Hello,

I have an account on zap2it.com and used it for gbpvr. I just switched to digital cable from analog cable, but now my new channels are not in the guide displayed by gbpvr. How do I update this? I have spent hours trying to figure this out with no results.

Thanks!
Curtis

Hey, just a curious question. From what I understand, the MVP is linux based, and the dongle is just a linux bin with a bunch of pre-compiled apps in it to run the client.

I am currently working on modding up an xbox (dirt cheap used nowadays) to run XBMC which is a really nice media front end that plays every audio/video format out there, and DVDs.

Since the XBox softmods are based on linux, would it not be possible to compile those same apps from the dongles to make an "XBoxMVP" that is compatible with the same protocols and such?

This would be awesome, considering used xboxes can be had for under $50 nowadays on ebay (and even in the $20 range if you look locally for one with a busted dvdrom, which is not needed for the softmod if you do it right) and they are settop, and have a remote and everything.

Just a curious consideration. Also it might allow for more capabilities, since the xbox can do HD output, as well as has a bit more processing and graphics oomph than the MVP does as far as I know.

Thanks for your feedback in advance!

Hi all,
I have a 3 tv tuner card system based inthe UK, epg comes from radio times and not off air. I have 3 hard drives with the software (98.13) being installed on drive C and recordings on drive F. I also use the MVP as my front end

The problem is as follows:
Watching a program on say BBC1
Decide to record it after watching for a while
press record on the MVP remote and answer yes to record current program
Switch the MVP off

Next day PC has error saying drive C is full. GB-PVR doesn't work.
On the C drive is the name of the BBC1 program that was recorded up to the full capacity of the disk - about an 18Gb file.

It appears that GB pvr is using C as a temp directory and then not stopping the recording stream until the disk fills up instead of stopping the record at the end of the program.

Any thoughts??

Pete:confused:

This is an update of my GBPVRTray replacement, Slimm GB-PVR.

[SIZE="5"]To install[/SIZE]:

1. Ensure you have installed .NET Framework 2.0. It can probably be installed by accessing your Windows Update or you can follow this download link: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Redistributable
   
2. Download and install SlimmGBPVR (for v9707+): Direct download link
   

• Logic added so that reoccurring recordings created using the web scheduler do not have the text "(manual)" appended to it.
  
• Launching GB-PVR from the menu or by double-clicking the tray icon now launches it at Normal process priority regardless of Slimm GB-PVR's process priority.
  
• RecordingStatus.bat now runs without a console window.
  
• RecordingMenu_Update() now checks for just the filename part of a recording if it cannot find an entry in the GB-PVR database for the full path and filename.
  
• Tray Configuration form tidied up a bit.
  
• Channel logo resizing fixed (cannot close image FileStream until image GetThumbnailImage has been called). This means that the channel logo should now appear in message boxes.
  
  

• Channel logos and icons added to cancel pending, reoccuring and recording properties (accessed by right-click on recording) message boxes. "Don't change anything" button added to reoccuring and recording properties message box.
  
• AutoRestartRecordingService registry key added.
  
• Tray Configuration restyled into a single scrollable list of items.
  

Hi guys,

I've got the basics of GBPVR up and running and I'm really pleased with it so far (thanks Sub, you kick ass!). If I can get all the options I want working then I'm going to invest in an MVP to run this all to the living room.

My problem is that most of my videos are in DivX format. When I select any, GB waits a few seconds an then says there was an error playing the file. They play perfectly fine in Media Player and the like, so the codec is definitely OK.

I've pulled the following from the logs...

13:29:18.593 INFO DirectShowPlayerBase::playVideoFile(F:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Videos\Ripped For Player\100 Greatest Goals\VTS_01.avi)
13:29:18.593 VERBOSE Creating new graph
13:29:18.593 VERBOSE getSetting(PreferredAudioRenderer)
13:29:18.609 VERBOSE getSetting(TvShape)
13:29:18.609 VERBOSE getSetting(VMRPreferYUVMixing)
13:29:18.609 VERBOSE getSetting(VMRWindowedMode)
13:29:18.609 VERBOSE getSetting(DefaultFPS)
13:29:18.656 INFO Found video stream
13:29:18.906 INFO IMediaDet->getFileFPS() indicated fps = 25.000000
13:29:18.906 VERBOSE getSetting(PreferredMpegPlaybackDemux)
13:29:20.000 VERBOSE getSetting(ListGraphFilters)
13:29:20.000 VERBOSE Graph contains the following filters:
13:29:20.000 VERBOSE - Default DirectSound Device
13:29:20.000 VERBOSE - Video Renderer
13:29:20.000 VERBOSE - MPEG Layer-3 Decoder
13:29:20.000 VERBOSE - DivX Decoder Filter
13:29:20.000 VERBOSE - AVI Splitter
13:29:20.000 VERBOSE - F:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Videos\Ripped For Player\100 Greatest Goals\VTS_01.avi
13:29:20.000 VERBOSE getSetting(SaveGraphFiles)
13:29:24.453 VERBOSE DirectShowPlayerBase:top
13:29:24.453 VERBOSE DirectShowPlayerBase:top@2 (skipping window positioning)
13:29:24.453 VERBOSE DirectShowPlayerBase:top@3
13:29:24.453 VERBOSE DirectShowPlayerBase:top@4
13:29:24.453 VERBOSE DirectShowPlayerBase:top@5
13:29:24.453 VERBOSE DirectShowPlayerBase:top@6
13:29:24.453 VERBOSE DirectShowPlayerBase:top@7
13:29:24.453 VERBOSE DirectShowPlayerBase:top@8
13:29:24.656 VERBOSE DirectShowPlayerBase:top finished

These are the properties of one of the files I'm using (I have a feeling this could be part of the issue)...

Image
------
Width: 352
Height: 264

Audio
-----
Bitrate: 192Kbps
Format: MPEG-layer 3

Video
-----
Frame Rate: 25fps
Data Rate: 119Kbs
Video Sample Size: 24-bit
Video Compression: DivX

Does anybody have any advice or ideas as to what may be stopping the file from playing??

I haven't been able to find any specific configuration option or anything like that relating to DivX (such as selecting which codec to use or something), so if there is something like that then this is probably the 1st place I should try!

I just got direct tv switching over from cable. DirecTV provided me with a D11-300 receiver. I have a hauppauge 250 card that I would like to get working. For some reason my 150 will not show anything I send in to the video input.

I am trying to determine if a usb-uirt will work with this receiver. Does anyone have the same receiver? What do you use to change the channel?

I'm trying to get GB-PVR running on a fresh install of Windows XP SP2 with all updates. The program worked fine for a few days, but now it's crashing every time I try to start it.

If I right-click on GBPVR in the system tray shortly after restarting, I can get the context menu, but if I try to select GV-PVR or Config, I get the following:

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.Xml.XmlException: Invalid character in the given encoding. Line 8, position 32.
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(String res, String arg)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.InvalidCharRecovery(Int32& bytesCount, Int32& charsCount)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.GetChars(Int32 maxCharsCount)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ReadData()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseText(Int32& startPos, Int32& endPos, Int32& outOrChars)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseText()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseElementContent()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadNode(Boolean skipOverWhitespace)
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadDocSequence(XmlDocument parentDoc)
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.Load(XmlDocument doc, XmlReader reader, Boolean preserveWhitespace)
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(XmlReader reader)
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(String filename)
at GBPVR.Backend.Common.xcbcfc48b9705b7a2..ctor()
at GBPVR.Backend.Common.xcbcfc48b9705b7a2.x479a7b07c9d5bd70()
at GBPVRTray.x95481d250bcc5a4b.xfd20f7e579285fd6(Object xdf2e3583f942db7b, EventArgs xc4f45905cb1fc7ba)
at System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem.MenuItemData.Execute()
at System.Windows.Forms.Command.Invoke()
at System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon.WndProc(Message& msg)
at System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon.NotifyIconNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
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GBPVRTray
Assembly Version: 1.0.2486.9814
Win32 Version: 1.0.2486.9814
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/devnz/gbpvr/GBPVRTray.exe
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System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
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System
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
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System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
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GBPVRPublic
Assembly Version: 1.0.2467.14929
Win32 Version: 1.0.2467.14929
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/devnz/gbpvr/GBPVRPublic.DLL
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GBPVRBackendCommon
Assembly Version: 1.0.2486.9813
Win32 Version: 1.0.2486.9813
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/devnz/gbpvr/GBPVRBackendCommon.DLL
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System.Xml
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
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System.ServiceProcess
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.ServiceProcess/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.ServiceProcess.dll
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System.Data
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_32/System.Data/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Data.dll
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System.Data.SQLite
Assembly Version: 1.0.30.1
Win32 Version: 1.0.30.1
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/devnz/gbpvr/System.Data.SQLite.DLL
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************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.

I just purchased the WinTV-PVR-USB2 unit today and realized that as a result of living in Canada I could not use the included TV scheduler. So I looked around the web and found this software which looks to be far more than the included WinTV2000 as far as versatility. It has taken me a while to get it running - but it seems that I now have. One problem I cannot seem to resolve is that I have no sound. I do have sound with the WinTV2000 application however. Any suggestions?

Sub,
When I upgraded from version GBPVR09713 to version GBPVR09813 it created a new button in the System Menu called " Settings " . When I click on this Button I get this error message. I am using the BlueMCE2 Skin for GBPVR.
I install all my programs on the D drive. To help you see the problem, I made Screen Shots for you to see.

Hey Mr. Slimm, I have an interesting question for you.

I have GBPVR running on a PC as my host computer in the basement. I've setup my program directory, TV buffer and recordings directory as network shares on the host computer. I've now installed GBPVR and SlimmGBPVR on another computer on the network. By editing the locations for the database and the recordings in the config.xml file to look at the remote shares, I'm able to get SlimmGBPVR working (for the most part) on the remote computer.

The key reason for doing this is to give my wife a simple way to browse the recordings, find one she wants, and play it back using her usual media player. The only problem I haven't been able to overcome is the tool tip that tells you about the episode isn't coming up on the remote machine. It works fine on the host computer, and the remote computer does show the episode tool tips for the pending, recurring and conflicts. Just not for the completed recordings. Any ideas where I might look next?