I'm having a weird problem on version 1.0.8 When I change the skin to a different skin other than blue the MVP will no longer connect. The funny thing is that I am not changing the skin for the MVP but the one for the PC. The skin comes up fine on the PC, but using this skin for the PC keeps the MVP from booting.
One thing to note (though I don't see it really making a difference) is that I'm using PVRX2.exe on the MVP and GBPVR.exe on the PC. --My video card doesn't correctly display the window (empty window) with PVRX2.exe. I know this is related to my on board video from other posts I have read.
I know there are many posts on this. However I still can't seem to get this to work. I have a 37" wide screen TV with a MVP. I'm using the new 1.0.8 version. My GBPVR menu on the TV is not the full width of the screen. It has the 2 black bars on the sides. I downloaded the Hauppauge software and switched it to 16x9 aspect ratio however I don't really see any difference. I still have the black bars on both sides. I have the TV set on ASPECT. Using this setting as I switch channels, HD channels are shown wide screen and the other channels are shown 4:3 with black bars. Other choices are Panaromic that stretches the edges and leaves the middle, and full screen that stretches the whole screen to wide screen. My last option is zoom that zooms in on the picture. I have been leaving the TV on ASPECT.
I've also tried to stretch the screen by changing the Height and Width settings in the config.xml but this did not seem to do anything either. Making the width bigger or smaller did not seem to change anything.
The main thing I would like to do now is stretch the menus so that I use all the screen real estate. The videos I watch are mainly in 4:3 so it is fine if they play with the black bars on the sides.
I thought I would see what trailers I got downloaded since I have no mvoie listings and play with transcoding for MVP, and I see the following exception a few times in the logs for the updater. Did I forget to install something? Should I worry?
Thanks,
Greg
Code:
7/27/2007 10:55:13 PM Downloading file: http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1564047&sdm=web&pt=rd
7/27/2007 10:55:13 PM System.Net.WebException: An exception occurred during a WebClient request. ---> System.NotSupportedException: The given path's format is not supported.
at System.Security.Util.StringExpressionSet.CanonicalizePath(String path, Boolean needFullPath)
at System.Security.Util.StringExpressionSet.CreateListFromExpressions(String[] str, Boolean needFullPath)
at System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission.AddPathList(FileIOPermissionAccess access, AccessControlActions control, String[] pathListOrig, Boolean checkForDuplicates, Boolean needFullPath, Boolean copyPathList)
at System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission..ctor(FileIOPermissionAccess access, AccessControlActions control, String[] pathList, Boolean checkForDuplicates, Boolean needFullPath)
at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access)
at System.Net.WebClient.DownloadFile(Uri address, String fileName)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Net.WebClient.DownloadFile(Uri address, String fileName)
at System.Net.WebClient.DownloadFile(String address, String fileName)
at InternationalCinemaListingsPlugIn2.TrailerManager.DownloadFile(String url, String filename)
7/27/2007 10:55:13 PM Trailer download failed for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
7/27/2007 10:55:13 PM Downloading file: http://images.apple.com/movies/fox/fantastic_4-silver_surfer/fantastic4silversurfer-tlr1_h640w.mov
7/27/2007 10:55:13 PM System.Net.WebException: An exception occurred during a WebClient request. ---> System.NotSupportedException: The given path's format is not supported.
at System.Security.Util.StringExpressionSet.CanonicalizePath(String path, Boolean needFullPath)
at System.Security.Util.StringExpressionSet.CreateListFromExpressions(String[] str, Boolean needFullPath)
at System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission.AddPathList(FileIOPermissionAccess access, AccessControlActions control, String[] pathListOrig, Boolean checkForDuplicates, Boolean needFullPath, Boolean copyPathList)
at System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission..ctor(FileIOPermissionAccess access, AccessControlActions control, String[] pathList, Boolean checkForDuplicates, Boolean needFullPath)
at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access)
at System.Net.WebClient.DownloadFile(Uri address, String fileName)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Net.WebClient.DownloadFile(Uri address, String fileName)
at System.Net.WebClient.DownloadFile(String address, String fileName)
at InternationalCinemaListingsPlugIn2.TrailerManager.DownloadFile(String url, String filename)
7/27/2007 10:55:13 PM Trailer download failed for Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
I have some DRM files that will only play through Media Player. I'm obviously piping to the MVP (since I'm in this section) and was trying to use the MVMPC dongle to connect.
I'm using On2Share, which is supposed to broadcast uPnP from Media Player.
When I go into FileSystem, to uPnp, I can't seem to see anything.
I have hooked up my old TIVO to my PVR250 S-video input with the audio connected to the audio input on the card to transfer some of the saved recordings.
Couldn't get anything to work with the hauppaugue application so I found the GBPVR and installed it. I have a great video pix but no audio. Fiddled with the rendering settings for audio to no avail.
None of the programs I record showup in Media Center on Vista (they are recorded as a DVR-MS). I would like them to so that I can use my XBOX 360 to view them on my TV.
Latest version of GBPVR & latest HDHomerun software.
Setup: Capture Devices:
HDHomerun Tuner 0 ATSC
HDHomerun Tuner 1 Qam
Win TV PVR 150 Analog Cable
ATI 650 ATSC
ATI 650 Analog Cable
Win TV HVR 1600 Analog Cable
Win TV HVR 1600 QAM
Windows Media Center 2005 (all updates) Recording Service & Scheduler Disabled!
I set up the analog devices first, then the ATI 650 ATSC , then the HVR 1600 & HDHomerun QAM devices.
When I try mapping the HDHomerun Tuner 0 ATSC channels I get an error message listed below.
"Unable to start bda device, check if configured properly or device is already in use".
I did follow the "HVR 1600 QAM Tip" by replacing the "nativeutlities.dll" & "qam.ini" files.
The details of the message:
See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.
************** 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)
I've been running GBPvr for a while but I really seldom watch live tv. I'm trying to transition over to using GBPvr for all of my tv viewing, but I'm seeing a very annoying video skip every now and then. It's probably once every few minutes and it seems like I'm losing maybe a couple of frames at most. My wife really doesn't notice it, but I do. It's most noticeable on news channels with the news ticker at the bottom of the screen.
I've been toying around with the video decoders and have managed to keep my cpu usage between 30-40% while watching live tv. I'm using the ATI MPEG Video Decoder with system default for Audio Decoder and Audio Renderer and VMR9. What really puzzles me is that I'm not maxing out the cpu at all. Does anyone have any ideas what would cause these hiccups? Would having a dedicated sound card help the overall performance of my machine or is the onboard sound adequate?
I'm using GB-PVR v1.0.8 with the old UI, because the new one almost locks-up my pc. I've noticed that skins aren't shown in the config app unless there is a "..\gbpvr\skin2\skin-name" folder, containing a copy of the "preview.jpg" file from "..\gbpvr\skin\skin-name". The actual skin files used, however, are those in the "..\gbpvr\skin\skin-name" folder.
If this behavior has been documented in other posts, I haven't seen it, or found it by searching for "skin2", so I thought I'd mention it here for the benefit of others using the old UI.
