Some, but not all, of my scheduled recordings stopped working two days ago. As far as I can tell from the TV Guide and the Pending Recordings screens, they are set up correctly. According to the log (attached) I am getting:
Error starting recording: System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Length cannot be less than zero.
I have no idea how to troubleshoot this any further and would welcome any help you can give me. Thanks
When accessing the web scheduler from the internet, it works fine, except I cant stop the streaming when pressing the 'stop streaming' button, whilst if accessing it through the lan only, its fine, this means not only I cant stop streaming the programme via the web I cant change it either. Again through
the lan I can go to 'manage recordings' and delete anything currently recording, which of course stops the streaming, but when accessing 'manage recordings' from the internet, I don't get that option, is there a way of enabling that option for web access, and /or getting the stop streaming button to work?
I love PVRX2 and all the great plugin's that are created to make our home video on demand system a treat!
Thank you for your hard work making PVRX2 very stable and reliable TV recorder.
I watch tv all day now when before i'd listen to music most cause I could never catch a good show in time. I hated watching shows that already started 20 minutes ago hahaha
now we can schedule record anything day or night and watch them on demand anytime!
Well done!
Which leads me to this post.
I need help to compress the audio so it will be one level.
I have some recordings that are so quiet and others that are thunderous....
I need the option to normalize the audio so audio is compressed.
I had been using gbpvr for awhile successfully with my AverMedia combo NTSC/ATSC tuner.
Recently, the digital tuner has stopped working completely. The analog tuner still works, and gbpvr recognizes that there is a digital tuner, but fails to start it up. I know it is not the hardware, because I have tested it in a different system using windows media center, and it works just fine.
I have tried completely uninstalling gbpvr, and the device drivers. When I reinstall, and add the new capture source, it fails to begin scanning for new drivers, and I get a message about the device already being in use. After this dialogue, the scanning window pops up and I get this error:
[INDENT]Unhandled exception has occurred in your application. If you click continue, the application will ignore this error and attempt to continue...[/INDENT]
The error details begin with this (the full message is too long to post here):
[INDENT]
************** Exception Text **************
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at NativeUtilities.BDARecorder.SubmitTuningRequest(String tuningRequest, Boolean force)
at NativeUtilities.BDARecorder.StartScanTransponder(String transponder, Int32& signalStrength, Int32& signalQuality)
at Config.Plugins.x501d1ffea8b79320.x692a1118e1794d77(Object xdf2e3583f942db7b, EventArgs xc4f45905cb1fc7ba)
at System.Windows.Forms.Timer.OnTick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Timer.TimerNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
I have just rebuilt my HTPC and I am finding with a pretty clean install of 1.2.13 that I am getting a double hit on each key I press on the remote. I have IR suite installed I have however also removed IR suite and the same thing happens.
I have also notice that no matter what I set the remote up to be in the config the MCE remote still controls GBPVR, is there a way to stop GBPVR listening to the remote completely?
Its driving me nuts :mad: and was one of the reasons why I rebuilt in the first place.
Everything has been peachy with 1.2.9, but after upgrading to 1.2.13, if I go to the recordings and go to the show's list, if i press enter on a specific show, where it should give me the play/delete options, it shoots me back to the main menu. Even if I try to play through the library, I get the same thing, mpg or avi.
The logs seem to point to some kind of d3d issue, I tried upgrading nvidia driver, using overlay vs fse, using fddshow, default or nvidia decoders, reinstalling vcredist, to no avail.
Hi
Currently i am working towards stably running FreeviewHD in NZ, GBPVR is alot better than some programs out their (its not overwhelmed with features). I tuned in all the channels today but the trouble i seem to have is with No signal channels, at the moment when i go to C4 which says No signal check your antenna etc. GBPVR stops to respond i waited and waited. no i go back to it it takes me directly to c4 i cannot go to any other channel. C4 Channel seems to be working in other Programs like Cyberlink PowerCinnema.
Since I think these questions are going to be asked repeatedly for many years, I thought I'd give my answers just once. These are my opinions, and since YMMV feel free to share.
1. Does the MVP support 720p/1080i LiveTV?
No.
2. What about recordings?
Maybe, keep reading. Generally the MVP does a better job with on-the-fly transcoding of SD content and a fast server will always be required,
3. Does it matter if I increase the pre-buffer size?
No for HD. For SD DVB broadcasts it could help if a initial setup time is required so after 5 seconds there is diminishing value. The exception here is if you use Zprocess because two programs need to be started so you might see benefits up to 10 seconds.
4. Why do I hear no sound or sound that is badly out of sync?
The MVP only supports MP2/MP3 audio. AC3 and AAC audio are not supported. mvpmc will attempt to play AC3 audio but the video will vary from watchable to objectionably out of sync
5. Will changing codecs on the server help?
No. Codecs aren't used on files streamed to the MVP.
6. What about the digital mux?
You might be able to play digital recordings but commskip, resume and full file navigation will often not be supported. There can be extra load on the server when the file is played.
7. Can you elaborate on the various mux?
a. TS Mux
TS files will need to be transcoded to run with GB-PVR. The default TS file conversion setting in GB-PVR will not work for HD recordings or when the audio is not MP2/3. Commskip, resume and file navigation are not supported.
b. DVR-MS
Yuck, not good for media extenders. The server might transcode recordings on-the-fly to the MVP if it is fast enough.
c. ATI/Cyberlink
These only work with the MVP with standard SD DVB broadcasts (which also will support all GB-PVR functionality) SD QAM signals contain AC3 audio so the files will have no audio. HD broadcasts stay HD.
8. Can I record HD streams in SD for the MVP?
No.
9. What about h264 mpeg recordings?
I think these can only be recorded with the TS Mux.
10. What about HD PVR recordings?
No good solution for m2ts files yet either.
11. What about LATM for the N countries (Norway and NZ)?
If you have read this far you know these files will fail because the audio AND the video aren't MVP compatible.
12. What if I use the config.xml option to transcode all files?
It won't help all files but many digital files will play with a fast server. You will lose commskip, resume and full file navigation on all files including analog and SD recordings that worked previously. A better solution is to transcode files after they are recorded via postprocessing.bat to retain functionality
13. How is the quality of HD video on the MVP?
Since the MVP only does SD it can be no better than DVD quality. It is pretty much guaranteed that on-the-fly transcoding will stutter at times no matter how good your server is in 2008 anyway but I do feel that ffmpeg and meconder can be configured to create video files that are nicer than the eqivalent SD analog recordings.
14. What ffmpeg setting do you use for transcoding?
The GB-PVR defaults, except I use the NTSC settings for TS files.
