Does anyone know of any program/tool that can be used to merge tags in XMLTV files. What I am looking for is to move information from tags such as actor, year, episode, aspect, etc into the desc tag which is supported by GBPVR.
I recently started building an HTPC and picked GB-PVR for it, based on a lot of good reviews on it and I must say I'm impressed. My compliments!
I'm not without problems however, although I don't think GB-PVR is the cause of it. It may however provide a solution I think.
The problem is that I do not get any sound out of my Hauppauge 150MCE's. After a lot of experimentation and searching the web I have discovered that the cards are not initialised properly when frequencies are used. If I use channel numbers, everything works fine. Unfortunately, my cable company using channels such as 66+ and 43- which do not get tuned properly so I have to use frequencies.
The problem seems related to automatic frequency tuning and I have tried a lot of different frequencies, but none give me any audio. On the bright side, I have discovered that once I tune in to a channel that is configured using a channel number everything(!) works. From that moment on, the frequency channels have perfect sound as well, even after a standby-cycle.
So I ended up configuring most of my channels using numbers and the remainder with frequencies. After a boot, I then record a small piece of one 'numbered' channel while I watch another 'numbered' channel live, so that both cards(drivers?) get properly initialized. It is workable, but definitely a hassle.
Does anyone have the same problem and a better solution for it? Is it maybe possible that this behaviour is integrated into GB-PVR? Could I write a plugin to do this myself? All answers are most appreciated.
Another problem I have is that my computer completely locks up now and then when I start playing back a recording. Onyl a hard reset works; which makes the above problem a bit worse. I'm pretty much convinced that the freeze is a driver problem and have not yet started experimenting with that (could also be related to APIC, I have gathered). Any suggestions are welcome here as well.
Sorry for a longish post; I hope it will at least help others with the same problem.
Hi,
I'm fiddling around with the "blue" skin to make things a little bigger so I can read them on my 5 inch PSOne screen.
In order to save space, I'd like to try to combine elements -- an example:
In the panel "NextRecordings" there is a composite image called "Next Recording" with 3 elements "@Status, @NextRecordingName, @NextRecordingTime" in three seperate text fields with a fixed size and location beside eachother (sort of like a table).
Would it be possible to combine these three elements into one field with the information seperated by a space and a comma?
I was downloading a video through the YouTube plugin which resulted in a crash of gbpvr.
I got the famous "Send this to microsoft" pop-up (no thanks, I don't remember signing up to be a beta tester) but in the background gbpvr was still running AND the video still downloaded and played fine.
Looking through the logs I found this:
FATAL UNHANDLED EXCEPTION:: System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (500) Internal Server Error.
at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse()
at GBPVR.xa80c4fa0df664a15.xcba1f05fb5a46d5f()
at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object state)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()
Any idea why/how it got a 500 error yet still downloaded and played the video?
I normally use cable service, but three area stations are not on my local cable service (one actually dropped in 2005). I have a switch that takes the CATV feed and the antenna in then sends the selected signal out.
Now, is it possible to set up GB-PVR with two PVR350 profiles, one for cable and one for antenna, along with two Zap2It sets of listings?
So... I am bringing this project back from the dead. I spent some quality time with my PVR this weekend and got very far only to hit a road block. I took some of the kids DVDs (which is 1/2 the reason this got started) and ripped them using DVDFABDecryptor to the hard disk. I can play them back but I loose all control of the GBPVR window. The video runs but I can not stop it or exit out, not with the remote or keyboard or mouse. I am so close! I am determined to get this going so my wife will stop calling this the project you havn't finished. Save me.
My motherboard has an onboard Nvidia Quadro NVS 210S / Nvidia GeForce 6150LE. I also have a GeForce FX5200. Which is the better card?
Also, which method offers the best video quality, VGA or S-Video? The 5200 has an S-Video out connector. If it's the better card, I'd like to use the interface that will provide the best picture. My tv is a 37' LG 720 LCD.
What factors (video card settings, etc) are important regarding picture quality?
On that same note, how does the picture quality of gbpvr compare to connecting a DVD player directly to my tv? I'm a bit new to the pc dvr's and am concerned I'll be losing quality by using a dvr.
I'm using win2k and the memory usage on 99.5 is really high. I start at about 100 meg and then after playing a few MP3's or navigating the menus the memory usage gradually climbs and peaks at about 350meg. I reinstalled gbpvr to see if that was anything and no change, still way up. Is this the expected memory usage? Time to buy another 512 if it is...
