I've verified that the vlc arguments work with the tv station link if the link and the arguments are given directly to vlc. I have a station showing up in my channel guide. The problem is perhaps with the mapping between the channel number and the link. In the log it looks like this:

4/17/2009 10:07:59 PM >>>>>>UbuCmd v0.2 (Mar 2006) - Processing request from GBPVR......
4/17/2009 10:07:59 PM playerParms: out=#transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vb=2048,scale=1,acodec=mpga,ab=192,channels=2}:duplicate{dst=std{access=file,mux=ps,dst=^C:\MyVideos\Manual Recordings\NASA TV_20090417220000.mpg^}}
4/17/2009 10:07:59 PM oid:0
4/17/2009 10:07:59 PM oid:3
4/17/2009 10:07:59 PM ...using System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteFactory DB Provider Factory
4/17/2009 10:07:59 PM Error encountered in: System.Data
while executing: NodePath GetNodeByIndex(Int32)
==> There is no row at position 0.
at System.Data.RBTree`1.GetNodeByIndex(Int32 userIndex)
at System.Data.RBTree`1.get_Item(Int32 index)
at System.Data.DataRowCollection.get_Item(Int32 index)
at UbuStreamCmd.UbuStreamEngine.getChannelName(Int32 channelNumber)
at UbuStreamCmd.UbuStreamEngine.Main(String channelNum, String playerParms)
SQL: SELECT channel.name FROM channel, source_channel_mapping, capture_source WHERE (channel.oid = source_channel_mapping.channel_oid AND capture_source.oid = source_channel_mapping.capture_source_oid AND capture_source.recording_source_class = 'ExternalRecorder.ExternalRecorder' AND capture_source.oid = 3 AND source_channel_mapping.source_channel_number = 0)
4/17/2009 10:07:59 PM Terminating UbuStreamCmd.

Any ideas on how to fix this?
Thanks

Well, I am about to give up. I cannot get a proper EPG no matter what I try. I've completely re-installed Vista and GBPVR. I've tried with and without Windows Firewall. I've verified my settings in Schedules Direct (and of course in the Config app). The recording service interacts with the desktop. I only have a simple ATSC over the air setup. I get the channels fine, but I only get--sometimes--a couple of hours of EPG data. I have no idea where else to look. Anybody got any suggestions?

Thanks to any who respond.

Hi folks, I have an older 1 Ghz PIII machine with the Intel 815 chipset which I would like to use as a client to my main PVR box. I only want to be able to watch standard def TV from my bedroom, so am hoping this box is grunty enough to do the job. The PC is a Compaq iPAQ PC, which does not have any slots for a new video card.

The problem I have is that GBPVR will launch, but the menu screen never comes up. Instead I get a "frozen" version of the desktop.

In the PVRX2.exe-native.log I get the following error:
2009-04-17 23:39:38.640 VERBOSE SetRenderList creating new texture (720 x 480)
2009-04-17 23:39:38.640 ERROR m_pD3DDev->CreateTexture(uiElement->image->Width, uiElement->image->Height, 1, 0, D3DFMT_A8R8G8B8, D3DPOOL_MANAGED, &texture, NULL) failed
Error code : 8876086C
D3DERR_INVALIDCALL
Invalid call

Now, according to Intel's documentation, the 810 and 815 chipsets don't support overlay at 720 x 480. They do support overlay at 640 x 480, 800 x 600, 1024 x 768 and higher resolutions, just not at 720 x 480. I suspect that the GBPVR menu is trying to draw at 720 x 480 which is not supported by the 815 chipset for overlay.

Anyone had experience with this problem?

I ran into issues with titantv so i rebuilt my capture devices and mapped the QAMs to a new xml file
To clear the old stuff i deleted the gbpvr.db3 file, because i saw this suggested somewhere in the forum
but now the shows that were already recorded do not show up in my "recordings" section of pvrx2
Is there any way to get these to show up, the shows are still located in the temp folder (at least the folders were still there when i looked, i guess i didn't check if the files were still there)
or would deleting gbpv3.db3 trash my recorded files, doubt that though

Hi all,
I am putting together my client/server live TV setup, currently using a PVR-150 to capture video audio from my set-top box. This works, however the video quality is not perfect, and the channel changing time is slow.

