Hi all,
I'm having a few problems setting up the TV portion of GBPVR and am in need of some assistance. I'm new to GBPVR, so I'm sorry if my questions are a bit noob-ish. My system is Win 7 64-bit running GB-PVR 1.4.7, with an old Hauppauge PVR-150MCE analog tv tuner installed. I am in New Zealand and have connected the UHF output of my sky digital satellite box to the RF input of the 150MCE card. The sky box is set to transmit the tv pictures on channel 21.
I have used djkxml to create a tvguide.xml file, which has been imported into GBPVR, and I've set the source channel for the Sky Sport 1 listing to channel 21, but when I run GBPVR, go to LiveTV and choose the Sky Sport 1 channel it just shows static on the screen.
If I use Hauppauge WinTV 6 to scan the channels it finds the Sky TV signal on channel 21. So I'm not sure why GBPVR doesn't display the sky channel. I presume channel 21 actually refers to a different frequency in GBPVR and WinTV, but neither program shows any frequency info so I can't confirm this.
So I'm a bit confused as to what's going on, and how to sort it out. I'd really appreciate any suggestions you can give me!
I just formatted my HTPC and installed Windows 7 RC 32-bit (I got suddenly fed up with some problems that had cropped up on my XP install, and the RC was all I had on hand). Most things went pretty well, video decoding is MUCH improved - no tearing, no stuttering, perfect de-interlacing.
I'm recording DVR-MS files, and all the recordings made since the switch to Win7 play with no audio or video - however, the recording itself is actually fine as you'll see in a moment (the timeline is present, and comskip was able to mark the commercial breaks just fine). Any DVR-MS file recorded with XP still plays fine.
I looked in the pvrx2-native log, and for a file recorded with Win7 I see GB-PVR building the graph like this:
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2009-09-13 12:51:42.313 VERBOSE Graph contains the following filters:
2009-09-13 12:51:42.313 VERBOSE - Default DirectSound Device
2009-09-13 12:51:42.313 VERBOSE - MPEG Audio Decoder
2009-09-13 12:51:42.313 VERBOSE - Video Renderer
2009-09-13 12:51:42.313 VERBOSE - AC3Filter
2009-09-13 12:51:42.313 VERBOSE - Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder
2009-09-13 12:51:42.313 VERBOSE - GB-PVR Flow Status
2009-09-13 12:51:42.313 VERBOSE - F:\Recordings\Mister Rogers Neighborhood\Mister Rogers Neighborhood_20090913_09000930.dvr-ms
And for a file recorded with XP, which plays fine, it's like this:
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2009-09-13 12:52:34.009 VERBOSE Graph contains the following filters:
2009-09-13 12:52:34.009 VERBOSE - Default DirectSound Device
2009-09-13 12:52:34.009 VERBOSE - MPEG Audio Decoder
2009-09-13 12:52:34.009 VERBOSE - Video Renderer
2009-09-13 12:52:34.009 VERBOSE - AC3Filter
2009-09-13 12:52:34.009 VERBOSE - Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder
2009-09-13 12:52:34.009 VERBOSE - GB-PVR Flow Status
2009-09-13 12:52:34.010 VERBOSE - F:\Recordings\The Simpsons\The Simpsons_20090912_19302000.dvr-ms
(the above entries are from the pvrx2.exe-native-1 log attached; in the log I attempt to play all 4 recordings made with Win7, and then finally the last one made with WinXP(simpsons) which plays fine)
It's exactly the same, so why does the newer file not play?
Seeing the "GB-PVR Flow Status" filter in there reminded me of Hoborg's post, and I recalled he was able to get playback by setting all the decoders to System Default. So I did the same, and sure enough all recordings play fine now:
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2009-09-13 12:57:28.270 VERBOSE Graph contains the following filters:
2009-09-13 12:57:28.271 VERBOSE - Default DirectSound Device
2009-09-13 12:57:28.271 VERBOSE - Video Renderer
2009-09-13 12:57:28.271 VERBOSE - Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder
2009-09-13 12:57:28.271 VERBOSE - AC3Filter
2009-09-13 12:57:28.271 VERBOSE - F:\Recordings\Mister Rogers Neighborhood\Mister Rogers Neighborhood_20090913_09000930.dvr-ms
(this is from the pvrx2.exe-native log)
Note it only hooks up one Audio decoder, and the GB-PVR Flow Status filter is absent.
