is it possible when listining to netradio to split the gbnetradio-file in memorycard-size files so i can copy it directly to a memorycard? or even better... write the gbnetradio-file directly tot a memorycard as long as there is enough space on it?

my playback recently became choppy. I have made no changess to the system.

i guess the system needs maintenance. any advice on what system components should looked at get rid of the choppy playback.

thanks
nuro

Hello all

My htpc is a little choppy during viewing live tv and the sound is slightly crackly. It seems to record and playback the recording just fine.

Is this a normal thing or is there something I can do to fix this.

My system specs are:

MB: ASUS P4GE-MX
CPU: Celeron 2.53Ghz
RAM: 512MB
VC: Nvidia FX5200
Capture Card: Hauppauge PVR-150 MCE
OS: Windows XP Media Center Edition SP2
PVR Software: GB-PVR (latest version)

I tweaked the OS for a little more performance by disabling unused services and disabling Media Center from running.

Some things I was going to try tonight were a better video card, I have a ATI 9800 Pro.

Also, could it be a inefficient codec? In the config, my playback decoders are all set to system default.

Does anybody have any suggestions to get Live TV to perform better.

Thanks in advance.

Stu

Hi,

I have a problem with struttering playback of H264/1080p TS file. My PC is perfectly capable of playback of this file because it works fine with Media Player Classic (< 50% CPU - Intel C2D).

Here is the appropriate (I think) piece of the log file :-
2007-05-07 13:47:19.218 VERBOSE Creating new graph
2007-05-07 13:47:19.234 VERBOSE getSetting(PreferredAudioRenderer)
2007-05-07 13:47:19.265 VERBOSE getSetting(TvShape)
2007-05-07 13:47:19.265 VERBOSE 16:9 television
2007-05-07 13:47:19.265 VERBOSE getSetting(VMRPreferYUVMixing)
2007-05-07 13:47:19.265 VERBOSE getSetting(VMRWindowedMode)
2007-05-07 13:47:19.265 VERBOSE getSetting(VMRDeinterlaceMode)
2007-05-07 13:47:19.265 VERBOSE VMRDeinterlaceMode: other (deferred)
2007-05-07 13:47:19.265 VERBOSE getSetting(PreferredMpegPlaybackDemux)
2007-05-07 13:47:22.687 VERBOSE getSetting(VMRDeinterlaceMode)
2007-05-07 13:47:22.687 VERBOSE getSetting(ListGraphFilters)
2007-05-07 13:47:22.687 VERBOSE Graph contains the following filters:
2007-05-07 13:47:22.687 VERBOSE - Default DirectSound Device
2007-05-07 13:47:22.687 VERBOSE - Video Renderer
2007-05-07 13:47:22.687 VERBOSE - NVIDIA Audio Decoder
2007-05-07 13:47:22.687 VERBOSE - CoreAVC Video Decoder
2007-05-07 13:47:22.687 VERBOSE - Haali Media Splitter (AR)
2007-05-07 13:47:22.687 VERBOSE - c:\TV.h264.1080p.ts
2007-05-07 13:47:22.687 VERBOSE getSetting(SaveGraphFiles)
2007-05-07 13:47:22.781 VERBOSE setSourceAspectRatio() using autoAspectRatio
2007-05-07 13:47:22.781 VERBOSE video resolution is 1920 x 1080

When I drop the file into GraphEdit I get the same graph - using Haali - and it plays back fine, without any frame drops. I presume MPC is using its own internal Gabest splitter. WMP11 has the same problem as GBPVR.

The CPU level is <30% on GBPVR when running this file, so it isn't anything to do with the PC being capable of dealing with the processing requirements.

FWIW I've no problems with 720p or 1080i H264 files.

Any ideas? I know there are not too many people asking questions about H264 right now. This is the only file type I can't play through GBPVR, so it would be great to close out this issue...and go GBPVR completely.

Spence

I just installed the plugin (not the test / beta version) and transcoded 2 DVDs. The DVD to MPEG utility did a great job of transcoding and then placing the MPG's into the directory I specified for DVD's in the config.

Unfortunately, the DVD's do NOT show in the list when I choose the "Show DVD's" menu selection (yellow button). I tried forcing this with an F11, but still no go.

My DVDs directory is E:\DVDs\StoredAsMPEGs. I am attaching the latest Archive*.log files from the Jeff directory.

Also, I noticed that if you shut down GBPVR when DVD to MPEG is working, it will not go to the next step. I might suggest that you create upon execution of DVD to MPEG a .CMD file with ALL steps in it and then just launch it. That way the process hopefully can't be thwarted by a GBPVR shutdown ... just a thought.

A couple of other side notes ...

