OK, my new Shuttle PC has HDMI out and my Onkyo receiver has a spare HDMI port so want to use that.
There is a well known issue that most receivers don't output their EDID details while in standby (HDMI is a digital plug and play interface; no EDID and the PC doesn't think there's a monitor connected).
I've done loads of research and found the HDMION.exe application which I've mapped to a remote key and that seems to work, however GBPVR seems to have an issue and the GUI is black.
New to GBPVR, but here are some issues I am running into. Vista 64 is a fresh install, fully patched.
1) Cannot browse to "Settings" screen as it will immediately recall back to main menu. Checking the logs complains about no "skin" dir so for I manually create it (Skin2 does exist already). This allows me to browse the settings screen.
The community skin package apparently creates the skin directory for you. On my first GBPVR install I experienced this issue. On my second, I installed the community skin and did not. On my third, I did and attributed this issue to no skin dir. In other words, those with Community skin will work ok and those without, won't - at least for fresh installs.
2) Settings aren't used. What ever changes I make in the config app are not reflected in PVRX2. Changes to the video renderer, media directories, etc remain as their defaults values (C:\) in PVRX2. Live TV and the Guide do not work either. However, changes made inside PVRX2 itself seem to take.
Eg: Set the Skin to community in Config will still use the default blue skin, but setting the Skin within PVRX2 will work correctly and retain the settings upon next run. Changing the Video decoder in Config will not change the value in PVRX2 itself, etc.
config.xml seems to be correct though, reflecting changes made.
In my first test install, I didn't have this issue as I was able to successfully change my Videos/Pictures dirs and watch Live TV/ use Guide. The only differences I can think of are:
- a newer gbpvr*.msi: I d/l it 1-2 days ago without this issue and today with. Perhaps two different minor versions?
- Hauppauge 1800 drivers with 4GB ram issue: 1st test install had the beta drivers and no settings issue, 2nd and 3rd test installs are using the default Vista drivers.
- Avast anti-virus: Not installed for 1st, installed for 2nd and 3rd.
(more specs if needed)
Vista 64 Home Premium w/SP1
AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400
4GB Ram
Hauppauge 150 MCE and 1800HVR
AMD HD 3200 IGP video (780g chipset) drivers Cat8.7
Realtek HD audio drivers 1.99
ffdshow_beta5_rev2033
1. When I'm watching Live TV, the reception stutters.
2.I pause Live TV the screen goes to black while still appearing to be in Live TV. 3. If I try to resume play I get bounced back to Main Menu.
For some strange reason, when I try to record something on channel 628 it tries to go to channel 629. I don't have access to channel 629 so once that happens I am stuck until I get home and use the remote to bring the menu back on my receiver. So any recordings that are scheduled in between just record the message that I don't have access to this channel. The only other 28 channel I have access to is 228 and I am able to record that one fine. Any ideas?
