Should I uninstall the previous version and then install the new version - What is the "right" way?

I feel like such a newbie again. But this time, I writing a wiki page to get 'er done...

I bought a HVR-1600, and not surprisingly I'm having trouble. I'm hopimng to identify what I'm doing wrong and fix it, or identify if I'm having hardware troubles and replace the card within my 7 day return period...

First off, I had a hell of a time installing the card and its drivers. I read about conflicts and so I ulled out all my other cards, and sure enough the card installed and seemed working properly.

During this process, I installed and unistalled the drivers and wintv suite many times. When the little yellow exclamation mark went away, I was so excited that I started right into GB-PVR.

I created a digital capture source, setup and connected the digital EPG, populated the channels. So far, just like normal.

Then it's time to map channels. I already knew the few channel numbers I should be expecting hits on (after scanning with my TV)

In my area I have one HD and 4 SD clear QAM channels. On the one HD (PBS) channel, I was shocked when I actually got a picture and sound in the little preview window.

Question: Is it expected to be jerky, stuttery video in the preview?

And then on the 4 SD channels, I get a brief less than second flash of a screen, and then what seems like a combing interlacing of green mush (I forgot if the audio dropped out)

Anyway, I recognized that I could come and go in the config, adding and mapping channels, so I left with just the one HD channel.

I should point out that several times during the maping and previewing, My computer either hard locked up, or config locked up...

OK, so now, what would a newbie do to start watching liveTV? Or record?

A quick record gave me two zero byte dvr_ms files. I switched to the TS mux and then a quick record gave me two zero byte .ts files...

I have not installed any muxes or anything yet.

I installed the ts mux patch from the survival thread and reregistered filters.

Not sure where to go next.

After I get this, I want to play with tweaking (including using whurlston's utility - but I wanted to gho with defaults for now...

As said, I'm a little concerned I have hardware issues too, as the hard locks usually mean that, but then it could be drivers right?

Hi

I did have this going and then playing with the drivers a bit when I moved my tuner cards around (had to since I have a new graphics card that uses more than one slot....)

But anyway, TV1, TV2 is fine, but tv3 doesn't see to record properly.
http://tinyurl.com/6g6ovs

On the pvr system audio comes through, but no video, this also happens on the popcorn.

I'm guessing drivers, but last time I ran hwclear I had to re-install drivers for the pvr500 and the hvr3000.

Trying to setup my two HAUPPAUGE 1600 cards for digital channels i get from an antenna. Also have a 150 card but that doesnt have digital tunner.

I have been useing for an EPG mc2xml.110mb which worked fine for analog cable TV that i get through Time Warner. But i recently got an antenna so i can get the HDTV over the air. I cant seem to get mc2xml.110mb to work correctly.
When i go to set it up i get these choices

if i choose number 14 which is what i think i should,, i get nothing it doesnt download anything and no xml file is made. If i choose number 12 it downloads listing and makes a xml file but only gets analog channels .

So since mc2xml.110mb EPG grabber doesnt seem to work what other options do i have that will work getting the listings for over the air hdtv channells??

What iam looking for is basically just nbc abc cbs and fox. The programming is the same as the analog cable TV. In other words if cable TV (analog) listing shows the TV show House on Fox at 8pm its the same for HDTV fox. Just trying to be able to record HDTV from the main TV networks.

windows XP pro service pack 3 latest version of GBPVR
two HAUPPAUGE 1600 cards and one 150 card. Pentium 4 3.0 1 gig of ram

Hello,
I'm having a problem detecting any channels in GBPVR with a HDHomeRun tuner using comcast digital cable. I'm only able to find channels when hdhr/setup/tuner is set to digital cable and application is set to atsc/remap. I'm limited to 68 channels in this case.

I'm using gbpvr 1.3.7 although I've also tried 1.2.13.
The HDHR firmware is hdhomerun_windows_20081208beta1, and I was using the previous non-beta with the same results.
I've set everything up per the instructions at http://www.silicondust.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5449

I've tried the custom application and gbpvr application settings the HDHR setup utility. Neither work.

