I had gbpvr setup before with a SDTV and playback of recorded shows, dvd's and downloaded material just fine. But now I have a HDTV (50" Samsung T5034) and PQ is not good. First livetv is studdering/jittery so I am first trying to playback downloaded material. It is not studdering/jittery but the PQ is not like it was before. It's blocky I guess is the best term. Not the entire picture but parts of some scenes.
So I'm here asking for help.
I have an Opteron 165 with a 6800GS output through Svideo to the tv.
What are the considerations or things I need to address with output to a HDTV as compared to SDTV ?
I just completed a fresh install of XP Home and a fresh install of GB-PVR 1.0.16 but now I see errors relating to the skin in the logs. The only skin selection available is config.exe is "blue" and I have no other skins installed. Here's a excerpt from PVRX2.exe.log:
2007-10-20 15:19:46.328 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ActiveSkin : blue
2007-10-20 15:19:46.328 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ActiveSkin : blue
2007-10-20 15:19:46.328 ERROR [1] Unable to find requested skin image: _TaskImages\TV Guide.png
2007-10-20 15:19:46.328 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ActiveSkin : blue
2007-10-20 15:19:46.328 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ActiveSkin : blue
2007-10-20 15:19:46.328 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ActiveSkin : blue
2007-10-20 15:19:46.328 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ActiveSkin : blue
2007-10-20 15:19:46.328 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ActiveSkin : blue
2007-10-20 15:19:46.328 ERROR [1] Unable to find requested skin image: _TaskImages\Recordings.png
2007-10-20 15:19:46.328 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ActiveSkin : blue
2007-10-20 15:19:46.328 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ActiveSkin : blue
2007-10-20 15:19:46.328 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ActiveSkin : blue
2007-10-20 15:19:46.343 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ActiveSkin : blue
2007-10-20 15:19:46.343 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ActiveSkin : blue
2007-10-20 15:19:46.343 ERROR [1] Unable to find requested skin image: _TaskImages\Live TV.png
2007-10-20 15:19:46.343 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ActiveSkin : blue
2007-10-20 15:19:46.343 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ActiveSkin : blue
2007-10-20 15:19:46.343 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ActiveSkin : blue
2007-10-20 15:19:46.343 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ActiveSkin : blue
2007-10-20 15:19:46.343 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ActiveSkin : blue
2007-10-20 15:19:46.343 ERROR [1] Unable to find requested skin image: _TaskImages\Music Library.png
2007-10-20 15:19:46.343 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ActiveSkin : blue
2007-10-20 15:19:46.343 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ActiveSkin : blue
2007-10-20 15:19:46.343 ERROR [1] Unable to find requested skin image: Music Library\task.png
2007-10-20 15:19:46.343 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ActiveSkin : blue
2007-10-20 15:19:46.343 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ActiveSkin : blue
2007-10-20 15:19:46.343 ERROR [1] Unable to find requested skin image: _TaskImages\Net Radio.png
2007-10-20 15:19:46.343 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ActiveSkin : blue
2007-10-20 15:19:46.343 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ActiveSkin : blue
2007-10-20 15:19:46.343 ERROR [1] Unable to find requested skin image: Net Radio\task.png
2007-10-20 15:19:46.343 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ActiveSkin : blue
2007-10-20 15:19:46.343 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ActiveSkin : blue
2007-10-20 15:19:46.343 ERROR [1] Unable to find requested skin image: _TaskImages\Video Library.png
2007-10-20 15:19:46.343 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ActiveSkin : blue
2007-10-20 15:19:46.343 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ActiveSkin : blue
2007-10-20 15:19:46.343 ERROR [1] Unable to find requested skin image: Video Library\task.png
2007-10-20 15:19:46.343 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ActiveSkin : blue
2007-10-20 15:19:46.343 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ActiveSkin : blue
2007-10-20 15:19:46.343 ERROR [1] Unable to find requested skin image: _TaskImages\Picture Library.png
2007-10-20 15:19:46.343 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ActiveSkin : blue
2007-10-20 15:19:46.343 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ActiveSkin : blue
2007-10-20 15:19:46.343 ERROR [1] Unable to find requested skin image: Picture Library\task.png
Did I miss a patch or something? v99.12 was working great before I installed a new drive.
