Now that I have clear QAM available, I'm thinking of a HDHomerun. I have a pretty basic home network with a Linksys WRT54GL router. Will this be sufficient to handle the two tuners (perhaps with multi-record) of the HDHomerun feeding the GBPVR box via the router? The wiring is Cat 5E (tested to 350 MHz!). There aren't any other heavy network uses at this time, just routine internet access and perhaps some music streaming. What about if I add a NMT/PCH?
after a hdd failure I did a clean installation of GBPVR 1.3.11 and Zprocess 2.0.278. Now I have a new set of problems, which I'm not sure if it is codec related (I'm leaning that way, hoping you can help).
Without ZProcess (refs removed), GBPVR on the MVP works great (without aspect ratio correction as expected). When I add the refs of Zprocess with FFMpeg as transcoder then the AVI movie plays with stuttering video (every few seconds) and audio that is slow, guessing here but it sounds at like half the rate it needs to be. As said, GBPVR without ZP via MVP plays the same file without a problem. Playing same AVI on server works fine. Regular TV recordings via MVP play without a problem. Movies in MPG format plays fine via MVP, so I don't think it is a bandwidth issue over the network.
I'm attaching the logs, movie starts around 16:26.
How can I use an external schdule for recording TV program?
I have setup the TV Guide to read the EPG data. When I click on a TV program, a dialog box pops out and I can select "Record". At this point, how can I trgger an external program and pass over the key parameters such at the TV program start date/time, end date/time, the program name and channel?
I have read the Wiki and I suspect I need to define a custome task but I do not know how to process from there. Pls help.
So while watching LiveTV I press the record button on the MVP remote and select "Record until I exit LiveTV". When I exit LiveTV and go to the Recordings, the manual recording is still going strong under "PENDING". I click "CANCEL" and I acknowledge that I want to cancel, but nothing happens and recording continues. On the server, the "G" icon is still green and the STATUS of the tuner shows that it is recording. I have to restart the recording service to stop the recording.
What am I doing wrong? I'm attaching my logs, the recording in question is around 16:08.
Currently I have Hauppauge 150 on a Windows XP machine, I'm in the Bay Area with Comcast service, I plug the coax directly to the card, not using their box. Couple months ago, Comcast did some upgrade, and I haven't been able to record anything since, most channels are fuzzy and snowy or nothing at all. Since I can watch everything fine on our HDTV, I figure the card/system is in need of an upgrade.
The machine I have is not a media center, I don't know if this matters. I may upgrade the OS to Windows 7 in the future, so the card need to be forward compatible. I'm also looking to upgrade the rest of the system, as the current one is too old to handle HD.
I looked at the wiki list for supported card. Comparing it to cards and reviews on newegg.com, the list seem a bit dated, so I thought I would ask here to confirm:
It seems Hauppauge 1600 / 1800 may not the the best option? The review for Hauppauge 2250 is better, but it's not on the wiki list, what is your option?
The review for SiliconDust HDHomeRun is really good, but the setup seems strange. Does it mean I can record from any machine on the network (assuming they don't try to record at the same time)? Also does the dual tuner mean, I can split the coax cable and record/watch two channels? Is there any downside to this card not supporting NTSC/Analog?
Any other card you would recommend instead?
What is the minimum system requirement to record two HD channels at the same time?
Well, I have been having on and off issues of screen tearing for a while. It seems like I get things working and a new movie comes along with an updated encoding and it tears. I have an older AMD 4200+ machine with an ATI 1650XT running driver version 8.33 that operates anything I throw at it just flawlessly. However, my main PVR machine has run the gamut of upgrades to try and make the perfect machine (ie; I'm trying to make one that has no problems with tearing).
I had an MSI MB with Geforce 5200FX. Worked most of the time but not quite powerfull enough on some HD content. Upgraded to an Abit MB with onboard 7050 video. Not quite powerful enough for some HD. Upgraded to an ATI 2400XT (passive cooling) video card. Had tearing. Upgraded HDD to new WD SATA2 500Gig from older SATA 200gig. Didn't help. Upgraded video card to ATI 3850. Had tearing problems. Upgraded MB to Asus with geforce 8300 onboard video. Still used ATI 3850 video card. Had tearing. I always maintained the latest drivers as they were released in the hope that one of them would make things better. Same with codecs. I then took out the ATI 3850 video card and installed the drivers for the onboard geforce 8300 video. Low and behold, no more tearing, even on HD content. I am elated. Hopefully it is not like many other times when a new video came along and tearing resumed.
Latest PVR config that seems to work:
MB - Asus M3N78 Pro (geforce 8300 onboard video)
HDD - WD 50000ABYS enterprise edition
PVR - Hauppauge 2215 (dual tuner card)
Enermax 350 powersupply (20A rails)
LG 22x DVDRW
PVRX2 with EVR renderer running under Windows XP
I just built a new system so I could upgrade to HDTV. I'm using GB 1.3.11 with winXP Pro SP3 and a new HVR-2250 plus an older HVR-1600. In general, the analog side is working fine. But, I'm I have a number of issues with QAM.
I can record and play about a dozen clear QAM stations from my COX cable system. But, certain ones (CSPAN3) will not play. Strangely, I can record it and then watch the recording either during or after the show. Also, Transcode does not work for these files.
It seems like a filter is missing, but I have installed every MUX I can find and tried all 4 settings in the GB MUX config menu.
