Hi again,

Just a question, and perhaps depending on the response it should go in the Wishlist forum... but I was wondering if gbpvr has the ability to play back raw DVD files (.ifo, .bup, .vob)? I was thinking about ripping some of my dvd's to my hard drive just to have them easily accessable through gbpvr, but when I tried to play them back, it could not see them? MPEG2 playback is fine, I was just wondering if this is currently possible or not?

Sorry for the newbie questions. thanks again.

- Brian

How many people out there used gbpvr to record the season premier of 24 last night??

I keep getting an error everytime I try to play a song from music library.

Error: Exception of type InvalidActiveXStateException was thrown

Music~C:\Documents and Settings\Jay\My Documents\My Music|
1/16/2006 4:07:47 PM.328 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/IconView
1/16/2006 4:07:47 PM.328 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/IconView : false
1/16/2006 4:07:47 PM.500 VERBOSE [2] Loading key mapping: C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\KeyMappings\Music.xml
1/16/2006 4:07:47 PM.500 VERBOSE [2] Adding: Enter LIBRARY_ENTER
1/16/2006 4:07:47 PM.500 VERBOSE [2] Adding: Up LIBRARY_UP
1/16/2006 4:07:47 PM.500 VERBOSE [2] Adding: Down LIBRARY_DOWN
1/16/2006 4:07:47 PM.500 VERBOSE [2] Adding: Left LIBRARY_LEFT
1/16/2006 4:07:47 PM.500 VERBOSE [2] Adding: Right LIBRARY_RIGHT
1/16/2006 4:07:47 PM.500 VERBOSE [2] Adding: ^B LIBRARY_TOGGLE_VIEW
1/16/2006 4:07:47 PM.500 VERBOSE [2] Adding: ^G LIBRARY_TOGGLE_SORT
1/16/2006 4:07:47 PM.500 VERBOSE [2] Adding: ^P LIBRARY_PLAY
1/16/2006 4:07:47 PM.500 VERBOSE [2] Adding: ^S LIBRARY_STOP
1/16/2006 4:07:47 PM.500 VERBOSE [2] Adding: ^Q LIBRARY_PAUSE
1/16/2006 4:07:47 PM.500 VERBOSE [2] Adding: ^Y LIBRARY_QUEUE
1/16/2006 4:07:47 PM.500 VERBOSE [2] Adding: ^R LIBRARY_SHUFFLE
1/16/2006 4:07:48 PM.062 VERBOSE [2] HideMouse ref=-1
1/16/2006 4:07:51 PM.843 VERBOSE [2] About to start playback of C:\Documents and Settings\Jay\My Documents\My Music\50cent\50 Cent - 21 Questions (Featuring Nate Dogg) - 50 Cent.mp3
1/16/2006 4:07:52 PM.281 ERROR [2] Error: msg=0x100 (WM_KEYDOWN) hwnd=0x170130 wparam=0xd lparam=0x1c0001 result=0x0 : Cannot invoke property set of 'windowlessVideo' at this time.


Can anybody help?

When recording, I am getting the wrong channel and it is always the same channel, 013. Changing channels in Live TV works fine. When I originally loaded GBPVR this would happen ocasionally but only about 1 time out of 15 recordings or so. Now it is every time. The recording service tries to change the channel, but all I get is the Dish Error box saying 013 isn't a valid channel

logs can be found at http://www.logixsupportsolutions.com/gbpvr/



UPDATE: I get channel 19 when trying to record the brady bunch on channel 106
1/16/2006 8:41:27 AM.078 VERBOSE [41] Changing to channel (GBPVR.Backend.Common.ExeChannelChanger): 106

Thanks,
Josh

Quick question.

I'm setting up and older model PC right now (1.1 gig processor, 1.2 gig mem, 80 gig raid harddrives, seperate 40 gig windows install partition) and I wanted to install my old ATI All-In-Wonder 8500DV into the unit and try out this software.


Any one try this?

Any reason it might not work?

I was use to using ATI's software, which was never the best, so I'm looking to try this out.

Hi

When I try to install GBPVR from GBPVR09516.msi I get errors when it trys to register components. The error I get is Internal Error 2908 and only an OK button. This error appears for (presumably) every single component as I have to click dozens of times.

I', using windows XP
I have installed Net Framework 1.1
I have cleaned out the registry.

Any ideas?

I can get MPEG2 recording but I am unable to get DivX recording. I get 0 byte files when I try to record in DivX. I have WinDVD Creator installed. this my log file.
21:44:00.203 INFO Log started
21:44:00.203 VERBOSE Starting Recording
21:44:00.234 VERBOSE ConnectPins: 'Video Decoder Out' to 'Analog Video In'
21:44:00.250 VERBOSE Loading [PAL-Medium Quality] settings...
21:44:00.250 VERBOSE Looking for 720x576
21:44:00.250 VERBOSE format->bitrate = 2000000
21:44:00.250 VERBOSE Initializing DIVX format
21:44:00.250 VERBOSE Checking caps:0
21:44:00.250 VERBOSE Initializing PCM Audio format (FOUND: 2, 48000, 16, 4, 192000)
21:44:00.250 VERBOSE before routing
21:44:00.265 VERBOSE getSetting(GO7007SBAviMuxBuffered)
21:44:00.281 VERBOSE ConnectPins: 'Video Capture' to 'Input 01'
21:44:00.281 VERBOSE getSetting(GO7007SBPreferMP3Audio)
21:44:00.312 VERBOSE getSetting(GO7007SBMP3BitrateKbps)
21:44:00.312 VERBOSE getSetting(GO7007SBMP3SampleRate)
21:44:00.312 ERROR ConnectFilters:Failed(2)
21:44:00.312 VERBOSE ConnectPins: 'XForm Out' to 'Input 02'
21:44:00.328 VERBOSE getSetting(ListGraphFilters)
21:44:00.328 VERBOSE Graph contains the following filters:
21:44:00.328 VERBOSE - File Writer
21:44:00.328 VERBOSE - AVI Mux
21:44:00.328 VERBOSE - LAME Audio Encoder
21:44:00.328 VERBOSE - Plextor ConvertX M402U A/V Capture
21:44:00.328 VERBOSE - Plextor ConvertX M402U CrossBar
21:44:00.328 VERBOSE getSetting(SaveGraphFiles)
21:44:57.781 VERBOSE Stopping Recording