I know accessing the gbpvr DB directly isn't approved but I've got a slightly confusing error.
I can create a DataAdapter and Dataset with VS dataset designer and execute the query I want without any problems. When I try to do it within a plugin (in PVRX2), I get this in the log file...
Code:
2007-10-20 18:41:54.157 VERBOSE [1] System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteException: The database file is locked
Unable to close due to unfinalised statements
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteConnectionHandle.ReleaseHandle()
at System.Runtime.InteropServices.CriticalHandle.Cleanup()
at System.Runtime.InteropServices.CriticalHandle.Dispose(Boolean disposing)
at System.Runtime.InteropServices.CriticalHandle.Dispose()
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLite3.Close()
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteConnection.Close()
at System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.QuietClose(IDbConnection connection, ConnectionState originalState)
at System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.FillInternal(DataSet dataset, DataTable[] datatables, Int32 startRecord, Int32 maxRecords, String srcTable, IDbCommand command, CommandBehavior behavior)
at System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.Fill(DataTable[] dataTables, Int32 startRecord, Int32 maxRecords, IDbCommand command, CommandBehavior behavior)
at System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.Fill(DataTable dataTable)
at DVB_T_Radio.CapSourcesTableAdapters.BDA_RECORDING_SOURCETableAdapter.Fill(BDA_RECORDING_SOURCEDataTable dataTable) in C:\Documents and Settings\gbpvr\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\DVB-T Radio\CapSources.Designer.cs:line 636
at DVBTRadio.DVBTRadio.Activate() in C:\Documents and Settings\gbpvr\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\DVB-T Radio\DVB-T Radio.cs:line 26
I have gbpvr working fine on the server but it has issues when using the mvp.
Known Issues...
1. after 2 seconds of live tv it locks up.
2. after stopping video it locks up.
3. during playback when I press skip it skips 30 mins and then I cannot fast forward or skip again.
4. Com skip isnt working thru mvp but fine on the server.
GBpvr has been working good until lately. If I open LiveTV all I get is a still image of what was showing on the cable at the time live tv was opened. I can record and I get moving audio and video.
THis also happens on playback of videos in gbpvr. No moving video will show up.
I have reinstalled GBpvr, the VB2005, DirectX and even updated my ATI drivers but nothing seems to work.
I just installed gbpvr 1.0.16 on a fresh winxp install, with all updates available at windowsupdate, and the latest nvidia driver for my geforce 6800gt + latest driver for my hauppauge hvr-1600. I also installed 4 gbpvr patches that seemed to apply to me from the 'survuval guide' thread.
I have my cable connected to both the analog and digital input on the hvr-1600, and successfully picked up all my analog channels, and around 6 or 7 clear QAM channels on the digital side.
Everything seems to work pretty well when I only use analog, or only use digital, but when I flick through the channels, and it goes from an analog to digital channel, or from a digital channel to an analog channel, I lose my video and audio completely. However, after quitting pvrx2, I find that in my timeshift folder, it was still recording everything that i was not seeing on the screen, successfully.
I am using the nvidia purevideo decoder 1.02.223, an no other decoders are installed.
All my avis that were created by divx are out of sync. All I did recently was update my Windows Media Player... Any thoughts on what happened and how to fix it?
I was looking into the (to me) sudden filling of my system hard drive yesterday. It turns out that my gbpvr.db3 file is 18,414,639 kilobytes. Is there any way to put this back to a reasonable number. I can't believe that tv listings and configuration information for the tv cards require 18 gig.
The only skin selection available is config.exe is "blue" and I have no other skins installed. Here's a excerpt from PVRX2.exe.log:
