just wondering, for NZ Digital Freeview, Which vedio decoders are people having the most sucess with? Some that I have tried give very jerky pictures while athers are far smoother but dont play things like animations on TV ads very well.
Currently I'm using the Cyberlink decoders for the digital and high def stuff.

Anyone got any suggestions as to the most sucessful solution?

cheers

I'm just posting this in case someone runs into this before the next release of GB-PVR that is supposed to support the new Hauppauge beta drivers w/AC3 sound.

My HD-PVR was one of the early ones that suffered from overheating. I just had it replaced. The service was excellent from Hauppauge and my only complaint is the replacement they sent was TOO NEW! They sent me the Rev. D model (4901 INF). The problem is that the release 1.0b drivers don't support it! Per Hauppauge tech support, I need to use the beta drivers to support this new rev.

GB-PVR would work with the beta, but with no sound. Sub explained to me the issue was the beta drivers using AC3 audio and not AAC. AC3 support will be in the next release of GB-PVR. I resigned myself to watch TV with the TotalMediaExtreme software that came with it until then.

However, I discovered that if click Recording to watch the live TV preview, their are a couple of settings buttons. One of them allows you to toggle AC3 vs. AAC sound. Once I switched to AAC, exited the program, and fired up GB-PVR my sound returned!

This "trick" won't survive a reboot, you'll have to do it again if you power off your computer. But, if you're "lucky" like me and get a new rev, you can at least use this workaround for now.

Of note, there is also a setting in that program to disable what they call the "Bling LEDs" (the bright blue LED on the HD-PVR that lights when in use). Since my HD-PVR is right next to the TV, I find I like this bright distraction off in the dark room. I don't know if sub would see fit to make an option to toggle that in GB-PVR too since it can be done. Maybe I'll add it in the wishlist forum...

I just bought a PVR-500 mce and it's on it's way to me.

I currently have a PVR-150 that I'd like to keep along with the PVR-500. My motherboard is an Asus M2NPV-VM with two pci slots so that should be possible.

What do I need to do to use the new card once it arrives? Install it and reinstall the driver? Rerun the GBPVR config? Or ???

Thanks!

Can't wait till it gets here - one tuner just aint enough!

Steve

I am on the west coast of the U.S., and I can't get any of the local channels on DN 110 transponder 12268. In fact, I can't detect 12268 at all, whether I user GBPVR, DD, or MT.

All other transponders come in great. Any ideas?

Hi,

Just after I started Firefox and went to the GBPVR home page, I got a message from Norton Internet security in the corner from the taskbar a message something along the lines of Bloodhound.Exploit.196 has been detected.

Here is the info about it on my computer, looks like it has been removed.

I have a few questions about GBPVR.

1. Is there any way to stop a recording ? Once I set one up I can't tell how to stop it and when you try and move away from a channel that is recording, GBPVR won't allow you to watch another channel, without stopping the recording.

2. Is there a way to tell what is recording ? I don't see an indicator on the guide that shows me what channel is being recorded.

3. If you are using an XMLTV grabber to get guide data but in the GBPVR you have already mapped sat channels to the EPG, is there a way to only import those channels to the guide. Right now, the entire channel list of the XMLTV file gets imported into the guide and it's causing an issue because not all of those channels were scanned.

4. There is no listing for the Zap Stream IR Remote control that I use with my SageTV setup, is there a special driver for that or do I need to explore other remote options ?

-S

Hi, I was wondering what particular files in the installation folder can I delete to erase all the scanned channel data that appears in the mapped channel list. Thanks

I've the system described in my sig - stable, solid works perfectly with the Hauppauge/MCE remote that came with the PVR150.

But every learning remote I try to use as a universal device doesn't learn the PVR150 codes too well. Essentially, the learning remote learns codes perfectly from every other device in the setup except the Hauppauge codes - kind of. Press (eg) UP and UP is transmitted. Press UP again and nothing happens. You have to press a different button (eg LEFT) for UP to work again - and so on.

Any thoughts on a fix, please? Thanks in advance.

(Incidentally, I'm a big advocate of keeping it simple, so my PVR runs the minimal software possible to get everything working well; I did try HIP in the early setup stages but found it more trouble than it was worth. I want to watch telly, not learn a new programming language!).

WinTV 1600 with OTA antenna.

New user :p

I am running a highly unsupported system (Vista SP1, Hauppage WinTV PCI with Intervideo encoders, Software encoding plugin) and am having the following error show up in my logs:

SoftwareRecorder[4032828]: getRecordingStatus-recording stuck

This happens at approximately 502 megs of file captured, the system them restarts the recorder service and continues but also creates a new file so the video is "broken". This timeout is approximately 11 minutes into the capture. It also happens during a live stream with the stream breaking ~11 minutes in. I have enclosed the log, it happens fairly early in the file and happens every time the file size is hit.

Also in the logs:

2008-10-16 04:55:14.591 VERBOSE [5] RecorderConfig[4032828]: CreateCaptureDevices-failed to SetAudioPreviewPinState: System.Exception: Could not find audio mixer line!
at SoftwareRecorder.SoftwareRecorder.SetAudioPreviewPinState(Boolean enabled) in C:\Documents and Settings\Norman\My Documents\Visual Studio Projects\SoftwareRecorder\code\SoftwareRecorder\SoftwareRecorder.cs:line 466
at SoftwareRecorder.SoftwareRecorder.CreateCaptureDevices(Boolean previewMode, Int32 quality) in C:\Documents and Settings\Norman\My Documents\Visual Studio Projects\SoftwareRecorder\code\SoftwareRecorder\SoftwareRecorder.cs:line 322


Have I found a bug in this plugin? Or is something else happening?

Everything else seems to work fine. The video it does record works right, it streams to client machines correctly, Live TV streams correctly, etc. I have tested it both hooked up via the Tuner in and SVideo in on the card, plus playing from both the Direct TV box and a stand alone VHS player. Every combination yields the same result.

The WinTV 2000 application that came with the card doesn't seem to display these symptoms, nor does WinPVR trial version; both record the full video length. I jumped through a lot of hoops to get this card working with Vista and GBPVR until I can afford a better card (next month).