I'm a new user and have a few questions. Firstly I should say that I'm very impressed with the software, well done all the developers and thank you. The recording service in particular is very impressive - set the recording up, close the main window, and leave the recording service running to handle everything in the background --sweet.
A few questions about PVRX2, which I understand is for higher powered PCs which mine definately is. Using UK Freeview.
1) When in Live TV, Ctrl-G is supposed to bring up a mini-guide according to the wiki doc keyboard shortcuts Live TV section (linked below) - but pressing Ctrl-G in Live TV has no effect at all when I press it.
2) Apart for the mini-guide in question 1) is there any way to bring up an available channels list to facilitate changing to a specific channel quickly (I have no remote)? I know I can enter a numeric chanel number, but my problem is that all the channel numbers on GB-PVR are different from my Freeview TV's and remembering which channel has which number is a nightmare. At the moment I switch to the TV Guide, click in a channel, and then click 'Watch', but it would be nice if I could just do this quickly in Live TV mode. Perhaps there is a plug-in to achieve this? Note: Pressing the '+' and '-' buttons to move the channel up and down just takes too long with 40+ channels.
3) The EPG (using 'DVB EPG Broadcast') never gets filled fully, some channels do, some don't. This even seems to include channels which have a 2nd audio channel. EG. BBC1 (normal) has all empty EPG fields, while BBC1 (2nd audio) gets filled correctly. I've tried using the 'System' menu's 'update EPG' facility several times but never get a fully filled in EPG listing (I'm not even talking about days ahead, just 'today'). Any ideas? There is a 'TV Listings' plug-in, would I be better off using that?
4) The SCAN-1.cache file shows all my TV channels. If I wish to change the channel order can I just move each entry's line to the position I want it in? EG. The channel on line 1 of the SCAN-1.cache file will become channel 01 when using PVRX2, the channel on line 2 will become channel 02 and so on?
5) When setting a recording up can I make the 'steps' less large than 10 minutes for the start and end time? I'd like this to be in increments of 1 minute instead.
Many thanks everyone, and the developers deserve a big round of applause. Regards, etc., etc.,
Could it be possible to integrate maxdome (VOD) into gbpvr?
maxdome offers no PC-client on their own. It runs on IE with mediaplayer v9.
Login is reqiured to see your paid channels.
I'm not able to write a plugin on my own.
I would like to write a UPnP (with DAAP compatabilty if all goes well) Control Point plugin for GBPVR. This would give you the ability to play media (music, videos, potentially even internet TV shows when paired with the right server) from a UPnP server.
Any interest in this type of plugin for GBPVR? Anyone else working on something like this?
I'm getting overlapping shows for some channels. They are remnents of a previous EPG.
I have read and taked on the forum about using the batch file "ChangeEPGSources.bat".
But now re-reading the wiki I am wondering if I have set up the DPG correctly. I have 3 TV cards, all with the EPG source set and pointing to the same file. Is that correct? or can I set two of the EPG sources to no EPG and just just have one that ponts to the EPG file?
If I want to use the ChangeEPGSources.bat script, I put it in the gbpvr folder and the what. Does it get picked up automatically or do I need to add it to the UpdateEPG.bat file?
It states that this is only for PVRX2 and not GBPVR and to download COMMUNITY.ZIP Version 3.0.11 updated 2008-Feb-23. So far, no confusion.
Two lines later it states: Also, there is a PVRX2 version of the SkinPlugin. with a link to Skin PlugIn and has links to two mirrors that are labelled updated 2007-JAN-27 Now, I am confused.
First it says that version 3.0.11 is ONLY FOR PVRX2 and then says that Also, there is a PVRX2 version and, on top of that, that the first version is dated 2008-feb-23 and the second version is dated 2007-jan-27.
I know it is easy to update a document without looking at the context of the changes but as it stands now, the wiki is quite confusing. A clean-up would be appreciated.
I just updated to the latest Community Skin. I notice that Net Radio is not working now. I don't know if this is because of new skin or other problem I have. Can you please verify that Net Radio works with the newest Community Skin.
I have posted a similar post in the forum like this, but I have found the exact problems causing my black screen problems. When I exit to desktop, it goes to sleep and wakes up fine with the tv being reinitialized. When I go to standby from the pvrx2, it automatically wakes up with a blank screen. Does anyone have any of these similar problems and does anyone know how to fix it? Any and all help will be appreciated. This is my last step in fully integrating GBPVR into my home theater multimedia center! I need all the help I can get!
Regards, etc., etc.,
