I'm teaching myself c# to develop a plugin, and working from examples like GBPVRUIElementsLibarySource and Xrecord. What I can't seem to find out is probably simple enough, and that's how to make my settings/control panel form work in the GB config.
I have a lot of things to figure out, but I wanted to get this working so I could try out some basic reads and writes from a DB, and see them working.
I'm new to all this, to please bear with me if I ask dumb questions.
I am trying to get GB-PVR (version 0.99.12) up and running on my Windows XP SP2 Media Center (E6600 Core 2, NVidia GeForce 7900 GS, SB XFI Audio) with an AVerMedia USB 2.0 A800, as Media Center was doing my head in (randomly losing signal and deleting all channels). I'm only having partial success.
The main problem seems to be missing channels (about half of them). Although AVerMedia (and MC for that matter) itself will show ABC1, for example, GB-PVR does not. Why would it not detect all channels? How do I get at the missing ones? (Which I guess means finding out all the transmitting frequencies?) And how does one re-order the channels? I've noted that I can change the channel number in the "Channels" tab; is that the way?
In the window where you match the tv channels up to the EPG, I see the same channel listed multiple times and some times the currently defined ones (e.g. BBC1) become rather strange (e.g. T:C41,634166,0,0,8~NID...), and when I click that drop-down the selection vanishes. Is this normal?
GB-PVR also claims I have no multiplexer (as does the Mux Checker). I have all the AVerMedia software installed (version 6.1.0.20 with 5.4.10.12 BDA; an update from AVerMedia as the initial install did not work with MC) and I am told that that should give me a mux, but none is listed. Using DECHECK I can see a version 1.0.0.1 AVerMedia mux installed; but that it showing as not MC (and GB-PVR?) compatible. Could that be a previous version from the the old stuff on the install CD? I can see a version 1.2.3.4 under the AVerMedia and Common Files folders; in fact all the registry entries seem to point at the newer version.
Most of my music is m4a (rather than mp3). Can GB-PVR cope with these? I can't seem to play any just now.
I realise the UI of GB-PVR can be skinned, so I can change that, but how can folders be configured to show a "preview" of content (a bit like MC). You know, the album cover, thumbnail or frame from video? I can't find that documented (sorry).
I know XMLTV isn't strictly supported here, but anyone know how to keep the guide up to date? From what I can tell I'll have to manually re-fetch the entire guide every week or so and then manually update GB-PVR. That doesn't seem right and I think I am missing a trick.
My main conclusion is that I bought the wrong damned DVB-T device with this PC. I guess I probably need a PCI dual tuner rather than a USB one (should have twigged they we more for laptop use). Any recommendations?
GB-PVR looks like it might be good kit, and I really like the plug-in architecture (got Skin and Weather working, easycinema seems to be down just now) but at the moment it's frustration central for me I'm afraid!
I noticed that GBPVR had missed several recordings. On restarting the PC I noticed that the recording service was hanging... when clicking on the status it just listed 8 tuners with nothing beside them. Subsequent starting of GBPVR would crash. Manual stop/restart of the recording service does nothing. All logs are completely empty. I also noticed that the system is not recognising msi files, so I can't even reinstall. Looks like I'm in trouble.
Newbee here! just thought i would say hi before i start asking you all questions! lol
my pc knowledge is limited but i would like to build a home pc/media system, ive built a car pc and it works fine so this is my next project.
Can anyone give me some guidance on the best way to build it and could someone also tell me what gbpvr can do? is it an OS or does it work WITH windows? can i run NTL through it to record etc? what more does it do?
First of all hello all- my first post on the forum .
In the process of setting up my HTPC with dual Hauppauge PVR-150s. I'm having trouble making the timeshift thing work properly. First of all it seemed to work okay- although it caused the aspect ratio to change slightly. However, every time I try it now, GBPVR stops responding completely and I have to kill it. I'm using the NVidia purevideo decoder (trial) at the moment. Any ideas?
Hi, I am helping a friend who is having trouble watching videos from youtube on gbpvr. When she clicks on a video she wants to watch after searching for one, nothing happens. She used to be able to click on a video and the video would start playing. Now when she clicks on a video to watch, nothing happens. What could have gone wrong. Anyone else having this problem? Thanks.
I would like to setup remote control of my GBPVR client PC and am exploring options for remotes to use as well as IR receiver. I have some universal learning remotes that I could use for the remote (or may buy a cheap universal remote like the Sony RM-VL600).
The bigger question is regarding the USB IR receiver. The IR receiver included with MCE remote kit as well as the USBUIRT seem to be most popular.
I am trying to figure out the differences between the two as, from the outside, they both seem to be USB based IR receivers.
The MCE kit is a lot cheaper than the UIRT and includes remote as well as IR blasters. Also, adding to the cost of USBUIRT seems to be that a program like Girder would have to be purchased separately to take advantage of all the functionality/features/flexibility of the UIRT (although HIP could be a free alternative). Can the MCE IR Receiver (with HIP) be as 'powerful' as USB/UIRT - if not, what can the MCE IR receiver not do that UIRT can do?
Other questions I have:
a) Can the MCE receiver be used with different remotes or is it tied to the MCE remote control? I understand USBUIRT can be used with any remote - or am I mistaken?
b) Can the MCE receiver be used with different applications?
c) I understand MCE receiver runs with Windows MCE as well as WinXP. Can it be used on W2K? USBUIRT has drivers for W2K. This is not as critical, as I can install WinXP on the client PC if need be.
In short, I'd like to setup remote control for clientPC, would like to get IR Receiver for this and would like keep costs down.
For some reason client mode (streamimng) just won't work. I get the client to start, show the TV Guide, but when I want to start a show, it just sits there. After a minute or so it displays "Unable to communicate with recording service".
Occasionally I get the show to start, but then after some time it hangs...
Ocassionally I don't get the TV guide either. It says I have to configure some channels...
When I look at the server it displays a status showing it is stil playing that show I wanted to see. Firewalls are off, virus checkers off.
The logs does'nt display any warnings or errors. Net 2.0 is installed.
Obviously some sort of communication problem but what? Another computer I had set up worked flawlessly so I the problem has to be with the client computer. Sigh! Help please!
Mayby, maybe I hade gbpvr installed before Net 2.0. Could that be it? How do I remedy that?
this is kinda a random crazy question, but is there a way to have a different skin when the video inset rectangle is playing something?
I was thinking it would be nice to have a larger video inset window in things like the TV guide, and video library, so you could see more of the guide, but not have a tiny window for the video
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