Does anyone have any insight into what might be wrong?

Thanks

The relevant info:
Registry
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Silicondust\HDHomeRun\Tuners\1011A4A5-0]
"Source"="Digital Cable"
"Application"="GB-PVR"
"BDADemodulator"="8VSB"
"BDAPIDFilter"="Enabled"
"ChannelMapping"="AutoUSCableMap" <- set automatically with new HDHR Firmware

relevant lines from bda.ini
[Silicondust HDHomeRun Tuner 1011A4A5-0]
TUNING_TYPE=ATSC
TUNING_SPECIAL=1
RECEIVER_ONLY_MODE=1
FILTER_RECEIVER=Silicondust HDHomeRun Tuner 1011A4A5-0
PIN_RECEIVER_IN=Input0
PIN_RECEIVER_OUT=Output1

[Silicondust HDHomeRun Tuner 1011A4A5-1]
TUNING_TYPE=ATSC
;TUNING_SPECIAL=1
RECEIVER_ONLY_MODE=1
FILTER_RECEIVER=Silicondust HDHomeRun Tuner 1011A4A5-1
PIN_RECEIVER_IN=Input0
PIN_RECEIVER_OUT=Output1

gbpvr recording source is set to:
Digital recording plugin
with settings of:
device type: Silicondust HDHomeRun Tuner 1011A4A5-0
device number: 1 type: atsc
country: all countries
region/transmitter: manual tuning

EPG Source: XMLTV Plugin
Channel Changer: No Channel Changer Required

I've also tried the default qam.ini and the one from the GBPVR...HVR1600 directory. Nothing.

Release notes confirm the stream processing in AVIVO.

Hi everybody. First post.

Just installed GB PVR, after using the completely idiot-proof Meedio Yahoo TV Go! for awhile, until Yahoo decided to stop having TV listings.

Anyway, the DVR was working fine under that software; the capture card worked and recorded. I installed GBPVR, configured everything, and well... it is not working there. First, the specs:

Pentium 4 2.53 Ghz
256 MB RDRAM (I know, too little. I don´t care much about image quality and RDRAM is hard to find)
Haupagge PVR150
Two HD, one internal (120 GB) the other one external (500 GB)
On board sound.

Things I have done to make this thing work:

- On setup, the PVR150 is configured as the Wiki says. No complaints there.
- Codecs are all on system default. I have tinkered with them to no avail.
- I have changed and played with the Live Preview. On, off, set the directory, nothing.

When I get into GBPVR and go to live TV, I get a black screen, and nothing else happens. I can not record shows (GBPVR says it is recording, but I can´t see the video), and I can not watch on GBPVR stuff recorded on Yahoo Go! TV (black screen, sound only). I can watch all the rest of movies and videos I have on the HD, including DivX, MPEG4, MPEG1 and AVIs.

I am pretty sure it is something deeply stupid, but I can´t seem to find it. Any help? I will post the error log this afternoon when I have access to the computer.

Ok today my two Hauppauge DVB-S2 turned up from Dell, bargin at £40 each inc VAT and delivery.

Question is my system seems stable, so do I fit? Does the S2 offer anything at this time.

If I fit I can of course sell my two Compro S350 cards so thats probably the answer, of should I just hang on to them for the minute and fit when they become more relevant.

Hey all,

My epg has completely stopped working recently. I've been using zap2it for a little over a month with good results, but starting last week several chunks of time would have one show stretched across multiple hours. Finally yesterday it stopped working all together and I get no program information for any show at all.

I haven't changed anything in the updageepg.bat, and the xmltv.xml file is working and seems to have all the channel and show information. Any ideas?

I'm using Multi-Record and I'm getting failed recordings. Tonight 7:30 to 8:30 was taping Flashpoint TV2 and Heroes TV3. Both OK. 8:30 to 9:30 taped Terminator TV2 and Prison Break TV3. Both failed... It looked like everything was recording but at the end all I see is a 0 Byte file. This seems to happen quite regularly for back to back recordings using Multi-Record. Any soltuions, problem diagnosis? Logs attached.