I have 32bit XP with my PVR-150 fed via the UHF connection.
EPG is setup via djkxml. At this stage I have just asked for TV1,2 and 3.
I can see channels via the tuning assistant but when I try to view them I get a blank screen with no sound.
Q1)
Im my config sources -> I can see Channels (named) 1,2 & 3 listed as "source channel" 1, 2 and 3. Is this correct? When I use the tuning assistant TV1 is channel 7?
I have tried manually editing TV1 to be source channel 7 but it didn't make any difference.
Q2)
Config sources -> analogue plugin recorder settings What should I have the source set to? Compsite/Svideo/internal?
Just did a new install of the latest versions of GBPVR and weather2. When I enable the radar in the config the weather2 plugin crashes whenever I try to access it from GBPVR. Is there any debug logs I can upload?
I've noticed that when I go into CONFIG and change the default skin to be Community rather than Blue, PVRX2 still uses the old definition of which skin to use. I need to go in and delete the config.xml file from the Windows Virtual Store to get the newly chosen skin to take effect.
Is this something that should be added to CONFIG so changes made within CONFIG actually show up when we subsequently run PVRX2?
I have many recordings set up in GBPVR but none of them show up as scheduled tasks. I see in the config app how I can get it to wake up for EPG reload but not for programs. Any ideas?
I've selected the config option under processing to auto convert TS to MPEG
No MPEG files ever seem to appear and I see no signs of any conversion activity in the logs
The Wiki is silent on how this is supposed to work, what utilities might need to be installed; what codecs that are otherwise not in use might be failing etc. etc. so I don't know where to start. Help appreciated.
I just wanted to post incase anyone was thinking about getting one of these. I decided to take the plunge and see if this would be a decent client, i am stressing client here as i have done no other testing of it and do not plan to set it up as a server.
First impressions, i was actually completely amazed at how responsive the single core processor was. I did not feel at all like it was a sluggish computer, and the one i got is running XP. It uninstalled all the crapware and installed all the software to get up an running as a GBPVR client pretty quickly.
Some have mentioned on the internet to upgrade ram and change video settings in bios. I found that one gig and the auto settings that were already set in the bios have worked fine for me so no need for that second gig. (now i am not saying there would be no benefit to the second gig, but for my needs as a strickly GBPVR client playing mostly mpeg2 video it does not seem necessary)
My testing:
I am in the US, and record TV through clear QAM using .ts, I record mostly HDTV locals and some other SD channels. I also have a fair collection of DVD's encoded in H.264. The codecs i am using for playback are mpeg2 = cyberlink pdvd (i installed the SAF pack and have both 8 and 9 and they perform the same for this) AC3 sound i use FFdshow, i had some issues when using the mpc hc sound codec, so stuck with FFDshow and its working great. I am using MPC-HC h.264 codec for all my H.264 encodings. I havent had time to extensively test yet, as i havent got many new recodings on the server, but in the limited ones, a mixture of HD and SD, all have play as they should, no stuttering, and the pic looks great, i even think it looks better than my onboard ati client.
My experience has been pretty good overall, i am using a MCE remote and found a way to install the drivers on XP home and its working fine. I have not been able to get the HDMI audio working, i tried on both my TV's and this may be due to drivers, but at the moment i HDMI video and audio coming out of the headphone jack, which is a minor annoyance but can live with it for now.
My H.264 video plays fine no issues there, and gbpvr overall is responsive.
So far my experience is great and will continue to post after tesinting it further next week.
Thats it for now folks check back next week. Feel free to post questions i might be able to help answer them
I'm using MVPMC on my MVPs (autoloaded from GBPVR) and every time I have to do a cold boot on any of my MVPs I have to get into MVPMC setup to change the screen resolution to 16:9 (all my TVs are wide screen).
Is there anyway to set the MVPMC default to 16:9 instead of 4:3?
