First thanks to all for helping me get the two tuners in the Avermedia Duet recognized and running under GB! That part is done. My next issue is a video "glitch" every 5-10 minutes or so, particularly on a full HD program. Happens at the exact same point during playback every time, so I suspect the recording itself is compromised. Never had the problem when using the HVR-1250 single tuner capture card. I'm currently using the MS mux. I'm going to try using the TS mux and see if I get different results.

My system: GA-MA78GM-S2H 780g motherboard with onboard ATI Radeon HD3200+, AMD X2 4800+ CPU, Windows XP, 4 GB Ram, Samsung SATA 500GB HDD 5400 rpm. I think I have plenty of "horsepower" for recording two HD streams from the capture card at once. I'll do some experimenting over the next few days and report back. (For anyone trying to use this card with GB in the future.) Any suggestions are welcome.

I jumped on the refurb PCH A-100 and just started setting it up last night. I wanted to say Great Job and Thank You to Martin and Sub. This really works great!
I do have one question about files in the GBPVR Video Library. I have a bunch of videos in the .m4v format. When I select one with the "Play" button or the "Eject" button I get the PCH "!" triangle and a "could not play" message and it falls back to the video library screen. If I append a ".avi" to the end of the file, I get the same thing with the play button, but the eject key will play the file. These files play fine through the PCH interface via a mapped share.

Is this a limitation of the file format, or do I need an additional tag in config.xml that says not to transcode these files, or something?
Thanks,
Leaded

Can the earlier version be installed over 1.3.11?

If a clean install is needed, are there any issues when completely removing GBVPR?

I won't bore you with my reasons for wanting to do this - suffice to say I came close to kicking my PC to death last night after upgrading to 1.3.11.

thanks.

Hi all, I guess this is a codec question but I'll start with my configuration then some background, and finally the problem I have.

Config:

Hauppauge winTV-HVR 3000
ATI x1900AIW
Two AMD 2214 dualcore cpus
4GB ram
Win XP Pro SP2
I have 2 displays connected to the x1900, main monitor is a AOC LCD the 2nd monitor is A Hasper 42in Plasma

GBPVR V1.3.11
Cyberlink codecs from power DVD 7
CoreAVC v1.9.5
and "CyberLink H.264/AVC Decoder(ATI)" got the trial version here "http://docs.cyberlink.com/cinema/ati/h264_decoder/enu/index.jsp"

Background:

My goal is to be able to watch New Zealand Freeview TV in another room on the Hasper Plasma, and be able to have someone else still able to use the computer with the other monitor. So far only 2 programs come close to allowing this "DVBviewer and GB-PVR" but this is were I like GB-PVR better, as there is a useful start on other monitor check box, and it supports the Hauppauge remote.

The main problem I have though is with performance.

The Power DVD7 codecs are not hardware accelerated and it skips & is out of sync with the audio (oddly Power cinema works much better)

The CoreAVC codec is much better but:
still seems to get out of sync overtime
and there is a known problem with changing the channel( I have seen it discussed else ware)
Work around is to go back to the EPG and select the new channel there.
Also this codec seems to have a problem with the Channel "C4" it will display for a bit then a No signal detected error appears. odd since all the channels come from the same transmitter.

Then I found the holy Grail of codecs "CyberLink H.264/AVC Decoder(ATI)" this Cyberlink/ATI codec is meant to have Hardware Acceleration for ATI x1000 series cards. and it works very well ... with DVBviewer CPU drops to ~3% nice in sync audio and no skipping frames. (EDIT: 3% is wrong is more like 30% sorry I made an error)

After adding it to the Config.xml file it can now be used in GB-pvr, but has similar problems to the CoreAVC codec except the No signal problem happens on more of the channels and this often results in a not responding program.

Do I need to change any other settings to get this codec working better?

And can GB-pvr be setup to respond to the remote even if another program is the active window?

