Posted by: ggee - 2006-06-20, 12:56 AM - Forum: MVP & NMT
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I am trying to find the post or page that describes the difference between the difference dongles. In my dongle directory, I noe have these three. I know that the 3.0.24 dongle is just a newer version of dongle.bin.
dongle.bin
DONGLE_3.0.24088.BIN
gbmvp.bin
So I am thinking of trying out gbmvp.bin to give some feedback and was wondering what the difference is and what does and doesn't work so I don't ask the same questiosn.
Having a couple issues with the TV-Guide.
My first is, every morning when the EPG updates, I get an error box that says:
I click OK and it goes away. I don't see a problem other than the error. Ideas?
Second issue is: I'm using the XMLTV Plugin to get my channel line-up. The channel lineup comes in military time ie: 1800 = 6:00PM. If I schedule a recording from the web interface for that time, GBPVR records at 0600 or 6:00 AM. Scheduling directly from the PC or my MVP DOESN'T cause a problem.
I reverted back to Zap2it configuration, cleared and updated the EPG, but both problems still exist.
The web interface question I'll post in another forum as well, but I'd like to clear up problem one first.
I am totally new to all this pvr set up, so I'm hopeing someone will help me out here. I have a wintv 350 in a dedicated P4 2500 set up. I have managed to get the card working well using the wintv 2000 software and can see good live tv and record using schedule feature.
My tv has an svideo, scart and red white and yellow connectors on it. I have got it set up at the moment with an svideo cable from the graphics card ( not the wintv 350) into the svideo on the tv. (this seems to be the only way I can see the desktop on the tv to be able to set anything up)
The main problem is that the wintv 2000 software seems too basic and the GB PVR software is the best option I have seen with tv listings for recording. Having tried to set it up all channels seem to appear in the tv listings (cable directly from the sky box out jack into the back of the wintv 350 card) but if I try to record anything I just get fuzz. Also if I try to watch live tv it just says "video is playing back using tv out press home to return to menu" this is accompanied by a black screen.
I obviously havent got this cabled up correctly and/or do not have the settings right in the software.
Any pointers in the right direction would be greatly appreciated to save me sitting here for another night trying every combination I can find.
I need a sound card for my HTPC, that will output 5.1 digital to my home stereo receiver. I was just about to pull the trigger on a Diamond DDL sound card due to it having my requirements:
Toslink Optical output,
Dolby Digital,
and low price ($36 after rebate)
But the I notice the card does NOT have an internal digital input for the DVD-ROM. I am assuming this matters, since I will be playing DVD movies and such. Can anyone comment?
The next logical choice price-wise would be the Auzentech XMystique at $65. This has the internal digital input for the DVD. But it's using the exact same chipset as the Diamond card above that is almost half the cost. So it comes back down to whether that digital input connection matters or not.
Finally... if I'm willing to spend $65, then perhaps I should just spend $25 more for the Auzentech Xplosion. The reviews on this card are great, citing superior sound quality over the XMystique mentioned above. It has the addition of DTS - which my receiver doesn't support anyway, but I suppose it would be nice for future upgradability reasons.
But now I'm near the $100 price range, which puts the M-Audio cards into consideration as well. I am not really considering the X-fi cards as they don't have Toslink output and I don't want to buy/hassle with conversion devices.
Arrrg!! Cost is obviously a concern, but I want good 5.1 quality. I just want the best bang for my buck here.
I've run into a problem since moving with my GBPVR machine. My stats are below. What I've found is that I can't seem to watch LiveTV or record anything new. The picture and sound are both wickedly scrambled. The weird bit is that all my saved shows (in the Video Library) play back just fine. Initially, I thought that the cable itself might have been damaged in the move but swapping it out with a new one did nothing. In moving, I've kept the same cable provider (Comcast) and cable package. All the components are the same, save the new TV (upgraded from a 26" Panasonic to a 32" Hyundai LCD). Here again, I would think it would have something to do with the new TV but since my pre-move recordings play just fine, I'm pretty-well stumped. Any ideas?
I completely reinstalled my htpc server due to virus infections.
- new windows xp pro
- New .net 2.0
- latest drivers (PVR150)
- latest gbpvr (97.09)
Everything seems to work fine om my MVP except for live-tv and recordings.
I cannot seem to get any audio from my tv channels.
I get audio from old tv recordings, mp3, etc. but not from TV.
I've tried several drivers for my pvr150 but they all do not seem to work.
It had been working for 1,5 years before the reinstall.
I lately used GBPVR 95.16
I've got my hands in my hair... does anybody have a solution?
I'm having intermittent channel changing problems while using v0.97.9 of GBPVR, the DIRECTV.EXE program and a DirecTV H10 receiver connected via serial cable.
Basically everything works except that sometimes the receiver won't receive all digits of a multiple-digit channel correctly. For example, if I'm viewing live TV in GBVPVR and type 2-3-6 to change to channel 236, GBPVR accepts 236, updates the OSD to show it's now displaying 236 but the box only receives 26 (ie..doesn't get the 3) and trys to change to channel 26. This occurs about 50% of the time. Of course, this also happens when the recording service trys to change channels to capture a recording...as such, I'm missing recordings.
I switched receivers about the same time as upgrading to the new version so I'm not sure if this is related to v0.97.9 or the new receiver. Additionally, I've SWITCHED databases and installed the indexes after doing so.
Cheval,
I've tried a number of different values for DELAY, BOX, etc. and don't see any change when I do so. Have you tested your program with an H10 and, if so, can you offer suggested values for the various parameters ?
Any suggestions/ideas would be greatly appreciated !