Is there ( or will there be in the future ? ) some way for an external app to schedule a recording in GBPVR

e.g. pass paramters such as:

Channel
Start Time
End Time
Output filename

maybe via a DOS command line or some other better method and GBPVR's scheduler will pick it up and add it to it's list of things to do.

I ask because in the UK we have a fantastically detailed and fully featured EPG app called DigiGuide which can do external calls and with some way to get GBPVR to pick up external schedule calls the two apps would make a perfect UK TV combo on a PC.

My system has been stable and working happily since upgrading to 1.16 - but in the last week I have had a few recordings fail where the directory has been created, but not files are there - not even the temp DVR-MS "buffer" files.

The log says: "ERROR Failed to find BDA tuner filter:"

Any ideas why this would work one day but not the next?




[HTML]2008-01-30 19:26:00.015 INFO BDARecorder:::StartRecording(Twinhan DVB-T (DVB-TV 878 Digital Tuner Driver), 1, K:\TV\media-recordings\The Boneyard\The Boneyard_20080130_19302030.mpg, T:C6,177500,0,0,7~NID:12830~ONID:4115~TSID:1283~P:1328~V:769~A:770~L:eng~PMT:768~LCN:7~TXT:772~N:>7 Digital)
2008-01-30 19:26:00.015 VERBOSE Initializing DVB-T tuning request.
2008-01-30 19:26:00.015 VERBOSE tuning@1
2008-01-30 19:26:00.015 VERBOSE tuning@2
2008-01-30 19:26:00.015 VERBOSE tuning@3
2008-01-30 19:26:00.015 VERBOSE tuning@4
2008-01-30 19:26:00.015 VERBOSE tuning@5
2008-01-30 19:26:00.015 VERBOSE tuning@8
2008-01-30 19:26:00.015 VERBOSE SubmitTuningRequest(T:C6,177500,0,0,7~NID:12830~ONID:4115~TSID:1283~P:1328~V:769~A:770~L:eng~PMT:768~LCN:7~TXT:772~N:>7 Digital)
2008-01-30 19:26:00.015 VERBOSE getSetting(BDASubmitTuningRequestAlways)
2008-01-30 19:26:00.015 VERBOSE BDASubmitTuningRequestAlways is true. Forcing...
2008-01-30 19:26:00.015 VERBOSE Submit-DVBT@T1
2008-01-30 19:26:00.015 VERBOSE Preparing Tuning Request
2008-01-30 19:26:00.015 VERBOSE Submit-DVBT@T2
2008-01-30 19:26:00.015 VERBOSE Submit-DVBT@T3
2008-01-30 19:26:00.015 VERBOSE Submit-DVBT@T4
2008-01-30 19:26:00.015 VERBOSE New tuning request submitted...
2008-01-30 19:26:00.015 VERBOSE Submit-DVBT@T5
2008-01-30 19:26:00.015 VERBOSE Getting current tuning request...
2008-01-30 19:26:00.515 VERBOSE Current CarrierFrequency=177500
2008-01-30 19:26:00.515 VERBOSE ServiceID: 1328, PMT PID: 768, VPID: 769, APID: 770
2008-01-30 19:26:00.515 VERBOSE SubmitTuningRequest() complete
2008-01-30 19:26:00.515 VERBOSE ServiceID: 1328, PMT PID: 768, VPID: 769, APID: 770
2008-01-30 19:26:00.515 VERBOSE getSetting(BDAMultiplexer)
2008-01-30 19:26:00.515 VERBOSE Preferred BDA Multiplexer: Microsoft DVR-MS
2008-01-30 19:26:00.515 VERBOSE getSetting(BDAEnabledMDPlugins)
2008-01-30 19:26:00.515 VERBOSE getSetting(BDAEnableWinTVCI)
2008-01-30 19:26:00.531 VERBOSE FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: DTV-DVBT 878 Digital Tuner Filter
2008-01-30 19:26:00.531 ERROR Failed to find BDA tuner filter: D
2008-01-30 19:26:00.531 VERBOSE BDARecorder::StopRecording()
2008-01-30 19:26:00.531 VERBOSE BDARecorder::StopRecording() finished
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I tried to use DVD to MPEG on a DVD but the main video is in VTS 03.


So, I manually ran DVD Decrypt and BeSweet, and I've gotten to the point where I have 2 files:
VTS_03_1.VOB
VTS_03_1 - New - [04.02.2008] - [14.35.52]audio.mp2

I'm trying to use the parameters in DVD to MPEG for mplex.exe, but that doesn't work as it wants an m2v file.

What to do?

Yesterday, something went wrong with a recording. According to the GUI the recording was successful, but playing it returns directly to the menu. Further inspection shows that the mpeg file has length zero.

