Hi all, my PC does double duty and my primary PC and PVR, so I've decided I really need a direct-access remote setup to do it right. Two questions:

1) I've been trying unsuccessfully to get this to work with the MCE 2005 remote that came with my capture card. Has anyone had any success jerry-rigging this without having to use girder? I've heard of autohotkey.com but haven't had a chance to investigate. Any success stories there?

2) If I can't get the above working, I think I'll just need to purchase a Hauppauge remote and use GBPVR's built-in "direct access" feature, which it seems people have been able to get to work with both the 34 and 45-button remotes. I'm thinking Ebay is the best place to get one of these, and there certain model numbers I need to keep an eye out for, or will any remote that came with any of the Hauppauge cards work, provided it has the IR receiver/remote setup?

3) Any other easy solutions I've overlooked?

Thanks all these forums are great, and so is GBPVR!!!

Nothing has changed as far as setup since upgrade to new version the day it came out. As of yesterday , when watching live tv through coaxial cable frame rate is @ 1/2 what it should be , and when trying to watch a premium channel through the stb and the av in , the frame rate is at best 1 FPS , looks more like a slide show.
Recordings made since the problem was noticed appear to be fine. I am using overlay for tv out as it seems to work best and have been since day one. Any idea's ?? Thanks.

OK I bought the PVR-350 thinking it was the best choice.

Now I find there are issues using the on-board hardware playback decoding and getting OSD at the same time. Basically you can't. You have to have the PC monitor to see GBPVR and the menus. You can output fairly high quality video to the TV, but no menus, no OSD. I don't want to keep the PC monitor around, so this is an issue for me.

I have been able to make it work using software decoding, but the video is less quality than the hardware.

I've pretty much decided that the 350 won't do OSD. Not sure why it's not supported.

I have some questions:

1) Should I dump the 350 and get a 250 or 150? Do these cards have the same issue or does the 250 work fine with OSD? I believe there is no hardware playback feature on the lower models.

2) Should I buy an Sigma X-Card for hardware playback or just get an MVP?

It seems if I can put the PC near the TV, then the X-card is the best answer for quality. But if I want the PC in another room then the MVP is the best choice? Is this correct? Can anyone help on the decision to go MVP or X-Card....thoughts....experiences?

Thanks!

Hi, as above titled? If so, pls direct...thx you.

Sub,

If you add a new language to the SelectLanguage.XML file (for example "<language name="My Language" file="language.ansi.my.xml"/>") and then select that language it will default back to English every time you enter Config.exe.

Dont know if this is a feature or bug.

\\Anders

As of today my Live TV is getting "Failed to communicate with the recording service". I have added 2 extra channels to my lineup today. And tweaked the channel mappings a bit.

I've attached what i think are the relevant log files.

Any ideas?

I know i'm on 96.12, but hopefully something obvious is in the log files.

Regards.

Ive spent all weekend trying to configure gbpvr with plugins and baes skin. It was running fine with no plugins in blue skin but since instaling plugins keeps closing down after about 30 seckonds of beening open. It gives the mesage that gbpvr.exe has had to close. I have tryed everything i can think of including turning off the plugins and changing the skin, and lots of adjustments to configueration but still no luck. I can navigate the menues for a short time before gbpvr shuts down and hav even acessed the weather and my misic. Please find to follow eror mesages from a log file i hope this means somethin to someone. help this is driveing me mad.

recording service
29/05/2006 17:34:46.671 VERBOSE [1] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/RecordingServiceLocation
29/05/2006 17:34:46.671 VERBOSE [1] getValue: /settings/RecordingServiceLocation : tcp://localhost:7968/RecordingRemote
29/05/2006 17:34:46.687 VERBOSE [1] Initializing skin helper for: .\skin\BaseSkin\main menu\skin.xml
29/05/2006 17:34:46.703 ERROR [1] Unable to find node: /settings/SpecialElements/SpecialElement[@name="MenuType"]
29/05/2006 17:34:46.718 VERBOSE [1] Loading key mapping: C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\KeyMappings\mainmenu.xml
29/05/2006 17:34:46.718 VERBOSE [1] Adding: Return MENU_ENTER



