I thought I might try my hand with a new mux so I can use .mpg files in preparation for installing a client and to see if I could get better performance on my trouble channels. I installed the ati mux and was able to view live tv fine and things seemed fine. I then decided to record to see how thing went there and that's where thing went bad. I hit quick record for a show that was in progress from the TV guide and let it ride for a while. I then went back to the guide and chose to play the recording in progress and it seemd great as well. The issue was when the program completed recording, if I tried to watch it from the recording menu it would play in slow motion and stutter like I was on my 6th cup of coffee. Any ideas why the recordings would have issues playing while live tv, and it seemed timeshifted tv played fine?
I am getting an error message when I go to set up a program to record, I get the following error message: "No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it". What?
I've just installed GB-PVR and I'm having a few problems getting going - hope somebody here can help.
I'm running Vista and have a Philips SAA713X TV card. I couldn't find this listed under the recording sources in the config application, but selected 'BDA recording plugin', then 'settings' then checking 'only show devices detected in this machine', then got 5 devices listed (not including my card). I selected one of these, hoping it was compatible and carried on. (First question: is my card compatible, and did I choose the right option?)
Being in the UK, I selected DVB EPG broadcast and did a channel scan which brought up a whole load of channels, hit 'update EPG', and checked all the channels are listed under the 'channels' tab. So far so good, but when I load GBPVR and go to either 'TV Guide' or 'Live TV' I get the message:
"No channels have been set up. Please run the Configuration utility and set up the EPG source [...]"
As far as I can tell, this stuff is already set up in the config utility. Can somebody tell me what I'm doing wrong?
I'm not sure how many people on here are currently viewing the Freeview trials in NZ but I've been playing with GB-PVR since the test transmissions started late last year using my HVR-3000.
I hadn't been able to view most of the channels since then due to the AAC codec issue but since sub released a patch on the weekend I'm now able to tune these all in and have a great picture but just have 1 small issue - using the EVR renderer the picture seems to "shimmer" up and down in the bottom 1/2 of the picture. This is very obvious with text onscreen. Switching back to VMR9 gives a perfect picture.
Is anybody else encountering this or is it an issue somewhere with my system?
Just a a side issue I've just realised I never patched my 1.1.5 version with a patch for the resume from standby issue (system locks up using VMR9 when it resumes from standby) since I'd always been using EVR. I now can't seem to find this patch, can anybody point me to the thread it's in?
If I setup another pc on my network to act as a client to gbpvr, can I use it as another MVP server as well? The reason I ask is that the machine that I don't know that my primary PVR machine has enough muscle (1.5 GHz processor, 640MB RAM) to host 2 MVP's.
Installed the latest Weather plugin and everything works ok but when I exit PVRX2 on the PC, I get a PVRX2 has encountered a problem and needs to close...etc message.
I have heard this issue on the forums time after time on this forums, but does anyone have a fix to it (latest version of GBPVR) that I have absolutely no knowlege about?
Hi i was wondering if there is a plugin around for the mvp to run
udp/rpt-mutlicast streams on my mvp? Trying to get my tv over adsl to stream over to mvp
i did a search but didnt find anything so i thought il check here.
Just re-building my GBPVR server from scratch with the latest software and trying to understand the Skin/Skin2 usage.
I thought GBPVR used the Skin directory and PVRX2 used Skin2
I was playing around trying to get the Sudoku plugin to work and copied the skin into skin\sudoku. Everyting works fine on the PC but not on the MVP. I'm using PVRX2 on both. I then realised that PVRX2 uses the Skin2 directory and needs modified skin files (not available ). So no hope of it just working.
What's puzzling me is if PVRX2 uses skin2, why does it work on the PC if the plugin skin files are only copied under the skin directory?
Lots of questions, but all centered around trying to build a PC PVR on a budget, especially with regard to keeping things cool and quiet.
I have a pci Nova T-500 dual tuner which I'm happy with, but pretty much everything else will be new.
My plan is to get a fairly cheap mATX socket AM2 motherboard and a low energy consumption dual core Athlon. This is pretty firmly decided, as they both come to ~£70. The only potential saving here is buying a worse CPU, but I think the dual core is worth £10 more. I'll add to that 1GB ram for now. If I make sure the mobo has passive cooling, I should be able to get a fairly cheap yet quiet CPU fan for the low wattage Athlon? Does anyone know a good one? Is passive cooling an option on these chips?
I can use an old DVD drive for the moment, and have an old HDD that I can put windows on, but Ill need a new SATA drive to hold the recordings - can anyone recommend quiet drives?
I'll probably build the machine initially in an old case, but I'll need a new PSU. Can anyone recommend a quiet PSU that isn't too expensive.
Finally, I'll make sure the motherboard has a PCI-E slot. Which is the best (and quietest) budget PCI-E card to use with GBPVR? Gaming performance is irrelevant but DVI/HDMI output is a bonus.
Hope that makes sense, if you can help on any of the points please get in touch!
). So no hope of it just working.