Is there a way to set margins for the OSD? I am using VMR9, and have my ATI card set to "video mode". This makes a great playback picture, but the OSD is cropped due to the overscan.
I saw settings for OSD margin in the config.xml file, but they were XCard settings.
I have a recording setup to record at 11:00 am daily. Prior to the recording, I had remote deskoped into my server and opened gbpvr and left it open (I also have an MVP which was not being used at this time).
Around 11:05, I logged into my server PC and saw that it was recording and the gbpvr instance was in screen saver mode. I then closed the window (as I was done with it), and suddenly the recording stopped. Here is the relevent information from the recordingservice logfile:
Code:
7/19/2006 11:00:00 AM.031 INFO [6] Found new programme requiring recording: Bob the Builder
7/19/2006 11:00:00 AM.031 VERBOSE [6] Changing to channel (GBPVR.Backend.Common.NullTunerController): 6
7/19/2006 11:00:00 AM.031 VERBOSE [6] Requesting IRecordingSource to start recording: \\192.168.2.2\D\Recordings\Bob the Builder\Bob the Builder_20060719_11001130.mpg
7/19/2006 11:00:00 AM.078 VERBOSE [6] DirectRecordingSource about to start recording oid:1 channel:6
7/19/2006 11:00:02 AM.234 VERBOSE [6] recording started
7/19/2006 11:00:02 AM.234 VERBOSE [6] Programme is now recording
7/19/2006 11:00:02 AM.265 VERBOSE [6] RecordingFactory.save()
7/19/2006 11:00:02 AM.281 VERBOSE [6] Save(): Updated existing scheduled recording
7/19/2006 11:00:02 AM.281 VERBOSE [6] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/ProcessCommercialsDuringRecording
7/19/2006 11:00:02 AM.281 VERBOSE [6] getValue: /settings/ProcessCommercialsDuringRecording : true
7/19/2006 11:00:02 AM.281 VERBOSE [3] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/CommercialDetectionScheme
7/19/2006 11:00:02 AM.281 VERBOSE [3] getValue: /settings/CommercialDetectionScheme : 1
7/19/2006 11:00:02 AM.281 INFO [3] Parallel Processing thread starting...
7/19/2006 11:00:02 AM.281 VERBOSE [6] Adding \\192.168.2.2\D\Recordings\Bob the Builder\Bob the Builder_20060719_11001130.mpg to parallel processing queue
7/19/2006 11:00:02 AM.281 VERBOSE [6] RecordingFactory.getExtrasForGroup(4)
7/19/2006 11:00:10 AM.281 INFO [3] Running comskip on: \\192.168.2.2\D\Recordings\Bob the Builder\Bob the Builder_20060719_11001130.mpg
7/19/2006 11:05:41 AM.046 VERBOSE [7] Received request to stop livetv: 1
7/19/2006 11:05:41 AM.046 VERBOSE [7] Stopping live tv recording...
7/19/2006 11:05:41 AM.046 VERBOSE [7] Stopping recording oid:1
7/19/2006 11:05:41 AM.453 VERBOSE [6] RecordingStatus is now RecordingStatus.RECORDING_COMPETED
7/19/2006 11:05:41 AM.453 VERBOSE [6] RecordingFactory.save()
7/19/2006 11:05:41 AM.453 VERBOSE [6] Save(): Updated existing scheduled recording
7/19/2006 11:05:41 AM.453 VERBOSE [6] RecordingFactory.loadSchedule()
7/19/2006 11:05:41 AM.453 VERBOSE [6] getValue cached value: /settings/AutoRemoveMissingRecordings : true
7/19/2006 11:05:42 AM.765 VERBOSE [6] checking recordings
It is very interesting that somehow along the way, it got to thinking that I was watching live TV which is definately NOT the case....
Anyway, have done a scan of channels - when it finishes - GBPVR scanning crashes - with the following errors:
See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.
************** Exception Text **************
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at NativeUtilities.BDARecorder.GetPsiParserTransponderInfo()
at Config.Plugins.x501d1ffea8b79320.x692a1118e1794d77(Object xdf2e3583f942db7b, EventArgs xc4f45905cb1fc7ba)
at System.Windows.Forms.Timer.OnTick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Timer.TimerNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.
When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.
1. Is there anyway to automatically delete(remove) commercials while it is recording the they are not in the mpeg file?
2. For Video Decoder, Audio Decoder, and Audio Renderer, I just have "System Default".. should I change this? The pull down boxes have a few different ones listed.
3. What is FFDShow post-processing and should I enable it?
4. What is the easiest and best program to remove padding at the beginning and end.. and commercials from an mpeg file?
5. Is DivX the best format for smaller file sizes yet still good quality? Should I automatically convert to DivX?
I'm a PVR newbie. I just installed a PVR150MCE in a WinXP Pro machine. Everything seems to be working perfectly, except that GBPVR can't find the FM tuner. The error message is: "Unable to locate available FM tuner".
I installed the SW from the Hauppauge site, and it works with the FM tuner.
Tonight I updated from 96.12 to 97.13 and then converted the database to SQLLite using the ChangeDatabase.exe utility. Things went pretty well. The main problem I have is that some recordings are now showing as manual with no title and no description. I have attached my logs and my exported recordings XML files. Below is an example of what I am referring to. I am mainly looking for a way to get the information from my backup export file into the database. I tried a few things and it says the show is already in the database or the file has moved.
Before:
<recording>
<filename>E:\pvrdump\Caillou\Caillou_20060421_10001030.mpg</filename>
<channel>13 WILL</channel>
<status>READY</status>
<startTime>2006-04-21 10:00:00</startTime>
<endTime>2006-04-21 10:30:00</endTime>
<title>Caillou</title>
<subtitle>Machines! Brrrrrmmm!</subtitle>
<description>Caillou and his mother take the subway; recycling; remote-control robot.</description>
<uid>EP2335490098</uid>
</recording>
I had my GB-PVR box up and running perfectly until I broke my capture card. I just replaced it and thought it would be a cinch to make it run just as well as it did before. No such luck.
Since getting the computer back up and running, I updated to the latest version of GB-PVR available. It seems to work fine, except that it crashes every single time I try to play a DIVX file. It gets the generic Windows message about needing to be shut down. The file DOES play in the background, but I can't see it through the ugly Windows error.
Since I set up the box to convert everything to DIVX, I don't have any non-DIVX files to see if thats the problem. I did upgrade to the latest version of DIVX... same problem, kept crashing.
If I didn't know better, it looks like a weak signal on most of my channels. It's just staticy. 2 channels come in crystal-clear, but the others are varying levels of crappy.
I unplugged my GBPVR box and plugged the cable directly into the TV. It looks great! Through the computer, it looks crappy.
This is an older box that was out of commission for a while, since I broke my Hauppage 500 card during one of my "fixes". I replaced the card with another 500, updated GB-PVR, and have been getting this ever since.
Also worth noting is that I put in a new wireless-G card, as opposed to the wireless-B I had in there before. Could this cause some disturbance? Something else maybe?
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