The recording log also shows the following error. However, I have no clue what went wrong and how I can prevent it from happening again...

Log excerpt (I can post the full logs and/or db when needed):

2008-02-02 12:39:38.734 VERBOSE [13] Hour is currently 12. Conversions will happen between 1:00 and 6:00
2008-02-02 12:42:00.171 INFO [5] Found new programme requiring recording: NOS: Koninklijk jarig in Carre
2008-02-02 12:42:00.171 VERBOSE [5] Changing to channel (GBPVR.Backend.Common.NullTunerController): 22
2008-02-02 12:42:00.171 VERBOSE [5] Requesting IRecordingSource to start recording: E:\Recordings\NOS Koninklijk jarig in Carre\NOS Koninklijk jarig in Carre_20080202_12451600.mpg
2008-02-02 12:42:00.171 VERBOSE [5] DirectRecordingSource about to start recording oid:1 channel:22
2008-02-02 12:42:04.484 VERBOSE [5] recording started
2008-02-02 12:42:04.484 VERBOSE [5] Programme is now recording
2008-02-02 12:42:04.484 VERBOSE [5] RecordingFactory.save()
2008-02-02 12:42:04.578 VERBOSE [5] Save(): Updated existing scheduled recording
2008-02-02 12:42:04.578 VERBOSE [5] Adding E:\Recordings\NOS Koninklijk jarig in Carre\NOS Koninklijk jarig in Carre_20080202_12451600.mpg to parallel processing queue
2008-02-02 12:42:11.109 INFO [15] Running comskip on: E:\Recordings\NOS Koninklijk jarig in Carre\NOS Koninklijk jarig in Carre_20080202_12451600.mpg
2008-02-02 13:09:38.765 VERBOSE [13] Hour is currently 13. Conversions will happen between 1:00 and 6:00
2008-02-02 13:39:38.781 VERBOSE [13] Hour is currently 13. Conversions will happen between 1:00 and 6:00
2008-02-02 14:09:38.812 VERBOSE [13] Hour is currently 14. Conversions will happen between 1:00 and 6:00
2008-02-02 14:39:38.828 VERBOSE [13] Hour is currently 14. Conversions will happen between 1:00 and 6:00
2008-02-02 18:49:32.500 ERROR [5] Found expired lease. Stopping recording.
2008-02-02 18:49:32.500 VERBOSE [5] Received request to stop livetv: 1
2008-02-02 18:49:32.500 VERBOSE [5] Recording has passed endtime+padding. Stopping.

For some reason, if I leave my HTPC running for a few days, watching long recordings (1 hour+) can be a bear. Meaning that when I fast forward or when there is a commercial skip, the screen will blank for up to 45-60 seconds. Then the recording continues. It seems that if I restart the computer, this doesn't happen.

I'm not sure what the problem is, but restarting the computer seems to be my best bet. I'd like to do this automatically, by using PortUpdateEPG.bat and the shutdown.exe -r command, but I don't want to do it if I would happen to be recording something at the time.

Any suggestions?

Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1200 (Model 71xxx, Hybrid DVB-T)

FAILED TO FIND CROSS BAR FILTER (WIN VISTA PREMIUM)
and your list starts from 1300 =(

and crashes as this is not supported yet this is a month old dell XPS with that card :\ they are currently selling

what do i do to tune this card in with your SW

thanks

Hi... I'm sure that it asked before but I cannot find it. I have (since a few days) 2 tuners. Recording is fine but I cannot see two recordings (marked red) in the web tv guide. Just one. The other seems to be not recording. Wehen I click the other program I can schedule it.

However when I look at 'Manage Recordings' it is scheduled just fine. I just don't see it in the web tv guide...

Anyone an idea or is it 'working as designed'....

This was noted by jksmurf in the Popcorn Hour A-100 discussion.
http://istarhd.com/productpage/gallery.html

mvallevand offered to fill us in on it, so the floor is all yours.

I'm using a couple of PVR150 cards and have the timpstamp issue that I'm sorting out but I have a more general question on the built in encoder.

According to Hauppauge the card supports a number of formats, for example the DVD rate is 6400 with a peak of 8000 and the Long Play DVD is 4800 with a peak of 6200, audio is at 384 on 48KHz for both. Does this mean I have to set the bitrates in PVR config to match one of these examples? The default High Quality in GBPVR is 5500/9000 224 at 48KHz but this doesn't match any of the predefined Hauppauge ones.

Is there any standard scrollable text field element ? I should be able to set a static string and the control should handle the scrolling itself. I do not want to use WizTools, because my plugin is almost finished and I got along without them.

Thank You
lupus