I can test the return from DigitalRecorder.DeviceStandard with my capture card and get "DVB-T". I assume its other options are "DVB-C" and "DVB-S" (S2?). Would it ever return anything else?
I guess an AnalogRecorder is always just that. Analog.
This isn't really for anything important; I just want to show appropriate icons based on tuner type.
Using gb-pvr, and the ATI 650 Theater card, and XP, it can find the clear QAM channels fine.
With npvr, no matter which scan type I try (it lists 3 of them, all frequencies, signal generator and USA ATSC ch.7-51 ) I try, all it finds is ATSC channels.
Is there a workaround, or a option I am not seeing ? I don't want to look for ATSC, I want QAM.
For the device, it shows ATI BDA Digital Tuner : type : ATSC.
I can't test npvr with analog, since I don't have the needed mux.
First of all, I want to say that NPVR works extremely well for a beta. For me it works as good, or better, than GBPVR, so I've switched completely to NPVR now.
Here are some observations/feedback:
- It looks like the recording threads (?) doesn't always end. I noted this because I have sometimes seen ParallellProcessing.bat or PostProcessing.bat in the process list several hours after the show ended, and then also the status shows that a tuner is recording the show even if it's not. In ParallelProcessing.bat I call comskip, and in PostProcess.bat I call ffmpeg. Both these worked fine with GBPVR, so I suppose this could have something to do with the thread handling.
This only happens sometimes, and I've not seen a pattern yet.
- Timeline issues during playback (at least on NMT). Nothing new, but just want to report that the problem still exists. The problems seems to be worse for longer shows (>1 hour). So far I've not seen any negative durations, but skipping can be strange, sometimes going all the way to the end, or sometimes a back skip goes forward. Problem gets worse the later in a show you are skipping.
I get these problems in perhaps 10-15% of the recordings. As I said, more in long recordings than short.
- In the Ready recordings view also currently recording shows are shown. This is a bit confusing... I assume this is on purpose, but I liked it better when only the completely ready shows were displayed in this view (as it was in GBPVR). Maybe it's just a matter of getting used to it...
- I also miss the indication in the top of the tv guide that something is recording (or is scheduled).
All in all, practically everything "just works", and also seems very stable! Super nice!
I can't seem to make a dvd backup play. I get the listing correctly, whatever.dvd, but when I select it, NPVR either crashes or dumps to the desktop, depending on which mpeg2 decoder I use. Is anyone else having an issue with loading dvd backups? This isn't .iso stuff, its full rips with video_ts directories and such.
nPVR is selecting the AC3 Audio, even if disabled (settings\decoders), rather than the HE-AAC Audio. The AAC codec works OK for the remainder of the session when manually selected from the Audio Stream.
It used to work with version 1.5.24 but something has changed but I cannot identify what did it. Uninstalling\installing nPVR doesn't do it
I just set up GBPVR with all my settings again after a reinstall of my OS. I am trying to get everything working again, but I keep getting a blue screen with a static sound whenever I try to watch live TV.
I have a Hauppauge HVR2250 (I'm pretty sure). I installed the drivers.
I don't have internet on that computer, so I have to import XMLTV listings from the one I'm on now.
Is there a setting I'm missing that will make it work?
Can anyone post a simple example of a plugin that extends from SimpleButtonListPlugin?
I think I understand the basics of it, with it holding a ref to a UiList object, but so far my fumbling hasn't resulted in a list appearing on screen
Do we just use the uiList variable from the base class, or do we need to instantiate it somehow?
I've cut n pasted bits of the skin from the recordings screen; I assume I need <ListView> <ListItemNormal> etc elements?
What does PopulateList() do? It's sounds obvious, but I want to be sure. Should I add the list objects there? Does it only get called at plugin creation? How do I set each item's values? With the properties hashtable? Help
I don't actually need anything fancy. I want to display a list, with a few lines of text per item. The user won't be selecting anything, it's view-only. Scrolling up and down the items will be the limits of required functionality.
