Not entirely sure what's happened to my machine (latest version of gbpvr, XP Pro SP2, Nero Digital MPEG2 decoder) but for some reason I am starting to have MPEG2 playback issues.

Up till now I had been running with VMR7 (GeForce 5550 DVI out) and it had been working fine. Then without any (apparent changes, though one never knows what Windows Update is doing) I noticed that when playing back MPEG2 files, playback would stutter and the hard drive would go crazy. Also the system would no longer playback divx files.

Switched back to Overlay in GBPVR and now it can playback MPEG2 okay (using the Nero Digital codec) and divx is okay also. Also played around with Cyberlink and Intervideo codecs but they cause the MPEG2 images to be played in a window and no matter what zoom key I press, the window persists.

Anybody had this experience and if so, how did you fix it?

The reason I am keen on using VMR7 is because I have better control over AR when playing video and the picture isn't so dark (it's quite dark for some reason when using Overlay)

Thanks

Larry

I have GBPVR set to automatically start on boot, by putting gbpvr.exe in the start up folder. I had it that way before my hard drive crashed and it worked just fine. that was with version 99.5. But when my HDD crashed i rebuilt using 99.12. if i manually start it i can get into it and it runs fine (although the remote doesn't work, but that is a differnt post) but when i shut it down i get an error again. i don't know exactly what error it is, but the error signature says:

EventType : clr20r3 P1 : gbpvr.exe P2 : 1.0.2614.27229 P3 : 5
P4 : system.data.sqlite P5 : 1.0.30.1 P6 : 44a7e70d P7 : 11f
P8 : 2e P9 : system.data.sqlite.sqlite

i get this same error when it auto starts, and thus will not auto start. Any clue. it might be that a rebuild is in order. if so i will as i haven't gotten it to work yet after the rebuild. it wasn't this difficult the first time i installed it, funny i thought i could get this one done in just a couple days.

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks
Erick

I had GBPVR working great, almost flawless in fact, then my hard drive seemingly crashed (although I am having the same problem with it now so it likely wasn't the hard drive), that being said I quickly wanted to rebuild by machine so I could again enjoy my PVR. Well I have been working on it for 3 weeks now and still cannot get it to work. I can get GBPVR to work with problems (another post) but when I am in GBPVR the remote simply will not work. I think I threw away the original driver disk for the PVR-150 I am using and I believe it had some drivers on it I needed. I downloaded the latest drivers from Hauppage and the IRBlaster drivers (beta) that i believe i was using before, but alas no luck. I have read about every post still no luck. I am running GBPVR 99.12. I AM EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED AT THE MOMENT. The stupid thing is i had it working just fine. When i configure the remote it shuts off the STB so i know it is working, i just cannot get it to work with GBPVR at the moment.

Does anyone have any clue, or is there a log file i can have someone look at or something that would give you a clue as to what is gong on? Please help

thanks
Erick

Sub,
My GBPVR program wants access to the Internet but why? I can understand that it has to update my TV listing every now and then but why won't Live TV work unless I give it access to the net? Just wonderering....

Also, I read a post about GBPVR using SQL Database. How can I tell if I have the old database. If so How would I switch over?

Just recently updated from GBpvr 0.98b to 0.99.12

When I play music the remote basically stops responding. I have found that it only does this when there is a visualization. So here is a rundown:

1- Start music and there is a small visualization in the bottom left corner.

2- Remote still works, but doesnt display anything on the screen unless in the main menu. Meaning, the area where it displays tracks it doesnt work. I can still stop fast forward switch songs etc.

3. Song finishes playing and the visualization goes away and normal functions resume. The next song plays WITHOUT visualization.

With a mouse I can still do everything.

I would like to have full control over the visualization. As it is, I cant even switch to full screen because the remote wont work.

My GBPVR has been running fine for 2 years and it sudden started showing scrambled video (live only, recorded programs are fine).

I know the source is OK. But GBPVR is showing vertical strips and the video would pause for 1 second or 2 intermittently.

Attached are the screen shot and log files.

Any help will be appreciated.

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I've recently reinstalled my gbpvr and removed all data in all catalogues. In the process the old recordings (which still exists) is gone, is there any way to enter them into GB-pvr?

Is there a way to change the "Kill VLC" function/button on xDVD to "Kill Mencoder"?

I've begun to use a modified batch file (see this post) that uses Mencoder as the transcoder for xDVD (rather than VLC) and would like to now change the kill button to kill Mencoder, rather than VLC, when there is a transcoding in-process that I'd like to stop.

Thanks.

Ok the missus will let me get a card to prove the PVR is a bood way of going.

Im looking for the following.

A reasonable price card with IR blaster and remote. I am willing to buy bits separately so a kit is not a must.

Digital Tuner is not essential.

Is the Wintv 150-350 range to go? and what is the pro's/ cons to the Media centre editions???

Thanks

Today I found that most of my recordings from last night were empty. In each case the recording showed as successful in GBPVR, the folder and file were created, but the file size was 0. This has happened to me once before. I didn't check the logs at that time, and restarting the computer fixed it. I would rather not have this reoccur again, though, so I would like to try to get to the root of the problem this time.

I examined the logs, and think this error message from the GBPVRRecordingService.exe-native.log to be the problem: "ERROR failed to start Conexant Graph". Looking at other threads, I found the proposed solution of adding "ENCODER_DISCONNECT_BUG=1" to the appropriate tuner entries in direct.ini. I tried this, and the next recording worked, but the following one, started while the first was still recording, failed.

I am running Windows 2000, and using a PVR-500. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks.