I can't use the latest GBPVR for my purposes, and am currently running v1.0.16. What version of EWA came in that download, and how can you otherwise tell? Would it be advisable to follow the wiki instructions and load the latest EWA with GBPVR v1.0.16 instead?
The video I'm getting streamed on the localhost (where the primary GBPVR system and capture card are) using default settings is pretty low res. I had hoped to stream from my GBPVR server with the same quality that you get from HULU - but the output I'm getting so far is much worse. I'm certain that with the way I have it config'd now it'll be even worse on a remote PC.
There's lots of tweaker settings on EWA and VLC. What can I do to improve the picture quality? The remote is connected to my router using wifi G at 54 MBs, and HULU streams fine from the internet (3 MB download through Charter Pipeline) - both in response and quality. Not perfect, but definitely good enough. The remote PC has a high-end graphics card connected using VGA to drive my 42" LG LCD at 1900 x whatever it is. Why would my GBPVR server streaming wirelessly at 54 MBs using EWA and VLC on my local network be slower and have less quality than another internet video source coming in on the same network link?
I'm not sure when this started, although it may have been after implementation of the PVRX2 patch for the PCH. I was using the 02/18 dongle (just changed today to new 5 April one). I thought it might be teh new skip playing funny tricks, but I think comskip is unrelated as it doesn't change the file at all. The PC has no input either other than to stream right, so not codec-related either?
File is mpg, no AC3 audio, so not due to that. Other files same. Show starts off OK, then goes out of sync.
I'm puzzled, as I've never had this problem with the MVP. Played fine on the PCH, just no comskip or resume yet (btw only 10/20/30... "skip" increments on the PCH? no finer tuning than that?)
GBPVR has shed loads of log files, is there a plugin that can check these files and allow you to see a system "status" on making sure its all ok.
Now i know the older GBPVR never had a "system" tab, but now it does however it would be nice to see some error and warning messages when problems are found.
Thing is the first time YOU see a problem is when it has missed recording something, when looking at a menu that checks log files could have shown this problem about 6 days earlier (like XML guide loading and stuff)....
I've got DVD that I have used DVD decoder to put on the hard drive, when I try to play them back with PVRx2 (under video tab) it will immediatly go back to the main menu without playing. GBPVR seems to play just fine. Other video (i.e. downloaded, or pulled from recorded TV works fine). Any thoughts?
I see this in one of the logs:
2008-04-05 14:45:07.640 INFO Key pressed: Return
2008-04-05 14:45:07.640 VERBOSE m_pD3DDev->Present() failed
Error code : 80004005
E_FAIL
An undetermined error occurred
Hi all, I'm on what I'd call my first "serious" HTPC project (I've dabbled a bit previously but never dug too deep). I downloaded and tried a few media center packages before deciding on GB-PVR for its depth of configurable options, functionality, and (something I haven't often paid much attention to) the strength of the available support, both in documentation and a good user community right here on the forum.
I've been playing around with the various settings for a few days and am getting comfortable with how some of it is working (TV guide, for instance) but I would appreciate the guidance of some more experienced users for fine-tuning the performance. Many of the concepts involved are ones that I understand in theory to some extent, but in practice am not sure what to attribute various issues to.
I'll list the hardware I'm using and then the few questions I have at this point.
(This computer is a work in progress, as an HTPC emerges from what was once a Celeron HP desktop, so there is a mixture of old and new hardware.)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2H with the AMD 740G chipset (Radeon HD 2100 onboard graphics with HDMI output, using 128MB of memory)
CPU: Athlon 64 LE-1600 (socket AM2)
RAM: 2GB DDR2-800
TV tuner: Hauppauge HVR-1800 (PCIe-x1, ATSC/NTSC/FM hybrid)
HDD: 40GB IDE (not a typo; this is the next thing to be replaced)
Audigy 2 sound card is doing 5.1-channel output to my receiver, and I'm using the HDMI connection to my Sony 34" CRT, typically running in 720p mode
Operating system is Windows XP Pro (SP2), and I'm using GB-PVR 1.2.9.
