I want to have GBPVR convert my recordings at night, but my CPU is always doing random crap that I believe is preventing GBPVR from transcoding. I have it set up to convert from 1am - 12pm as I don't use the computer before noon (nor do I record any morning shows). Is there a way to have GBPVRConvert.exe have a higher CPU priority?
Does it affect the performance or quality of recordings when using UNC paths to shares instead of local drives so that the client/server functionality works? Even though the server would be saving on the same machine, wouldn't it add layers of complexity (networking and O/S file sharing) and slow it down?
I'm pretty new to all this PVR stuff, but after a few weeks I have managed to get GBPVR (0.98.8b) running pretty well with a Freecom DVB-T stick and I am pretty chuffed with it - thanks very much!
I am having a few problems with BBC1 (I am in the UK) when viewing using the MVP. After 10 seconds or so the audio goes out of sync. I have managed to experiment with the video/audio decoders in the playback tab of the config app and can get BBC1 to work without issue when viewing on the PC.
I have read that BBC broadcasts at a higher bit-rate than the other channels.
I have had several recordings this week show up in the 'recordings' database (still on MS Access) as 'failed' . But if I look through 'video library' they are actually there, and work perfectly.
Even comskip has sucessfully run on the recordings.
Hi Sub, wondered if for DVB EPG is optimised for UK? Reason I ask is that I have a DVR (Ferguson FVR1T) which uses the dvb info to update its epg and it populates fully in about 5 mins. Your dvb epg quite often has empty gaps in it and sometimes whole channels seem to be missed. I know someone is going to say use xmltv but I have issues with that. Are you looking to improve the dvb epg update at any point as it seems to work better on other hardware (and other software but wasn't going to mention the MP word!) Thing is, I, like most people here want to stay with GBPVR so would be keen if you had any ideas?
This is less a wishlist to sub and more of a request to plugin developers:
I've noticed that some of the plugins have a slick installer and others consist of a zipfile just containing the plugins or skin files. Would it be possible to write a generic plugin installer that could wrap around a standard zip file (with all the paths relative to devnz or gbpvr) and install it? At the least would it be possible to have a standard format for plugin directory structure?
When upgrading all the plugins from v96 to v98 it was a tedious task to carefully look in all the zip files, make sure common files weren't overwritten with older versions, and make sure the paths were right when it was unzipped. I imagine the same would be true for a user who wanted to add several plugins at a time.
Maybe I could help with an effort to repackage all the manual plugins to a standard format as a start? I think this would help new users install plugins more easily.
before the upgrade, and switch to server/client, all worked great.
after the upgrade, so far all works great except for sound from the hardware decoder.
video looks great, but it is silent.
if I switch to software decoder, it works.
did 98.8 lose sound support for the cards??
is anybody else having problems??
kick me if I'm wrong, but I think in 0.97 my prefered aspect ratio (auto normally) would be remembered, but in 0.98 it returns to default (piller box I think...) every time I enter live TV.
If I'm right, is there anyway to fix it....
