When I start live TV, the picture is small and in the upper left corner.
I have to go to aspect ratio and choose "fill" every time I start NPVR.
It wasn´t that from the beginning but I can´t find any option for this in the settings.
Under settings/channels I've deleted the channels I have no interest in so that my EPG is nice an small. So, say I want to re-instate a deleted channel, how do I do this without re-instating the whole lot again.
It got me to thinking there should be check boxes against each channel rather than the option to fully delete.
I haven't played with this so maybe there is an easy way.......just thinking out loud with actually looking into it fully!
PS. I have created an article (work-in-progress) on my website of my own HTPC build.....one which I hope will point others to NPVR and give our commander in arms the recognition/accolade he deserves.
When watching TV, and knowing there is a AC3 stream, there is no way to get sound.
For MPEG audio I use either the MPEG decoder or Microsoft bundled standard decoder. My decoder setting for AC3 is disabled. Seems that Win 7 handles it nicely and passes ac3 on the S/PDIF out. It works nicely for MKVs for instance, but not for TV.
It would also be nice to have an option in settings where I can choose a preferred stream. For me whenever AC3 is available, I want that stream by default. That would be on my wishlist for future relseases.
In GB-PVR you could choose this by selecting the "channel" with the AC3-stream in device setup.
I have installed FFDShow and AC3Filter but they do not show up on the decoders list...
Do I have to edit config.xml to include them? I thought N-PVR was a bit more dynamic?
PowerDVD 10 filters does show. Video seems to work (mpeg2), but not Audio.
In the H.264 list no PowerDVD filter is showing.
If I leave the system running overnight (watching any live tv channel), switch on the tv in the morning I notice the video is ever so micro stuttering. All I have to do is restart NPVR and it's fine.
One issue I do have is that when I do switch the tv on in the morning NPVR has dropped to a window on the desktop so have to maximize/full screen it. It's then that I notice the micro-stuttering.
Will play with the ATI card settings to see if I can't switch off the "tv off" detection, but in the meantime, any ideas?
If I set instances limit to three, and by accident start four recordings of encrypted channels that happen to be on the same mux - they all go to the same tuner, which does not work...
I suggest that a limit of the number of concurrent recordings of encrypted channels on the same tuner can be no larger than the instances setting. Unencrypted channels could reuse the same tuner though (I guess).
Was giving the wife a run through NPVR tonight and managed to get a windows error "NPVR Out of memory" as NPVR crashed.
Was testing out the recording features, had 2 channels being recorded and went off to watch a 3rd channel. I may have opened a channel I have listed but was probably not working and I got the error. Have trie dto replicated no joy.
However, managed to get the details from Win7 event viewer. See attached, all related to same crash/error.
Using 1.4.7 for a long time now. Haven't changed anything. Suddenly no recordings will play. I can play movies and even timeshifted tv from within gbpvr but not recordings. Recordings will all play from outside GBPVR in powerdvd or windows media player on the same machine. Recordings also play on my PCH a100 using MVPMCX2 no problem.
If I chose to play a recording, the screen goes black, the OSD comes up displaying the program name but the timeline doesn't move. hitting play or pause has no effect (other than making the osd display). I can stop the show and return to gbpvr with no problems but I get no sound or video.
Machine is dedicated and is only used for GBPVR. Logs attached.
* First its a guide enhancer: it takes a schedules direct XML file (may work with other XML guides as well) and writes a new XML file with several enhancements for N/GBPVR.
* Second it is a file renamer: if shows have season/episode tags it groups those shows and renames the file of a show to include season episode info and episode title.
* Third it is a file mover: it moves series and movies into their own directories (on any location on your network) while updating the gbpvr/npvr database.
Guide plus does everything when you run your nightly epg update. This means that files will not be renamed or relocated immediately after they are recorded which is a slight disadvantage. However, guidePlus will do its thing (renaming, moving) for all files in the database, not just those recently created which is a great advantage. Have 300 recordings of series you would like renamed, run guidePlus!
