Any suggested guys re how best to monitor signal strength? (e.g. a lightweight software tool?)
In particular for particular channels I'd like to monitor signal strength as I move an indoor aerial around. See my signature for my gear. I'd like to use the BDA drivers as the basis for measuring as this is what GBPVR uses (i.e. with my BDA drivers in place the out-of-the-box Twinhan software doesn't run).
I've been messing around with this for a few hours now and I was just wondering what you guys thought.
Main Menu:
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TV Guide:
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Recordings:
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It still needs a lot of work, the background is just to show the transparency. A simpler background would look better. I still need to fill up the empty spot in the main menu and tweek a lot of things.
I'm going for large/usefull readable text and maximizing screen usage but yet still allow for personality (with the transparency).
I have entries that should be there in the "Conflicts" section of the product that I can't remove. For instance. there's a "conflict" on a simpsons episode that says
Date: 1/01/2001 12:02am - 12:02am
Selecting and then trying to delete this doesn't remove it from the list. How do I manually remove it?
I think this is causing transcoding to crash my recording service. One of the programs listed I deleted ages ago and it still says it is a conflict. The files for it do not exist in the recordings folder on the disk, but something somewhere in GBPVR still belives it exists. Is there some database entry in some file that I can manually remove to make this and the other "wrong" conflicts dissapear (and hopefully stop my recording service from crashing every day).
From what I've experinced with windows automatic hibernation/standby I'm was wanting to know some alternatives.
I have a desktop PC with hauppauge pvr150. I have recordings spread out over the day and a few at night. So auto hibernation/standby has never worked since I installed the pvr150 and started using gbpvr. But before that auto hibernate/standby worked occasionally.
I just like the idea of my computer hibernating after a recording because most of the day i'm out doing personal things and I really don't like my computer being on 24/7. I've tried a few alternative programs such as switchOFF, winOFF, and shut down but none of them fit my needs. Although I recall one of them having the option to hibernate after the cpu usage is below a certain point but with the pvr150 I have no increase in the cpu usage.
It looks like Diamond has discontinued the PVR600 (confirmed working with GBPVR) and has replaced it with the 660. Does anyone know if the chipsets are similar enough, etc, that this will work with GBPVR?
Hello all, I'm getting ready to build a new PVR, and I was really hoping to get some advice on building a system.
I would like to use something along the lines of a Dell Optiplex GX620, which comes in a few different styles. I would like the smaller the better to fit in with my DVD player and PS2 and the like.
I know more or less what I want in terms of speed, and in terms of building a system I've got a lot of experience, I just wanted a few other opinions on the smaller pc, to see if it was worth it...
I happened to stumble accross GBPVR a couple of weeks ago and it tweaked my interest. I have been looking at setting up a pc based PVR for some time and was leaning towards MCE and purchasing a canned system. Boy am I glad I did not. I have had fun building and checking things out and have a final production box that has been running for about 3 weeks and working except when the kids turn of the receiver - LOL!
I finally got a spare system and set it up. It was fairly easy and even easier with the support in these forums. So to all the admin and users I will only say great work and thank you.
For the creator or creators I would like to extend a special thanks. Your work is greatly appreciated.
I've been using GBPVR for about a year and it's great! However, the computer I've been using has died, and I'm thinking about replacing it with this configuration:
1) New laptop with S-Video Out for connection to the TV
2) WinTV USB2 for tuner and channel changing remote control
3) External disk drive (USB2) for video storage
I was going to do a MVP and place the computer in the basement, but I figure that if I place the laptop (which is relatively quiet) in the TV cabinet, it'll make things easier if I want to tweak it.
I have purchased a Freecom DVB-T USB Stick, and after reading this thread, and using Chris.Day's (very useful) scan utility, I finally managed to get GBPVR to recognise the USB Stick and find the channels.
Now I have a new problem which I can't figure my way around!
Even though I have updated the EPG, trying Bleb (UK) and DVB EPG Broadcast, I still get this message when I try to view Live TV in GBPVR:
No channels have been set up. Please run the Configuration utility and setup the EPG source. Use the 'Update EPG' button to force the system to import the latest set of channel and programme information.
I don't understand what could be wrong as I have updated the EPG over and over again and I still get the same message. :confused:
Hopefully this problem can be solved, and I can start using GBPVR! It looks like a kickass piece of software, and hopefully it will prove to be once I get it working. Thanks.
