When I delete a recording from a client the show is removed from PVRX2 gui but the files are still on the hard drive of the server. The path to the recordings directory is \\Mediapc\Recordings. If I use that path in Windows Explorer I can delete the files so I don't think it is a permission issue. GBPVRRecordingService.exe , ports 7967, 7968 and 7647 are exceptions in the Windows XP firewall. The ts file is deleted but any additional files such as edl, log, logo.txt and txt files are still there after the delete.
The show I am deleting is D:\Recordings\WordWorld\WordWorld_20090923_08000830.ts
The cable company recently eliminated all our analog cable channels and is urging subscribers to get its set-top boxes in order to view the new digital channels.
I dislike this change because, when the Clear QAM channels get encrypted down the road, it will become impossible for us to view one channel while recording another (something we do several times a week), or to set multiple recording sessions on different channels while we're away. That is, unless we pay $16 a month for their DVRs.
We have had VCRs connected to each of our TV sets for years, they worked perfectly, and we used them all regularly. We could even take a tape from the VCR in the bedroom and simply pop it in the family room VCR, no problem. What we used to be able to do in three different rooms by just purchasing $80 VCRs that lasted a decade, we would now have to pay nearly $600 PER YEAR to accomplish (3 DVRs at $16/month). Even one DVR will cost us more to rent in a single year than what we paid for two VCRs that lasted indefinitely (and which we owned outright).
We find this unacceptable. Therefore I'm exploring alternative ways to do most or all of what we used to be able to do. I know that, for the time being, we can still receive and record Clear QAM channels without a set-top box (I have the right equipment), but the future of that looks ever more doubtful.
I'm wondering, then, if a PC equipped with a multistream CableCARD might do the trick. Remember that the idea is to retain the ability (a) to watch one channel and record a different channel at the same time, and (b) to schedule the recording of different channels when we're away from home. (Porting recorded media from one TV to another is something I'm willing to sacrifice, if I can retain the other two capabilities.)
So, can I do this in the GB-PVR environment, or is it an impossible or impractical proposition? Is there any other way to do it using the GB-PVR system? I'm no techie, but I'm not afraid of tinkering with my PC when motivated.
Thank you in advance for any help you might provide, and please accept my apologies if I have posted this in the wrong section -- I'm new here.
The DVB and QAM radio support in Web Radio is intended to be basic and is not intended to replace the DVB Radio plugin. No provision is made to protect recordings and if it used when the tuner is required you will get a zero byte file for your recording or live TV won't work
The feature is enabled by editing GBPVR\media\WebRadio\UserMenu.xml and selecting the tuner you want to use (ie edit scan-0.cache) If you are unsure browse the GBPVR\BDA folder for the number of your tuner. If you don't want it used the entire section can be removed from UserMenu.xml
This has been tested on the PC with VLC and with the NMT (it requires 30 seconds of buffering for AC3 playback) but mvpmc was not updated to allow it to work on the MVP.
Stations are automatically detected and they don't need to be mapped. In North America the station names are not automatically detected, which makes my 71 digital radio channels difficult to use. You can copy the cache file to GBPVR\media\Webradio and edit the name (edit after the ~N> part of the file) but this will not be updated with subsequent scans.
It's nice to see that MixMan announced the Web Radio plugin, it really is a "community" plugin with code from sub, ubu, MixMan and me. I even used Jeff's CommonGBPVRUtilities.dll without knowing that it wasn't sub's code until last last week. Thank also to pz1 for trying this on the MVP and martin123 for confirming DVB Radio was possible.
Not being quite as optimistic about the need for support as MixMan, a couple of months's ago I asked sub to open up Ubu's forum to as a place to support Web Radio for now and hopefully other streaming plugins in the future. I think Web Radio 2.0 replace UbuRadion completely and we can probably consider that it is dead.
For the future as I have time, I hope to replace UbuStream too, so maybe you will see Web Stream one day.
For those of you who haven't used UbuRadio note that Web Radio uses external media players. VLC is required for the MVP/PCH and it is a good overall player on the PC client too. I've tested many versions and the current version 1.0.2 works quite well (and it eliminates some security problems in older versions of VLC, which is important calling out to as many sites as the plugin now dows). VLC is also required for playing DVB and QAM Radio I will create another thread on the digital radio and on NMT/MVP use.
On the PC the default player is actually Winamp since it allowed the most integration with Shoutcast data, file loading information etc. MixMan bundled his work on a player based on the bass.dll's If there is enough interest in the bass dll's I can port the Mediaportal internal player too. To use an alternate player in the WebRadio plugin section add the name of the player ie to use VLC instead of Winamp use.
Martin Vallevand has and made an excellent Web Radio plugin, while learning C#.
I helped out with testing, icons, wiki docs and skinning.
The plugin supports external players so any streamprolmat can be played.
The are something like 100.000 web radio stations avaliable in the menus.
The default installer comes with a directshow bass player.
You can save and edit you favourite stations.
The features are so many that it would be a page with text here, so have alook the pictures instead and go the the wiki page read about all the feature.
No support thread needed :-)
Martin will probably post info for NMT usage...later
Not sure how to describe this very strange problem.
I have a monitor, and an HD tv hooked up to my computer. The HD TV is my secondary display, and the one that displays GB-PVR. If I have GB-PVR running, and then click on the desktop of the primary display with the mouse, GB-PVR will minimize. Clicking back to GB-PVR just returns a blank screen - video is gone - I have to use ALT-F4 to exit, and then re-open it...
I am running an Athlon machine with Nvidia chipset and VISTA32 bit. I have the latest version of GB-PVR installed. Plugins include movie whiz, music library2, burndvdx2, and weather2
Has anyone come across this? Any ideas would be appreciated.
I have been using WizRenameRecording for a while and it is a great tool. I need to make a change to how things are set up. Therefore, I need to update my postprocess.bat. Will this work?
Code:
@ECHO OFF
CLS
: START
if "{episode}" is null (
if exist "d:\media\recordedtv\" "{show}" (
move "%~f1" "D:\Media\RecordedTV\" "{show}"
) else (
md "d:\media\recordedtv\" "{show}"
move "%~f1" "D:\Media\RecordedTV\" "{show}"
) else (
WizRenameRecording "%~f1" "{episode}"
if exist "d:\media\recordedtv\" "{show}" (
move "%~f1" "{episode}" "D:\Media\RecordedTV\" "{show}"
) else (
md "d:\media\recordedtv\" "{show}"
move "%~f1" "{episode}" "D:\Media\RecordedTV\" "{show}"
)
: END
I do have 2 issues that I have with WizRenameRecording that I'm hoping to resolve with the above script:
1. I occassionally get a blank file name (ex. ".ts")
2. I occassionally get the show name and time of recording (ex. "Gary Unmarried_20090930_20302100.ts").
Ok my deal is this. My guide says right now on my ABC channel that Rachel Ray is on at 4pm, when it actually aired at 9am so 7 hours earlier.
I went into the config > capture sources > and edited the epg source for both tuners to be -7:00. Emptied the EPG and reloaded it, still the exact same time delay, still showing rachel ray on at 4pm.
If it helps I am using xmltv as the source and it pulls the right info just wrong time, I get the exact same when I use Schedules Direct.
If it matters I am using a hauppauge 2250 and just using the clearqam section. I have the channels mapped correctly and if i tell it to record that all works fine, just the epg is off.
