From within GB-PVR you could change the mux to allow recording to .mpg file. I find the .mpg files easier to handle and convert outside of NPVR. Does anyone know if recording directly to .mpg is possible?
I have a PCH A110 working nicely, running NPVR, on my network (thanks to martin)
Now I have put an A100 on the network (for another TV), which won't run NPVR
The PCH finds the network share, but when I select NPVR in the HTML screen I get the 'request cannot be processed error'. Unlike the A110 the A100 has a hard disk installed. I have told NPVR to start two servers
Syntax checker output follows. Could someone look at it and see what might be wrong
Checking for mvpmc share on MEDIA
mvpmc C:\mvpmc
Checking GB-PVR.html links
C:\mvpmc \GB-PVR.html not found
Currently I have 4 capture sources configured for a single Hauppauge HVR-2250 card. I have an Analog and Digital source configured for Capture Card #1 and an Analog and Digital source configured for Capture Card #2. My understanding is I should be able to record 2 shows at the same time. Either 2 Analog channels, 2 Digital channels or 1 of each. Is this correct ? I'm getting failed recordings pretty often.
I have attached the logs. The Battle of the Supercars at 10:00pm and George Lopez at 10:30 both failed. I think I might have the capture card configured incorrectly but I'm not sure. I have a few failed recordings about 1 out of 5 recordings. Also, I have seen the GBPVR tray report it's recording something after the recording has already finished. For example, Nikita finished recording successfully at 10:00pm but the tray shows it as "Recording". Seems there is a disconnect someplace.
A new photonic chip that works on light rather than electricity has been built by an international research team, paving the way for the production of ultra-fast quantum computers with capabilities far beyond todayâs devices.Future quantum computers will, for example, be able to pull important information out of the biggest databases almost instantaneously. As the amount of electronic data stored worldwide grows exponentially, the technology will make it easier for people to search with precision for what they want.
An early application will be to investigate and design complex molecules, such as new drugs and other materials, that cannot be simulated with ordinary computers. More general consumer applications should follow.
Jeremy OâBrien, director of the UKâs Centre for Quantum Photonics, who led the project, said many people in the field had believed a functional quantum computer would not be a reality for at least 25 years.
âHowever, we can say with real confidence that, using our new technique, a quantum computer could, within five years, be performing calculations that are outside the capabilities of conventional computers,â he told the British Science Festival, as he presented the research.
Computingâs great leap forward
Why quantum computing?
To make use of properties that emerge on an ultra-small scale. âEntanglementâ â the ability of subatomic particles to influence one another at a distance â and âsuperpositionâ â the fact that a particle does not have a definite location and can be in several places at once â are the two most important properties.
Yes, itâs weird but why is it useful?
Because quantum particles can do very many things at the same time, unlike an electronic âbitâ in conventional computing. The use of quantum particles, or âqubitsâ, permits parallel computing on a scale that would not be possible with conventional electronics.
What particles are you talking about?
Many scientists are working with atoms or ions trapped in ultra-cold conditions. But the latest discovery by the Bristol-led team uses photons â light particles.
How does a quantum chip actually work?
There are several models. The Bristol version sends âentangledâ photons down networks of circuits in a silicon chip. The particles perform a co-ordinated âquantum walkâ, whose outcome represents the results of a calculation. <br align="block">Of course, special software and input-output devices will have to be developed <br align="block">to make practical use of the device.
The breakthrough, published today in the journal Science, means data can be processed according to the counterintuitive rules of quantum physics that allow individual subatomic particles to be in several places at the same time.
This property will enable quantum computers to process information in quantities and at speeds far beyond conventional supercomputers. But formidable technical barriers must be *overcome before quantum *computing becomes practical.
The team, from Bristol university in the UK, Tohuku university in Japan, Weizmann Institute in Israel and Twente university in the Netherlands, say they have overcome an important barrier, by making a quantum chip that can work at ordinary temperatures and pressures, rather than the extreme conditions required by other approaches.
The immense promise of quantum computing has led governments and companies worldwide to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in the field.
Big spenders, including the US defence and intelligence agencies concerned with the national security issues, and governments â such as Canada, Australia and Singapore â see quantum electronics as the foundation for IT industries in the mid-21st century.
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I have a saved search in NEWA called Wipeout. I have the checkboxes set for auto-search and auto-record, and in the config I have auto-search and auto-record both enabled. The search returns one show 4 days in the future. The shows aren't being scheduled though. Is there something else that I'm missing?
I'm having my first go at NPVR now that Martin has made it possible to utilize my MVP's. While copying some of my MVP_Position settings from GBPVR I noticed that there are some settings in NPVR's config.xml that are already set for specific MAC addresses. Sub, are these just leftover vestiges of a late night testing session? If so, is it safe to delete them? Here's the lines from the file:
Hallo experts,
I started 2weeks ago to set up my computer for digital cable TV.
I implemented a TechniSat Cable Star HD2 in my
MEDION AKOYA P4331 IntelCore i5-650, win7, 4 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD, GeForce G310
Then I started with the program 'MediaPortal' because I found a walk through how to set up the computer for my cable provider âziggoâ in the Netherlands.
I could install the card, found all channels but got stuck with the installation of the Mdapi-filter. So it is not possible for me to decode the tv-channels (I am owner of a valid card from Ziggo, working properly in a normal cable decoder)
Somebody gave me the advice to try it with gbpvr.
I downloaded the program, installed it easily, but canât find my TechniSat CableStar in the configuration list.
Do someone has any idea how to solve that problem, or should I give up?
greetings. esther
Maybe it's my misunderstanding of the manual recording options, but I am testing with scheduling recordings with a "like" clause and see the following behaviour:
When I enter a manual, daily recording with a "like" phrase on a single channels, all shows available in the EPG at that time get scheduled. However, whenever the EPG gets updated, the shows get cancelled and they don't get scheduled again....
I have taken the following steps to re-produce:
a) Create a recording (see attached screenshot for details)
b) check that recordings are scheduled
c) run "nextpvr -emptyepg", to force a situation where new shows have to be scheduled
d) run "nextpvr -updateepg"
If so, is it safe to delete them? Here's the lines from the file:
