I just installed 1.0.16 from ver 94.13, and most functions seem to be working well. I installed the MS runtime, and .NET 2.0. My PVR-350 seems to be working fine (even the TV out), and the recordings imported properly. I don't know about the EPG yet since Zap2It died and I did this upgrade to get the new EPG, so my current EPG is empty. The problem I'm having is in the config app. I can't enable or disable any of the plugins. Also, the Add button doesn't seem to work either. It seems that nothing associated with the plugin config is working. My system:
- PVR-350
- 1.8 GHz Dell Dimension 2300
- 768 MB RAM
- 250 GB HD with ~200 GB of recordings
Some of my listings are not in numerical order (using SD) I also had about 4 duplicates from when I used Zap2It that I cannot delete - deleted all the linups in the capture devices and the 4 were still hanging around in the channel listings.
I see a couple of options out there for adjusting ComSkip settings for recordings. I want to be able to fine tune the recordings before burning to DVD.
What do you find works the best, and works in 1.0.16?
I have an AverTVHD A180 capture card. I got everything setup on my PC and it seemed to be promising. Put in the frequency for a channel so I could test it and was pleased to see a picture come through. However to my disappointment the picture had a severe green tint. I thought maybe it was a defective card or something else.
I then downloaded the free trial of beyondTV and when I view the same channel through there it looks normal for me. No green tint.
Does anyone have a suggestion of anything I could try? I am wanting to use GBPVR rather than beyondTV.
Any suggestions for a utility / plugin to trim (top & Tail) recordings to get rid of the padding either end? burndvd does it as part of the dvd authoring process but I want to do it to the original recordings...
Also what about something to split up recordings into multiple parts - Eg If I record a prog which has 2 or 3 short sections & I want to get them as different progs? Ideally still in the 'recordings' menu not the video library!
I just recently upgraded from 0.99.12 and have few problems/questions:
1. I can't play ordinary music CD using Music Library with PVRX2, but I can with GBPVR! It's the same with both versions. Why? MP3 files stored on the computer can play.
2. Computer doesn't wake up for recording with 1.0.16 even after applying the patch. I read the thread about it as well. Though, I didn't have time to experiment - may be I should repeat whole procedure more carefully. But, if there is no big difference between versions, I may stick for a while with 1.0.8.
Recording is the main thing to me in GBPVR. I had frequent troubles with recordings quality with 0.99.12. It may be up to my hardware... but how come sometimes it works just fine, sometimes I had troubles for a few minutes... or even more!?
3. Search Guide with PVRX2 - I read about pressing F1 twice or Guide on remote. But, will it be included in the menu?
4. Music Player Plugin - the only plugin I use other then original ones. I like it, so question is will (and when) it be available?
Oberon ( http://www.dvbsbridge.com/ ) has made a vitrual BDA DVB-T driver that uses MyTheatre or ProgDVB as base for hardware, it acts as a BDA DVB-T device. Right now it's in beta stage but it shows big promise.
One of the best things with using MCE DVBSBridge would be DiSEqC support (for some BDA devices) and support for older devices (like SkyStar-1).
To get it working in GBPVR I think sub has to do some small changes, like:
Code:
[MCE DVBSBridge]
TUNING_TYPE=DVB-T
FILTER_TUNER=DVB_S_MCE_Bridge_Tuner_Filter
FILTER_CAPTURE=DVB_S_MCE_Bridge_Capture_Filter
PIN_TUNER_IN=Input0
PIN_TUNER_OUT=MPEG2 Transport
PIN_CAPTURE_IN=Input0
PIN_CAPTURE_OUT=Output1
It launches a command window at the location of the batch file, but it doesn't run. Right now I have to go in and manually update my EPG by running the batch file, then telling GB to update the EPG. I'm guessing somehow it is forgetting to pass in the batch file to cmd. Any ideas?
Stop the service (MLUpdater if running).
Unzip and copy to gbpvr directory (makes the plugins and skin directories needed).
I've also removed the MusicLibrary3 for a bit.
One other thing to do is to go into the config.xml and rename Settings/Plugins/MusicLibrary2 to MusicLibrary
This will allow both ml2 and later ml3 to use the same settings.
Some of the updates this time:
fixed a bug with overwriting the config.xml (sorry :o )
inplemented a new interfaces class which will look for certain dlls - these different dlls allow different types of tag reading. See below.
removed the ml2panel for a while - it will return - or you could use an older one if you have it there.
You'll notice a couple of new dlls - entagged-sharp.dll and interfaces.
Entagged-sharp is a multiple format reader, capable of (I haven't tested all of these: asf, flac, mp3, mp4, off)
You can add this library yourself. If you do, add it to the MusicLibrary2 and Common dierctories (when sub comes back I;ve got a change where I wont need the common directory).
The other extra dll is called Interfaces.dll - this selectively chooses between the ultraid3 or entagged. - if neither are found then the default of Windows Media Player is used.
So the order of tag reading is as follows:
UltraID3 (MP3 only)
Entagged
WMP
Stepping to the other libraries is dependant on library being there, or errors while reading the tag.
