I've finally decided on GBPVR for my PVR project that I've begun working on. I have the box assembled and need to purchase tuners now. I'm looking to have 2 or 3 tuners when I'm done with the project. However, I need some advice and information as to which tuners are best for use with GBPVR.
So, if you were buying your tuners to start from scratch, what would you recommend I do?
OK, I'm thinking of some weird hacks since I don't know how to make plugins.
If I change a skin.xml file while GBPVR is running what happens? Will I crash it or will I eventually see the changes? I want to change some text on the fly.
In a similar stream, if I change the graphics for a file which the skin calls when does it get updated. I imagine that this is possible since AM seems to do this.
My intent is to make an icon showing the available hard drive space plus change the corresponding text.
It's a hack I know..but since my last project mtranscode is nearing an end I feel pretty empty
I'm using a Hauppauge PVR-150 and a Directv box (using a serial cable and the directv.exe for changing channels). Is it possible to use the Hauppauge remote and have the IR blaster send some custom signals such as the volume/power for my pioneer amplifier? It seems like all i can find is every channel changer for every dish/cable box ever invented, but nothing for turning on a TV or amplifier. Am i missing something? Thanks in advance.
I would like to suggest an idea to have an option to convert to DivX a file from the View Recordings menu. Instead of "View" or "Delete", perhaps an option to "Convert to Divx and Delete".
This is good from a form factor perspective because I find that there are times that I watch something and I want to save it. The other option is to make a mental note to convert a particular file before I delete it and that frankly almost never happens. So the files just sit there taking up space.
I guess the only other point would be to whether or not convert immediately or queue it up for night processing. I'd be ok to do it immediately knowing that performance may suffer for a few hours then work on a possible night time queue later if needed. Perhaps we could kick off that processing in low priority on the PC to minimize performance impact.
Problems with install on a new system with PVR150 and versions 96.8 and 96.12:
1. Live TV has black screen says "No tuners available..." WinTV2K live TV and recordings work, and GBPVR can play a WinTV2K recording, so decoders seem to be OK. Using the Hauppauge standard decoders. Everything looks OK in config and the program guide is OK in GBPVR.
2. Recordings do not start, and cannot be cancelled from pending status. The GBPVR RecordingService.exe.log file fills up with the following error:
3/7/2006 10:29:35 AM.732 VERBOSE [11] RecordingFactory.loadSchedule()
3/7/2006 10:29:35 AM.732 VERBOSE [11] getValue cached value: /settings/AutoRemoveMissingRecordings : true
3/7/2006 10:29:35 AM.732 ERROR [11] Caught unexpected exception: Unspecified error
3/7/2006 10:29:35 AM.732 ERROR [11] at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection.ProcessResults(Int32 hr)
at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection.InitializeProvider()
at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection.Open()
at xd426863f4d052758.xcbcfc48b9705b7a2.xa19cc1d2df8cbd74()
at xd426863f4d052758.x396614b3dae3b1da.x005239145b965dc1()
at GBPVR.RecordingService.RecordingManager.WorkerThread()
This situation existed from the initial install of 0.96.8 and continues following the 0.96.12 install on top of 0.96.8.
I'd like to have GBPVR run rename recording and the demux/remux utility (by Reven). I'm wondering if it matters which order they should be in the postprocessing.bat file.
This is a tested and working comskip.ini for typical US network stations, including CBS, ABC, NBC, and FOX. This includes affiliate local stations in various markets.
Works 100% for me on the above stations, for most prime-time programming.
Does not work for daytime programming, other than soaps (but nobody I know PVR's soaps anyhow) YMMV
Code:
detect_method=47 ;1=black frame, 2=logo, 4=scene change, 8=fuzzy logic, 16=closed captions, 32=aspect ration, 255=all
verbose=10 ;show a lot of extra info, level 5 is also OK, set to 0 to disable
max_brightness=60 ;frame not black if any pixels checked are greater than this (scale 0 to 255)
test_brightness=40 ;frame not pure black if any pixels checked are greater than this, will check average brightness (scale 0 to 255)
max_avg_brightness=20 ;maximum average brightness for a dim frame to be considered black (scale 0 to 255) 0 means autosetting
max_commercialbreak=360 ;maximum length in seconds to consider a segment a commercial break
min_commercialbreak=10 ;minimum length in seconds to consider a segment a commercial break
max_commercial_size=121 ;maximum time in seconds for a single commercial or multiple commercials if no breaks in between
min_commercial_size=1 ;mimimum time in seconds for a single commercial
min_show_segment_length=180 ; any segment longer than this will be scored towards show.
non_uniformity=1000
max_volume=0 ; any frame with sound volume larger than this will not be regarded as black frame
ticker_tape=0 ; Amount of pixels from bottom to ignore in all processing
intelligent_brightness=1 ; Set to 1 to use a USA specific algorithm to tune some of the settings, not adviced outside the USA
logo_percentile=0.92 ; if more then this amount of logo is found then logo detection will be disabled
logo_threshold=0.70
aggressive_logo_rejection=1
connect_blocks_with_logo=1 ; set to 1 if you want successive blocks with logo on the transition to be regarded as connected, set to 0 to disable
cut_on_ar_change=1 ; set to 1 if you want to cut also on aspect ratio changes, set to 0 to disable
delete_show_after_last_commercial=0 ; delete the last block if its a show and after a commercial
delete_show_before_or_after_current=0 ; This can lead to the deletion of trailers of next show
shrink_logo=0 ; Reduce the duration of the logo with this amount of seconds
padding=0
delete_logo_file=1 ; set to 1 if you want comskip to tidy up after finishing
output_framearray=0 ; create a big excel file for detailed analysis, set to 0 to disable
output_videoredo=1
output_womble=0
output_cuttermaran=0
output_mpgtx=0
output_zoomplayer_chapter=0
output_zoomplayer_cutlist=0
output_edl=0
live_tv=0
output_debugwindow=0
REM excessive_length_modifier=0.01
My 300GB drive is just not big enough. I record a bunch of shows for the kids plus I get behind watching some of my shows.
It would be great if we could have a some logic added that will check a hard drive and if there is not enough space on it to just record it over to the next one.
I know of two possible options that could help but neither quite work for me. First is to use some kind of plugin that archives the files but I found that that removes them from the main programs view. Long term that did not work because I forgot about the other recordings.
Then there's an option to make a dynamic drive but I couldn't figure out how to do that and keep the current recordings. And what concerned me more is that if one of the drives fails then everything is lost. Also, I am not sure if I can share that drive which for me is important because I have two networked PCs (in the bedrooms) that play the recordings thru GB-PVR.
I'm happy to hear any other options and suggestion to help with the space situation. Thanks for your help.
Just did a fresh install of my GBPVR box, and did also XP updates.So I directly switch to last release but actually i'm not able to set it up correctly...
YMMV