of next recording panel
29/05/2006 17:34:50.296 VERBOSE [1] Loading recording list for next recording panel
29/05/2006 17:34:50.312 VERBOSE [1] RecordingFactory.loadSchedule()
29/05/2006 17:34:50.312 VERBOSE [1] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/AutoRemoveMissingRecordings
29/05/2006 17:34:50.312 VERBOSE [1] getValue: /settings/AutoRemoveMissingRecordings : true
29/05/2006 17:34:50.312 ERROR [1] Unexpected error rendering panel: Unspecified error
29/05/2006 17:34:50.312 ERROR [1] at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnectionInternal..ctor(Ol eDbConnectionString constr, OleDbConnection connection)
at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnectionFactory.CreateCon nection(DbConnectionOptions options, Object poolGroupProviderInfo, DbConnectionPool pool, DbConnection owningObject)
at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.Creat eNonPooledConnection(DbConnection owningConnection, DbConnectionPoolGroup poolGroup)
at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.GetCo nnection(DbConnection owningConnection)
at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionClosed.OpenCo nnection(DbConnection outerConnection, DbConnectionFactory connectionFactory)
at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection.Open()
at GBPVR.Backend.Common.xcbcfc48b9705b7a2.xa19cc1d2df 8cbd74()
at GBPVR.Backend.Common.x396614b3dae3b1da.x005239145b 965dc1()
at GBPVR.Panels.x18f56f732cd3e8b1.panelNeedsRendering ()
at GBPVR.x86396f56243de9fb.xb1cbc922a07ef39b()
29/05/2006 17:34:50.640 VERBOSE [12] Found weather URL for UKXX0085 of http://www.weather.com/maps/local/lo...presname=Video Forecast&region=null
29/05/2006 17:34:50.953 VERBOSE [12] Found animated map page for UKXX0085 of http://image.weather.com/looper/archive/uksat_600x405/
29/05/2006 17:34:50.953 VERBOSE [12] Weather plugin downloading animated weather map frame 1 for UKXX0085
29/05/2006 17:34:51.765 VERBOSE [12] Weather plugin downloading animated weather map frame 2 for UKXX0085
29/05/2006 17:34:52.515 VERBOSE [12] Weather plugin downloading animated weather map frame 3 for UKXX0085
29/05/2006 17:34:53.203 VERBOSE [12] Weather plugin downloading animated weather map frame 4 for UKXX0085
29/05/2006 17:34:53.859 VERBOSE [12] Weather plugin downloading animated weather map frame 5 for UKXX0085
29/05/2006 17:34:54.546 VERBOSE [12] Weather plugin done download animated weather map for UKXX0085
29/05/2006 17:34:54.546 VERBOSE [12] Weather plugin done with download for UKXX0085
29/05/2006 17:35:01.046 VERBOSE [1] HideMouse ref=-1
29/05/2006 17:35:01.078 ERROR [1] Unexpected error rendering panel: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
29/05/2006 17:35:01.078 ERROR [1] at GBPVR.Panels.x18f56f732cd3e8b1.panelNeedsRendering ()
at GBPVR.x86396f56243de9fb.xb1cbc922a07ef39b()

Ive spent all weekend trying to configure gbpvr with plugins and baes skin. It was running fine with no plugins in blue skin but since instaling plugins keeps closing down after about 30 seckonds of beening open. It gives the mesage that gbpvr.exe has had to close. I have tryed everything i can think of including turning off the plugins and changing the skin, and lots of adjustments to configueration but still no luck. I can navigate the menues for a short time before gbpvr shuts down and hav even acessed the weather and my misic. Please find to follow eror mesages from a log file i hope this means somethin to someone. help this is driveing me mad.

