I am about to switch from Analog Cable Service to Verizon FIOS. I will end up using my capture cards to record the local shows on FIOS via Clear QAM.

I will use a Verizon DVR to record the cable channels that are not the local broadcast stations. These recordings will be completely independent from GBPVR.

I still have one analog capture tuner that I may eventually use to record from an SD set top box that will be near the PC. That will create mpg format files, if I understand correctly.

I have many existing programs in mpg format previously recorded by GBPVR.

Now, for the difficult part. I have one HD television set and will use a Popcornhour A100 to interface with that set. I will use MediaMVPs to interface with two other Standard Definition sets.

I want to be able to view programs recorded from Clear QAM on both the HD set and the SD sets. As far as I understand, the Popcornhour can play back the file format recorded from ClearQAM but the MediaMVPs need the files to be transcoded before they can play them back.

Is it possible to transcode the files in post recording processing (I currently have Comskip processing done at this point) and then have the Popcornhour use the original file format and the MediaMVPs use the converted format? If this is so, how do I configure GBPVR to do this?

I'm using Windows XP Pro and GB-PVR v1.47, and the latest version of the community skin (4.05 or so). The system boots straight into GB-PVR and as much of windows as possible is hidden. In an effort to make the system more wife/family friendly I would like to remove the 'Exit' option from the Main Menu. If someone accidently selects it they basically just see a black screen and come screaming to me that the TV is broken.

The plugins tab shows the exit button and I can activate/deactivate/move it all around, but no matter what it always shows up at the bottom of the list. Every other button is movable and removable and responds to how I set it except for the exit option. I read somewhere about win7 getting some broken menu settings in \Users\<account>\Application Data\.. or so, but I can't find anything like that in XP's \Documents and Settings\ folder either.

The first time I run GBPVR after rebooting, it just hangs & never starts. If I cancel it & restart it, it is fine & I won't have the problem until I boot again. It has been this way for a few releases, at least. When I cancel it, it creates 0 length log files. I realize that there is no point in posting them. I remember sub posting some entry you can make in the registry to get a log file created in C:\Temp, but I could not find the post when I searched for it. I was thinking that maybe I could turn that on & figure out what is happening. This is just a minor issue with an easy work around so I haven't mentioned it before. (Also, I'm the only one this affects - if my wife or child ran into it, I'd have to resolve it.)

So, basically, I just want to know what that registry entry is to get GBPVR to write a log to C:\Temp.

Thanks,
Elihu

Hi everyone, this is my first post since I cannot find an answer to my problem so I hope someone here can help me. I am using mc2xml for my EPG source but the time is off by 7 hours (I am in Central Time Zone). I have tried the -u switch from the command prompt but that didnt work, I tried using the offset in the GB-PVR configuration tool when importing my xml file and that has no effect no matter what number I use scroll to, I have tried to place the u- +0700 switch in the mc2xml.dat file and forced an update from the command prompt and that didnt work. The only way I can get the xml file imported correctly is by manually replacing all the +0000 in the xmltv.xml with +0700, does anyone know how to fix this problem, thanks.

hi - having trouble playing a ts file in gbvpr - error in log :

2010-04-25 09:24:15.029 INFO [1] playFile(, E:\media\videos\kids\The Rescuers Down Under\The Rescuers Down Under.ts)
2010-04-25 09:24:15.029 VERBOSE [1] SwitchInsetToFullscreen
2010-04-25 09:24:15.029 VERBOSE [1] DisplayStillInUse
2010-04-25 09:24:15.029 VERBOSE [1] About to play file: E:\media\videos\kids\The Rescuers Down Under\The Rescuers Down Under.ts
2010-04-25 09:24:15.188 VERBOSE [1] Playback started: E:\media\videos\kids\The Rescuers Down Under\The Rescuers Down Under.ts
2010-04-25 09:24:15.188 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/DisableComskipDuringPlayback : false
2010-04-25 09:24:15.188 VERBOSE [1] frameRate = 25
2010-04-25 09:24:15.188 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/PreferComskipEDL : true
2010-04-25 09:24:15.188 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/RememberProcAmpSettings : true
2010-04-25 09:24:15.188 VERBOSE [1] SwitchInsetToFullscreen
2010-04-25 09:24:15.188 VERBOSE [1] Checking if resume prompt needs to be shown
2010-04-25 09:24:15.272 VERBOSE [1] Received event code: 1
2010-04-25 09:24:15.278 VERBOSE [1] EnableScreenSaver()
2010-04-25 09:24:15.278 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ScreenSaverEnabled : true
2010-04-25 09:24:15.278 VERBOSE [1] UiList.GetRenderList()
2010-04-25 09:24:15.378 VERBOSE [1] ReturnToMainMenu()
2010-04-25 09:24:15.378 VERBOSE [1] Video Library is currently active
2010-04-25 09:24:15.378 VERBOSE [1] Video Library.Deactivate() called
2010-04-25 09:24:15.378 VERBOSE [1] HideInset
2010-04-25 09:24:15.378 VERBOSE [1] UiList.GetRenderList()
2010-04-25 09:24:15.378 VERBOSE [1] ReturnToMainMenu()@2
2010-04-25 09:24:15.378 VERBOSE [1] System.OverflowException: Value was either too large or too small for an Int32.
at System.Convert.ToInt32(Double value)
at GBPVRX2.Players.x977e0aa739bd29d7.x215891cf5184b129()
at GBPVRX2.Players.x977e0aa739bd29d7.OnGraphNotify()
at GBPVRX2.x0061b801bdf12d35.WndProc(Message& m)

works ok in media player (renders fine in graphedit - using ffdshow codecs)
thanks!

I finally got around to fixing something that has been bugging me for awhile. In the SelectedShowDetails box in the TV Guide, it only allocates one line for the Title and Subtitle (ie, the @showTitleSubtitle text element). Many shows far exceed this allowance, which was particularly annoying with shows were the Title filled the whole line, but what I really needed to see was the Episode title (ie, the Subtitle). I first toyed around with displaying the Title on the first line and the Subtitle on a second line, using the @showTitle and @showSubtitle elements sub added at my request awhile back, but then found some shows where the Title alone overran the allotted space, yet had no subtitle. I ended up keeping the Title & Subtitle together, and simply expanding the allotted space. I also decided I liked the show time in the smaller GeneralTextStyle instead of the Header style, which also allowed a little more room for the TitleSubtitle box.

Here's the code for for your consideration, changes in red. That's for the SD TV Guide skin.xml. I don't have a good way to mess with the WS skin, but the adjustments should be similar.

Is there any way to adjust the audio delay +/- during playback using a remote? If not, is there anyway to map a keyboard shortcut to adjust audio delay during playback? I am using a Windows MCE style remote.

Hi. Thanks for the great forums and Sub, thanks for the excellent GBPVR software!!! I've been a user of it for 3 years and have pretty regularly checked and searched the forums to get my setup perfect. Its really become a hobby (in fact, my wife might say an addiction).

However, I'm upgrading some equipment and am selling my 2 MediaMVP extenders. Not sure if "advertising" is frowned upon or not, but if anyone is interested, they are listed at:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Hauppauge-MediaMVP-D...500wt_1042

and...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Hauppauge-MediaMVP-D...500wt_1042

Both are in great condition and include all necessary components - however, the second is missing the stand. Let me know if you have any questions. I'm asking $60 for each, but shipping is free, because I'd like them to go to a good home. However, I'm only able to ship to N. America. Thanks again for the great forums....

An issue with recording with the HDHomeRun was brought to my attention on the Silicondust forums. slimhe was having an issue where he could view LiveTV fine but all recording attempts resulted in 0KB files. He and I have been working via email to resolve the issue and he allowed me remote access to the machine. It appears that I am behind on my HDHomeRun software (running 20100120beta2).

He was running GBPVR 1.4.7, HDHomeRun Release 20100213 and Windows XP and the GBPVR setting to submit the tuning request twice on record was causing the issue. The resolution was to change the following setting in GBPVR's config.xml:

Hi All

Apologies for all the support posts i've submitted (and will submit!), I am trying to integrate an eGreat M34A into my setup and having a few difficulties. First question; playing around with watching shows from the guide, I had a few instances of black screens when I selected an HD channel. I haven't tested it thoroughly, but it seemed like if
1) My HD STB was currently tuned to an SD channel
2) I tried to watch an HD channel through the NMT/GB-PVR
GB-PVR would fire up the HD-PVR and then switch the STB channel, but I would get no video. At least one time I tried to watch the HD chan again and it worked the second time. Is that a "feature" of the HD-PVR, that it doesn't deal well with switching resolutions when a recording has been started?

Second issue; an apparent problem starting multiple MVP server instances. I have my new NMT and an old MVP I'd like to run simultaneously (2 TV sets). I upped my MVP servers to 3 in the config screen (because 2 wasn't working) and here's what happens; my config.xml (attached) shows what I would expect

<MVPServerAutostart>3</MVPServerAutostart>

but when I look in my logs (also attached) I see


2010-04-24 09:43:40.218 VERBOSE [4] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/MVPServerAutostart
2010-04-24 09:43:40.218 VERBOSE [4] getValue: /settings/MVPServerAutostart : 1

When I alt-tab I can only find 1 MVP Controller process. I am assuming that these observations explain why I am unable to use my MVP when my NMT is up; the MVP times out on connecting to server. Any ideas on how to get GB-PVR to start at least 2 servers?

Thanks in advance!