfect on the TV.

I think I tried the mvpmc dongle correctly by renaming the default dongle to .old and then changing this dongle to dongle.bin or whatever. I did a reboot but I still see the same thing.

Where to next?

See the screenshot of the TV and its pixellation - it could be I am not explaining it very well so pictures tell the best story

thanks
matthew

Hi there!

Anyone using 2 or more WinTV HVR1300 in Win 7 x86 or x64 and managed to get them to work?

I am using 2 x HVR1300. Previously in WinXP, I know we have to swap the ParentIdPrefix of both cards in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\PCI
to make them working.

But in Win7 x86 and x64, the ParentIdPrefix of both cards is in same location in CurrentControlSet, ControlSet001 and ControlSet002 but the tuners is not working at all. Live watching, dual analog recordings, etc all doesn't work!

I have reported this to Hauppauge many times for the past 1 year but they always said there is no plan for new drivers for HVR1300.

I don't wish to change tuners just because of drivers issue!

I'm going crazy! Anyone can help me?
Any help will be appreciated! Thank you!

Hi,

I am running Win 7, 64bit, latest processor, 4 gig ram, HVR1100 in analog mode.

When I watch live TV on the computer I get a good picture and audio (after choosing the right codecs... some make them sound like mickey mouse!

When I watch "Live TV" on the mvp/real tv I get 95% pixellation and broken audio - so bad I have no idea what it is I am seeing.

When I record and play back it is the same.

When I play .avi and old recordings from GBPVR it is all perfect on the TV.

I cant remember how the MVP works - it uses ffmeg to do the conversion on the fly but what about live tv? Is there a codec I have not installed on this new machine?

I have played with the "enable osd" and "high quality render" but I cant remember if they do much because they dont in this case.

See the screenshot of the TV and its pixellation - it could be I am not explaining it very well so pictures tell the best story

thanks
matthew