I've been looking for a replace for ATI's crappy Multimedia Center. GBPVR is almost perfect except for one thing : the TV images appears 'shaky'. This effect is very noticeable with straight lines ; they keeps jumping up and down and its so annoying. The log files are attached.
Thank you
EDIT : forgot to mention that the picture looks fine in other software like WinDVR so its has nothing to do with my monitors
I'm a newbie to PVR, so I apologize for my ignorance. First, my specs: P4 3.0 GHz Dell 4600 with a Hauppauge PVR-150 ver.1045 (MCE?) and a NVidia FX5200 video card. I'm running gbpvr 98.13b. I have Mediacom extended basic analog cable and a analog LCD monitor. All I did was connect the coax/RG6 cable to the PVR-150 and then to the wall outlet (through a 2-outlet splitter that does give me cable tv, so I know it works) and plug in the IR receiver.
I just wonder what other hardware or cables I need and where else I'm going wrong. I'm not trying to output any video to the TV, so do I still need the RCA cables? I am able to get my channel line-up in the GB-PVR and change channels, but no sound or video comes through. Thanks in advance for any help. I'm lost and getting desperate.
I am new to gbpvr but have used it successfully for about 2 weeks. all of a sudden, the past several scheduled recordings have only recorded the first 4 or 5 seconds and the nothing else. the files are only about 4 megabytes each. i don't understand what has happened since i was able to record successfully for two weeks and have recorded about 8 shows, but now each time i schedule a recording, it only records the first few seconds of it. does anyone know why this is happening? i can click on manual record and it records the shows without a problem, but as soon as i schedule a recording, it doesn't seem to work. has anyone had this happen? any solutions? thanks in advance! :confused:
Pentium IV 3.0ghz
Asus P4S800D-E
1gb PC3200 Ram
200GB 7200rpm harddrive
ATI HDTV Wonder tuner card
ATI x1300pro 256mb video card
When i try to play a dvd iso file i get his error: an ole db provider was not specified in the connectionstring an examble would be 'provider=sql oledb;'. Does any one know what is wrong?, i have Vlc installed, Thx
im new at this. i've tried installing musiclibrary2 plugin according to instrutions. (unzipping to gbpvr dir.) then setting up in config.exe. It's not there. its not appearing in the plugin setup. any help, thanks. pt
I really dig the Music Player plugin, but can't figure out how to play .m3u playlists in it. Do I have to put them somewhere in particular? When perusing folders in Music Player, I am never able to see the playlist files.
I think this was mentioned before, but I'm not sure it's the same problem.
I recorded a show yesterday, and watched it after it analyzed the commercials.
GBPVR displayed the "progress bar" - but even from looking at the commercial breaks (darker areas), I knew something was skewed. Right I was, and the skips didn't happen in time.
Also, I think it showed less "dark areas" than there were actually lines in the comskip file.
It looked like the times of the commercials where stretched.
This has never happened in the past, and I can't think of a major change I did. I'm running by usuall MPEG encoder (Intervideo NonCSS), and VMR9 Custom.
I think all I changed recently was change the deinterlacing to "pass through".
I use GBPVR in my current old pentium machine, which rests in my office, connecting to two TVs via MediaMVP's. It works ok, but has its glitches that require trips upstairs to restart, etc. I couldn't turn my wife and kids loose with the remote and expect it to work perfectly for them every time. In my new build, I am making an HTPC to reside in the main viewing area. I already have Windows XP MCE, with a Vista upgrade coupon. I also have the OnAir USB HDTV-GT(Comcast has a LOT of channels available via QAM feature). I will use a Core2Duo processor, 680i motherboard with 8 channel onboard audio out to receiver, 2 GB RAM, HDCP enabled 7950GT, dual analog tuner(which one?), and plenty of SATA drives. So, my question is this--should I go purely GBPVR in order to take advantage of things like MediaMVP support, QAM channels, file flexibility? When used on a primary HTPC, does GBPVR offer that easy interface that even the wife and kids could use without their geek-dad input? What does MCE offer to the equation? Can you use both? Is there an advantage to using both? I'd love to hear some input as this will be the foundation of this HTPC. Thanks in advance!
EDIT: What about file types? Is any recording done under MCE put into a proprietary file type(DVR-MS)? Perhaps I need an explanation of how things get recorded under each program. Still learning......
I have the OnAir USB HDTV-GT which tunes and displays HD (QAM & ATSC) great - no glitches in video and no sync issues. However - I cannot get it perform the same in GBPVR. I have tried all kinds of combinations of decoders and can get 'better' but still cannot come even close to the native app for the OnAir USB HDTV-GT. Any suggestions?
