I appoligize fully if this has been answered, but I have been searching the forums for 2 hours now and keep finding other people asking but can't find / or don't understand any answers.

I am using RenameRecoding and it is working perfectly with the -t to rename an epsiode with subtitle. However, I am VERY interested in having the episode number in the title as well.

I am using MyVideos and I think that when I do an episode lookup that it finds the episode number from TV.com.

Is there a way that the two actions can be combined?

For example:
1. RenameRecordings takes Lost_20060314_0938.mpg and renames it Lost - Solitary.mpg
2. In MyVideos it finds the episode information (from somewhere) when I do a Scan - Episode information. Whay can't it rename the file at this point to Lost - s01e07 - Solitary.mpg?

It seems to me that if the two people who wrote these could get together on it there could be some real magic!

To me it doesn't have to happen automatically or anything, I am fine with waiting in the MyVideos directory for this to happen.

Or of course, if there is another way to do it I am all ears (and eyes).

Thanks!

Hi

I am new to this pvr community and i want to build my own. All i want to do it build a pvr for pvr use only. I found this guy selling an old computer with these specs. Can I buy this old system and put a video card and hauppauge pvr 150 in it and run GB Pvr and be set? Is this processor enough to run this function? Thanks in advance to all that help.

Here are the specs of the computer i found.
- Pentium III 850 processor
- 512MB of PC100 ECC ram
- 4.1 sound card
- 2 empty PCI slots (i will add pvr 150 and an video card)
- all this is included in a computer case which i will just use as the case for the pvr

THANKS!

Hi

After a few scary moments i now see to have all thee tuners going - yay to me.

The only problem i seem to have (and hopefully this situation wont come up often). Recording an antenna based program on one PVR500 tuner, recording a cable based program on the pvr150. So I have one spare.

Can get through the antenna programs defined on the other pvr500 tuner (these are nz channels 1, 2, 3) then when it goes to set channel 4 from the cable box (which should be on the pvr150 and in use) get a black screen and then it drops to the menu.

Would have expected the no tuners available. Is that expected.

If i stop the pvr150 on the cable channel, then watch that cable channel (7) then change channel back to an antenna channel (6 - on the spare pvr500) then it changes as expected.

So all in all fairly successful. I guess my only question is should I get the message saying no tuners available??

Here are the logs.

I am starting to discover that upgrading GBPVR can present a challenge if you have plugins, utilities, etc. installed. Some of them require mods to configuration files, loading files, etc.

What about GBPVR providing the APIs for these developers to install and uninstall the features? This would eliminate manual installations (which scare off some folks) and it would make sure they are installed right. It could also provide a list of installed items so that one could install a fresh GBPVR and then know what needed to be installed.

Firefox/Tbird have an awesome extension and theme manager. While it could be a lot of work to get to that level, at least establishing a central location for services, etc. would be a start.

Right now, I think GBPVR might be more approachable by less technical folks if they had a way to manage the 'extensions' that so many are providing for GBPVR.

I have a PVR350 which I had installed and working with gbpvr on my desktop and to an MVP. I bought a PVR500, added it to my system and tried to configure everything. I could view 2 shows and record a third, but I got nothing but lousy pictures from all 3 tuners, very snowy. The quality did vary per channel with some better than others, but none as good as my original setup.

I went back to my original setup with the 350 and my picture was fine again. On my second try, I removed my 350 entirely and put my cable feed into the 500. I uninstalled all the Hauppauge stuff, installed the latest 500 drivers I could find (24034) and reconfigured gbpvr. I still get lousy pictures!

I realize this is most likely a Hauppauge problem, not gbpvr, but I'm desperate for help!

Is there anything I missed? Is there anything else I can try?

Well for some reason my database went corupt and I lost all of my recording entries. I still have all of the MPEGs, so I was wondering how I can manually enter my recordings back in or if there is automated way to do this.

thanks

I tried searching for something relevant, but couldnt come up with anything.

When I pause Live TV, and a program ends, it doesnt keep recording the next program. Do I need to Uncheck "Use Live Preview Mode If Possible" and "Return from Timeshift Mode on Channel Change"? It takes a lot longer to change the channels that way, and then Im always recording, which hogs a ton of space on the ole HD.

Thanks in advance

Is there a place I am missing in these forums where people rate and talk about the pros and cons of each piece of hardware? Not on an instance by instance basis, but more like a sticky category for each of the following:

Mobos
CPUs
Video Cards
Capture Cards
HDTV Tuner Cards *** this is what I'm really interested in immediately
HDD
etc.

There could even be a top 10 list for each piece of hardware that would allow one to easily select great components for their new pvr builds.

Thanks!

The last post worked so well, I figured I'd give it another go!

Right now each show creates it's own folder, which is really cool when you have a series, but overkill when it is a one time show.

It would be really cool if you had some directory options when setting up a recording. For example:

1) A Channel Folder - So that all of your SCIFI recordings went into a SCIFI folder, you would still have subfolders under this for series like Stargate SG1

2) A Genre Folder - So that all of your kids series (Dora, Diego, Magic School Bus, etc) would all have folders under a genre folder called KIDS

OR

3) You could just have the ability to specify any folder name you want for each recording that you set up, and if it doesn't exist it would create it and place your recordings or series folders there...

Now! Someone please tell me theres an option I missed so that I can have this right away too!!!

I am trying to use my MVP for the first time with the new version. When I start up the MVP it connects fine, says that its loading the application, then says starting the application, the turns blue for a second and then reverts back to a screen that says connecting to servers and stays on that screen.

Any idea on whats causing this? I am using the default skin for the new version of the software do I need to change this?

Thanks