Being from the states I am always kind of shocked when I hear that even modern democratic nations don't have the freedom of speech or freedom of the press that America has. Even in here in Canada you can be thrown in jail for telling the wrong joke in public.
The Daily Show is my favorite. It was the biggest reason I wanted a PVR (couldn't stay up until 11:00).
BTW..Everyone here should make an effort to wish Sub a happy Waitangi Day next Feb 6th.
Just bought an MVP from trademe(like ebay in NZ, basically) for the stunning price of $51nzd (40USD, retail here is 184USD), for the missus for her early bday present. Plugged it in, started the server, everything worked stunningly and i was very, very impressed with the PQ. I just want to thank sub + others who have worked on the support/inclusion of the MVP in gbpvr. Love it, thanks very much guys
(ps. cant see a 'feedback' part of the forum easily, if there is one!)
Ok this might have nothing to do with GBPVR but I'm hoping someone here can help me. I have a widescreen television and some programming, such as Discovery Channel, is in widescreen format. The problem is, instead of this widescreen programming filling my widescreen television, it instead keeps its letterboxing. So when I view it in its native resolution, it has the letterboxing AND pillar boxing, making it as if I'm watching a 32" TV inside of my 42". I can deal with letterbox, I can deal with pillar box, but both at the same time is counterintuitive and frustrating. Is there anyway around this without stretching/zooming, since it SHOULD just fit my screen as it is?
I have Comcast digital cable with a Scientific Atlanta Explorer 2200 stb and I was hoping I could just set the output aspect ratio, but I can't find a setting for it.
I have quite a lot of old recordings that we watch at odd times. The EPG data wasn't very good, just giving the program name and description. I think the RadioTimes didn't use the subtitle field much then or now.
They are in three or four directories (have a 'year' in the title) but there is just the program name. At one time in the past, when it was an access database, I'd edited the subtitle field manaully to help show which episode or who was in it to help pick one to view.
If I put in a wishlist request, would the ability to edit the subtitle field be best suited to being in the main program, a plugin or a standalone program?
I've tried one or two of the sqlite manipulation programs, but they're not really suited to data editing.
Just installed the HVR 1600 using 1.08. Anolog side is working fine connected to cable. Having problems with the ATSC side trying to download EPG data. Hopefully I am doing this correctly, not real sure how DVB EPG is supposed to behave. Here is how I set it up. In config set the ATSC side to BDA recording and chose Haup HVR 1600 ATSC. Set the EPG source to DVB EPG Broadcast. Settings for this is greyed out ? Next clicked on "Map digital channels to EPG channels" , now tuner scans and comes up with all my digital channels for my area. In that screen checked all the boxes. Now it goes back to config screen linking channel names to Tuning Reqest with a checkmark. Here is where I am confused and or having trouble. When I click Update EPG it starts scanning each channel for 60,s, I am assuming that here is where it should be getting the EPG data correct ? Ok so it goes through all the channels and finishes. HIt ok close config. Now I go into the guide and it lists all the digital OTA channels to the left but nothing appears in the guide for any of these channels. Cable channels all show up fine using Zap2it. Also tried uping the harvest time to 120 seconds no help. Is this supposed to work in this release or is it broken and/or I am I missing something? The channels are working because I can see them fine with Wintv.
Next since this didnt work looked in forums and found a way to do this with Zap2it by adding the Broadcast Lineup and only selecting the Digital channels. Had to remap the the Tuning request side to the new channel names downloaded by Zap2it. This seemed to work ok except now in the guide the cable channel and the digital channel are right next to each other (above and below) with the same name? so I dont know which is which. Not sure if the guide is just chopping off the last part of the name or what. Zap2it lists the channels with the Call sign first then number. I would rather see it the way the config pulled the channel name.; Numbers first then call sign. This leads to another question. Can the guide be edited manually and where is this stored? It looks like its in the db3 file so I am guessing not. Thanks for any help, sorry for the long post but I still a newbie to a lot of this
I've installed GB-PVR the old version a long time ago and am having a problem setting up this version on my new Vista PC. I have the HAuppauge 1600 PVR and it seems to detect the card however when I try to update the EPG it takes about 4-5 minutes and does nothing.. When I open the window to watch live tv it says no channels setup. I've tried going to the c:\users\myname\.... and found that after the \virtual store there is no subfolders... So I can't delete the file that people seem to be having a problem with because it doesn't exist. I've updated my zap2it account with all the correct info and within the config window it does show that I have the channels...
I've tried the uninstall and reinstall that didn't fix anything. I've also tried the NativeUtils and QAM fix as well as the dongle.... fix and nothing seems to fix the channel setup problem. I'm not sure which log to attach so I'm going to just guess at the config.exe log.. But if thats not the right one or someone could give further help I'd be greatly appreciative.
I just updated to 1.0.8, and a plugin i once wrote that gets scheduled recordings, doesn't work anymore. After some testing, i conclude that LoadRecordingSchedule() doesn't work anymore.
Code:
Code:
IScheduleHelper iSH = GBPVR.Backend.Common.ScheduleHelper.getInstance();
IList myScheduledRecordings = iSH.LoadRecordingSchedule();
Results in:
Code:
Exception System.NullReferenceException was thrown in debugee:
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
ReturnToMainMenu()
WndProc()
OnMessage()
WndProc()
DebuggableCallback()
SetVisibleCore()
SetVisibleCore()
Show()
xfb409e85bd292293()
BTW: This plugin shows some info on a LCD-display, so it's not a plugin in the menu, but only an implementation of IEventNotification
Is this a bug, or should i retrieve schedule-data on another way as from 1.0.8?
hello, i'm grateful for this forum and hope it's just a matter of more looking and digging before i find the info i need. i'm trying gb-pvr for ota hd broadcasts with an antenna. i'm also trying wintv, sage tv, beyond tv (haven't been able to get watchhdtv to work at all). all programs work to some degree. wintv doesn't seem to allow editing of hd content with their supplied nanompeg editor or whatever. want to record shows and either convert them to xvid or dvd depending on how much i like them.
some of my issues w/gb-pvr are as follows:
1. audio stuttering in playback. tried ox 9.0b quartz.dll, no help. believe i have tried all the available video and audio decoders for mpeg2 playback. using vmr9 video renderer. think i have also tried all the bda multiplexer options available to me. using BDA recording plugin.
2. zap2it won't let me in, epg doesn't get updated, i guess they aren't accepting new users, or at least not activating their accounts for epg? without this all recordings will be manual more or less i guess? would this be a limitation with mythtv if i decide to put the hauppauge 1600 in an older machine to make it a linux box, no current free epg for the usa?
3. is there a way to autoconvert mpeg recording to avi or dvd-compatible mpeg2?
4. many of the built-in plugins don't show up as options when i start gb-pvr (ie. dvd, net radio, you tube). are these not actually in the current version yet? just curious.
5. will i be able to get the hauppauge 1600's remote to work with gb-pvr w/ota hd or does it only work with a cable box/satellite? it comes with the ir cable that attaches to the card so it seems like it should be able to work?
thanks for any help or links for this stumbling clueless person.
take care,
joe
system specs:
gb-pvr 1.08 no additional plug-ins installed
xp prof sp2 directx 9.0c .net 2.0
core2 duo 1.8
1 gb ram
hauppauge 1600
ati x1650 vidcard w/current drivers
onboard realtek audio
