It is simply amazing and by far the simplest way to reprogram ANY button on your remote to anything else. Keystrokes, command keys, app launching. Click on a predefined picture of your remote, and say "I want this button to do this" and you're done. All the common remote "pictures" are included such as the 45 button Hauppauge and a ton of various MCE remotes.
I reprogrammed every key on my "far east" MCE remote (ORtek 1100, aka Adesso 1100, aka HAMA), including the color buttons, to every keyboard shortcut NPVR had to offer using the keyboard shortcuts available here: http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Manua...dReference
And I did so in less than 10 minutes and it works perfectly.
You can even have OSD that shows on NPVR - like for the volume level! (It does so by default).
You can also define sets that apply only to and change the keymappings for specific programs.
I only needed the free version to remap some keys, the donator version supports pre-defined keymappings for software (they have a library and GB-PVR is included) as well as IR blasting for supported devices.
Transitioned from GBPVR 1.4.7. Looks great! My last goal was to get my season recordings over to NPVR either by using the external transfer tool or manually by searching for them. Cannot use TV Guide as I really don't know when they are on anymore (108 of them would be a lot of scanning)
Search was not checked in the plugins by default. when I do check it and click ok i get a generic .NET unhandled exception. If I click continue and reload NPVR GUI, search does appear in the main menu but launching it does nothing.
Would post a log but nothing is written to the log about it; log entries don't change before or after attempted launch.
I realized that my season recordings did not come over so I tried the external tool by kendrak24; have posted to their support thread because I have a problem using it.
Tried Searchlight plugin, but also get the .net error.
I reinstalled the .net requirements. tried before and after windows updating any newer patches.
I got the visual c and directx updates (already had them but reinstalled)
Tried reinstalling NPVR 1.5.33.
At this point, not being able to search for all my season recordings (to set up manually) or not being able to use the external transfer tool is only thing stopping me from using NPVR full time.
I am trying to import about 150 (mpg) recordings made by GBPVR into NPVR
The GBPVR recordings are in a separate directory, which is not the directory into which they were originally recorded, and not the NPVR recordings directory.
I tried the following:
Edit the addresses in the GPVR recordings dump file (which currently points to the wrong directory) to point to the directory where the recording now are
Run import in NPVR
Result 'no recordings imported'
Put some of the recordings in the NPVR directory, and re-edited the the XML file
Same result
Put the new XML file in the NPVR data directory
Same result
Looked at the log files - nothing of interest
Questions:
Do the recordings to be imported have to be in the NPVR recordings directory?
Is the format of the required XML file the same in NPVR as it was in GBPVR?
Could the editor I used for the XML file (open office) be causing the problem?? It did seem to add quite a few statements about the author
Of course I have read the posts about importing on installation, but I don't really want to disturb a working installation of NPVR by playing around with the recordings directory
I upgraded to NPVR (33) a few weeks back and am getting failed recordings a few times a week. I've tried everything I can think but can't seem to fix this. I didn't have any issues with GBPVR 1.4.7.
Here is an example from yesterday - any idea what the error 0x8007001f means anyone?
Hello, I have one of those MCE knock-off remotes that are part remote and part keyboard, at least as seen by Windows. It's an ORtek VRC-1100 aka Adesso ARC-1100.
My problem doesn't concern the keyboard part, that's my problem as it's unsupported.
This remote works well with GB-PVR for all the MCE core functions (pause/play,etc.)
On NPVR the Pause/Play buttons don't seem to be working at all. However, Stop, Skip Ahead/Back - all the core MCE buttons EXCEPT Pause/Play work. On MCE they are one in the same button anyway.
Again, I just want to stress that those buttons work on the same computer with GB-PVR with no modifications e.g. reg tweaks/HIP/EventGhost. I exit out of GB-PVR and open NPVR and it doesn't.
I have been using a trusty Nvidia 7300LE for the last 5 years or so and it has simply been the best HTPC graphics card ever. Totally silent as it has no fan and runs very cool. Which is handy as there is no fan in the case at all (Pentium M motherboard)
Unfortunately the setup not very good with BBC HD so I was thinking of updating the graphics card to address this.
As the above two cards have the lowest power consumption that I am aware off I was considering upgrading to one or the other. Has anyone got any experience of either card.
I was leaning more towards Nvidia as i've been so pleased with the 7300LE and I also upgraded to a Nvida 3450 a couple of years ago (HD playback was perfect) but the thing used too much energy for my fanless PSU and it also ran very hot.
So its looking like Im going to dedicate my netbook to the new lcd tv we have. Currently, we're just playing net videos (youtube) out via the hdmi. I bought a wireless keyb and mouse to control it. So far so good.
Now, Id like to consider working NVPVR into this.
Should I be installing NVPVR at the netbook and source my content via web or net shared drives ? Or should I be installing NVPVR at the main pc and using the netbook as a client ??
Im thinking the way to go is to have the netbook as host with a shell of some type where I can use NVPVR or jump out to do things that NVPVR isnt capable of (yet ?).
