Sub has stated that this is due to the codec - has anyone had any luck getting this to work and if so, what codec did you use?
Hauppauge PVR-250 - latest 250 drivers from Hauppauge. I have tried the InterVideo and nVidia pure video codecs, with the nVidia worse than Intervideo.
However, I have seen several posts about getting the pure video codecs to cooperate, so I might try some of those suggestions.
First off, the configuration of getting the GB-PVR couldn't have gone any smoother. With everything being at default still, the options still blow away my Time Warner DVR (which recently is much improved in its search capabilities).
The one issue I have yet to resolve is getting the remote pass through to work on my Scientific Atlanta Cable box (Explorer 3100HD). In the IRBlaster setup, it has a SciAtl 3100 option and adds the 078 default codes, but nothing happens (Red LED is blinking, so I know signal is being sent) and it doesn't power on/off box or change channels. Going through all the test codes also yields no results. The Hauppague provided remote works fine in controlling all GBPVR functionality, but I just can't get it to talk to the cable box. Any ideas?
I am trying to use my PC with my TV and have found that the Remote Sensor cable on my WinTV 150 is too short for the sensor to be visible. Does anybody know if there is an extension cord for these? (This model has IR receiver and emitter on one plug). Or an IR receiver/sensor with a longer cable? Any advice is greatly appreciated!
Recently I built a mediacentre, and have been very happy with GBPVR, now the people who provide my TV has gone digital though, and my analog WinTV PVR 150 doesnt pick up all the channels anymore.
They supplied me with a Technomate DVB TM-1500+ set top box http://www.technomate.com/products2.php and a small satelite
All the channels are encrypted so I will need a card with CAM support, is this supported under GBPVR, if it isnt would it be supported on Windows media centre or what PVR software could I use?
Note: I have no interest in using one of those IR wands, I hear they arent too reliable!
Thought I might make my first post on the forums a useful one rather than a call for help. Having used GB-PVR for 7 or 8 months now and with you guys having solved the few problems I've had so far, I thought I'd post this weird issue I had recently.
I'm running 98.13 with a NOVA T-500 twin tuner DVB card. I have XML-TV configured to download 14 days EPG data everyday from the Radio Times site (I'm in the UK) and it's been pretty much bullet-proof.
Over the weekend however, I noticed that the EPG data stopped at midnight of the 11th December. Having just rebuilt the PVR machine (now dedicated to the task) I guessed there may be an issue there. I tried the usual tricks, empty and reload the EPG, multiple reboots etc to no avail. Eventually I decided to go through the configuration step by step until I found something. Upon checking the path to the .xml file in the EPG setting dialog, I noticed that, although the path in the box looked OK, when I clicked the browse button, it took me to the GBPVR install directory, not the sub-directory where the .xml file resides. Thought that was a bit strange so I navigated down to the .xml file and OKed it. When I did the same for the second tuner, the browse button took me to the correct place, so I canceled out of there, OKed out of the config app and reloaded the EPG again - whereupon, it worked fine. Don't know what went wrong but something went awry.
I hope this is useful to someone in the future, it sure had me scratching my head for a day or two.
Anyway, thanks for all the support guys and thanks Sub for a crackin' bit of software - keep up the good work!
I see looking back through the forum pages that the skinhelper is supposed to default back to the blue skin if a a plugin does not have a skin defined for the currently selected theme. hmm that sounds confusing I hope it makes sense...
The issue is I have the skinhelper working and have tried testing by changing the theme where my plugin does not have a skin defined, it does not seem to even attempt to try the blu theme skin just errors and spits its dummy.
is there a "how this should" be done thread I have missed? if not could someone explain it to me, Thanks
I need help connecting the cables from my WinTv tuner card 150 to my TV or SAT box. I dont know what cables to connect where??? I am totally stuck here. I want to use S video for the card but where do I connect it to? TV or SAT box. Do I still have to have the SAT box connected to the TV?? Please help I am stuck in a rut, too much info to retain. I am using GBPVR, Hauppauge 150 w/ 45 button remote, Win XP.
Okay, I got Comskip working, and it seems to be about 95 percent. Occationally it cuts a bit before the commercial, a little past the end of one (rarely) OR just removes the last 30 seconds of a show.
I would LOVE there to be a remote toggle on MVP to ignore comskip information. Today I had a recording where the last 4 minutes or so was flagged as commercials. I could not stop and rewind into it, as it would end the playback when it hit. I had to go to my computer, disable automatic commercial skip (restarting recording service and mvp) in order to watch the last 30 seconds of my show.
I searched the forums, and didnt see anybody asking this question. Is there any way to toggle comskip'ed video to play via the remote? I know I can rewind to see, but it dont help if it's the entire end of a recording.
I just tried Tivoserver with a program that I recorded using GB-PVR, and the results were impressive. It scaled the 1080i program to a size needed to view it on a standard 4:3 480i TV. This is very promising, so if I drop DirecTV and go with cable, I'll still be able to use my DirecTiVos for their MRV (multi-room viewing) functionality.
I'm using a STB TV PCI card (Got it from a friend who passed away, it was lying around his house), and hooked it up. It runs GREAT using the Bt8xx drivers and the WDM Plugin. Can LiveTV, using S-Video, Composite, Antenna, Cable, and standard Coaxial. Unfortunately, it can't seem to record. I'm trying to work on this, but it doesn't seem to try. It gets added to the list, but is marked as "failed" almost instantly. I may be missing files, not sure.
