I have the latest build, and I keep getting this error (attached) in TV Guide.

(I think it has something to do with the fact that I have two recordings happening simultaneously--i have two tuners; cause this happens when i scroll over to the recordings)

Hi,

First of all i wanna say i love this software.

I have a Ati Tv Wonder elite and I've been using it for 5-6 months now. I wanted to know if i can fix the black borders in my recordings in the video.

Usually i allways have black border on the right side of video and don't in left in the recordings. attached screen shots

Second I usually only record NBA games, is there a way i can record in DVD format or either xvid/divx?

any help would be appriciated thanks in advance.

also if someone can give me their config file for tv wonder elite i can try that thanks.

If anyone is interested, here are the settings file after I trained my IR200L with DirecTV D11 (the new model, small silver, I think its an OEM'ed Philips).

Enjoy
-anedjf

DEFAULT 38804 596
CHANNEL1 78 r 60 56 b5 f6
CHANNEL2 83 n 00 cc aa 94 fe
78 r 60 56 a5 f4
CHANNEL3 85 n 00 cc aa 2c fb
80 r 60 56 65 d9
CHANNEL4 84 n 00 cc aa 95 fd
79 r 60 56 ad ec
CHANNEL5 84 n 00 cc aa 6d fd
79 r 60 56 6d eb
CHANNEL6 85 n 00 cc aa 69 fb
80 r 60 56 4d db
CHANNEL7 86 n 00 cc aa d9 f4
81 r 60 56 cd a6
CHANNEL8 84 n 00 cc 2a 35 fd
79 r 60 56 a9 e9
CHANNEL9 86 n 00 cc 2a 6d f6
81 r 60 56 69 b3
CHANNEL0 85 n 00 cc 6a 6d fa
80 r 60 56 6b d3
ENTER 85 n 00 cc 6a 99 fa
80 r 60 56 cb d4

I got this common error and I looked at the logs but could not decipher much. When I try to tune in to Sat channels coming from PVR-150 S-Video port I get this error. It does not happen with cable channels. This used to work before the latest upgrade. Recording from Sat channels works fine. Please find the logs attached. Thanks

Me and my cousin rounded up some spare parts we had around and decided to make a PVR using GB-PVR. The parts we have accumulated are as follows:

250 watt ATX Power Supply
Shuttle SpaceWalker MB with AC'97 Audio (I have to check on the model)
AMD Athlon 1GHz
512MB+ SDRAM
Toshiba 8x DVD+/-RW Drive
WD 40GB Hard Drive (Plan on upgrading later)
ATI Rage Fury Pro (32MB Memory)
nVidia GeForce 3 (32MB Memory, may be 64MB, I have to check)
Hauppauge PVR-250MCE
The Hauppauge MCE Remote PVR150 Model 1062/232 (ordered on eBay several months after we had the TV-Tuner)

So the great question is: Will it work? The video cards that we have are fairly old, but I had hope that they would work with GB-PVR. If not, can you recommend something fairly inexpensive that would work well. Also, I believe we have around 768MB total memory, but I am unsure if all of it is good.

I stumbled across this PVR program last nigh. All I have to say is WOW! I am impressed.

I do have one issue. When I try to play live TV in the PC, I get the "Object reference not set to an instance of an object. This seems to be a common issue that has various potential solutions. I have browsed the WIKI for installation help and the forums for any advice. I tried them all with no success. I have got the TV scheduler and DVD player function to work great!

Here is my setup :
Biostar Motherboard with Athlon 3000 - 64 bit
1Gb of DDR Kingston RAM
Haupauge 350 PCI TV tuner with Radio
Fresh install of Windows XP and all updates
.net runtime v1.1

What I have tried according to the forum :
Change the hardware decoder option from Hauppauge PVR350 to None - use software decoder
Change the Live Preview Mode Deinterlacing settings (experimemted)
Ensured that I had a MPEG2 Decoder Installed (PowerDVD)

I will attach the logs. Not sure which ones will help though.

Thanks in advance for any direction.

Todd Wohlwend

I'm just getting my PVR project off the ground. I have to say that without all the excellent resources online I wouldn't have a chance of doing this. I feel pretty confident about most things, but I get hung up on the little things...