recording service
29/05/2006 17:34:46.671 VERBOSE [1] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/RecordingServiceLocation
29/05/2006 17:34:46.671 VERBOSE [1] getValue: /settings/RecordingServiceLocation : tcp://localhost:7968/RecordingRemote
29/05/2006 17:34:46.687 VERBOSE [1] Initializing skin helper for: .\skin\BaseSkin\main menu\skin.xml
29/05/2006 17:34:46.703 ERROR [1] Unable to find node: /settings/SpecialElements/SpecialElement[@name="MenuType"]
29/05/2006 17:34:46.718 VERBOSE [1] Loading key mapping: C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\KeyMappings\mainmenu.xml
29/05/2006 17:34:46.718 VERBOSE [1] Adding: Return MENU_ENTER



of next recording panel
29/05/2006 17:34:50.296 VERBOSE [1] Loading recording list for next recording panel
29/05/2006 17:34:50.312 VERBOSE [1] RecordingFactory.loadSchedule()
29/05/2006 17:34:50.312 VERBOSE [1] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/AutoRemoveMissingRecordings
29/05/2006 17:34:50.312 VERBOSE [1] getValue: /settings/AutoRemoveMissingRecordings : true
29/05/2006 17:34:50.312 ERROR [1] Unexpected error rendering panel: Unspecified error
29/05/2006 17:34:50.312 ERROR [1] at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnectionInternal..ctor(OleDbConnectionString constr, OleDbConnection connection)
at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnectionFactory.CreateConnection(DbConnectionOptions options, Object poolGroupProviderInfo, DbConnectionPool pool, DbConnection owningObject)
at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.CreateNonPooledConnection(DbConnection owningConnection, DbConnectionPoolGroup poolGroup)
at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.GetConnection(DbConnection owningConnection)
at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionClosed.OpenConnection(DbConnection outerConnection, DbConnectionFactory connectionFactory)
at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection.Open()
at GBPVR.Backend.Common.xcbcfc48b9705b7a2.xa19cc1d2df8cbd74()
at GBPVR.Backend.Common.x396614b3dae3b1da.x005239145b965dc1()
at GBPVR.Panels.x18f56f732cd3e8b1.panelNeedsRendering()
at GBPVR.x86396f56243de9fb.xb1cbc922a07ef39b()
29/05/2006 17:34:50.640 VERBOSE [12] Found weather URL for UKXX0085 of http://www.weather.com/maps/local/local/...name=Video Forecast&region=null
29/05/2006 17:34:50.953 VERBOSE [12] Found animated map page for UKXX0085 of http://image.weather.com/looper/archive/uksat_600x405/
29/05/2006 17:34:50.953 VERBOSE [12] Weather plugin downloading animated weather map frame 1 for UKXX0085
29/05/2006 17:34:51.765 VERBOSE [12] Weather plugin downloading animated weather map frame 2 for UKXX0085
29/05/2006 17:34:52.515 VERBOSE [12] Weather plugin downloading animated weather map frame 3 for UKXX0085
29/05/2006 17:34:53.203 VERBOSE [12] Weather plugin downloading animated weather map frame 4 for UKXX0085
29/05/2006 17:34:53.859 VERBOSE [12] Weather plugin downloading animated weather map frame 5 for UKXX0085
29/05/2006 17:34:54.546 VERBOSE [12] Weather plugin done download animated weather map for UKXX0085
29/05/2006 17:34:54.546 VERBOSE [12] Weather plugin done with download for UKXX0085
29/05/2006 17:35:01.046 VERBOSE [1] HideMouse ref=-1
29/05/2006 17:35:01.078 ERROR [1] Unexpected error rendering panel: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
29/05/2006 17:35:01.078 ERROR [1] at GBPVR.Panels.x18f56f732cd3e8b1.panelNeedsRendering()
at GBPVR.x86396f56243de9fb.xb1cbc922a07ef39b()

I have a 2.0ghz pentium 4 with 512mb of ram with a clean install of windows xp sp2. I also have the latest video drivers for my radeon 7000, and the latest drivers for my pvr-150 tv tuner card. I also have ms .net framework v2.0 installed, and of course GB-PVR v0.97.7 is installed. I am using an external directv tuner box connected to the svideo input of the pvr-150. GB-PVR works perfectly how I want it for a small period of time. After 15 seconds - 2 minutes the computer bluescreens and the computer reboots. I have tried 10 times, and still no success. Any ideas? This is very discouraging since GB-PVR would work perfectly otherwise.

Does gbpvr support fm radio on the mvp. I have no problem using it on the computer , but no channels show up on the mvp.

Many Thanks Jase