I've been able to switch our GBPVR Server from analog to digital cable reception. The frequency mapping I figured out worked well for several days and then I found a TCM Move I recoreded ended up blank. Comcast had switched the frequency of that channel. I spent several hours figuring out that they had changed the mappings for about 12 channels. Then a few weeks later I had to again figure out which changes they made. Another lost recording and then 2 hours to fix. For long term practical use I will need an automated method of updating the GBPVR database.

I've began a study of the techniques needed for a program to automatically update the GBPVR SQLite 'Sourec_Channel_Mapping' table when Comcast makes changes to their frequencies. My thoughts are to monitor changes to a WEB site such as SiliconDust and initiate the update when a change is found.

I've resolved most issues, but have not yet found a method of calling the GBPVR Config routine to initiate a re-scan of the frequencies. I need help. Is there a method a program can to use?

Thanks for you help in advance. I'm new to GBPVR Interfacing. My goal is to create a functional program first, and then tackle the GBPVR interface to convert it to run as a GBPVR Utility.

JOESBOAT
GBPVR Server with two PC Clients. Replaced two MVP clients.

I'm brand new to this forum so please excuse any duplication from other members. I've been looking for a good PVR for some time as I have a large library on online video and keen to integrate this with TV.

I have digitial Telstraclear cable and am keen to integrate this. I understand that I need a DVB-C card and Iredeto Cam. Could someone recommend what hardware to purchase and ideally where from.

Regards.

Very minor problem:

Any ideas what might be causing these rogue (and empty) folders to be created in the gbpvr\skin2 folder. I generall use CS 4 but whatever is doing it, is also affecting the blue and slick folders.

Seems like someone has a "\" missing from their code somewhere

I had a quick look in the skin.xml for this plugin but I couldn't tell what I was looking at....

Hi,
I have been running MythTV for several years, but I am getting fed up with the system and thinking of using a Windows-based PVR. I've pretty much chosen GB-PVR, but I don't really want to lose all the recording information in my database if I can help it! What I'm looking for is if anyone has converted the information from the MythTV MySQL database into GB-PVR - the main thing I don't want to lose is the information on what I have already recorded.

Can anyone help?

Thanks,

Brian

OK, got GBPVR up and running on a Windows 7 box and since I'm a long time MythTV user, I've got some differences that I'm trying to reconcile.

• Comm flagging. I think I need to install the commflagging plugin per the wiki, right?
  
• Season Recording, first runs only. I don't see an option for this? I searched and I found some less than definitive posts about it relating to the fact that outside the US this data isn't really available. I have some season recordings that will be "first showing only" (i.e. prime time shows) and others that won't be (i.e. PBS shows for my son). I use Schedules Direct as my EPG source.
  
• Setting up a season recording from the web interface. I've installed the EWA, but I just don't see a way to do this from this interface. I've likely missed something.
  
• Setting up EWA to run under IIS7 on Windows 7 is giving me issues with the web.config (it says that the entry removing the default web service handler for asmx files isn't allowed at this point?). I know, not enough info to go on... My wife is cool with using a web interface to manage/schedule recordings, but I hate remembering a port (I did reset it to an easier to remember port, so at least that worked ).
  
• I have 6 tuners (PVR 500 + 2 HDHomeRuns). They all are setup with the same EPG provider. Will GBPVR hit Schedules Direct 6 times, once for each source? Or is it smart enough to not do that?
  
• In the Guide, my HD channels seem to be blank and then pop in after 10 seconds or though.
  
• When watching live TV, channel changes on the same tuner are very fast (like instant, very cool). However, when I switch from an HD channel to an SD channel, all I get is a black screen. If I exit Live TV and get back in it's on the SD channel and it works fine and I can go to an HD channel just fine, but back to SD = black screen. I don't have speakers on this computer, so I don't know if it's just a video glitch and audio's still playing or what.
  
• When setting up a recording that will use a HDHomeRun (QAM) tuner, I get the option for quality. I searched and saw that most people think this is ignored for ts recordings. I just wanted to verify this because transcoding the recordings is something I want to avoid.
  

Like the title says, I'm not a dummy, but man... I feel like I've taken a couple steps back for sure!

I've got a Windows 7 box with a PVR500 in it and 2 HDHomeRuns on the network (getting HD via QAM). I got GBPVR setup and works fine on that box. I can record 6-8 things at once (since the HD is via QAM, I can get stuff on the multiplex, very cool).

My issue is that I want to use my NMT (Kaiboer K100 and eGreat e34a) as a front end to the GBPVR box.

Either I'm overthinking it or the dummy guide is way out of whack... especially when it talks about a USB stick.

In any case, I installed via that installer, skipping the GBPVR install. I have a share that I can see from my other windows computers (all Windows 7 at this point).

I have mapped a network share on the NMTs to this location without issue. They are mapped as MEDIA:pvrmc (or whatever the share name is, I'm at work now). I can go to the network share and go to the 4th icon and launch the .htm file. No matter what I select I immediately get the "operation failed" error message.

One thing that's bothering me is that when I do the network browser from the NMT (either of them), I don't see anything but NFS server. I don't see the homegroup that the windows 7 boxes are in. I'm thinking that this is part of the issue.

Please help!

Just a curious question?

Does the name 'Sub' come from the ol' BBS days? (Sub-op),(Sys-op)

I had some late nights into the BBS way back, I had a sub-op on my BBS we called him Sub too. We used a Commodore 64 with a MASS of 5.25 drives, (10 I think it was). Boy things have changed.....

Thanks in advance for answering.

Using GB-PVR 1.3.11 and XRecord. I like the XSuite, but am noticing that since I installed it, I think the "Max Recordings to Keep" feature has vanished from my recording options. Is this not supported in XRecord and, if not, any suggestions for trimming old recordings within a particular show + season?

I have an ATI HDTV WONDER card that runs fine with WatchHDTV so I know the card works, but cannot get it to work with GBPVR. Here're what I did:

- download & install GBPVR
- select capture source, found the card alright
- created a trial account with zap2it, was able to link up with EPG source

- but when I click "map digital channels to EPG channels", it automatically scans through 68 channels or so, some with no signals but some have strong signals (I have a good rooftop antenna). However even with the channels found with strong signals I still see a black screen on top-right corner. After scanning through 68 channels it says "No channel found".

I have already run "refregisterfilter".

PLEASE HELP! (zip file of the 2 config logs is attached)

System: Dell Dimension 4700 (Pentium 2.8GHz), XP Home, ATI HDTV Wonder

THANKS!