Hi all ... i did a search for literally MythTV Alternative for Windows ... and here i am.

So let me describe what i am trying to do and where i am at....

I have a spare PC running WinXP SP3. I have a Hauppage PVR 150 installed.
I had problems with GB-PVR (.net errors) so I uninstalled and loaded the latest NPVR Beta.
I can successfully access a remote PC share
i can successfully browse the remote share using mouse or keyboard ... and I can successfully play the remote XVIDs.
Second step for me is the recording portion... First step is to stream these xvids from the other PC.
WinXP drivers for the hauppage are loaded, I have my IR "button" installed ... but I can't use the hauppage remote to control the interface.

is my expectation wrong or my setup. I know under GB-PVR I added the Hauppage as a device... but in NPVR ... the add device button is greyed out. But I suspect this is set up for capturing and not remote control....

So what can I do to resolve this? :confused:

When I back out of a recording I'm watching, back to the "What's new" screen, is the selection supposed to go all the way back up to the newest recording? I notice that sometimes when I back out, the recording I was just watching is the highlighted item, which makes more sense to me.

I'm trying to get guideplus working on my windows 7 x64 system to rename all my recordings. I downloaded the modified Guideplus that was built for x64 systems. I've successfully called guideplus in my updateepg.bat and output a .xml file. When I try to load that XML file into NPVR as an EPG source for my HDPR, I get the following error. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

I have been requested to do a BlueRetroVE+ skin for TVListings & as I have very very limited time at the moment I have stared with the TV Recordings skin.

I must admit while I have looked at the old GBPVR version a couple of times in the past I never realised how much (with some skinning) it "should" do exactly what I want so I never continued with it but I feel this new version will replace the built in Recordings for me.

I have run into a space problem because BRVE+ is based on bigger fonts & I only have 4x3 TV's I would really like to use "@longPeriod" but it doesn't quite fit in the list box so I was wondering if you could add a @shortlongPeriod as in something like "Wed, 17 Nov 2010 10:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. (30 min)"

I set up a share from my own card in Dreambox using CCcam and Hadu. Almost working.
When I go to crypted channel, it shows few seconds ok, then freezes and pops up info screen "error dumping". Then Nrecord dies and bit later Nextpvr also. Have to kill it from task manager.

Same setup in Gbpvr works, with mdapi filter and hadu. Gbpvr don't crash.

Edit: Any ideas? I can't find any reason.

Just wanted to provide a little FYI in case others run into this.

I have Microsoft's standard firewall disabled on my PC but do run Microsoft Security Essentials, which includes an anti-malware service. While trying to set up NextPVR I found that I was unable to view status on my installed device - via setup or the tray icon - and when I tried to record anything, the recording failed with an error in the log: "System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it 127.0.0.1:8968"

It sounds like a normal firewall issue, but since I have the firewall service disabled, it took me a while to figure out the trouble. There were no errors in the Microsoft Event Log of any kind. It turns out, it was the anti-malware service included with MS Security Essentials. Disabling the service I could immediately see my device status and record without trouble. To run the service and still have everything work, I had to add exceptions for NextPVR.exe and NRecord.exe to the Windows Firewall exception list, even though the firewall service isn't running. Apparently the anti-malware service uses the same list.

Anyway, hopefully this post will help others that run into the same problem.

Just trying to get a feel of what people are using with US free OTA tv as far as decoders along with Windows 7. I plan to move to NPVR once the tv guide becomes integrated for Schedules direct or when the final realease comes. I've had recent problems with W7 and getting live tv to play which has been a result of decoders. So I'm asking to see what other people are using and with what success with this type of setup. Looking for more free options if availalble but just want something reliable with recordings and playback. Thanks.

I recorded a movie last night that is 2 and 1/2 hours in length.
I get HD with an over the air antenna in the US.
I am using the latest NPVR and WnXP SP3.
The ts file for the movie is 13 gig.
I need this file to fit on a 4.7 gig DVD+RW.
I am assuming that a ts file will play directly in a dvd player.
In the good old days of analog tv channels I could record up to 6 hours on a single dvd with a stand alone dvd recorder/player.
Is their a setting in NPVR somewhere that will accomplish this? If their is I am not seeing it.
Is their free software that will shrink this ts file?
Am I on the wrong track altogether?

Did some searching through back threads but didn't find an answer I was satisifed with.

I recently upgraded my system to an AthlonX4, 4 GB DDR3, on an Asus M4A785TD-M board with onboard Radeon 4200 video in a hope of making my system HD-capable but I still seem to have picture stutter issues with Live HD channels from my HDHomeRun. Recorded programs from the HDHR also have stutter with any renderer other than Overlay Manager.

Any recommendations for a good add-in video card to throw in there? PCI-Express 2.0 x16 is the available slot. I also have another limitation - I have everything in a small-ish MicroATX case that has a 300W power supply - which seems to be a bit of an issue as a lot of cards seem to be requiring more robust PSU's than that.

I don't necessarily need a low profile card - I can use one with a standard bracket - but the smaller physical size of the card, the better. Passive cooling would also be a plus.

I've always been an nVidia devotee - would a 9400 card be sufficient?

I keep getting failed recordings with the message "Device failed to start". Any idea why this is happening?

Edit: now I notice that some of my recordings are 0MB in size. Also any recordings that I can watch are all choppy. I tried watching live TV and it was choppy for a few seconds and then the computer just got a BSOD. WinDBG of course points to ntoskrnl.exe as always.. worthless information...

I guess the 0x00000116 error does seem to be related to the video driver, but why would that crash and capture cards be crashing all at once?