I've been using notepad for editing the skin XML files. Is there a better Editor out there that might format things a little more "Nice"? (Preferably something freeware)

Thanks,

Tony

I tried today to record two shows which ran concurrnetly the first show recorded fine but the second one fails resulting in a 0KB file. It looks as if gbpvr is aware of this as it tries to restart the recording. I tried this with no pre padding and no post show padding but it made no difference.The recordings where recorded from the tv guide.

many Thanks Jase.

I have windows and GBPVR on my c:\ partition, and it's set up as FAT32. I want my target directory for converted DVDs to be on the g:\ partition (which is NTFS). When I run "DVD to MPEG" I only have options in the c:\ directory.

I can't find a line to change in config.xml, is there one somewhere else?

I'm new to GBPVR and MediaMPV so I'm still on the steep leading edge of the learning curve.

Received my MediaMVP last Tuesday and to this point I've had no major issues with getting it setup and operating using wireless.

With some pre-setup help from pz1, zehd and pub in two previous posts prior to receiveing my MPV, it wasn't too difficult getting the MediaMVP setup right out of the box. Basically the procedure I used was as zehd outlined in my post here. One note, I did have to update to the latest Hauppauge beta software to get it all to work since it contains the proper dongle.bin.

Here's a few quick pointers for anyone new to help get all this to work.

1. Stay with the default 'BLUE' skin.
2. Be very careful with plugins.
3. Take notes of what worked and what didn't work.

I'll write a full report soon with some specifics to help newbies with getting setup.

Now to my newbie question.

Why do I have two instances of GBPVR.exe running under Task Manager processes? If I 'End Process' on one instance of GBPVR.exe from Task Manager, the MVP server process quits and the MVP looses connection. If I End Process on the second one, it pops right back again. Note I also show GBPVRRecordingService.exe running in Task Manager and if I'm running GBPVR on the PC I also have GBPVRTray.exe shown as running.

Can someone please explain the interaction and specifics of what's what and what's needed to be running where for what to function.

Thanks again

Principally addressed to sub but open to all plugin / utility developers.

I am adding a facility to my system tray interface for GB-PVR Slimm GB-PVR to zip up all the logs in the GB-PVR folder to a file on the desktop ready to attach to a forum post.

This should make it easier to report an error and supply the information required to diagnose the problem.

What I am after here is suggestions as to any other information that you may like to be included in the package or whether just the logs would be enough.

I was thinking perhaps a listing of the plugins directory and a listing of the folders in the skin directory and the BDA/*.cache files.

Comments, suggestions?

I have completed my new setup and have found one issue that I found strange. I use the Purevideo decoder for both playback and DVD. I am running on a 3800+x2, 1g ram, using the MSI Nforce 6150 mobo graphics using the component video out.

I have enabled in the decoder options in the config: hardware accleration, raw aspect, automatic/best available and prefer vmr9. In the GBPVR config i have enabled VMR9 custom renderer. Encoder pass through is being used.

Live TV looks good as do DVD's (DVD's look amazing), but recordings made have been a bit washed out and grainy....almost "pixely". Recording a show for a couple minutes and then watching it on live TV there is definitely a difference in quality. The one thing i have noticed, though, is that the Purevideo Decoder icon and options are in the system tray during live TV and during DVD playback, but are missing when I play recorded shows.

Need some help on why that would be. Since all 3 are being run through the directshow filter, it would only make sense that the icon would appear during playback of all 3. Are the 3 routed through GBPVR differently?

Another thing I have noticed. When i go in the config and change the settings for the Purevideo codec, the seeings such as VMR default on deinterlacing is not there (as many others have stated is missing as well). However, if i check the settings from the system tray when a DVD is playing, it shows and uses VMR default.

I know there are a good chunk of people who have had some issues with this of late. Since the most frequent use is with recordings and with the quality being so good on the others I would definitely like to get that working.

Thanks.

the result is that the pvr recorder stops working and just creams the processor... its happened twice now, works for about a day then something goes wrong and any recordings after that point do not go through.

As described here:
http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?t=18399&page=2

Unless there's some other config I don't know about I don't know what else to do other than system restore?

Any help much appreciated!

Cheers.

I Just ran ChangeDatabaseexe so I could then run sqllite to delete my bodgy recordings and conflicts and stuff, and it has converted things ok but has re-enabled channels I had turned off in the config. Shouldn't it respect those and leave them off?

I have upgraded to 9.7.13 recently and everything has worked OK except now the padding does not seem to work sometimes.
Here's what happens.
Today I had scheduled 4Wheel Drive Championship on channel3 which starts 17:30 and finnishes 18:00
I also pressed quick record of Scrappy Races on Prime which starts at 18:00 and finished at 19:00.
I also have the simpsons recording on reoccuring which starts at 19:00 on channel 3.
No other programs scheduled until 19:30

I have 2 x PVR500 => 4 tuners.
I set pre padding to 3 minutes and post at 10, but have upped it to 11 hoping it might reset something.

Heres what happened.
4Wheel Drive Championship recorded 1:02:59. Pre padding OK, no post.
Scrappy Races recorded 59:58. No pre and no post padding.

One more thing to meantion was that when I went into the GBPVRBuffer folder, there looked like files from other channels which I did not schedule but where currently on. They where not being added to but just existed there.

Attached are the logs as suggested.
I hope I have covered everything. Thanks.

If a cap. source has a channel enabled and a recording has been scheduled (and entered in the DB to use that cap. source), if I then disable that channel on that cap. source it would be nice if that recording was set to use a different cap. source where that channel was still enabled.

Explanation - FilmFour recently started broadcasting on UK Freeview and when I set it up, I forgot to disable it on my PVR350 and PVR500 cap. sources. I scheduled some recordings which got allocated to the PVR350. I then realised what I'd done so disabled FilmFour on the analogue cap sources but the DB still had the PVR350 as the cap. source for the films I'd scheduled so the recordings failed.

I think I've fixed things now by deleting the other scheduled recordings and recreating them. It'd would be good though if this happened automatically.

Cheers,
Brian