After removing the TV Listings Plug in I can no longer view live TV stations. The guide seems correct and updates correctly. When I first enter the program I can see my first selection but then when I change channels I get no reception.

I am enclosing the logs files

Hi All
Vista 32bit Ultimate
Installed GBPVR.
Ran Config
Detected Tuner - AverMedia m780
Downloaded Guide - Digital Comcast NJ
When mapping I get no channels found.
Tried the QamManager with all settings to no avail.
Picked up all digitals/QAM in area when running the sage demo.
Also no problem when I used the analog input of the card so I am pretty lost.
BTW Vista MCE doesn't detect my QAM tuner at all with TVpack installed

Thanks for any help in advance

Okay, a question which is a little less dire. I believe I've read that the Hauppauge 45 button remote can be remapped. So I'd like to add f7 to mine. I did install HIP and tried to set one of the colored buttons (yellow) to that, but it didn't work. Can anyone point me to exact directions on how to do this? Also, while I am at it, I've noticed the top buttons such as photo, radio, etc don't work in GBPVR, I'd love to set those to stuff in the main directory.

Hi guys,

I've just recently built a new HTPC for playing back media files only as I now have a cable co HD PVR. My previous setup did all of my recording now this system is only for playing music and video files. I was wondering if anyone had any settings or advice to maximize PQ when playing back Xvid or Divx files. These files play back smoothly but are very soft. I am comparing them to the same files burnt on a DVD and played back on a Toshiba upconverting DVD player. On the DVD they are much sharper. I realize the DVD has a dedicated chip to so the scaling but this system should have more than enough power to so the same , I think. I have looked at the FFDshow decoder setting and have played with a few but no noticeable improvements.

The HTPC is running via a vga cable to a Toshiba 37" LCD.

Thanks
Mike

Hi all,

Bit of a strange request this one, coming from a friend of mine who has decided to give gbpvr a try but has a weird way of wanting to watch stuff.

He watches a lot of old 4:3 content, but wants it stretched to fill the entire 16:9 screen (gbpvr's fill mode does that fine).

All his films though are DVD rips to xvid, which I'm guessing have had the black bars removed as part of the transcode, which means they usually stretch vertically so that a 2:35:1 film also fills the entire screen. In this case, that's not what is wanted. The original aspect ratio (with black bars) should be visible. Toggling to Auto usually fixes this.

Now for the killer... he controls all this via a bluetooth mouse and doesn't want to get up to press F7 to toggle modes. So he needs a mode that stretches 4:3 but leaves the 16:9 and 21:9 stuff alone.

So the questions are really:

a) is there a way to toggle using the mouse?
b) is there a way to set the aspect ratios in config.xml so that any video is always stretched horizontally but never vertically?

I'm not expecting a solution, but thought I'd ask anyway :-)

(Actually, in the case of a) - does anyone know of a program to allow a key press to be mapped to a mouse button?)

Sub

It looks like they software out paced my hardware.

I have a VIA EPIA-M 933Mhz system. I just use it to play videos, music and pictures. I don't do any recordings. I tried loading the new version but it locks up the computer. I don't believe the system supports VMR9 and I can't get directx 9c to install.

Is it possible to download an older version? One that supports VMR7? When I had it working the Nav displayed up the middle, it was about a year ago. 1.03? Is there an area where I can download older versions?

Thanks
Ray

When I installed the original MediaMVP Hauppauge I was able to skip my videos with the remote control based on percentage. For example the button "6" on the remote control would take me to 60% of the video.

After I installed the PVRX2 I am now not able to do that with the same remote control.:confused:

Is it possible for me to reprogram the remote control for my MediaMVP so that I can get the original capability?

Thank you,

-Jay

P.S. I have the 45 button and the 35 button Hauppauge remote

I think there's been really positive progress on mvpmcx2 by sub and I in the last month, so I'd like to share the highlights of what we have coming.

Comskip Support

You read correctly, sub and I were able to come up with a way to process comskip to the PCH. It works better than I ever imagined possible.

Video File Remote Navigation

It is now possible to use GB-PVR style navigation in recorded programs, in-progress recordings and LiveTV

- This includes fast forward and REWIND, and skip back and forth by time.

MPEG TS/PS Video File Handling

Movement in a file is now primarily controlled by GB-PVR, so if you jump randomly you can typically blame sub or me, and not the PCH. The vast majority of problem files for the NMT that I have gathered play properly too, including some I stated were "junk" on the NMT forums.

OSD

The standard GB-PVR on screen display (OSD) is now available while playing videos. This include the guide, mini-guide, program details, and timeline bar.

Live TV Improvements

I find that LiveTV is now much smoother on the PCH than on the MVP. There are 2 second channel changes, the OSD doesn't have to run with the minimal OSD option, and some of the things that have caused me problems in the past (ie jumping to liveTV from the EPG while playing from the Video Library) just work like they are supposed to.

Resume

There is resume from the Recording menu popups and also an OSD resume from Video Library. No PCH limits like the last 10 files played or that the device must stay powered on.

Audio

Full background mp3 play as released in the last trial.

PCH Integration

With all of above, access to the PCH player for all non-mpeg files, including mkv, dvd, avi files, continue to be available directly from the GB-PVR menu.

I hope to be be ready to release for public beta soon, maybe this weekend. For those of you who said you'd try component video this is a good time to get ready. For this version 1080i settings are preferred over 720p. If you have an SD TV, it took about a year, but now the MVP is 100% obsolete. There still is some work to do especially on h264 1080i video and very high bitrate mpeg files in general but it is running pretty well.

Martin

hi, I'm trying to hook up my Hauppauge HD-PVR to my HD-Cable box and it seems i can't get it to work right. I've searched through the forums a lot, and i found people with similar issues, I've tried the fixes suggested but to no avail.

i tried the fixes in the survival guide, I've tried many different decoders, Ati Avivo codec, Arcsoft decoder, FFdshow decoders, coreAVC, and the generic decoders from Microsoft, but i still end up at a black screen.

I've tried different HDPVR Drivers. the set that came on the disc allowed me to view live TV until i closed it down and reopened it and it wouldn't show anymore, just a black screen. the box does light up for a split second when i start live TV, but then the light decides to shutdown... then light up a few minutes later with a red status light but still has a black screen. i noticed in one of the posts that the IR Device causes the system to lock up, so i removed it but that didn't work either.

Any Help would be Appreciated!

P.S. in case your wondering, i bought this last summer and couldn't get it to work then, but i decided to work at it to see if i can get get it to work.


EDIT:the frst log files zip was after a reboot i got live tv, but the audio was out of sync with the video,
the second log files zip was after i reloaded gbpvr i got a black screen again


if it helps i'm running vista 32-bit

I have found a number of times when I try to record a program but it comes back as having a conflict with previous recordings.

I have three analog tuners and have my default recordings set up with a 1 minute Post Recording pad.

The problem comes up if I had previously set to record two half hour programs one after the other on the same channel plus another on a different channel and then try to record another program during that hour period.

I should only be using two tuners during this period (one to capture the hour long program plus a second to capture the two half hour shows on the same channel) before I add in the second hour long show. Unfortunately, GBPVR blocks me from trying to record the third program during that hour unless I first cancel one of the two back to back programs, set to record the hour long program and then set to record the program that I had cancelled. GBPVR then is happy.

It seems that the only thing blocking me is that the one pminute post padding is taken by the program as a "hard" requirement. I would like to see the post padding to be a "soft" requirement is there is another program being recorded on the same channel right after the first one. True, some of the programming of the first show might "bleed" into the second but it will be there and not be lost.