Imagine this Scenario: You have a large GBPVR server with smaller clients around the house (laptop, SFF PC, modded DVD player PC, etc.). However, a client is useless unless it has access to server. This makes it impossible to simply pick up a client and go to a friend's house.
A feature that would allow selected recordings to be copied over to a client for offline viewing would certainly be nice. Is anyone else interested in a such a feature as well.?
I have searched the net and this forum and see a lot of others that have or had the same problem: no audio when watching Live TV (or the actual recording). So this is not really GB-PVR related, but I hope to find some people that have experienced this and fixed it as well.
I suspect a driver problem, so I ran HWclear and reinstalled the most current MCE driver (060413 Amity2 2.0.43.24103 (WHQL Signed)).
This does not work. I cannot find any other (older) driver to see if that makes a change. Playing back an existing recording (with sound) plays back the sound ok, so it is not decoder related.
Any suggestions are welcome. I have seen a remark on a website to run wintv 2000k before starting gb-pvr to get sound, but wintv does not work as the pvr500mce does not have a decoder board.
I can login on my network but from outside I can not login to Web Admin. I have the latest version of GBPVR and Webadmin. I can get the login page and put in my user name and password but when I hit login it goes to a blank page "page cannot be displayed".
I have port forwarding turned on and it is working since I can get the login page. Where is the Webadmin failing?
I have been using RealVNC to connect to my home computer to schedule recordings. I would like to use the web admin instead. Please Help.
After being switched cable providers they are now switching channel lineups.
But even after emptying epg.. i cant get my list of channels to disappear...
Im not sure what i can do without totally deleting gbpvr and reinstalling.
Not an option i was hoping for.. as i dont like reloading lists.
As a note: trying to delete the capture source seems to freeze up config.
Maybe affects the others as well (video library and music library)
UJB, I have photos on another machine, and sometimes it's not started, so when I go into photo library and that machine isn't started I get the server error in gbpvr/ application.
Could you add some trapping in the photo library so that it just displays any local stuff or maybe says something like "photos (unavailable)" photos being the library name as defined in the config app.
ok, here's my issue:
I had the Hauppauge WinTV remote. It was horrible, sending extra keys, etc. Needed something better. Also, wanted a "sofa keyboard".
So I ended up buying the Microsoft Remote Keyboard, and a Microsoft Remote Control (mainly for it's IR receiver, plus I'd hope it's a better remote).
So, now with original MCE drivers (needed for the keyboard to work), plus HIP for the Green button - all works.
My question is, what do you guys do with the "missing" buttons? e.g. the four colored bottom buttons (Red Green Yellow Blue)? Also, no "prev ch"...
I used the Blue a lot for info on TV, and the Yellow I had setup for F7 (screen size). However, on the MCE there are no "free" buttons... I guess I didn't count well enough.
I am wondering if anybody else has this issue where their PC is unable to power-saving standby or hibernate if the GBPVR Recording Service is running?
Even if no recordinggs are scheduled and GBPVR is not used the recording service prevents the machine from entering standby. Once stopped however the machine enters standy after the desired peiod as expected.
Machine in question is XP SP2 with a Hauppauge Nova-T DVB card.
sub mentioned in another post that he's planning for the next version of gbpvr may come as early as a week. no info regarding the fixes/improvements. looking forward to it.
Hello everyone!
I just stumbled across gbpvr yesterday so I am a noob, but have spent every waking moment since, reading the docs and the forums to get me up to speed (well, as much as I can be), but I still have a few questions, mostly related to system design. Most of it is hardware related so I stuck it here, if one of you admins feel it better suited in another section please feel free to move it to the appropriate section.
Some questions are answered here already but I am a little foggy in terms of what I read, or what I read doesn't necessarily apply to what I am trying to do. Some answers I couldn't find. Please excuse me for any redundancy.
I am in the planning stages of setting up a rather large system, maybe I am biting off more than I can chew, but that has never stopped me before.
I am not sure if my goal is even possible, and am looking for some guidance.
In advance, I appreciate any help/input.
Goal:
My goal is to have gbpvr available to all client computers in my house via my 10/100/1000 copper network including 3 daily use computers (wife, son, mine) and to a dedicated HTPC in the family room.
I want any 3 family members to be able to watch and/or record what ever analog TV program they want, independent of what someone else is watching/recording. (basically)
Hardware: (current)
- Server: Dell 4400 Dual 1Ghz Xeon, 3GB ECC RAM, 2TB e-SATA storage
- Clients: well, lets just say the slowest is a 2.4Ghz P4, 1GB RAM, GeForce FX5600 based machine.
- The rest are basically mid-high end gaming rigs that (greatly?) surpass minimum system requirements from what I have read.
- 10/100/1000 unmanaged 24 port switch with jumbo packet support.
- An old PCI All-in-Wonder that is going to be replaced ASAP!!!
- Yamaha multi zone receiver (forget model off hand), Zone 1 is the family room, Zone 2 is in the backyard, Zone 3 is in the dining room...
Hardware: (planned)
I am planning on getting 3 Hauppauge WinTV-PVR 500 MCE's and sticking them in the server. Each person in the house (in theory) will get their own personal remote.
Other:
I know I need gbpvr on the server and slimm's client on the rest.
I already have my entire CD music collection backed up on my Server.
I already have my entire DVD movie collection backed up on my Server. All AVI compressed, mostly Xvid, some in Divx, none MPEG though.
I already have a "mini" windows 2k3 domain setup on a server with shares and mapped drives for all the clients to access the resources.
Questions:
1. Well the obvious question is... Will it work?
2. Should I amplify the analog cable signal? If so, what do I need? How should I configure the inputs? (use "[insert model/brand/specs]" signal amp, and "[insert model/brand/specs]" splitter to each input on the 500's, etc...)
3a. If I switch to digital cable in the future (Time Warner) with the set top box, can I bypass the box and go direct to the 500's without losing channels above 125?
3b. And if so... Should I opt for a different set of dual tuner "analog or digital" model cards and what do you recommend?
3c. Can I even do this in my "planned" environment? Can you propose an alternative that will work?
4. I am not interested in "over the air" HDTV, since there are only 5 HD stations in my area, and I don't really watch any of them (except when football is on, real football, not soccer ), but I may be interested in Direct TV (digital signal, not sure what kind though). I have read that there is no PC hardware to descramble (is that the right word) the SAT signal... ok fine, but...
4a. Is there a way to use gbpvr on an HTPC WITH the set top SAT receiver to get at least DVR functionality?
4b. What functionality would I have, or not have, if I can even do this?
5. I have read some thing's about using UNC's instead of drive letters. Does this apply to "mapped" drives?
How does gbpvr know the difference, since the mapped drives are mapped using UNC's (net use X: \\server\share) in the first place, and when I setup gbpvr it would be pointed to "X:\folder\files" on initial setup.
6a. Any recommendations for storing and organizing recorded programs?
Right now I have all my movies in one big folder in the format - program name.season-episode.avi.
6b. What format will gbpvr save the files and should I change the naming structure of the existing files to match the new ones?
7. Here is another of the "foggy" ones... Transcoding... Can I save all my newly recorded (once the system is running) programs to Xvid.avi or am I stuck with .mpg?
8. Does gbpvr support domain logons or would I have to manually do that at the OS level? Any tips or workarounds?
I do have some "adult" material for the wife and I to enjoy... but Jr. will never have access to it.
9. Are there any other issues that I should be warned about when attempting a system of this size/design that anyone can think of?
