I like to record seasons of various shows, trim them up, and re-encode them to Xvid.
The problem is that these shows are sometimes aired back-to-back. Often, one show moves to the next without any commercial interruption, and when GBPVR ends one file and starts the next, it does so in the middle of the content and causes a small glitch when I try to splice the two files back together.
Is there a way I can set GBPVR to record consecutive shows on the same channel to a single file, instead of splitting them into episodes?
I just upgraded to the newest version hoping the last versions problems might have fixed themselves.
After upgrading to release 98.13 I would get error messages from windows about PriorityRecording.exe failing.
everything else worked fine..and I'd only get the messages every hour or so and my laziness didn't do much to fix.
Anyway.. after this upgrade to 99.5 the problem still exists.
I did some tinkering and was able to pull this error from running PostUpdateEPG.bat:
Code:
C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr>cd c:\program files\devnz\gbpvr
C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr>PriorityRecording.exe 1>recording.log
Unhandled Exception: System.BadImageFormatException: The format of the file 'GBP
VRBackendCommon' is invalid.
File name: "GBPVRBackendCommon"
at RecordingUtils.Scheduler.schedulePrograms()
at PriorityRecording.RecordingManager.Main(String[] args)
=== Pre-bind state information ===
LOG: DisplayName = GBPVRBackendCommon, Version=1.0.2070.16814, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=null
(Fully-specified)
LOG: Appbase = C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\
LOG: Initial PrivatePath = NULL
Calling assembly : RecordingUtils, Version=1.0.2203.39140, Culture=neutral, Publ
icKeyToken=null.
===
LOG: Policy not being applied to reference at this time (private, custom, partia
l, or location-based assembly bind).
LOG: Post-policy reference: GBPVRBackendCommon, Version=1.0.2070.16814, Culture=
neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Program Files/devnz/gbpvr/GBPVRBa
ckendCommon.DLL.
C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr>zapimport #### ##### 1>zapimport.log
Seeing the error about GBPVRBackendCommon I did some searching here and found the post about the updated .DLL you posted. I replaced my exisitng GBPVRBackendCommon.dll with yours, but the problem still exists.
I have the latest GBPVR and WebAdmin. Didn't do any recording tonight but I usually keep Web Admin up to keep an eye on the TV guide every so often. I have noticed on a fresh boot that GBPVRRecording service is sitting somewhere under 100meg, not a problem. I haven't touched GBPVR or Web Admin for several hours. I notice the machine slowing down, look at the recording service and it's at 245M! Yeow! I peek in Web Admin to make sure I hadn't recorded anything. Check back at the memory usage and find the recording service is down to 45M. It wouldn't be a problem if I had 2G but I only have 1G and keep it moderately full.Any ideas why it goes so high when it isn't doing anything or why it would suddenly jump back down like that?
I have a pvr 500 card, will gbpvr allow me to record audio only through the composite inputs on the card? Or would I have to feed it a video signal as well to make it record? Has anyone done this before?
I didn't see anything like this, so I figured I'd post some "Safe Upgrade" directions.
If you like it, add it to the Wiki. Please fix anything that is wrong, since this is just based off my own upgrade experiances
Upgrade Steps
BACKUP your config
1. Create a temporary directory (Example, c:\temp)
2. Launch the config utility
a. Select the Plug-in tab
b. Select the Export Recordings button
(This exports your Recording list so you can re-import it if there is a problem with the upgrade)
c. Copy recording-dump.xml into the temporary directory. (Save it till after the upgrade, if you don’t need it after the upgrade, discard it)
3. Exit the Config utility
4. Stop the recording service (Found in the GBPVR start menu group)
5. Copy config.xml and gbpvr.db3 (or gbpvr.mdb if you still have an access database) into the temporary directory.
Perform upgrade
1. Download and install new version
2. After installation, if you have not upgraded to SQLite, do so now
a. In the gbpvr folder run the “ChangeDatabase.exe” program
Post Upgrade
1. Verify all functionality works. Eg. EPG, record, play back, MVP, etc.
Troubleshooting
If you have problems
Try removing all files from the Plugin’s directory (Copy them off to a temporary directory). This will disable all your plugins. This is the #1 cause of most problems, that the plug in you were using is not compatible with a newer version of GBPVR. Add each plugin (By moving it back to the plugin directory, then using the config app to re-enable it) back in one by one, till you find the one that is causing your problem.
So, I recently decided to build my own PVR, and found this site along the way. Here are my system specs:
This is my main computer, fyi, so I use it for lots of other stuff.
AMD Athlon XP 2100+ (1.8 ghz)
1 Gig RAM
Nvidia GEforce 4 Ti 4200 AGP 8x
XP Pro
2 x HP 150 MCE (they were sold out of the 500's when we were shopping, so we bought 2 150's)
1 Media MVP connected via ethernet to my router
GBPVR downloaded and installed
1 32 Inch Acer HD television, connected to the MVP with RCA cables
So, here are the problems.
1)
a) The video quality does not look very good. When I watch live TV via the MVP then switch the TV input to the direct cable connection, the direct cable connection looks markedly better.
b) Recorded programs look decidedly worse than, say, a torrented avi file of the exact same program. This is despite the fact that I have set them all to record on high quality, and that all the .avi files take about 1/5th the space on my hard drive as the .mpeg that GBPVR records.
2) It seems a large portion of my recordings have a glitch so I can't skip ahead. It doesn't happen on every recording, but when it does happen, pressing the >| button on the MVP remote usually jumps me back anywhere from 1 minute to 15 minutes. This makes it incredibly frustrating to watch a recorded program, as we have to sit through all the commercials, or risk having to start all over.
Potential reasons for the problems that I've come up with:
1) My system isn't powerful enough to do all the stuff I have going on (e-mail, numerous web pages, torrents, online poker sites, remote desktop to work sometimes), and do a good job of recording at the same time. (this one seems most likely to me, but I'd love some other opinions)
2) My video card is not that good anymore. (this one seems unlikely since I am using the MVP, my video card should have nothing to do with it, right?)
3) My installation of GBPVR is buggered and I need to fix it somehow. (I doubt it is this, but it's possible)
4) The Media MVP sucks and I should output directly from my video card instead.
(this seems pretty likely too, but long video cables are a lot more expensive than ethernet, which I can get for free, so I hope it's not the case)
Anyway, at this point my wife is basically wondering why we didn't just buy the Shaw HD-PVR and be done with it, and I'm kind of starting to agree with her. I'd really love some suggestions about how we can make this home PVR setup better. Sorry for the long winded post, but I appreciate any help anyone can give.
Posted by: gbizeau - 2007-01-03, 01:26 AM - Forum: Wishlist
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You could have an option to automatically switch to the proper channel and start viewing the show it has just started to record instead of just ending what ever you are watching, and flipping you back to the menus.
You might even want to POP up a box, saying that the show "blah blah" will start recording on 1 minute, {cancel, let record}
Also, along the same lines, you could also set up a tuner scheduler, so it will automatically switch to a certain channel at a certain time, so you don't forget to watch your favourite show, not record it, but just auto tune it.
