I am having a problem when navigating the guide. When in the guide and navigating using the right arrow, I eventually get the following error. Not sure where I get a zero size program.
Thanks,
Greg
PS. I just picked up my MVP. Wow, this just makes GBPVR even better. I might have to get a few more of these. MVPScreenPosition really helped too. Can't wait for XMEDIA to be updated to the latest release of GBPVR.
Hi, i'm new here and would like to know if the ATI TV wonder Pro (Philips 1236 MK3) is supported. Also the download link is broken so a had to get GB-PVR 0.94.13 from softpedia...only version i could find...where do i get the newist version and how do i set up my card?
I spent the last couple of days setting up my old 1Ghz P3 laptop with gbpvr, connected to a Lifeview Tv Walker Ultra. So far, so good. Installed DivX, intervideo, etc and it's actually working reasonably.
So far, I've been unsuccessful in finding an answer to the following question: can I change the audio bitrate for recordings? I know where to change the video settings, but can't find where to change the audio bitrate. I found some posts that it should be possible with Mp3 lame, so I found & installed that, but where do I go from here? Recorded files are rather large, and I believe it to be because the audio bitrate is rather large. (Checked the properties of the files in explorer: audio bitrate 224 kbps, video datarate 152 kbps).
I must admit, I'm on the edge of almost understanding some of the issues with de- and encoding, muxes, etc, and I know I'm not quite there yet...
I get the message "unhandled exception" after installing GBpvr, when it tries to start the config utillity.
I've a fresh install of W2000 SP4.
The error is as follows:
************************************** begin of error *****
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)
LOG: Policy not being applied to reference at this time (private, custom, partial, or location-based assembly bind).
LOG: Post-policy reference: NativeUtilities, Version=1.0.2093.28446, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Program Files/devnz/gbpvr/NativeUtilities.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.
When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the machine
rather than being handled by this dialog.
************ end of error *********************
I tried to type regsvr32 nativeutilities.dll, but it says : the specific module could not be found (even if I type the whole path to it)
After adding an extra config setting my plugin now does not show in the config app. It builds fine but the config.exe log reports a good old null object ref at the plugin's constructor
Code:
using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Xml;
using CommonGBPVRUtilities;
using GBPVR.Public;
namespace UKCinemaListingsPlugin
{
/// <summary>
/// Summary description for UKCinemaListingsPluginConfigForm.
/// </summary>
public class UKCinemaListingsPlugInConfigForm : System.Windows.Forms.Form
{
// The settings we are passed from the config app
private XmlDocument settings;
public UKCinemaListingsPlugInConfigForm(XmlDocument document)
{
// hold a reference to the config.xml document for later
settings = document;
//
// Required for Windows Form Designer support
//
//InitializeComponent();
LoadInitialSettings();
}
private void LoadInitialSettings()
{
// Initialize any settings needed on the form
// Modify this to match the properties you use
textBoxCinemaNumber.Text = ConfigFileUtilities.GetStringConfigSetting(settings, UKCinemaListings.MyPlugInConfigSectionName, "CinemaNumbers", "1004181",false);
textBoxDefaultCinemaNumber.Text = ConfigFileUtilities.GetStringConfigSetting(settings, UKCinemaListings.MyPlugInConfigSectionName, "DefaultCinema", "1004181",false);
}
private void buttonOK_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
// Create the root node if needed
ConfigFileUtilities.CreateRootNodeIfNeeded(settings, UKCinemaListings.MyPlugInConfigSectionName);
// Create or update each property
// Modify this to save your properties
ConfigFileUtilities.CreateOrUpdateProperty(settings, UKCinemaListings.MyPlugInConfigSectionName, "CinemaNumbers", textBoxCinemaNumber.Text);
ConfigFileUtilities.CreateOrUpdateProperty(settings, UKCinemaListings.MyPlugInConfigSectionName, "DefaultCinema", textBoxDefaultCinemaNumber.Text);
// .... file will be saved later by the config app, if the user presses the OK button
this.Close();
}
I've used the FFMPEG from within GB PVR to transcode movies, and I tried in a command prompt with the same result. Whenever I try to transcode a movie or anything recorded longer than approx. 1h20min, FFMPEG stops transcoding after that time, it just does a normal exit without errors. This is the option that I have, do I miss one to transcode larger files ?
i just installed the latest version of GBPVR (and also .NET 1.1). The recording service is running, but when i start GBPVR i don't get any user interface.
I expect the user interface to appear on the TV-out (not tested now) and the monitor.
I've just installed gbpvr, so it's entirely possible I've missed something. I have a pvr-350 in the box, trying to output via a Nvidia 6600GT. If I try to watch live tv, I get the sound, but no video (the screen goes all black). I also tried recording something and then playing it back. I didn't wait for it to finish (oddly, when I went back in through the guide and tried to hit 'play', it gave me an error and then froze), but I did go directly to the file it created and played it perfectly with windows media player. Does anyone have a suggestion for how I can troubleshoot this, or maybe know what I'm doing wrong?
Now that GBPVR is very stable it is perhaps time to consider adding more features :-)
The below list is a few things I miss not having in GBPVR.
1. Support for DVB radio channels.
2. Indication when scanning for channels as to whether the channl is TV or radio. An Icon might do it next to channel name in scan list.
3. Indication in scanned channel list if channel is encrypted or free to air. Another icon in list ought to do the job.
The next bit might be controversial (or might sound like madness) so I will explain.
There is currently no legal way to watch lots of TV channels in the Uk from pc TV cards. Sky for example do not make a cam for thier sky channels so even if ultimately GBPVR supports encrypted channels via legal pay cards etc then there will still be no way to watch sky. Similarly top-up-TV on DVB-T in UK also has no cam support (as far as I know).
There will thus always be a need to have external boxes to decrypt such channels and then GBPVR is then required to do viewing and recording via (e.g. composite inputs on MPEG PVR cards).
This produces and integration problem for an HTPC in that there is no easy way of getting the EPG for the external boxes into GBPVR. The holy grail of the HTPC is to have a single UI and single remote providing access to all channels and media sources.
Direct download of channel EPG is by far the easiest way of getting EPG data into any app. xmltv works but not all channels are supported and it is hard work setting it all up.
Given a DVB-S and DVB-T card in a pc then it ought to be possible to grab EPG data and have this data mapped to channels on the compoiste input PVR card. I presume (though dont know for certain) that EPG data is available for encrypted channels - so that you can know what you are missing :-) )
The existing arrangements for sending messages to girder to change channels on external boxes would then allow seamless channel changing and then the single GBVR EPG browsing window would be useful to control even the essential external boxes.
So
4. Allow EPG data from one source to be mapped to another source.
5. Allow the config app window to be resized (to allow channel data to be more esily viewed etc.)
6. Add an extra column in channel list to show card id (to give a clue as to which card the channel is mapped to). In the .mdb file I think this is called Capture device oid.