With the US converting to digital TV, the old method of just running your cable TV coax into the tuner cards' coax and having it doe the actual video render and channel changing/tuning, are quickly about to disappear, then the only method (that i know of) is what i described above, with the capture card managing your cable providers' set-top box, which sucks.

My question is, are there options for PCI cards now, where I can still run my coax cable directly into the card, and have it read my cable providers' signal, change channels etc, without the need for a set top?? Also, is there a card that will do all of this, as well as read my HD channels (in my case, the 600 - 780 channels)?

Such a magical card would definately greatly increase my video quality and frame-rate, as well as speed up the time for channel changing. I equate my current set up to "screen scraping", which is never an ideal method in any environment.

I'm using mc2xml for guide data, and although it "finds" most of the channels I'm interested in, it doesn't actually pull back any listings for them. I think it's probably the same problem that's described here: http://thegreenbutton.com/forums/permali...hread.aspx

Does anyone know of other sources for guide data for these channels? xmltvgui couldn't get them via its radio times grabber. How about digiguide? I don't have a current subscription but if someone could check?

Thanks all

I don't know if this is out there already but...

Is there a plugin for setting the recording type option to record only new episodes

Seems like an easy script but i've never written a plugin for a program

I just mean 'easy' if you can set the plugin to look for the * that mc2xml places in the tv guide, then you would be able to set a daily or weekly season recording option that would only record the new episodes

If anyone knows of a plugin or skin that has this option let me know
Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I'm having some practical questions about changing to Digital TV (just bought a samsung LE40A856) The question is what would you as Ziggo user build or buy to watch and record digital (HD) tv?

As I see it I have a few options:

1. Buy a Humax 5050C HD for the living and buy a popcorn for the sleepingroom. I've read somewhere you can connect them so you can watch the recorded TV in the sleeping room.

Pro: digital HD recorder with EPG from Ziggo
Con: no GBPVR (big disadvantage)

2. Build a new PC with digital HD decoder (not sure what to buy) and put it in the living. Must be a quiet PC. Install a DVD burner in it and a Blu-Ray (or buy a seperate one). Ofcourse with optical out and HDMI. Buy a Popcorn for the sleeping room and connect it to GBPVR.

Pro: keeping GBPVR with all it nice features
Con: probably more expensive, not every channel on EPG (HD channels missing).

I prefer a new PC with GBPVR on it but I'm not sure what to buy for hardware (got an idea but could use some help).

PC: quadcore, ATI 4 serie graphical card, Sound ?, Decoder PCI card (which I can use with the smartcard from Ziggo) ? maybe more then one or can you watch and record with one PCI decoder card?, maybe solid state harddisk to keep it quiet and store the recordings on a Windows 2003 server or a new NAS

Now I've got the following hardware:

PC with Windows 2003 server. On it runs GBVPR with 2 PVR 150 analoge cards. It also runs iTunes which I can control from my iPhone so it runs music through airport express.

In the living and sleepingroom I've got a MVP with scart.

I hope you guys out there can give me some advise what to do and what to buy. Is popcorn the way to go?

Tnx in advance.

Stefan

I have been out of the loop for some time and recently got my old GB system up and running on the latest version.

So I installed the Weather plugin with the latest community skin and I noticed that the old weather panels were not available or "working" with the current setup.

Now I know that the weather plugin has not been updated or supported in sometime but I figured I would load it since it is such a nice plugin. The plugin works fine in all aspects other than the loss of the panels on the main menu screen. Seeing that panels were available and working for other plugins, I took a look at some of the skin and weather panel xml files and added the lines that would enable the panels for weather in the panels folder and weather plugin folder, but no luck.

Maybe I need to make some adjustments to the xml files that i overlooked, not sure. I wanted to make a post to see if anyone has had similar experience with this topic before i got too deep.

Thanks!

I have an HDHR with 2 tuners. GBPVR 1.3.11

When I start PVRX2 and watch a show, it works. As I change channels, as long as the channel I'm watching is on the same tuner, it works. As soon as I switch to a channel on the other tuner, PVRX2 says it can't get a signal.

It fails both ways. If I start watching a show on 0 and switch to a show on 1, it can't get a signal. If I start with a show on 1, 1 works, then I switch to a show on 0, PVRX2 can't get a signal. After this happens, neither tuner works.

If I quit PVRX2 and restart, I can watch again.

PVRX2 log files attached.