I was wondering if a local Aussie might be able to point me in the right direction?
I am having trouble getting GB-PVR going. Reading the Wiki and the considerable amount of material I can understand much of the more complicated issues but I can’t get started. A bit like I am a good driver but I can’t find where to put the ignition key! Without going into details could some kind sole put their hand up to give me a nudge in the right direction. I have downloaded what I thought was all that was needed and can get up Config but all the options are greyed out. ScanChannel is I think the Analogue while I want the Digital. Hope for just a little help. Ken of Adelaide

Hi, All.

I only found gbpvr yesterday and I really like the look of it. I did have an issue with interlacing on HD DVB-T channels, but by reading this forum, I managed to sort it out by installing CoreAVC. To be honest, I'm still none the wiser what I actually did, becaused it just worked after a straight install.

The one issue I haven't been able to resolve is the s-video connection I'm trying to establish. I don't seem to be receiving any signal at all. I read in one thread, of there being a utility which identifies which device is which. I ran that and 15 minutes late, it still hadn't detected anything. I'm not sure how long it's supposed to take. I'm therefor not sure I have GBPVR configured to the right input. I've tried s-video s-video2 on Device 1 and Device 2, but it makes no difference. I still end up with a blue screen and silence.

I've previously tried Media Portal. I did find there that the sound and picture would break up, although the picture is more prone to it. The signal from the paytv box isn't low though. There are no issues with that at all. It works fine if I connect it direct from the pay-tv box (Austar, satellite) to the TV.

I've attached all my log files, partly because my understanding is that's what we're supposed to, but also because I haven't yet worked out what gets recorded in each log.

My next step is to configur IR blasting, but unltil I can get this other problem resolved, there's no real need for it.

After upgrading using the NMTInstall, I received a black screen on first start-up. Upon discovering that the MVPMCX2 binary was still 7zipped in the share folder (and thus on the NMT as well) and unzipping it manually, the menu screen loaded successfully. I was then able to play stored content without issue. However, when I attempt to watch LiveTV, I get various levels of failure. Sometimes, after selecting a channel and hitting watch it just locks up, but usually it will go to a black screen and then hang. Sometimes the Analog PVR-150 tuner will work, other times it goes black and locks up. The HDHomeRun tuner worked once but now just goes black and locks up, It all works fine on the Server PC.

Output of mvpmcx2 from the command line is attached as well as startmeup and config.xml. One side note, what are the other mac addresses in config.xml that are not the default or my NMT? I don't recognize them nor did I put them there, but it fails completely if I remove them.

Thanks!!

I am using WizTools and I have a WizUiList that I am trying to get the ScrollUp and ScrollDown buttons to appear.

According to the WizTools Developer Document, to have the scroll buttons appear, you add the following to your skin.xml:

One of the shows I select to record season (in the same weekly time slot) does not show up in the pending list. If I select to record once, it does show in the pending list. There are no source conflicts, the only thing is the show I am recording, The Big Bang, is showing reruns now, not a new episode. Does it have to be a new episode for record season to function?

My setup is showing it's age. I have 2 MVP's, a PVR-500 and PVR-150. This was all great until I switched out my tube TV for a new 1080p set.

Now I have a couple of 1080p LCD's, and although I have an MVP hooked to one, I rarely use it. My cable company provided a dual tuner DVR that handles the HD channels.

I have been looking for a good time to jump back in update my equipment, and I'm wondering if it has finally arrived.

Does somebody have recomendations regarding upgrading from a SD setup to:

HVR-2250 dual tuner (to replace the PVR-500)
Egreat EG-M34A (to replace MVP)

The tuner scares me more then the NMT. The comments I've read about it are all over the board.

I live in the USA, and have a mix of wired and wireless MVPs, not sure if NMT's will work well wireless. I am really missing comskip, and GBPVR. I'd like to hear from somebody that has a multi-tuner setup recording digital HD QAM channels in the US.

I'd like to have 3-4 tuners up and going on QAM.