-- In the command line for DVD Decrypter, you make the assumption that the main movie will always be at VTS 1. That is clearly not the case. I'm not sure how you work around this, but for now, I am creating a CMD file (as described above) with parameters passed into it for the variables needed in each of the 3 steps. BTW, out of curiosity can you tell me what you put into the parameter "{AudioStreamIdentifier}"?
-- In the command for BeSweet, you use the paramater -toolame to create the MP2 audio stream. I have found that does not work. In researching I find that -2lame works for this.

Thanks.

When searching the guide I usually just do this by letter, but I wondered if I could somehow send keyboard input from the remote and make it act like a keyboard?

This would also be helpful for the YouTube plug-in where I can only search with specific strings.

Below is teh log. I followed the instructions for installation. I went in to teh config and added my username and password for my gmail account. I am using the newest GBPVR. Anyone have any ideas. Everything else has always worked fine. I would just love to be able to check my gmail from GBPVR



[1] Gmail Plugin: Activated
2007-05-06 07:53:35.531 VERBOSE [1] Gmail Plugin: v1.6
2007-05-06 07:53:35.578 VERBOSE [1] Skinhelper loading image from file: .\skin\ContourHC\Gmail\..\background.jpg
2007-05-06 07:53:35.593 ERROR [1] Unable to find brush node: /settings/NamedColors/NamedColor[@name="Vertical:#2BA301-#FFFFFF"]
2007-05-06 07:53:35.609 VERBOSE [1] Gmail Plugin: Switching current account to 'curtisinmemphis'
2007-05-06 07:53:35.609 INFO [1] Gmail Plugin: Refreshing accounts
2007-05-06 07:53:35.625 VERBOSE [9] Gmail Plugin: Attempting to connect to gmail feed for account 'curtisinmemphis'
2007-05-06 07:53:35.640 VERBOSE [1] videoInsetVisible = false
2007-05-06 07:53:39.093 ERROR [9] Gmail Plugin: Unable to connect to gmail feed after 6 attempts!
2007-05-06 07:53:39.093 ERROR [9] System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized.
at System.Net.WebClient.OpenRead(Uri address)
at System.Net.WebClient.OpenRead(String address)
at GmailPlugin.GmailFeedParser.Parse()

I'll be getting some sun in another country for the next few days, so wont be around the forums. I'll try to pop in mid week if I get a chance, otherwise I'll see you all at the end of the week.

Play nicely.

Ok - I'm looking into going satellite in my PVR. Currently I have two Hauppauge MCE500's and these have been VERY reliable. I will keep one for Prime and as an additional tuner and want to run at least two satellite cards.

I have a DVB-S set top box I got cheap a while back and just got a new dish (I previously took the set-top box to a family holiday home where there was a sky dish installed) and got that up and running with the dish standing on a table outside so I know I have a good disk and LNB all ready to go.

My questions are:

What Satellite cards should I buy - is there a difference in quality of the hardware?

Pinnacle make a Dual DVB-S card but it seems to have 2 antenna inputs? Is this because you can't split the signal from the LNB or is this incase you need two LNB's for different satellites?

What I REALLY want is 2 x Dual tuner satellite cards and two split the signal from the dish/lnb into the two cards and hopefully have the Cards have an internal split to the two onboard tuners (As the MCE500's do for analogue signal) - Am I dreaming here? Can you split a satellite signal and how many times - If the split is internal to a card then its over a VERY short distance so shouldn't weaken the signal much.

Basically I've managed through some research online to workout how to change the setup of my set-top box from the Old Optus B1 to the new Optus D1 and focus the dish with a compass so I'm starting to understand a little about the transponders etc but I still don't know much about multiple tuners with one dish etc.

Are people in NZ (Sub) successfully getting the EPG from the freeview signal - is that working well?

Any pointers on this would be great - I figure 3 tuners would be about optimal for my viewing to be able to get 5 minute overlaps on all my recordings even when they are back to back but 4 would be Ideal for the odd time when theres too much on and to future proof for additional channels comming online on Freeview

Thanks,

Matt

Right, I had an old PC lying arround (Not that old , P4 30.6Ghz etc).

So I thought, right turn it into a media centre. All I need is some sort of remote, and a TV tuner.

So I thought, I'd take the output from Sky, chuck it in to an anouloge card, and have freeview with a different card. Simple. So I thought Windows Media Centre would suffice. But no, because you have to have the same type of signal.

So I came across this, pretty good I though, but I don't know if this will work (Bear in mind I was only planning on spending like £60 on it!!)

Whats the easiest way of setting up a record one watch another thing with sky (I know you cant record two sky channels at once).

Suggestions anyone

Thanks..