I am having problems with my rig recognizing the IR Remote / Blaster hardware. I downloaded the latest driver's from Hauppauge for my card, followed the instructions installing them, and then continued to install the IR Remote Control App. However, towards the end of the IR Remote Control App installation I get a message "Hauppauge WinTV Infrared Remote has been successfully installed", followed quickly with a "Failed to initialize Infrared Remote Hardware". Just for fun, I went ahead an ignored the error, and installed the IR Blaster setup program. When I run the IR Blaster Configuration I get a error "Could not find IR hardware" just before the program loads. Once it loads, everything is greyed out. When I run "BlastCfg" in the bottom right corner of the program I see "No IR Blaster HWFound". Even with the "Allow External IR Blaster App" box checked, I get the same "Falied to initialize Infrared Remote Hardware" error.
I've done a lot of searching and reading up even this thread:
(apparently, I am definitely not the only one to have this problem), but most people's problem is initialization after hibernation or some length of time. They can resolve the problem by restarting, however, I can't get it to work even with a restart.
I've tried all the fixes from what I've read (short of contacting Hauppauge) like copying over a couple .dll files from the install, or running HCWclear.exe, and re-installing the hardware and drivers, etc. The IR blaster that I got with the kit is the one that plugs into the back of the IR receiver (mini jack into port 1 or 2), and the receiver in turn plugs via USB into my computer. Yes, I've tried every single port on my computer (swapping keyboard with USB IR receiver) and still get the same error. However, when I channel up or channel down, for example, using the remote for my DISH Network 301 receiver, a little red light flashes on the IR Receiver, so I know that there is power, and the receiver is able to acknowledge and receive an IR signal.
I also looked under my device manager profile, and while there were no "yellow question marks beside the HID devices root, I did notice that under HID, 2 instances of "HID-compliant consumer control device", and 4 instances of "HID-compliant device" and 1 instance of "Microsoft eHome Infrared Transceiver". I read that I should have 1,3,1 instances respectively? So maybe this is the root of the problem. Each copy of each instance share the exact same driver ver.
Otherwise, when GB-PVR is installed, it records and views like a dream. The problem is, I have to manually change the channel due to non-working IR Blaster / Receiver transmission.
I'm really sorry this is so long.... I just wanted to get as much down as possible. I really hope someone can help me out there.... I'm so close to nirvana I can taste it!!
So I just built a HTPC with a X2 3800+ AM2 65W. I wanted something that would cool better then the stock Aluminum cooler. I bought a Thermaltake Silent Boost RX K8 after reading good reviews but it doesn't fit in my Ultra Microfly microATX case. I was thinking mabye the Thermaltake Silent 939 K8. Do you have any other suggestions, thanks.
Simple question but I am not able to get GBPVR interface on my TV. I had been using a mediamvp player as a front end for a long time but decided I wanted a system just dedicated to gaming, pvr etc. I have installed the latest gbpvr software on a new system that shows my desktop using a tv out card on my TV and am wanting to bring up a similiar interface that I see on my TV thorugh my mediamvp to show up using this new system. Any ideas?
I have an ATI HDwonder card configured with 2 analog tv cards. I can watch live HD tv, but when I record, it opens up an activemovie window showing the program is should be recording, but only creates a 0mb .mpg file. I have no problem recording SD tv. Any ideas?
I am going to buy a tv this week and I am trying to decide the best way to hook my computer to my tv that will give me a good quality tv out. My radeon support dvi and s-video out. I still dont know if my tv will have dvi, or hdmi additionaly from the composite and component inputs. The tv is either an crt sony wega 32 inch or a samsung 30 inch widescreen. Im seeing there are some adapters that will convert from svideo to component etc. Im asking anyone that has had experience with this card for a little help.
I also have a hauppage 150 that the picture quality is terreble I cant get the settings to work correctlly with GB-PVR. The colors look washed out and like a vhs transferred to dvd. With the original software it looks a little better but not by much. I tested the signal directly on a tv and it looks great and Ive searched the forums but have not been able to find a definitive awnser to this problem.
I've been trying for the last 2 weeks to convert ripped DVDs to SVCDs so i can play them on the MVP. I use DVDDecrypter to rip, DVDshrink to reauthor to main movie, DVD2AVI to demux and save project as .d2v and .wav files, then load up TMPGEnc to encode.
Problem is that the audio is off by 1 or 2 seconds. I've tried messing with fps; i've tried converting AC3 to MP2 and muxing with TMPGEnc, but the bottom line is nothing works!
(i've also tried mencoder; but can't seem to fix the 'too many audio packets' error).
Strange thing is, MVP plays recordings from BeyondTV just fine (using either GBPVR MVP server or Hauppauge software). Also, when i play the SVCD version of a DVD on a PC, it is in perfect sync.
Help! I've been pulling my hair out for 2 weeks trying to do this. I've read through these forums multiple times, tried whatever suggestions i could find, but nothing is working.
Anyone have any thoughts? or maybe a fool-proof way to convert my DVD collection to SVCD so i can play on MVP?
