EDIT: I THINK I FIXED IT. I changed it to OVERLAY mode and it now works. The only problem is that it seems somewhat slow to respond to pause and stuff, even though I thought the recording is done by the hardware itself? (I have a ATI THEATRE 550)
Help! When I try to pause live tv it says "STARTING TIMESHIFT MODE, PLEASE WAIT"
Then after a few seconds the screen goes blank and I have to exit back to the menu and go back to LIVE TV to get a picture.
Also, while recording a show, it doesn't let me watch TV (It's just black screen again)
Any help greatly appreciated!!
THANKS!
PS: ALSO CAN'T WATCH RECORDINGS INSIDE OF GBPVR...
I've been reading (a lot) but I'm still not clear what's the best method for playing AVI's with correct aspect ratio.
From what I understand some folks transcode video files from avi to mpg using batch files, and then playback the mpg's. I also read somewhere to just use hauppauge software for avi playback. I gather there is no possibility of mapping the aspect ratio control (F7) to a button on the MVP remote?
I guess what I would like to know is there any 'real-time' GBPVR method for watching AVI's using the correct aspect ratio? ,...and if there is could someone give me the '411'...
I decided to buy myself a usb DVB stick from ebay it has an AF9005 tuner? if this is helpful?
I have installed the software (blaze) then attempted to scan for channels... nothing at all .. doesnt find a sausage.
I have tried different computer (laptop and another pc .. no luck)
I have tried different aerials (both a boosted DTV aerial and a large rooftop antenna which receives DTV signals for our set top box with no probs what so ever)
also prior to buying I borrowed my friends freecom usb stick and this worked A-OK.
so question is.. is this a config issue or have I bought a dud?
please help as this is very frustrating to say the least!
I'm using the latest GB-PVR and wanted to switch my media libraries from icon view to list view. I toggled the check box in the configuration app and I seem to be stuck in icon view. Could that checkbox not be tied into the newly re-written Video Library?
If someone knows what the setting is call in the config file, I could try setting it that way.
Anyone know if this works with GBPVR well? It has everything I need on one board... video card, tv out (as a seperate monitor) and tv tuner.... if this works with GBPVR then i'm set!
EDIT: I see the all in wonder has no IR BLaster... perhaps a strike against it... Anyone know if GBPVR can control a comcast motorola digital cable box through serial? I know the box has a port on it...
If I take my every day system (2.8ghz, 1.2g ram, 300gb hard drive) that I use for surfing, gaming, etc, add a WinTV-USB2 and an MVP, and install GBPVR, will that be enough to have a "homemade tivo"?
I'm new to this and the range of hardware choices is a little overwhelming, so i'm not sure what works with what. I'm also a little unclear on what role GBPVR plays in all of this since the WinTV-USB2 allows scheduled recording (does the PC have to be on for that to happen or can you program it ahead of time and "load" the schedule to the WinTV-USB2?) and the MVP allows playback...
My previous experience over the last year and a half has been with BlueMCE2 and Contour HC without baseskin. I switched over to ContourHC about 4 months ago and loved it! I switched to the baseskin contour HC skin the other night as My Music and or Xrecord were not working (recently upgraded to the latest GBPVR version and my music plugins) and switching to baseskin seemed to let me get going again.
1) I noticed that I no longer have the indicator at the top of the TV guide indicating other shows are being recorded for that time slot. Do I need to edit a XML file somewhere to turn that feature back on? I scanned throught the xml file in the TVGuide and nothing jumped out at me for enabling that feature.
2) I keep reading about a theme manager. Do I need to install this seperately? I am not clear on this. Should it show up in the the main gbpvr config file under the plugin tab? Should I be able to do something with the theme manager from withing gbpvr?
I'm getting this error message when trying to watch tv. I am using a All-In-Wonder 9600 which I created in to the direct.ini file. Here is a copy of the information for the card. Maybe something is wrong with it. I have tried multiple mpeg2 codecs with no luck.
[ATI All-In-Wonder]
INIT_MODE=DEFAULT
INIT_MSP=0
LIVE_PREVIEW_MODE=2
SUPPORTS_FM_RADIO=1
BLACKBIRD=1
CONEXANT=1
FILTER_CROSSBAR=ATI T200 AVStream Analog Xbar
FILTER_CAPTURE=ATI T200 AVStream Analog Capture
FILTER_TV_TUNER=ATI T200 AVStream Analog Tuner
FILTER_TV_AUDIO=ATI T200 AVStream Analog TV Audio
FILTER_ENCODER=ATI AVStream MPEG2 Multiplexer
PIN_CROSSBAR_VIDEO_TUNER_IN=Video Tuner In
PIN_CROSSBAR_AUDIO_TUNER_IN=Audio Tuner In
PIN_CROSSBAR_VIDEO_DECODER_OUT=Video Decoder Out
PIN_CROSSBAR_AUDIO_DECODER_OUT=Audio Decoder Out
PIN_TVTUNER_ANALOG_VIDEO_OUT=Analog Video
PIN_TVTUNER_ANALOG_AUDIO_OUT=Analog Audio
PIN_TVAUDIO_TV_AUDIO_IN=TVAudio In
PIN_TVAUDIO_TV_AUDIO_OUT=TVAudio Out
PIN_CAPTURE_ANALOG_VIDEO_IN=ATI Analog Video Input
PIN_CAPTURE_ANALOG_AUDIO_IN=ATI Analog Audio Input
PIN_CAPTURE_PREVIEW_AUDIO_OUT=ATI Audio Capture Output
PIN_CAPTURE_I2S_OUT=ATI Video Decoder YUV Output
PIN_CAPTURE_656_OUT=ATI Audio Decoder PCM Output
PIN_ENCODER_I2S_IN=ATI MUX Video YUV Input
PIN_ENCODER_656_IN=ATI MUX Audio PCM Input
PIN_ENCODER_OUT=ATI MUX MPEG2 Output
PIN_WRITER_INPUT_IN=Input
I think it would make setting up gbpvr easier if you had presets in the config for people to chose from. I find it to be a pain after every update to have to go back and edit config.xml...
And you do seem to have lots of post about aspect ratio settings..
