I don't really have an issue with GBPVR, but need some expert opinions on my dilemma.
I have Comcast standard cable here in Portland, OR. Last month, Comcast switched to digital signals only. No problem -- I simply purchased a QAM capable tuner (Hauppauge 1250), mapped the channels, and all was happy in GBPVR land.
Alas, happiness and Comcast don't stay together long. It appears Comcast no longer broadcasts the "good" channels in clear-QAM anymore. So, I'm no longer able to record shows on HGTV, ESPN, etc. I still get these channels using the little digital box that Comcast sent me, but not using clear-QAM on my GPPVR machine.
So, what are my options? If I hook up that little digital box to my computer tuner, is there a device that will allow GBPVR to change the channel on that box? How do you map all channels to channel 3? What other options do I have?
So, I've been using gbpvr for more than two years now with no major problems. I've recently changed my cable service to an entirely new company, with a different channel lineup, box, etc. I figured I'd use this time to upgrade gbpvr from 1.3.7 to 1.3.11 as well.
I use schedulesdirect for my EPG listings, and though it has run flawlessly with my previous service, with the new one I've had nothing but problems. It seems fine in the schedulesdirect report, but when I do an epg update, the channel order ends up all scrambled in the guide. It will count up to 21, jump from there to 76, and then more gaps all the way up. Those missing channels end up at the end of the guide as channel 2015 and such. I've tried changing lineups, reloading the epg, creating a new capture source and deleting the old one, reloading, reloading, etc.
And now the problem is still there, but I have "no show details" throughout the guide as well. I've totally run out of ideas, and I couldn't find a similar problem in the forums, so I figured I'd throw it up here for help. Any ideas?
Btw, I'm attaching all of my logs, should they prove helpful. Only the more recent ones will be in debug mode, but it should include a few reloads. Thanks!
It's been awhile since I treated myself to a good 'ole fashioned upgrade, what I currently have are the Hauppauge PVR-350 And PVR-150MCE, I know these are older cards and they seem to do very well, but am I missing something great in any new technology ? Like when I set up these tuners, I noticed that I could only set them up as analog, I'm not sure if this has anything to do with the Digital tv upgrading, but whats the difference with analog cards and digital cards ?
It's noteworthy because the company is talking about open source and help for developers so it might be a potential client. I didn't order one yet since I am skeptical.
Is there a method to permit the 'Standby' function to be added to the Main Menu Ribbon, or to modify the function of the 'Exit' button to allow 'Standby'. Altenatively, a command line string for the 'Plug Ins' tab - 'Custom Tasks'.
This would greatly reduce the User accidently exiting the GB-PVR application and to Windows Desktop, and also reduce the number of menu keystrokes to place the computer in the 'Standby S3 mode'. Using conventional methods such as "Windows Standby' and Command Line usage of 'SetSuspendState" will not function correctly as expected.
I am setting up a HVR1950 on a New Dell Vista 64 machine. GB-PVR ver 1.3.11.
I have the capture working and the Program guide set so I can view the analog and Digital programs(set up 2 capture sources for analog and digital from the same 1950).
I have figured out the QAM channel offset and have good analog and clear QAM signals from Comcast. I can view all in PVR2.
I can record analog signals, but the digital sigs say they record but I cannot play them back on either PVR or WinTV 7.
The TS files are present in he storage directory and are huge (19gb for a 1 hr show) so I know they have recorded something. Ironically I was able to record ATSC stuff prior to my getting the QAM on cable to work correctly.
It's probably something dumb I am doing as I am new to this game.
I am in Australia and I only get Hoyts cinema on my GBPVR config section. Hoyts has changed their web site and cinema plugin does not work any more, no trailers no download, nothing. How should I update it to use Google Movies?
I would greatly apreciate any response.
This is a two tuner setup with an AMD 780G motherboard. As the disk approached full, I noticed some stuttering, so I decided to defrag the disk via the Microsoft tool. The process ran to completion, and displays "zero fragmented free space." However, the rest of the disk map is almost completely red, as if the files were still fragmented.
I have never encountered this before. I had always assumed that the residual red after a defrag run was due to very small files. However, the recordings directory should, I would think, be dominated by very large files, hence at the end of the run, the disk map should be predominantly blue.
I cant get gbpvr to work with Hauppauge PVR350 card as a capture source. I have set up the capture source to use the direct recording plugin and EPG source as xmltv. The xmltv is working and channels appear in the tv guide, but when I go to live TV, all channels show a black screen.
I have also tried the device type check utility and this does not seem to be able to find the card. The log file shows:
21:37:01.453 INFO Log started
21:37:01.453 VERBOSE ECP interface found
21:37:01.453 ERROR Failed to get ECP general string
21:37:01.468 VERBOSE FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Capture
21:37:01.468 ERROR Failed to find requested device: Hauppauge PVR150 (instance 2)
The card is working in hauppauge win tv 7. Does anyone have any ideas?
s-video recording of HD channels. Has anybody tried this? I know it isn't the very desireable but I am a bit curious how it compares to s-video recording of SD content. Very minimal difference, noticeable, or other?
