For those of you who couldn't use the component option of the Director's Cut you probably will be interested in trying the HDMI compatible version when I release it after a little bit more testing.

There will also be some noticeable improvement for everyone including:

- added 1080i h264 playback
- volume +/- control
- improved full/fill logic that is a much closer match to the NMT setting.

I think this addresses everything (except FLAC) that I want out of the client, can you think of anything else?

I'll be back.

Martin

Sub, as I start to bundle up the release with next round of NMT client improvements, I thought I'd summarize some of the things that I think would make the client experience better. It is really pretty good now, but I think these could make it great. I know you are busy so if you can keep them in mind that would be great too.

Suggested things to look it for the next version of GBPVR

- OSD updates from GBPVR can come 4 times in a row without a break, so it would be nice to minimize the number of times they are sent. Hitting pause or skipping highlight the problem well. Maybe on a skip don't send the OSD with the current position, wait for one update post skip?
- Switching from Analog to Digital Live TV doesn't work.
- Switching A/A D/D and D/A work fine for me on one tuner, but reports that switching tuners might cause problems.
- HD-PVR LiveTV is very inconsistent, data is not being provided so server side stops streaming.
- HD-PVR Time reporting is different on the PCH and PC. PC duration is reported to be correct
- The Live TV prebuffer does not seem to work properly for TS streams

Wishlist for long term improvements

- Incremental updates for OSD, update the time on the minute might help,
- Search use remote keypad
- Separate live TV pre-buffer for SD and HD, buffer by size not time, time doesn't deal with device initialisation
- Provide audio and video pids for live TV streams, should improve performance and help "tricky" stations.
- PCH equivalent for Ctrl-O, maybe provide more information about the file?
- More accurate file duration based on sampling near end of file.
- Indexing while recording to provide accurate timeline and ignore PCR, text file with second file offset could work. Alternatively post-processing can create accurate indexes if a format is defined, maybe Erik can add this to comskip?

Note these are all deficiencies on the MVP too and I would bet even the PC client would benefit from improved live tv logic.

Martin

GBPVR v1.3.11
HDHR soft/firmware version 20090415
WINXP Professional with Service Pack 3
No firewall running on PC

Followed wurlston's setup doc here exactly, and it did not work at all. What kind of works is setting the application in the HDHomeRun Setup utility to Other:ATSC Remap.

Now what doesn't work is that I can start pvrx2 and start watching Livetv station, I can change channels. But when I exit livetv for any reason and try to go back to livetv, it fails to a black screen with the following message:

"No Signal Detected. Please be sure that the antenna is connected or that the antenna signal is strong enough."

If I exit pvrx2 and restart it, I can then tune and scan to other channels as long as I stay in livetv.

Tuning is fast, picture is great. I'd love to fix this.

Hi all,

I've read a couple of threads about Windows 2008 server and I'm just wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction?

To date I've got GBPVR installed, the Hauppage 64bit drivers and the BDA files from Vista 64bit (http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=114549 BDA driver install util for W2K8).

I've been able to use the Config.exe and it picks up my Nova-B card. The EPG is downloading successfully and a scan is picking up channels and associated information. However, video does not appear in the thumbnail window nor does it appear in LiveTV or Recorded TV.

From the above I'm assuming my capture card, drivers and BDA setup are all fine but my video is possibly missing codecs?

Paul

Currently, if we watch part of a recorded show and then go back to it we have the option to RESUME to the last point. I would like to have the ability to set multiple "resume" points. I have seen these called "chapter" points in other recorders.

Being able to mark the points and even label them would be best. I see two possible uses for this.

A: Set points in movies to be able to jump to in later viewings.

B: In a family with multiple users, each could set their own "resume" point independently.

has anyone checked out boxee? its really quite impressive, doesnt do tv functions (but i never use that anyway), it does internet tv really well, and has a really slick interface.

theres an alpha of it for windows (not publicly available, but im sure you could find it if you wanted to ) and theres version for max/linux freely available.

only wish i could get hulu to work in nz. but really good way to watch diggnation

Hi all

Cant get the card to switch between pos A and B. it always sets lnd A in the Diseqc. If i change in the config to B it dosent matter. I use the twihan driver 1.03 and gbpvr 1.0 "welltonway version".

Is there a way to configure this or how does it work??

The diseqc i use is a Triax MFD 21D. I can change on the diseqc between tone burst and 22khz tone switch.

/nymann

Hi,
I have tried so many things that haven't changed the tearing I get - at about the top 1/5 of the screen.
Has anyone got a ATI 9250 card to work for SD without tearing? if so please tell me your secrets?
thanks

On my system, WizImageGrabber is not creating placeholders. When it runs, it displays the parameters and there it shows that the parameter is set to true. And I don't get any errors. When it finds new images, they do get created, just not placeholders. And it finds the existing placeholders and skips those during the lookups.

Any ideas/suggestions?

Hello, everybody,

I am follwing the wiki about how to setup the PCH A110 with GB-PVR, but I am not able to start the application in PCH A110. Screen get black.

I put some traces in the in the startmeup

/etc/mvpmc/mvpmcx2 -m 1080i > /etc/mvpmc/startmeup.txt &

And I get the following !!!!

cat startmeup.txt
DFB: tv mode 18
vmode 18
hdtv50 1280x720
Couldn't set property RMDispMainMixerPropertyID_LayerOrder for module 12: RM_ERROR
Couldn't set property RMDispMainMixerPropertyID_LayerOrder for module 12: RM_ERROR
Couldn't set property RMDispMainMixerPropertyID_LayerOrder for module 12: RM_ERROR
Couldn't set property RMDispMainMixerPropertyID_LayerOrder for module 12: RM_ERROR
Couldn't set property RMDispMainMixerPropertyID_LayerOrder for module 12: RM_ERROR
Couldn't set property RMGenericPropertyID_Surface for module 0: RM_NOT_FOUND
Couldn't set property RMGenericPropertyID_Validate for module 0: RM_NOT_FOUND
Couldn't set property RMGenericPropertyID_Surface for module 0: RM_NOT_FOUND
Couldn't set property RMGenericPropertyID_Validate for module 0: RM_NOT_FOUND
Couldn't set property RMGenericPropertyID_MixerSourceIndex: RM_ERROR

Any idea about what can be the problem ?

I put a sniffer in the GB-PVR server and I don´t receive any tcp/upd packet, so it seems problem is in package mvpmcx2

Any idea ?