Whenever Schedules Direct adds a new channel to their lineup, it automatically appears in GB-PVR's TV Guide until I manually remove it. This has been complained about in the Schedules Direct forum, and they say that they can't prevent it at the moment, but only the application can.
How can we prevent SD from automatically adding new channels to the TV Guide?
I hava a TerraTec Cinergy 1200 DVB-C card which is picked up by GBPVR using the BDA driver. However when I try to map the channels I get the following error:
"GB-PVR was unable to start the BDA device you have configured. Check the device is configured properly, and not already in use. (Reason: Failed to locate configured BDA capture device)".
When I select ok, a new new error appears. The stacktrace is below:
"************** Exception Text **************
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at NativeUtilities.BDARecorder.SubmitTuningRequest(String tuningRequest, Boolean force)
at NativeUtilities.BDARecorder.StartScanTransponder(String transponder, Int32& signalStrength, Int32& signalQuality)
at Config.Plugins.x501d1ffea8b79320.x692a1118e1794d77(Object xdf2e3583f942db7b, EventArgs xc4f45905cb1fc7ba)
at System.Windows.Forms.Timer.OnTick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Timer.TimerNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
"
This card works fine with DVBProg and MyTheatre.
Operating system is XP Pro service pack 2.
Logs attached.
Does anybody have any ideas?
I had this working (one tuner only) in XP x64 and now (both tuners) in Vista Ultimate x64:
[Compro VideoMate E700 Tuner 1]
TUNING_TYPE=DVB-T
FILTER_TUNER=Compro VideoMate E700 DVB-T Tuner 1
FILTER_CAPTURE=Compro VideoMate E700 DVB-T Video Capture 1
PIN_TUNER_IN=Input0
PIN_TUNER_OUT=MPEG2 Transport
PIN_CAPTURE_IN=MPEG2 Transport
PIN_CAPTURE_OUT=MPEG2 Transport
[Compro VideoMate E700 Tuner 2]
TUNING_TYPE=DVB-T
FILTER_TUNER=Compro VideoMate E700 DVB-T Tuner 2
FILTER_CAPTURE=Compro VideoMate E700 DVB-T Video Capture 2
PIN_TUNER_IN=Input0
PIN_TUNER_OUT=MPEG2 Transport
PIN_CAPTURE_IN=MPEG2 Transport
PIN_CAPTURE_OUT=MPEG2 Transport
Both are set to Device: 1
After installing Vista I thought I'd give Media Centre (not damned 'Center'!) a go and found it to be hideous. Video skipped, the event log stated loss of signal everywhere, the drive thrashed and it often missed recordings. I've tested a little bit and recording from two separate channels works great. The resulting MPEGs are steady, no skipping and two at once doesn't thrash the drive like MC did.
One problem, though, is that I need to figure out if it's my eyes or if it's the DRM in Vista. The MPEGs I've looked at recorded through GB-PVR seem ever so slightly low res. Maybe it's because I have had a few days since I recorded anything and am just expecting more but I know Vista has DRM which prevents you from seeing anything in high res for some reason I must research more. It seemed fine in XP, though - maybe it's just me...
Anyway, this setup is verified as working fine on Vista x64 and I only got around to testing a single tuner in XP x64 so maybe it will serve to help someone with the same hardware. I'll see if I can compare the MPEGs against previous recordings I made before Vista.
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 postal code and clicking get providers button, I receive 0 providers available.
Can anyone help me, any help would be much appreciated.
In case other's haven't discovered it yet, Hauppauge recently released a signal strength meter utility for the HVR-1600 (and some others) tuner cards. It works with both QAM cable and over-the-air ATSC.
This simple utility has helped me a lot tracking down problems with my setup. I first used it with my QAM digital cable. The SNR was fairly high (30 and higher), but I received lots of unrecoverable errors. To make matters worse, the SNR would drop below 15 for an hour or two, and then jump back up again. I'm not sure why I was receiving so many errors with such a strong signal, but I wouldn't have known about it without the signal monitor.
I already have an RF amplifier, but it wasn't helping with my SNR values. I even tried connecting the incoming cable directly to the amp, with the single output to my HVR-1600. There was no real change in the SNR or the number of unrecoverable errors. So, I assume there's some issue with my cable service itself.
So, I moved the digital side of my HVR-1600 tuner cards to an antenna, and moved the RF amplifier to that side as well. Thanks to the new signal monitor utility, I was able to experiment with the best aiming of the antenna to achieve the strongest signal. It's a very handy tool.
Anyway, my initial tests today have been quite good. SNR from over-the-air ATSC generally runs around 21 or higher. I get an occasional error, but haven't noticed any unrecoverable errors except when a station is first tuned in.
The only issue I have with the antenna is one of the stations is in a different direction than the others. If I aim the antenna to get that channel, all the rest get messed up. So, I decided just to give up on that channel. Thankfully, I looked through the EPG for the week, and it doesn't appear I record anything on that station anyway, other than an occasional movie. For now, I can always revert to the analog side if I want to record it.
The only issue I have with the signal monitor is it doesn't provide a way to select the tuner card. I have two HVR-1600 tuner cards, and it took some experimentation to figure out which card it was monitoring. Ironically, WinTV appears to use the OTHER card... Figures.
I have now nicknamed my GBPVR server as "the single point of failure".
I had a spare hour or so after work so I thought I would do a bit of "server maintainance", the usual stuff, virus scans and windows updates, checking logs etc. I also wanted to remove an unused HVR1300 tuner to install in another machine (for some investigation for this thread http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...post231916 ).
6:15pm Do windows update, OK... says I need to restart to complete the updates. OK . I turn off the computer, open the case ( blow off the dust!) pull out the spare tuner. Switch computer back on ...
6:30pm Fans whir fot 2 seconds then it shuts down.
What !!? Cycle the power, press the on button...
Nothing,Nada...Dead. No fans no lights. Dead.
AAaaaGGhhh !!! :eek:
This pc is my home server. GBPVR server, Webserver, Mailserver, Internet firewall and gateway.
And its 6:30pm and its dead, and my wifes favourite soap starts in 30 minutes!!
It must be Power supply failed , or motherboard damaged, maybe PSU has damaged motherboard.
I try reseting the CMOS and reseating all the plugs but no good.
I have some spare power supplies but they are all old 200-250Watters not big enough to replace the suspect 400W unit. Then I remember Maplin have a big shop about 10mins drive away and they are open till 8:00pm.
6:35pm Jump in the car and 20mins later I'm back home with a new 480W PSU.
7:00pm Soap about to start. Frantic swapping out of PSU - damn those plugs are fiddly when your in a hurry.
7:03pm I hit the power button. Still dead. WHAT !!?? then suddenly new PSU kicks into life and ...
YEAHHH!!! Fans whir disks spin up, server beeps and boots up.
7:04pm I see the server processes start up, but the GBPVR tray Icon is staying white, it should be green and recording by now. Then I see the clock is out by about 30mins. Resetting the CMOS must have stopped it. I correct the time, the GBPVR Icon turns Green and "Emmerdale" is being recorded.
Do anybody own a SE P1i here on GBPVR? How is it transcode SD tv recording to this phone and does it work well? Would it manage to read H.264/AVC files? I am not sure as different sources contradict how this is supported on this phone.
I have a Walkman today (W550i) and it have worked well although a very small screen (176 x144) to watch.
Need some input on this before I finally decide for what to get.
Hey everyone. I'm new here and to the TV tuning/PVR game. I've been wanting to get into it for some time now. With my new computer I can now do it. I purchased the Pinnacle PCTV HD Card from woot.com earlier this week. And I'm trying to decide what software will be best for me to:
1. Record Analog0 and Digital
2. Pick upHD over the air
3. Pick up unencrypted QAM
I'm not sure what is needed, etc. Was wondering if someone could steer me in the right direction as to how my hardware will act with gbpvr and if I would need to use something else, etc. Here is a link to the card:
Hi --
I have been using GBPVR for two or three years. It's a great program. I am primarily a Mac guy so don't know how to do logs and stuff, but can try. I just upgraded to 1.1.16 and the new Schedules Direct service. All works well except for one ongoing, repeatable problem:
I try to record American football games, which last three hours. About 90% of the time, the program cuts off at 1.5 hours into the program (exactly 1:34:39 on the last recording). I have quality set to BEST, and the file size of the 1.5 hour program is a bit over 8 Gb. In the earlier versions of GBPVR, a quality setting of BEST resulted in a file size of half that size; in other words, a 3 hour football game would be 8Gb in size. (To be very clear, my files are being cut off halfway through the game and take up about twice the amount of space that they used to.
I will try messing with the quality settings, but wonder if anyone can shed some light on this problem.
i have a batch file which maps a couple of drives etc. which runs on boot and also pvrx2 (both are in the startup menu).
when starting up, pvrx2 is full screen for a few seconds, then the taskbar is displayed which means the remote doesn't work.
any idea on how to force PVRX2 to be always on top?
(my batch file includes @echo off and have removed it from the start menu and put it as a scheduled task which makes no difference - also, i'm calling a shortcut to the batch file which has been set to run minimized)
EDIT - i removed the batch file and is still happening - must be something starting in the system tray...
EDIT - sorted - uncheck 'Keep the taskbar on top of other windows' on taskbar start menu properties. phew.
