I closed the config app with "OK" today. It was stuck there for a while, so I said I'll time it. After a while I got tired. Few hours later, still closing, I figured it's stuck.
The last thing in the config.log is
Code:
13/12/2006 17:03:40.690 VERBOSE [1] About to connect to remote recording service
13/12/2006 17:03:40.690 VERBOSE [1] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/RecordingServiceLocation
13/12/2006 17:03:40.690 VERBOSE [1] getValue: /settings/RecordingServiceLocation : tcp://localhost:7968/RecordingRemote
So I checked the recording service, and the last thing it wrote was from this morning (10 hours ago), probably got stuck then:
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Logs attached. GBPVR GUI wasn't running at the time (the Config closing, 17:00 but was running in the morning, when reocrding service lost contact... at 07:00).
I just think that some of the streaming features would be nice if we could use them on a pocket PC while we walk around the house. It would need to be a client.
I have my STB in a different room than my computer with my capture cards. I only need to feed the digital channels from the STB to the card. For the non-digital channels I want to use the tuner on the PVR150 card. I have been using 50 foot composite cables to the composite input, but I have been getting a lot of 60 cycle hum in the audio. I know I could try better cables, but I thought it would be easier to use the coax output from the STB to the card. I tried combining one cable from the cable feed and the STB feed through a combiner to feed the PVR150. The STB signal would come in on channel 3. The problem I am having is the two signals from the two cables interfere with each-other. I can't find a channel 3 notch filter to clean out the incoming cable signal. Has anyone else tried to do something like this?
Extract the contents of the zip to c:\mame32 (or anyplace but make sure you specify the location properlly later in "Arguments")
Create a shortcut to mame32FXpp.exe in the same directory. This will insure that mame32 will start in the correct directory and not where your GB-PVR is installed (needed for mame ini, configs, roms)
In GB-PVR config --> plugins --> Custom Task -> Add
Button Name: Arcade
Executable: C:\windows\system32\rundll32.exe
Arguments: url.dll,FileProtocolHandler C:\mame32\mame32FXpp.exe.lnk
Description: Mame Arcade Games
(I don't have the Hide GBPVR button checked)
NOTE: In order for the Arcade task to show in the plugin list you must exit config and reopen it after you save the task.
NOTICE: I USE THE RUNDLL32.EXE TO EXECUTE THE SHORTCUT WE MADE EARILIER. Doing it this way executes the shortcut then returns to GBPVR (it doesn't wait for MAME to close). I haven't had a problem with doing it this way. The only other way I got it to work was using explorer.exe to call a bat file that cd'd in the correct directory then ran mame but it had an ugly dos box in the background. I might write a little vbs script to do this in the future but this way work fine.
Recommended MAME settings:
Allow joystick game selection
Map a button to "close game" under "Other controls".
In the logitech software create a profile for mame32FXpp and map a button to ALT-F4 (mine is Right analog joystick button press AKA button 12).
So I can use the remote to start it, and then joystick to navigate and exit MAME. I will prolly do the same for other emu's soon.
P.S. you can create a sub menu and dump all your emu's under it.
Once again this is simple MAME support. There are a couple of plugins that show promise but it looks like my programs is no longer supported and doesn't work with 98.13 GameX doesn't fully support mame yet.
Capture card type:
AverMedia AverTV Video Capture (M113 wit
Both the Video and FM tuner work great.
I didn't know where else to post the this information so I did it here under support. I searched the forums for the Avermedia 1500 but everything said it didn't work. Those posts were from last year though.
I picked one up from Frys (electronic store) that had been returned for $55. The card is fantastic and works flawlessly.
For the best mpeg2 playback on my geforce2 pro video card I used the video codec pack from http://www.free-codecs.com and selected the GPL MPEG-1/2 Decoder. Works fantastically on my p4 1.6.
Stephen
P.S. If this post should go somewhere else please move it.
Okay maybe I missed something but I don't see Exit as a menu selection when using GBPVR from my MediaMVP. Is this correct or have I hosed something up?
I'm sorry I'm a newbie on GBPVR and I don't know if forgot some parameter but the controls' texts are often too long to be completely in the control area and a part is displayed under the control.
As it stands, GBPVR has some problems extracting a complete EPG from a live broadcast. I know Sub is working on the issue but it's been with us for a while now.
I've found a solution - at least for the time being. It's a program called DVBGuide which has just been announced on The Green Button. It reads the live stream and produces an XMLTV standard EPG that GBPVR can read. I now have a complete EPG!
