I have an Adaptec VideOh! PCI card (AVC-2410) that I have used for years with an old version of gb-pvr (without any problems) in an older Athlon XP 2600+ system running Windows XP Pro. I've replaced that system with a new box and moved the Adaptec card into it but I'm having a problem with sound in recorded shows. It is fine for between 5 and 15 minutes into a recording and then the sound disappears, never to return. If a new recording starts the sound is fine again for a similar period and then is gone. It is not a problem with playback as I've tried playing the MPEG2 recordings on three different Windows systems (XP, Vista, Windows 7) and a Mac running OS 10.5.8. The sound stops at the same point on all of them, so it's the recording rather than the playback that is the problem.

The new system is as follows:

Asus A8N-SLI Premium
Athlon X2 4800+
4 GB DDR400 RAM
4 x 200 GB SATA drives (RAID 5)

It is running Windows Server 2003 Standard 32-bit and is patched up-to-date. I put a clean install of gb-pvr 1.4.7 on it and got the card working by modifying direct.ini with the right filter settings for the card.

I've tried moving the Adaptec card into different PCI slots but the problem remains. I've tried all three versions of the drivers for the card (1.0, 1.1 and 1.21) that I can locate, the latest one dated February 10, 2004. I've tried different recording qualities (high, medium, low) in case that made a difference, but it didn't.

I've attached some logs that cover the last handful of test recordings I've tried.

Any help would be great as I love gb-pvr and would really like to continue using it on the new rig.

Thanks,

JS

Build 83 of EWA has been released. You can download it directly here or on the wiki.

Post any issues in the EWA Support Sub-Forum.

Date: 2010-02-12 Build Number: 83 Changes:

• UncleJohnsBand: Add code to not display hidden and system files/folders via EWA Library (both table view and CSS views).
  
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• whurlston: Updated manage.aspx and searchresults.aspx to use color coding pop-up introduced in build 82.
  
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Build 83 of EWA has been released. You can download it directly here or on the wiki.

Date: 2010-02-12 Build Number: 83 Changes:

• UncleJohnsBand: Add code to not display hidden and system files/folders via EWA Library (both table view and CSS views).
  
• UncleJohnsBand: Add rmvb as valid video file extension in the videos mask.
  
• UncleJohnsBand: Web Service Updates.
  • Correct web service post padding value issue.
    
  • Correct web service max recordings value issue.
    
  • Added recording priority as a returned element in the webServiceProgramme object.
    
  • Add new methods to Manage web service that allow client to limt the number of results returned.
    
  
  
• whurlston: Updated manage.aspx and searchresults.aspx to use color coding pop-up introduced in build 82.
  
• whurlston: Updated ajax java script libraries to trap errors so that Ajax based services no longer need to be disabled in the admin to eliminate anoying pop-up error messages in the browser.
  
• UncleJohnsBand: CSS General Notes:
  • CSS Note: To access CSS based screens use guide2.aspx as your start page.
    
  • CSS Note: CSS screens are coded in strict standards mode. This will make future updates easier and provides the best cross-browser (Firefox / IE) compatibility. However, this also means that the CSS sceens will only be fully supported by IE 7 and FireFox. Some screens will not work correctly in IE6. Sorry.
    
  • CSS Note: CSS screens are optimized for screens with 1024x768 resolution or higher. Lower resolution will just cause more scrolling on some screens.
    
  • CSS Note: Please post feedback/bugs in the EWA CSS Guide sticky thread located in the EWA support forum.
    
  
  

Hello folks,

I posted a bit ago in the "support" area for this same basic problem. Sub helped me rectify some things, so now I've narrowed down my problem...here goes.

I have a HVR-2250 on Windows XP. I've ironed out my installation so that HD and analogue both seem to capture very well. The problem is that LiveTV seems to not be able to do its thing at all. Even if I'm not recording anything, it's essentially unwatchable. I set the buffer to 2000ms so see if it would solve the problem, but it just postpones things for a little while. Audio stutters...video stutters...ideas?

I am having a really strange problem trying to record to a network share which is located on a NAS. I have attached my log files hoping they may help. Here is what I found out:

1) Changed the Recordings and Live TV directories in config.exe, stopped the recording service and tray applet, then deleted all logs files so I could start with a clean slate.

2) Restarted the recording service and tray applet and scheduled two recordings to start immediately. This was at 1:46 PM. When I do this, nothing happens on the server, there is no attempt to start the recordings.

3) At 1:48 PM I restarted the recording service and then both shows began to record normally. I did get 2 popup errors on the screen which I have also attached. Basically is was a message box that said "The server method "GetServerTime" failed with the following error (but there was no additional info.

4) I stop the recording service at 1:50 PM and zipped up the logs.

I do not have these problems if I change the Recording and Live TV directories back to a local drive. Anyone have any ideas? And please, no snide remarks about the recorded shows, it's only a test

Hi;

Attached is my log as well as my attempted addition to direct.ini. It seems to find channels okay but PVRX2 just gives me a big blank rectangle.

Any help or suggestions much appreciated.

Simon

Done a bit of internet searching, but can't seem to find exactly what I want, so thought I would ask here before chucking it in for the night: basically I am currently using a 2005 version of "The Bat!" e-mail program, which acts as my local server mail program - it resides on my always-on GBPVR computer, and downloads mail from my various pop accounts.

The Bat! is also installed on my other computers (main work one, netbook, wife's computer etc), but these are just client versions of the program, which connect to the server message-bases over the local network, so that all sent and received messages exist in the same place. ie the interface is exactly the same, but all e-mails are sent and received via the lounge/GBPVR computer, simplifying traffic and back-up requirements.

This is just what I want, but unfortunately they removed this feature in 2006 (much to my surprise after paying for the version "upgrade" ), and thus various other program improvements over the last few years cannot be applied (basically the 2005 version has a few bugs that are getting too annoying). I have looked for a drop-in alternative, but everyone else seems to suggest a full-blooded stand-alone e-mail server and handling all mail yourself rather than fetching it via pop from various ISPs.

Anyone heard of a similar feature with a different mail program, or do I have to either set up a main server or revert to each computer individually downloading the mail? Things have come to a bit of a head with my latest antivirus refusing to play nicely with this version of The Bat!, so it has moved up my priority list from "nagging annoyance" to "must do".

Note - all computers are on Windows XP, and this is just for sharing across my home-LAN: on the road I just use a pop-checker or VNC-in to a home computer if I want to check on old e-mails.

Any suggestions gratefully received - what does everyone else do to avoid home-network mail duplication?

cheers,

tieke

In config.exe you can configure conversion start times. But I did not see any relation to this in config.xml, but maybe I missed it. I did find the following

<ConversionProcessingStartHour>0</ConversionProcessingStartHour>
<ConversionProcessingStopHour>0</ConversionProcessingStopHour>

I would like my conversion to start and stop at certain times. What is the time format military? Will this conflict with the settings in config.exe. Do I need to set something to enable start and stop times?

Thanks

Hi UJB

Any chance of having Autosearch/ AutoRecord do so on specific days only (or even one step better and NOT days)?

k.

I was watching a recording last night of Pirates or Carribberan from TV2, and noiced the pciture seemed to be shifted to the right slightly.

tried aspect ration etc, and couldn't change it. In the end I played it in VLC on another PC, and there is a black bar down the left hand side of all my TV2 HD recordings, along with a very bright white dot at the top of the screen.

Has anyone else noticed this?