This is not a big problem but it odd. When I watch live TV or record analog shows on PVRX2 and play them back on my HDTV, they have the small pillars on the sides as expected. Now, with NPVR the pillers are much wider and the picture is closer to a square. Not fully a square, but not normal like the show would be viewing with the tuner or from PVRX2. If I play the recorded show from PVRX2 back on NPVR, the show looks normal. I am using the exact same decoders in both programs and have switched decoders in both and get the same result. I also have tried playing with the aspect functions of some of the decoders with poor results. I have also played with the aspect ratio features of NPVR with no luck. The only thing I can think of is that the sofware decoder has something to do with this since it is an analog device?
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but all the searching I've done of the forum doesn't give me a conclusive answer (saw a post from 2007 saying it wasn't working for recordings). I'm talking about subpicture kind of subtitles as broadcast in UK.
If the answer is h/w dependant then does anyone know if the Hp NOVA TD-500 would work.
I am getting tired of ts time line issues. I now fix all ts files with videoredo after recordings are done, but skipping and going back during playback is problematic and often the system will just exit playback. It appears to have more problems going back in the time line than going forward. I thought the files had issues, but even with videoredo the behavior is the same.
Is there a switch to make playback use NMT video player permanently rather than having to press USB before the OK button? If not, it would be a nice feature.
I've just done a clean install of WinXP sp3 + .NET 1.1/2.0/3.0/3.5/3.5sp1 + DirectX 9c June 2010 + WMP 11 + Latest Hauppauge HVR-1700 (x85) drivers (Mar 2010) + latest video drivers + PowerDVD8 Cyberlink h.264 codec + VCredist - all on a different box to the one in my signature. I've been having problems getting both GBPVR 1.4.7 and MediaPortal 1.1.0 RC4 working smoothly (without stuttering) on it, so thought I'd try with a fresh machine.
Signal quality is 100%. I'm 3km from Mt KauKau, line of sight. Quality RG6 Belden cable.
Installed NPVR, then went into Settings.
Lockup occurred in the middle of a scan for channels. Had to "End Task".
Restarted the app, re-made all my lost selections (Country, Transmitter, etc), then I exited the app without rescanning, so they would all be saved if the same thing happened.
Started up the app again, and rescanned for channels. This time it completed.
Then went to "Update EPG" and that scan then locked up the app.
CPU usage during lockups was only 1%.
I restarted the app and went straight to LiveTV. It told me that "C:\Temp" buffer folder does not exist.
I went back into Settings to change it, and realised that I didn't have a formatted C: drive - I'd blindly not noticed that the OS had installed itself onto F:\ !! :eek:
So your code may assume that the C: drive is active and healthy, and have some hard-coding in it when suggesting the buffering folder, maybe...?
So I changed the buffering drive to F:\ and LiveTV worked...mostly. (Had many lockups when changing channels, so I'll try install and try out a few more codecs first, before I report that as a problem. I'd only installed one h.264 codec, so need to install others before proceeding).
However, before I go any further, do you think I should continue with my system drive as F:\ , or just reinstall again, and make sure it goes on to C: this time? If I do reinstall, what particular versions of .NET does NPVR need (Save me installing them all again!)..? And do I need to install WMP 11? (...for WinXP sp3, BTW)
Also, what codecs are you using, Sub? I'll find and install the same as you suggest, so I can hopefully eliminate codecs as a potential problem in future reports.
It seems that ParaLED uses software that only works with parallel ports that are part of the motherboard. Unfortunately, my computer did not come with any serial or parallel port built into the motherboard. I had to add a PCI card that provides one parallel and two serial ports.
ParaLED, or more specifically, the combination of ParaLED and Inpout32.dll do not work with this type of parallel port, even if I change the port address. Has anyone come up with a solution to this problem?
Any SQL gurus out there? I need a bit of help please in completing an SQL query to retrieve the next pending & in-progress recordings from the new schema in the NPVR.db3 database.
Using GBPVRWAKE, postprocessing.bat & parallelprocessing.bat I pipe these into a text file so I can use LCDSmartie to display them on my iMON VFD. This means theat I can easily see if anything is recording or about to record and for example I don't then put the PC into standby if there is. Also when the PC is in standby it displays the time the PC will wake for its next recording. With GBPVR this function was provided by the GBPVRCli program (provided as part of the SlimmGBPVR utility); the auther has confirmed this is not planned to be updated for NPVR.
I've got this far modifying SQL that I've plagiarised from the forum (thanks pBS) which runs via the SQLITE3 command line utility .
Code:
REM pending 3 recordings
"sqlite3.exe" -separator " -- " "npvr.db3" "SELECT name from SCHEDULED_RECORDING where status = '0' order by start_time limit 3;" > "C:\Users\Public\NPVR\EXTRAS\PendName.txt"
"sqlite3.exe" -separator " -- " "npvr.db3" "SELECT strftime('%%d-%%m %%H:%%M',start_time) from SCHEDULED_RECORDING where status = '0' order by start_time limit 3;" > "C:\Users\Public\NPVR\EXTRAS\PendTime.txt"
Rem IN-PROGRESS recordings (for upto three tuners)
"sqlite3.exe" -separator " -- " "npvr.db3" "SELECT name from SCHEDULED_RECORDING where status = '1' order by start_time limit 3;" > "C:\Users\Public\NPVR\EXTRAS\ProgName.txt"
"sqlite3.exe" -separator " -- " "npvr.db3" "SELECT strftime('%%H:%%M',end_time) from SCHEDULED_RECORDING where status = '1' order by start_time limit 3;" > "C:\Users\Public\NPVR\EXTRAS\ProgTime.txt"
REM next pending recording for USBPORT file for display during standby
"sqlite3.exe" -separator " -- " "npvr.db3" "SELECT name from SCHEDULED_RECORDING where status = '0' order by start_time limit 1;" > "C:\UTILS\LCDsmartie\USBPortExit.txt"
"sqlite3.exe" -separator " -- " "npvr.db3" "SELECT strftime('%%d-%%m %%H:%%M',start_time) from SCHEDULED_RECORDING where status = '0' order by start_time limit 1;" >> "C:\UTILS\LCDsmartie\USBPortExit.txt"
What I need a bit of help with please is:
1. The times returned for start/end time are an hour early. I assume this is as actual time (in UK) is currently BST but it is reporting GMT (or UMT).
2. I can get 'name', 'start_time' & 'end_time' but 'subtitle' is now only kept within an XML subfields structure in the 'event_details' field shown below. I can't see an easy way to get at just this.
Code:
<Event>
<OID>752285</OID>
<Title>Match of the Day</Title>
<SubTitle>World Cup 2010</SubTitle>
<Description>Colin Murray presents highlights of the day's three group matches, with all the reaction from England's clash with Algeria in Cape Town. The day's other Group C game sees the USA take on Slovenia in Johannesburg, while Germany meet Serbia in Group D.</Description>
<ChannelOID>6864</ChannelOID>
<StartTime>2010-06-18T21:00:00.0000000</StartTime>
<EndTime>2010-06-18T21:30:00.0000000</EndTime>
</Event>
It's seems NPVR 1.15 is all about changes, I am looking at a name change for MusicLibrary4 simply because the Default skin won't allow a name this long. Sub's Music Library is now just Music so MusicLibrary is an option but it might be confusing.