Now, my questions. I've had several that I already found answers to here by searching, and I'm certain that I've missed the answers to some of the questions that follow (there are over 200 posts in the "disappointing MPEG-2 decoding" thread; I'd rather not read them all looking for anyone mentioning my specific issues). That said, I'd like to thank you for your patience if I seem to cover all-too-common ground at times, and if you know of another thread that has addressed one of my inquiries but maybe eluded my search keywords, kindly point me in the right direction.
Again, thank you for any help on any of my four questions below.
[Remote (RESOLVED)]
One question seems to be a common one but I haven't really found a solution I was able to use successfully: I'd like to use the "green button" to launch PVRX2. My Hauppauge card came with an MCE remote+receiver, and I got XP Pro to recognize it using Microsoft KB912024. I installed HIP per suggestions elsewhere on this site and while it would recognize the remote, I then had no idea how to make pushing this button launch the program (what's worse, both HIP and PVRX2 recognized other buttons, turning each into a double-press). Is there a good walkthrough for configuring this functionality?
[Playback #1]
Playback of analog content, whether previously recorded or TV in timeshift mode, is sometimes quite stuttery and sometimes not, and it seems to be related to jumping around in the file. I can be watching a program smoothly, and then choose to skip forward a minute or two, and the playback will be choppy. But then I can jump back ten seconds, and that may remove the problem. Or simply hitting pause and then resume may accomplish the same thing: at any rate, I haven't found a consistent pattern yet to reproduce the effect in a predictable way. I've been using FFDshow for playback; might this be a matter of deinterlacing? Or am I thinking entirely along the wrong lines?
[Playback #2]
Big surprise, but my TV's own tuner versus video viewed through GB-PVR are not identical. The particular issue I'd like to address is that when something small is moving on the screen, its edges will be blurred; the scrolling text of a ticker is easy to read on the TV but not on the PC. A vertical white line that moves horizontally will appear to flash as it moves on the PC. What type of issue might this be? Is it more to do with my playback codec, or is it a function of the hardware MPEG2 encoding on my capture card?
[HD playback]
This PC hasn't been intended for HDTV quite yet, since I don't even have an antenna, but I found that the FM dipole antenna included with the capture card does pick up several digital stations in my area, and what I found was that the HD stations do not display smoothly. Digital SD stations seem to work fine, but it would appear that some sort of upgrade may be necessary before the computer performs well in HD. It does appear to max out my CPU (Athlon 64 LE-1600), but before assuming that it's what I should replace, I was wondering how much suspicion I should have of the integrated graphics I am using: would a separate higher-end graphics card offer something that the Radeon HD 2100 does not?
I have been running gbpvr for awhile now and have found the forums and the wiki immensely helpful in getting things working. Now I have dug up the hauppauge nova-s that I had lying around from my mediaportal days and the issues have started.
I can not find a suitable bda driver - I have tried the technotrend one but it doesn't seem to like it (will battle on a bit longer).
Does anyone happen to have a working bda driver for the nova-s that I could steal, borrow, use?
Keep up the awesome work Sub and if I had any knowledge or ability in this area I would be happy to help
I was wondering if it is necessary to have a soundcard installed on the machine running GB-PVR?
The reason is that I´m running a purpose built WHS at home on which I´m thinking of installing GB-PVR but I´d like to keep the installed hardware/drivers down to a minimum too eliminate as many fault sources as possible.
My Hardware:
ASUS P5KPL-VM Motherboard (with Integrated G31 Graphics, Realtek HD Sound, Gigabit LAN)
Intel Celeron DuoCore 1,6 GHz
2 Gb RAM
Promise S-ATA300 TX2-Plus
Terratec Cinergy T XS Hybrid USB TV-Tuner (BDA Driver)
1 320 Gb HD Main HD
6 500 Gb HD (DATA)
1 400 Gb HD (Recording Drive, not part of the drive extension WHS uses)
Windows Home Server
