Hello Everyone,
this is my first posting after moving to GB-PVR from Mythtv (Which I'd actually got sort of working but too many crashes)
I'm using a Pundit-r, and I gave up on Myth when ffwd and rev stopped working on my PVR350 out (after an upgrade), and I'd spent too may hours trying to get the alternative ATI tv out to work under Linux.
One thing that Myth did rather well (when it worked) was the variable ffwd/rev function (very high WAF)
Now I've moved (setting up GB-PVR was as a Sunday afternoon stroll is to a hike up Everest compared to setting up Mythtv), I'm having problems with the ffwd/rev functions
First of all I'm NOT using the PVR-350 out but the ATI integrated card
I've unchecked the ffwd = skip checkbox in setup
All the stuff below refers to recordings, not live tv.
When I press ffwd on the Hauppage remote it moves forwards at about the same speed as normal play. When I press reverse it does nothing unless I hold it down, when I get the odd frame going backwards.
Problem is: Having never used GBPVR before I'm not even sure how it is supposed to work.
I'm assuming that the ffwd and rev keys are sticky, and that I should be seeing a picture moving forwards or backwards at about 3x Normal speed until I press play?
I'm assuming that there is only 1 speed each way and to go faster I would use skip?
Skip seems to work fine apart from that
I thought that pressing "30 >|" on the remote should skip me forwards 30 mins but this doesn't seem to happen?
Could my problems be related to the codec that I'm using (Intervideo for Hauppage) ?
Thanks for any help. This is a great piece of software and I'll be clicking on the Paypal link as soon as I've got everything set up and working
Pundit-R
2.4GH Celeron D
512MB
Integrated ATI Graphics with TV out
XP Pro
PVR350 (only as input)
Intervideo Hauppage Codec
External control of Sky Digibox through Winlirc and Pacelink device
My STB has one input for coax, and one output. That way you can connect your rooftop to the box, and then on to the TV set. Or, in my case, on to my nova-t. I'm guessing that the STB has some sort of signal booster, but I'm not sure. Do you guys know if that's usually the case?
Would I be better off using a splitter/booster setup in front of my STB and connect the STB and the nova-t from the external splitter/booster?
First time poster here, and new to GBPVR as of 96.12. Great program and loving it, even got the WAF pretty high after a week of nagging from fiddling with the initial config and setting it up. Then it all came crashing down when my Mobo decided to move onto bigger and better things. So now I am going move my setup over to a faster computer I have sitting around. Can I just copy the folder structure of GBPVR to a temp drive, then format the new computer, install GBPVR, then copy the old folder structure back over and be good to go? (And yes, planning to retain the same drive letter assignments and partitions as before, I just want to save the DB and config files and the shows I already have recorded) Or if there is a better way to move an existing setup to a new machine while retaining all data, I would love to be educated Looking forward to hanging out around here, great info in the forums.
Great job with the new software, Sub, been enjoying the improved performance of the new SQLite database.
One problem I've had since the upgrade is my normally great picture quality has suddenly got a bit blurry during action and almost slow-mo looking, like it was before I upgraded to the PureVideo decoder & using hardware acceleration.
I've double checked my settings, and tried about everything - it's set to use the nVidia Decoder, but I do not believe it is ---- is there any way for sure to tell? When I play using WMP the video looks great again, I get the little icon in the tray that shows me settings and datarate - I can't honestly remember if GBPVR fires off the tray app normally or not when it is using purevideo -- currently, it is not.
I've also been getting a few misc unrelated errors now and then that don't seem to be service affecting - I won't bother anyone with those though until I get a chance to check over the forum and see if the topic has already been discussed.....
Here is my log - it almost seems as if maybe it's using different decoders for recorded video playback vs liveTV playback
00:22:55.046 INFO Log started
00:22:55.046 VERBOSE getSetting(VMR9CustomAllocatorRenderer)
00:22:55.046 VERBOSE getSetting(ShowClosedCaptions)
00:22:55.046 VERBOSE getSetting(UseFFDSHOW)
00:22:55.046 VERBOSE getSetting(TvShape)
00:22:55.046 VERBOSE getSetting(EnableTeleText)
00:22:55.046 VERBOSE getSetting(ForcedGraphTeardown)
00:22:55.046 VERBOSE getSetting(HorizontalZoom)
00:22:55.046 VERBOSE Horizontal Zoom: 1.050000
00:22:55.046 VERBOSE getSetting(VerticalZoom)
00:22:55.046 VERBOSE Vertical Zoom: 1.000000
00:22:55.046 VERBOSE getSetting(HorizontalOffset)
00:22:55.046 VERBOSE Horizontal Offset: 0
00:22:55.046 VERBOSE getSetting(VerticalOffset)
00:22:55.046 VERBOSE Vertical Offset: 0
00:22:55.046 VERBOSE getSetting(LiveTVPrePlayDelay)
00:22:55.046 VERBOSE getSetting(OSDTransparency)
00:22:55.046 VERBOSE getSetting(TeletextRect)
00:22:55.062 VERBOSE MinimumFilePlaySize=200000
00:22:55.093 VERBOSE DirectShowPlayerVMR9() initialising...