any help from M402u users would be appreciated.

Cheers
R

I have an mvp using with gbpvr and use the hauppage pvr-150 mce. I have noticed lots of people have mentioned that they have issues with video files that they have encoded from some other format into mpeg-2, being able to fast forward and rewind. I fall into this category and encoded some files using tmpgenc.
If this is an encoding issue, what would you suggest would be the best option for encoding avi/divx etc. files into mpeg-2 such that it will run as well as shows that have been recorded using the hauppage pvr-150 or at least be able to fast forward and rewind?

I am able to watch these movies using the default hauppage software. Is there a way to be able to change to default hauppage software and back for watching videos and back to gbpvr as needed?

Thanks for all your input and great software, sub!

This was an article recently published in a prominent professional electronics magazine regarding the future of digital broadcasting encoding. It makes disturbing reading to all those who have invested in digiboxes , Tv’s with inbuilt freeview boxes and PVRs as advised ( constant adverts on TV with their advice ) by the present UK Government.
“ The move from MPEG2 to MPEG4 digital broadcasting encoding standard could create a need to turn off the MPEG2 digital TV signal making the current Freeview digital terrestrial TV ( DTT ) receivers obsolete. We are just at the cusp now of changing digital broadcasting encoding standards said Roger Lynch , chairman of service provider Video Networks, at a Government Select Committee hearing. The problem is that every single Freeview box out there in the field cannot do MPEG4 , so what that means is :- how do ever get to the latest technology on DTT where you migrate to MPEG4, free up the spectrum and enable things like high-definition?
MPEG4 uses spectrum more efficiently, using half of the bandwidth of MPEG2, meaning twice as many channels or the ability to offer high definition broadcasting with far less bandwidth.
Lynch agreed with the committee that this change meant there may come appoint where there is a “ second switch-off” of TV signals in order to transfer from MPEG2 to MPEG4. There will be a transition where, in an aggregate and an economic sense , it will make sense to use the most advanced encoding technology said Lynch.
Lynch said he was concerned about the current focus ( Government advertising on TV ) on Freeview as the primary provider of digital TV because it uses MPEG2. By placing so much emphasis on, and so much investment in, that, you end up perpetuating what I call the “ lowest common denominator”, because it is based on legacy technology.”
My personal response to the above news was to write to the author of the article pointing out :-- Although I welcome continuous technology improvements ( I work in the field of Radar ) I think that the UK Government should seriously consider their stance on the future of digital broadcasting. They are constantly pushing set top boxes as a cost effective route to the digital future. Now with the possibility of embracing MPEG4 , these set top boxes would be obsolete ( its highly unlikely that the conversion to MPEG4 could be done in software as an over-the-air upgrade ). Consumers who have invested in set top boxes will be understandably angry as in many instances they have invested in PVRs, Digital reception ready TVs and digiboxes.
If this situation were to actually occur then I and many others would hold the UK Government responsible for reimbursing the losses involved. In my case with two PVRs and two set top digiboxes this would account for £500 and I am sure that there are many people in similar or worse positions. In fact many TVs are now supplied with the necessary circuitry to receive digital broadcasting , but only at the MPEG2 level.
The author’s reply was an indication of how this Governments attitude about so many important subjects is, ie totally out of touch with the public opinion.
Reply:- I’m afraid that having attended another Select Committee hearing on the analogue switch-off yesterday ,the government stance regarding MPEG2/MPEG4 will not make you happy either. James Purnell MP basically dismissed the issue , saying that the cost of an MPEG4 box will be significantly outweighed by the purchase price of an HD TV which would be required to watch HD programs. ( Has Purnell completely missed the point?)

Sorry that this article is a bit long but it has to convey the aspects of the potential problem. Look at your individual circumstances regarding costs to receive Digital Broadcasting and I then think we should all make it very clear to the UK government that they should take a long hard look at what they intend doing in the future. Perhaps Purnell would be a good person to point out the cost implications to.
Data of original article was from electronicsweekly.com
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I went to the XMLTV site as linked in the wiki. I downloaded the Windows package (the easy one where I don't need perl libraries or anything like that). I downloaded it, unzipped it, but it didn't install anything and there's no XML file to be found. What did I do wrong?

Also, once I get things up and running - what would everyone reccomend as the best settings for recordings to look best without using 2 GB per hour? (I have the Hauppauge USB2 PVR). Thanks.