I am experiencing what I would deem a problem when trying to listen to .mp3 files through the music library. I can't seem to fast forward or rewind .mp3 files via the remote. I am using the Hauppauge remote that works fine for my video playback.

It's obviously not a huge problem, but if it would work that sure would make my life much nicer while trying to listen to the many podcasts I listen to. Too often they ramble about crap I would rather just fast forward through.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

When a Channel name has changed but the channel number stays the same, would it be possible to update just the name. Currently, if the name is changed, GBPVR will add a new channel to the capture source, causing it to not record on the correct channel.

From time to time, my cable provider will change the names it calls certain channels or the company changes the names it gives the cable company. A perfect example is ABC Family changing from FAMBOC to FAM. GBPVR added a new source and had the channel at 114 instead of channel 41. Only the name changed in the XMLTV file not the channel number.

What does the tuning assistant do? I know that it scans through the channels and finds the frequencies, but does it save the values anywhere? Can I tweak the frequencies for a channel to try to get a better signal? Where would I tweak them? What steps do I have to do, like shutting down gbpvr, rebooting?

Thank you!

I have a PVR350 and a PVR500. I think I have them in the correct order in my config because I can see output from all 3 tuners, but DeviceTypeCheck does not find the 350. This is what the display shows:

device #1 is PVR500 with FM
device #2 is PVR500

and this is what the log says:

INFO Log started
VERBOSE ECP interface found
INFO Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Capture: model 23552
VERBOSE ECP interface found
INFO Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Capture: model 23552
VERBOSE ECP interface found
ERROR Failed to get ECP general string
VERBOSE FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Capture
ERROR Failed to find requested device: Hauppauge PVR150 (instance 4)

Why can't I find the 350? Why is is looking for a 150?

Thanks!

I have a decoder STB that I use an IR blaster with. I turn it off when I don't use it because it can get pretty hot.

Is there a way to tell if its off? i.e blank video for a couple seconds...and then send a POWER signal through the IR blaster to turn it on.


btw, I am using Now Broadband in HK. There are no discrete on/off signals on the remote.

Any ideas?

Sorry if this is boring but I thought I should record my findings in case it helps someone else now or in the future.

The machine gun noise is triggered by a reboot of the computer. This can reliably be reproduced on my machine. I think I can also say with some certainty that the noise can be made to go away simply by changing channels on the 150. It then seems to stay away till the next reboot.

Does this suggest that the 150 is not initialising properly? I guess knowing this much I can 'fix' it after a reboot but it would be nice for it not to happen in the first place!

Hope this info might help the few others with this problem. Interested to hear feedback if it can be repeated with anyone else.

I have setup comskip and comclean in postprocessing.bat. After comskip runs, I end up with the original *.mpg recording, a *.log, and a *.txt. After comclean4.bat runs, I get nothing. In the *.err file it says it can not find the following:

The system cannot find the path specified.
Could Not Find c:\Recordings\Insider Training\Insider Training_20060309_21002200*.idd
Could Not Find c:\Recordings\Insider Training\Insider Training_20060309_21002200_clean.m2v
Could Not Find c:\Recordings\Insider Training\Insider Training_20060309_21002200_clean.mp2.

I am confused. I thought comclean would generate the _clean.mp2 version of the file but it is not. And what is the *.idd and what generates it?

I like the ATI wonder Elite over the other 550 cards like powercolor/sapphire. Are they basically going to be the same except for the remote and price? Most reviews say the Wonder ELite has a great remote. Or should I simply dump the 550 and go for an Hauppage 150? I love the site and will be using GB-PVR as soon as I hook up my card. This will be using cable split from my modem. Thanks in advance for any suggestions. just so you know I am leaning towards the ATI Wonder Elite but could change if someone has better advice.

Ok,

I've got GB-PVR running on my main computers, recording standard cable TV shows a few times a week.

I'm recording at full quality and feeding the recordings to my TV through Media MVP.

I've never really tried the lower quality settings to see the difference.

A one hour show usually takes up around 2.5GB which is a little to big for my taste as I only have a 60GB drive. Let's say I can't record more than 4 shows before it gets full. I'm pondering the option of buying a 250B drive but I want to look at other options first.

What should I do with my recordings ? Record at lower quality or convert them to divx or xvid or else ? Keep in mind I want to keep the best quality possible but I also watch these recordings through Media MVP on a regular 28" Sony TV.

Thanks for the input !

I love having my last used aspect ratio retained.
And I love having sexy transucent OSDs.
And now I love having inbuild transcoding to make all the kids suff use less HDD (I have only just got around to trying this but is is great!)

But... it seems that the kept aspect ratio is ignored in VMR7 for Xvid files.

works fine on Overlay and VMR9.