00:22:55.093 VERBOSE getSetting(OSDTransparency)
00:23:05.890 VERBOSE FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: CyberLink MPEG Muxer
00:23:18.562 INFO DirectShowPlayerBase::playVideoFile(F:\Recorded_video\Thomas & Friends\Thomas & Friends_20060507_07300800.mpg)
00:23:18.578 VERBOSE Creating new graph
00:23:18.578 VERBOSE getSetting(PreferredAudioRenderer)
00:23:18.609 VERBOSE getSetting(VMRWindowedMode)
00:23:18.640 VERBOSE detected FPS as 29.970000
00:23:18.640 VERBOSE getSetting(PreferredAudioDecoder)
00:23:18.875 VERBOSE audio decoder filter: NVIDIA Audio Decoder
00:23:18.875 VERBOSE getSetting(PreferredDecoder)
00:23:18.968 VERBOSE video decoder filter: NVIDIA Video Decoder
00:23:18.968 VERBOSE getSetting(PreferredMpegPlaybackDemux)
00:23:19.406 VERBOSE getSetting(ListGraphFilters)
00:23:19.406 VERBOSE Graph contains the following filters:
00:23:19.406 VERBOSE - Default DirectSound Device
00:23:19.406 VERBOSE - Video Renderer
00:23:19.406 VERBOSE - NVIDIA Video Decoder
00:23:19.406 VERBOSE - NVIDIA Audio Decoder
00:23:19.406 VERBOSE - GB-PVR Flow Status
00:23:19.406 VERBOSE - MPEG-2 Demultiplexer
00:23:19.406 VERBOSE - F:\Recorded_video\Thomas & Friends\Thomas & Friends_20060507_07300800.mpg
00:23:19.406 VERBOSE getSetting(SaveGraphFiles)
00:23:19.421 VERBOSE setSourceAspectRatio() using autoAspectRatio
00:23:19.421 VERBOSE video resolution is 640 x 480
00:23:19.421 VERBOSE unknown source aspect ratio...showing full frame
00:23:19.421 INFO DirectShowPlayerBase::playFile() done
00:23:19.437 VERBOSE DirectShowPlayerBase:etPlaybackRate(1.000000)
00:23:19.437 VERBOSE Restoring audio
00:23:19.531 VERBOSE setSourceAspectRatio() using autoAspectRatio
00:23:19.531 VERBOSE video resolution is 640 x 480
00:23:19.531 VERBOSE source is 4:3
00:25:04.031 VERBOSE NativeUtilities::MediaHelper:top()
00:25:04.046 VERBOSE DirectShowPlayerBase:top
00:25:04.046 VERBOSE DirectShowPlayerBase:top@2 (skipping window positioning)
00:25:04.046 VERBOSE DirectShowPlayerBase:top@3
00:25:04.078 VERBOSE DirectShowPlayerBase:top@4
00:25:04.078 VERBOSE DirectShowPlayerBase:top@5
00:25:04.078 VERBOSE DirectShowPlayerBase:top@6
00:25:04.078 VERBOSE DirectShowPlayerBase:top@7
00:25:04.078 VERBOSE DirectShowPlayerBase:top@8
00:25:04.109 VERBOSE DirectShowPlayerBase:top finished
00:25:10.718 VERBOSE ConexantRecorder::StartRecording(1, 1, 10, 0)
00:25:10.718 VERBOSE target filename:
00:25:10.718 VERBOSE getSetting(DeinterlaceMethod)
00:25:10.718 VERBOSE Capture Device is based on BlackBird architecture
00:25:10.718 VERBOSE Capture Device is using Conexant (derived) drivers
00:25:10.718 VERBOSE Loading filter names
00:25:10.718 VERBOSE Found names:
00:25:10.718 VERBOSE Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Crossbar
00:25:10.718 VERBOSE Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Capture
00:25:10.718 VERBOSE Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II TvTuner
00:25:10.718 VERBOSE Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II TvAudio
00:25:10.750 VERBOSE ConnectPins: 'Analog Audio' to 'TVAudio In'
00:25:10.906 VERBOSE ConnectPins: 'Audio Decoder Out' to 'Analog Audio In'
00:25:10.953 VERBOSE put_Mode(AMTUNER_MODE_TV)
00:25:10.968 VERBOSE put_CountryCode(1)
00:25:10.968 VERBOSE put_TuningSpace(1)
00:25:10.968 VERBOSE put_InputType(0, 0)
00:25:10.968 VERBOSE put_ConnectInput(0)
00:25:10.968 VERBOSE put_Channel(10, AMTUNER_SUBCHAN_DEFAULT, AMTUNER_SUBCHAN_DEFAULT)
00:25:11.140 VERBOSE get_VideoFrequency() returns 193250000
00:25:11.140 VERBOSE get_CountryCode() returns 1
00:25:11.140 VERBOSE About to query available formats
00:25:11.140 VERBOSE ConexantRecorder::SetConfigurationECP()
00:25:11.156 INFO Firmware Version 2.5.32
Audio Firmware Version <<can't read now>>
Model 23552 Rev D592
Serial No: 8223956
Tuner[1]: Model 92 (Philips FQ1236A_MK4)
Tuner[2]: Model 101 (Philips TEA5768HL) (With Radio)
Decoder: 30
AudioIC: 37
Input Map: C= 0x000f, S= 0x0003
00:25:11.187 VERBOSE getSetting(EnableTeleText)
00:25:11.187 VERBOSE getSetting(ListGraphFilters)
00:25:11.187 VERBOSE Graph contains the following filters:
00:25:11.187 VERBOSE - Hauppauge WinTV Color Format Converter 2