Now, so far, everything seems to be working OK with the decoders set to System Default, so my immediate crisis is averted. But this is obviously a problem...
(yes, to answer the question someone is prepping to ask, I did try also with the ATI MPEG-2 Decoder (from the AVIVO download), same result, so I really don't think this is at all codec-related).
I have GB-PVR 1.4.7 setup for Time-Shift mode. I go to LiveTV at 2:30 and watch a show for about 5 minutes and then at 2:35 I press the record button and record to the end of the show which is at 2:55. I come back an hour later and leave LiveTV and view the Recordings. I shows the time of the recorded show from 2:35 to 2:35 (incorrect) on the selection menu but the details menu shows 2:30 to 2:55 (correct). I play the recording and then hit the pause button and the Time-Line shows a duration 1 hour and 7 minutes and that number keeps increasing. I exit GB-PVR and check the Tuner Status using the icon in the tray and it shows the tuner is still recording the show. I re-start the recording service and that stops the recording and when I go back and play the recording all of the times are the same, but the duration of 1 hour and 9 minutes is no longer increasing. Is this correct for Recording LiveTV?
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I scan my channel of my DVB-S Card in germany and have a result of more than 1200 found channel. First it would be nice, if they are sorted by name to find the favorites faster. Second, it would be nice to select filters like remove encrypted or special languages or only audio channel (FM radio). Absolutly perfect would be a drag and drop sorting in the favorite channel list to easier make the numbering.
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For configuring the channels, it is great, if you have a "Sumbit" button to write the changes.
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This is only a comfort feature, which i like much in my current reciver. When switching the channel your gbpvr shows the epg of the current program. My receiver shows the current program with begin and end time and the next comming program with this time info. That's very nice.
Sample:
--------------------------------------------------20:23 20:00 - 20:15 News
20:15 - 21:30 Columbo
the news shows you the bla bla bla
-------------------------------------------------------
I'm a programmer by myself since 20 years and i know the time effort for write code but you enter a section for writing wishes and so i think you pick up the effective wishes...if you have time... and make this gbpvr more perfect. But consider: Let it small and with good performance. This is what i like.
I can't get mp4 with 264 video to play no matter which decoder I choose. I get audio just no video. The files playback fine with either windows media player or videolan.
It would be nice so the Digital Channel Mapping Dialog Box could be used when Desktop-> Properties-> Display Settings-> Advanced could use 120DPI as well as 96DPI.
Hi,
I found a small bug within the picture viewer. If you insert a CD with more than 999 pictures...i do this... then the counter in the upper left border brakes the line.
If someone accidentally work on this module, it seams to be a short job to fix this.
When I record from the TV-Guide the mpg file for the recording is stored in the Recordings directory. When I record from LiveTV the mpg file for the recording is stored in the LiveTV Buffer directory. I though it would be moved the Recordings directory once the recording was complete. I do not have use the Live Preview mode. I want to use a SSD for the LiveTV Buffer to see it that speeds up the channel changing, but I will not have room on the SSD for all of the recorded LiveTV shows. How do I get the LiveTV recordings to automatically move to the Recordings directory?
I just downloaded and installed GB on my computer, which is hooked up via S-video to my TV. IN the menu, when I click on LiveTV it flashes to blank screen for a second then returns to the menu. Same happens when I try to watch TV via the Guide. I tried the FFDShow codecs and InterVideo codecs, to no avail.
Any ideas?
I have a GeniaTech ASTC tuner card, cable (analog-ish).
I am using the PVR 150 card with an s-video out to a widescreen TV.
The GB PVR menus are okay and the correct size, almost everything I record is correct as well, but most AVI's whether downloaded from the Internet or any AVI's I make myself, are usually playing as a square in the middle of the screen with at least 30% of the screen on each side is blank strips.
Running the a brand new installed of Windows XP and the latest version of GB PVR. The older system I had worked just fine.
Anyone have any ideas?
Also, can I change any settings in the .xml file that will affect the size of video playing and not the menus as they are sized correctly?
accidentally 