I will be using two different drives. The OS is already installed on a small drive. I will be adding a large drive for all my video storage. Which drive should I install GBPVR on? Does it matter? I will be using a MediaMVP.

This is just the first of what is sure to be many posts.

Thanks, Merlynn

hello I got a small problem I can't get inside my recordings unless I look to the video library is I use the recordings button I get the following error: the specifed cast is not valid" now that is a big problem because it also kills my reoccuring recordings. What can I do to fix this?
Ergo what database file is corrupted I dun mind reprogramming and accessing my past recordings from video library (which was a work around for my 1gb avi problem anyway). But I need help
terramir

I've installed gbpvr last week and everything worked fine out of the box (except for some user error ). But now I am experiencing some problems with the TvGuide and epg update and I am really clueless what to do.

After my last epg update only 3 channels showed up in the tv guide and moving the cursor up results in the following error (note: I am using the german version):

[SIZE="1"]21.03.2006 00:10:19.390 VERBOSE [2] installDirectory is C:\Programme\devnz\gbpvr\
21.03.2006 00:10:19.390 VERBOSE [2] configurationFile is C:\Programme\devnz\gbpvr\config.xml
21.03.2006 00:10:19.406 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/DatabaseConnectionString
21.03.2006 00:10:19.406 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/DatabaseConnectionString : Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=".\gbpvr.mdb";User Id=admin;Password=
21.03.2006 00:10:19.406 VERBOSE [2] databaseConnectionString is Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source="C:\Programme\devnz\gbpvr\\gbpvr.mdb";User Id=admin;Password=
21.03.2006 00:10:19.406 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/LoggingLevel
21.03.2006 00:10:19.406 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/LoggingLevel : Error
21.03.2006 00:10:19.812 ERROR [2] Unable to find node: /settings/SpecialElements/SpecialElement[@name="ForegroundTransparency"]
21.03.2006 00:10:19.875 ERROR [2] Unable to find node: /settings/SpecialElements/SpecialElement[@name="MenuType"]
21.03.2006 00:10:19.921 ERROR [2] Unable to find node: /settings/SpecialElements/SpecialElement[@name="CloseButton"]
21.03.2006 00:10:38.125 ERROR [23] Unable to find node: /settings/SpecialElements/SpecialElement[@name="ForegroundTransparency"]
21.03.2006 00:18:39.031 ERROR [23] Der Objektverweis wurde nicht auf eine Objektinstanz festgelegt.
21.03.2006 00:18:39.031 ERROR [23] at xae10db17d26ba033.x05e13382b8294c7a.render(Boolean& xbae0ec4fbb835d1e)
at xae10db17d26ba033.x86396f56243de9fb.render(Boolean& xbae0ec4fbb835d1e)
at xae10db17d26ba033.xbb1566157f5f8b1f.xdae9991ab918b397(Object xdf2e3583f942db7b, KeyEventArgs xc4f45905cb1fc7ba)
at xae10db17d26ba033.xbb1566157f5f8b1f.x458c85690540575e()[/SIZE]

The error I am referring to roughly translates to "Object reference not set to an instance of an object". I also tried to empty the epg before pointing to a new file and updating it, but it didn't help.

The xml files I got from xmltv and tvxb are absolutely well-formed and free of errors. You can have a look at them here if you like:
http://www.jeanjoswig.de/download/xmltv.xml for tvxb
http://www.jeanjoswig.de/download/today.xml for xmltv

My configuration looks like this: PVR250 + MVP + WinXP connected over RJ45 - no plugins except the standard ones.

As I already said I am completely clueless at the moment. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Edit: Forgot the log files: http://www.jeanjoswig.de/download/gbpvr.zip

very new to this = site, tv/video capturing and networking = so please just a little help

pc1 = 2.4G, 760MB, AIW9800Pro, xp home
pc2 = 450M, 300MB, 9000pro, xp pro
dlink wireless = 54Mbps

using the highly praise gbpvr
is it possible to stream tv show i get from my pc1 to pc2 and control the channel in pc2 (possible links for more info?)
is possible to stream movie from pc1 to pc2 and control the playback on pc2 (possible links for more info?)
best plug-ins to use w/gbpvr to give best possible video quality while recording tv shows or from vhs/dvcam

thanks for all those willing to help