Hi,
I just upgraded to GBPVR v0.95.16 and it will no longer start if I have the Xmedia skin selected. I tried to reinstall the skin to no avail. Sorry if this is an already asked question, I am new with this program.

Great work on the Xmedia skin, it looks great btw!

Dave

Tipster,

I use xmedia dx on the latest 94.xx version with myvideos. When I am in details view there is no border around the shows that I've already seen. Is this supposed to happen? The text goes from grey to white once I've viewed the show however, just no border so i don't know what's highlighted.

Thanks,
Jam.z

Hello all,

I've just recently acquired a tv-tuner card, after having replaced my ATI All In Wonder 7500 about a year ago (I went a year without tv on my pc, it was bad...). I replaced it with the Ati Tv-Wonder Pro, figuring that since I already had the remote, I didn't need any of the extra bells/whistles that came with more expensive models (And I assumed the MMC software was the same for each model)

Turns out this tuner is no good at all. The sound lags behind the video, and theres no PVR functionality at all with the software (although that is why I'm at this site, to replace the software). Also the picture quality is quite lacking.

So what do you suggest for a tuner/pvr card given the following specs:

System: AMD Xp-2500 w/ 512mb ram. Nvidia GF FX 5900
Budget: I paid 100$ for the ati, so that 100$ + another 50-100$ (Total 150-200$ CDN)
Signal: Cable tv (No hd at the moment, but I'm moving shortly and it is definatly an option, so that I can use my tuner card in 2008 when they force everyone to HD)
Display: 19" NEC Accusync monitor..when I move I'll be hooking a tv to it as well as a dual display (all be it in a seperate room)

Thanks in advance

The "Use FFDShow" option in the playback config screen was removed in recent releases as Sub stated that FFDshow inserts itself automatically. Can I just clarify a couple of things (I am not using a MVP):

1. Is the line <UseFFDSHOW>false</UseFFDSHOW> in Config.xml any use now?

2. Should FFDshow video postprocessing work with MPEG2 files? It works fine with AVIs, whether it is doing to decoding as well or not. I'm not using FFDshow to decode MPEG2 (codec is disabled) and the FFDshow audio side works fine. I've tried various MPEG2 decoders (DScaler, Nvidia, Cyberlink).
thanks

I am a current BTV user (on my computer only) and I'd love to switch over to a MVP + GBPVR setup. Please excuse my ignorance but I want to make sure I understand the setup.

Inventory:

1. Dual tuner card (pvr500) in my computer in my home office.
2. Cable box sitting near the computer.
3. TV in the living room.
4. MVP in the living room.

Setup:

1. I setup GB-PVR on the computer to use the pvr500 card.
2. I run the output from the cable box into the pvr500 card.
3. I then use the IR blaster from the pvr500 to change channels on the cable box.
4. I hook up a network cable from my computer to the MVP.
5. I then use the MVP to control the GB-PVR software.

Am I missing anything?

I am a long time Tivo user (4+ years) and I would LOVE to be able to get rid of it. I just purchased two 250 gig drives for a home built PVR but if I can use the MVP and the new drives in my current PC and not have to build another box then all the better!

Thanks for any advice you can provide.

Robert Basil

I've installed the latest .NET framework and the latest GB-PVR, but when I try to run it, I get an unhandled exception from Microsoft .NET Framework.

The interesting thing is if I go back and install one of the older versions from a couple of months back, things work fine. The dump from the exception is below. I would really appreciate any pointers as I really like the program and would like to be able to use the latest version.

Thanks!

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: File or assembly name NativeUtilities, or one of its dependencies, was not found.
File name: "NativeUtilities"
at xeb983fa94d0b4753.xfd6951461fe46d87.x1f0684532099dac8(Object xdf2e3583f942db7b, EventArgs xc4f45905cb1fc7ba)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnCreateControl()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

=== Pre-bind state information ===
LOG: DisplayName = NativeUtilities, Version=1.0.2168.28045, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
(Fully-specified)
LOG: Appbase = C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\
LOG: Initial PrivatePath = NULL
Calling assembly : Config, Version=1.0.2168.28105, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null.
===

LOG: Policy not being applied to reference at this time (private, custom, partial, or location-based assembly bind).
LOG: Post-policy reference: NativeUtilities, Version=1.0.2168.28045, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Program Files/devnz/gbpvr/NativeUtilities.DLL.



************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.2032
CodeBase: file:///c:/winnt/microsoft.net/framework/v1.1.4322/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
Config
Assembly Version: 1.0.2168.28105
Win32 Version: 1.0.2168.28105
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/devnz/gbpvr/Config.exe
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.2032
CodeBase: file:///c:/winnt/assembly/gac/system.windows.forms/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.windows.forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.2032
CodeBase: file:///c:/winnt/assembly/gac/system/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.dll
----------------------------------------
GBPVRBackendCommon
Assembly Version: 1.0.2168.28048
Win32 Version: 1.0.2168.28048
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/devnz/gbpvr/GBPVRBackendCommon.DLL
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.2032
CodeBase: file:///c:/winnt/assembly/gac/system.drawing/1.0.5000.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/system.drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
GBPVRPublic
Assembly Version: 1.0.2168.18584
Win32 Version: 1.0.2168.18584
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/devnz/gbpvr/GBPVRPublic.DLL
----------------------------------------
System.Xml
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.2032
CodeBase: file:///c:/winnt/assembly/gac/system.xml/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.xml.dll
----------------------------------------
System.ServiceProcess
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.2032
CodeBase: file:///c:/winnt/assembly/gac/system.serviceprocess/1.0.5000.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/system.serviceprocess.dll
----------------------------------------

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just in time (JIT) debugging, the config file for this
application or machine (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

In my opinion, the single most significant improvement in the appearance of GBPVR would would be achieved if

"<SpecialElement name="ForegroundTransparency" percent="100"/>"

were implemented in all of the core plugins.

-David

I reside in the USA, and a quite a while back when I first started using GB-PVR, I was only getting about 2 days worth of programming schedules using Zap2It. So, I figured out the XMLTV plugin, got all that squared away, and was then getting something close to 10 days (at least a week).

Is there a reason why I should be using Zap2It instead of the XMLTV plugin? I know that the XMLTV plugin is really just using Zap2It, but in the newer versions of GB-PVR is Zap2It faster than XMLTV? My scheduled updates are rather slow and heavily bog down my computer during the update. My cable provider only has like 75 channels, so it's not like I'm downloading hundreds.

Has anyone noticed whether their CPU usage goes through the roof when, for example, recording a show while simlutaneously detecting commercials (through SA) and converting to another format (in my case PSP)? My P4 2.4 is pumping iron to get these tasks completed so naturally I am concerned. Upgrading to an HT or dual core processor has popped into my mind but I'm not even certain that will help.

Does anyone have any insight into this? How do your HTs or Multicore's work for you?

- DaPhatty

I've just uploaded http://www.gbpvr.com/GBPVR09516.msi

From the change log

Quote:
2005-12-8 v0.95.16
- Removed feature that deletes files via the recycle bin. It seems to cause a problem for some users, and I cant be bothered looking into it.
- Fixed a bug that could cause guide recordings to be saved in the 'manual recordings' folder.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the next song in playlist to not automatically start playing with UseWindowsMediaPlayerForAudio set to true.
- Fixed a bug with screen saver on MVP.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the MVP to disconnect under certain circumstance relating to drawing the screen.
- Changed version of ffmpeg to try an find a version which works well for both MVP 'on the fly' MPEG transcoding, and PSP file conversion.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the config app to not start