00:25:11.187 VERBOSE - Capture
00:25:11.187 VERBOSE - Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Crossbar
00:25:11.187 VERBOSE - TV Audio
00:25:11.187 VERBOSE - TV Tuner
00:25:11.187 VERBOSE getSetting(SaveGraphFiles)
00:25:11.187 VERBOSE ConexantRecorder::StartRecording() done
00:25:11.203 INFO DirectShowPlayerBase::playLiveStream(pGB, 'Color Converter', 'Out', 'Capture', 'Audio Out', hwnd)
00:25:11.234 VERBOSE getSetting(VMRWindowedMode)
00:25:11.234 VERBOSE getSetting(PreferredAudioRenderer)
00:25:11.234 VERBOSE getSetting(DeinterlaceMethod)
00:25:11.265 VERBOSE FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: None
00:25:11.359 VERBOSE getSetting(ListGraphFilters)
00:25:11.359 VERBOSE Graph contains the following filters:
00:25:11.359 VERBOSE - Default DirectSound Device
00:25:11.359 VERBOSE - Video Renderer
00:25:11.359 VERBOSE - Hauppauge WinTV Color Format Converter 2
00:25:11.359 VERBOSE - Capture
00:25:11.359 VERBOSE - Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Crossbar
00:25:11.359 VERBOSE - TV Audio
00:25:11.359 VERBOSE - TV Tuner
00:25:11.359 VERBOSE getSetting(SaveGraphFiles)
00:25:11.359 VERBOSE setSourceAspectRatio() using autoAspectRatio
00:25:11.359 VERBOSE video resolution is 720 x 480
00:25:11.359 VERBOSE unknown source aspect ratio...showing full frame
00:25:11.421 INFO DirectShowPlayerBase::playLiveStream() done
00:25:11.421 VERBOSE put_Channel(10, AMTUNER_SUBCHAN_DEFAULT, AMTUNER_SUBCHAN_DEFAULT)
I have a couple of largish "GBPVR.log" ZIP attachments on (now) closed or (then) uneditable threads, which I would now like to delete (as others may wish to do too, through the USER Control Panel (USER CP)), so that I can make room for other attachments and also not clog up the system with "dead files", which lets face it, most the logs become after sub has had a look at them once :o
Presumably Sub will "lay waste" (this expression jogged my memory from school waaay back, so many Latin words for "lay waste"!!) the threads at some stage, but is there any way to do this in the meantime?
Recenlty, after the new release, Ive been having to restart the recording service sometime after a recording, in order to watch Live TV, be cause i get the "no connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it" message. anything obvious that I'm doing wrong?
I recently had to do a clean install on my pvr box, and I can't remember a parameter that I altered in comskip.Comskip frequently cuts off the last second or two before a commercial on most of my prgrams, and then comes back to the program a second or two allready into it. There was something someone on here told me to modify that would add "padding" to the commercials, so that I could gain a second or two after a commercial starts before it skips. Anyone know how to do this, or unsure about what I m asking?
I've been trying to figure out how I can record with lowest CPU usage, as I can't get WinTVCap to works I'm trying GBRecord. But it unfortunely stops saving the stream after about 750 MB, why?
With sub looking into other possibilities for webhosting, it seems like this would be a good time for some wiki housekeeping.
If Wiki posters could take some time ,when the opportunity arises, to review their own "attached files" for files that are obsolete.
There seems to be alot of unused files with no active links, taking up disk space (including site backups I am sure). Removal of these files might not mean much, but they may lower disk space costing requirements.
So now I am going move my setup over to a faster computer I have sitting around. Can I just copy the folder structure of GBPVR to a temp drive, then format the new computer, install GBPVR, then copy the old folder structure back over and be good to go? (And yes, planning to retain the same drive letter assignments and partitions as before, I just want to save the DB and config files and the shows I already have recorded) Or if there is a better way to move an existing setup to a new machine while retaining all data, I would love to be educated 
Looking forward to hanging out around here, great info in the forums.
etPlaybackRate(1.000000)
