While fixing some wiki stuff today I wondered why we didn't have an FAQ. A little browsing showed we do but it hadn't been updated in awhile and was the last link on the wiki menu.

So, I copied that link so its up near the top and I started adding FAQs. I think we should really put the common support problems there and hopefully start referencing the FAQ more often.

I've added the following "FAQs" today:

• How do I access web scheduling? (EWA)
  
• How do I setup a tv guide?
  
• Where did the channel numbers go in the TV guide/How can I display channel numbers?
  
• What is the PsiParser.ax error message, I see it during install?
  

1.EPG Source does not find my VistaView Saber 2020
2. Can not download tv schedule
Your EPG source does not appear to be configured correctly. Please check the EPG Source
Settings and try again. System.Net.WebException: The remote name could not be resolved:
‘webservices.prod.schedulesdirect.tmsdatadirect.co m’

3. dongle.bin is incompatible with vista. I download the patch
do I change the name dongle.bin.mvpc-20070830 to dongle.bin

I am interested in using gbpvr because MS will let you record some analog tv because flag was set in the digital version to no copy.

I thought maybe I needed to fine-tune the frequency for just this one channel, but supposedly this isn't required in the U.S. and I can't seem to get the exact frequency from my cable provider for my channel lineup. If I connect a TV to the cable I can see the channel. The channel number is found by the GBPVR channel setup and EPG guide (Schedule Direct), but when I select the channel using either GBPVR or PVRX2 all I get is snow. What can I try to fix this?

Thx!

Hi All,

has anyone ever had experience with the Antec NSK2480 (new NSK2400 with Earth Watts PSU) and the pvr 150 MCE not fitting well? In particular the card doesn't seem to align with the holes in the bottom of the case.

Also, with my new mobo it only has s-video but I need composite, so I have an adapter, but it only shows black and white. Anyone else experience this? I'm going to change the adapter to see if that's the problem but I wanted to see if it's an unsolvable problem. My last ditch effort will be to buy a tv-out card with composite which would suck.

Oh, I'm doing all this because my P4 blew up again (!!!) and I'm finally getting rid of it. So now I'm PVR-less, my wife had to watch Ugly Betty in real time :mad: Luckily, she's an understanding wife :p

Thanks,
Jam.z

After a clean install of XP, I have almost got everything to work. But the TV part. It took a while to get the TV card going, But after a alteration in bda.ini (see post in hardware) that works. I get a lot of channels when I search, but no picture in GBpvr. It works in Pinnacle TV-center and even in MediaPortal.
I have tested most selections from System default to Cyberlink. Even upgraded Power DVD to a newer version. No picture. DVD and avi works fine, though...

Can you find something obvious in the errors in the logs I add?

Screeeaaaammmmm.

I have a Zalman HD160 which comes with a remote (this is contolled by IRTrans) that looks like an MCEV2 Remote. Checking IRTrans it will list the remote presses as mediacenter CH+, mediacenter Vol- etc, so all keys are working.

Could someone give me an idiots guide on how to get the remote working fully with GBPVR (i'm using PVRX2). At the moment I can change channel with the number keys, and use the arrow/enter but that is about it.

I have tried using HIP, tried programming IRTrans :confused: and slaughtered some poor lamb and wrapped in entrails across the keyboad all to no avail. :eek:

I could really do with some help.

PS the comment on the lamb in untrue, no animals were hurt in the writing of this post.

Quick question about duplicate channel names in SchedulesDirect. For example, PPV appears as the channel name multiple times, but on different channel numbers. From what I have read, GBPVR will only include one of the channels from the list duplicates. Is there a way to include them all in the guide?

Thanks in advance.

Hey mvallevand

I am brand new to gb-pvr, and only want to use it with mvp (i have a wired rev. 1)
So i installed 1.0.16 (on winXP SP2) the result was the MVP got the dongle (i could read it in the gbpvr log and the 4th bar on the screen finished) but the mvp did not start (fell back to bar 3 and no further entries in log)
I than took the dongle2xa.zip you recommend here and SUB recommends in 1.0.16 survival guide and mvp started.
But i have absolutely poor performance (every keystroke even in the menu takes nearly a second, video stops every 2 seconds for 0.5 seconds)
The XP machine is running on nearly 0% CPU (CoreDuo)

Can you maybe recomend an older dongle, that is known to work ok with gbpvr, or do you think the prob is more on gbpvr ?

thx

haesslo

I have set up two EPG lineups on Schedules Direct.

One is for my analog stations I get through cable.

The second is for my digital stations I receive over-the-air.

Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to set up GBPVR and I-xmltv to show the listings in my EPG?

Can someone give me a step-by-step instruction on how to set this up?

Thanks,

Anthony

Hello,

I've downloaded the latest version of gbpvr. This is my first installation on
a Vista Ultimate OS. I'm following the instuctions for installing MCEXML.
After putting my Canadian postal code and clicking get providers button, I receive 0 providers available.

Can anyone help me, any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Karl