I am having issues with sound on my digital stations. I have a HVR 1600. When I go to the TV guide and select a digital station I have not sound but if I pause and then click play I have sound. If I record a digital station i have sound.

I have tried several different codec's and no change.

I am running XP and passing sound via optical to my receiver.

Thanks

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I am working on it and will have a fix soon.

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Ok. So.

Sometimes the text that I need to display in a plugin can be... quite long. Far longer than is going to fit in even the most generous of displays, to say nothing of more typical examples of screen real-estate.

That means I have to truncate the text at some useful position if I don't want it running off the end, or, alternately, if I want to append some suffix before sending it out to be rendered. (Say, for example, the resolution or the codec of the video.)

Just the same, if the user is using a widescreen, they have more width available than those that are not. Further, smaller font sizes will provide space for more text. In these cases, I would like to tailor the length of the displayed string based on what space is available, instead of taking a "well, this works for me, hope it works for you too!" approach.

.net provides the .measureString() method, but I need to know the font and a UI element's available width. The first I can likely get through some creative reading of the skin xml files. As for the latter, I'm not as sure.

Read the percentages from the xml and apply them to the current screen's resolution? Seems a bit flakey -- is there a better way? (Or an alternate approach entirely?)

Tonight I was setting up MVP support in GB-PVR. Got it going, didn't like the screen on the MVP and couldn't watch anything anyways - recorded shows wouldn't play, no sound no audio.

I backed out all my changes but now now whenever I click on 'config gbpvr', instead of the configuration screen immediately coming up, I get:

Please wait while Windows configures GB-PVR
Time remaining . . .

And this stays on the screen for 10's of seconds, along with a progress bar that fills up, then empties.

Also when I run PVRX2 on the PC and then click on "TV Guide" I get an error:
"Unhandled exception has occurred in a component in your application.
Could not find a part of the path "D:\program files\Devnz\GBPVR\media\ChannelLogos".

What did I do wrong and how do I fix it?

Thanks,
Dave

First of all, Sub, thanks for activating my account.

I’ve noticed that someone else here is posting a similar problem with the ATI card, but I would like to get to the solution a little bit faster.

I have 2 DVR cards – the ATI HD-650 and the Hauppauge 2250. Both of them work fine with Windows Media Center. I can receive both analog and digital channels with no problem. My OS is Win7-32 bit Pro. I've tried them with the drivers off the installation CDs, and the latest Win7 drivers from their respective sites.

At first, I tried the ATI card with GB_PVR. I was able to get the analog channels OK, but when I tried to get the digital channels, I had no luck. I then switched over to the Hauppauge card and was not able to get either the analog or digital channels. Right now I’m concentrating on the digital channels with the Hauppauge card. I followed the “Configuring OTA ATSC HD Channels (USA)” guide that was posted here as a guide (and other guides). The Digital Source is set for Hauppauge 2250 (QAM), and the Device Number is set to 1. Cable Frequencies is set to Default custom (I’ve changed this to every other possibility but still nothing). I’ve tried both standard and HRC frequencies.

I’m pretty sure I’m downloading the channel lineup OK. I’ve used both Microsoft Legacy and Schedules Direct, and they both load about 350 channels – which appear to be correct. I do know that there are about 15 HD channels that are unscrambled. Comcast is my provider. The problem comes in when I “Map Digital Channels to EPG Channels.” It says it’s scanning 158 channels but “No Channels Found. Please Check Your Signal and Configuration Settings.” All channels were enabled before I did this, and yes, the cable is connected.

I’ve tried pretty much all the suggestions I could find here – deleting the HyperStore Devnz folder, enabling 3 files for the firewall, re-running certain BAT files, extending login times – but no success.

I’m including the config.exe.log, config.exe-native.log, and filtercheck.log files. I do notice some errors, but don’t know how to correct them.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I was using WinTV-HVR-1600 for few months and few weeks ago .. the card just failed..... when I scan the channels I am getting picture but it's distorted.. I am also not getting any sound.... any recommendations for a good inexpensive HD capable Tv tuner card /USB stick that will work with gbpvr and Comcast analog service?

Is anyone out there using one of these units? Is it compatible with GBPVR? I'd love to use the output from my HD Sat box as a source for GBPVR. I tried searching the forum for anything....but couldn't come up with anything.

Thx,

Mab

What if any sites do folks recommend for internet based streaming video such as movies, tv shows, documentaries, etc? Is streaming video for hi-speed internet consumers mature enough for descent resolution? Can any of the internet video be integrated into GBPVR, similar to Net Radio only for video broadcasts?

I've got a cable STB Scientific Atlanta 4250HD and I am trouble getting it to work perfectly with my HD-PVR for component capturing. The main problem so far is the HD-PVR drivers don't quickly respond to resolution changes so I've I'd to choose a fixed output (I chose 720p over 1080i). Working with Pass-Through was better except changing between HD/SD caused corruption.

The main trouble with fixed mode is the STB adds pillar box to SD content so it is difficult to scale. I've fixed this on the PCH, but can can anyone offer a solution on how to do this cropping with GBPVR. Cropping standard 4x3 with letterbox content is not a problem but VMR remove letterbox for this content gives the output shown below. Any suggestions?

Martin

I'm thinking of doing a reload of the OS on my GBPVR machine just due to some general weirdness going on with the system (it's been trucking along just fine for probably two years or so now).

I have copies of XP-pro and Vista Business in both 32bit and 64bit flavors. If you were to reload your system, what OS would you pick? Vista has all that weird administrator crap in it, but it does have EVR. XP is like an old reliable vehicle. Might not look as flashy but sure works well. Are the (supposed?) superior media handling capabilities of Vista worth the annoyances?

Just looking for some opinions here, thanks!